2023 – Page 2 – Leonie's Art Blog

My mega Tears of the Kingdom spoiler ramble: mixed feelings with both highs/positives and lows/negatives

leonieyue Sep 19, 2023 Tagged with disappointment, excitement, expectations, GameReview, highsandlows, Legend of Zelda, legendofzelda, leonieyue, Link, mixedFeelings, Princess Zelda, reflection, spoilers, TearsOfTheKingdom, TearsOfTheKingdomReview, TearsOfTheKingdomSpoilers, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate, Zelda

Please do not read if you don’t want to be spoiled. You have been warned.

Full game spoilers!!

LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate

Leonie Ramble: Yo! The Nintendo Direct!

leonieyue Sep 15, 2023 Tagged with artRepost, games, leonieyue, mariokart8, MarioKart8Deluxe, NintendoDirect, PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor, princess peach, PrincessPeachShowtime, splatoon3SideOrder, StrayChildrenOnionGames, SuperMarioRPG, wariowareMoveIt

I ramble about the Nintendo Direct that happened :0

LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection

Leonie Ramble: My fortune cookie message last week & I’m going to GCAP2023 (Games Connect Asia Pacific)

leonieyue Sep 14, 2023 Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, autisic, autism, autisticBurnout, bodypain, bodyPains, careerDirection, careerthoughts, changeIsConstant, ChronicallyOnline, chronicPain, concept art, ConceptArtist, connections, deadpan, depressed, depression, drained, faceMask, gamesConference, gloomy, GoalsPhilosophy, kneeInjuries, LeonieBlob, leonieyue, lifedirection, lowEnergy, lowkeystress, MountainsStudio, NotMakingGoals, overstimulated, PeopleMakeGames, personal update, physiotherapist, social media, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, SocialMediaVoid, tired, tomCardyMusic, uncertainty, venting, zoneOut

In this blog post:
– my regular self worth and social media vent
– reflecting about Mountains, concept art and art direction
– managing my negative feelings, life & goals philosophy
– my knee injuries and update with the physio
– I’m going to GCAP 2023 (Australian game developer conference) this year & preparing myself mentally eep

LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection

I’m back! Web hosting, social media, my discord server & doing text blog updates!

leonieyue Sep 5, 2023 Tagged with artdiscordserver, artstation, baldursgate3, bodypain, bodyPains, ChronicallyOnline, cohost, discord, healthUpdate, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, instagram, LeonieAttemptsToSelfPromote, LeonieDiscordServer, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, linkedin, lowkeystress, ManagingEnergy, ManagingStress, managingWorkload, physicalHealth, self portrait, siteManagement, social media, stress, TerminallyOnline, Threads, twitter, TwitterRecap, webhosting

In this blog update:
– on doing little text blog updates like this
– social media and my discord ramble + another way to get blog & youtube updates is at my tiny discord server
– switching web hosts
– using Glaze against AI scraping by social media platforms
– personal updates

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video

Pikmin 4 / Me, my pikmin and my space dog Oatchi!

leonieyue Jul 18, 2023 Tagged with animatedshort, ArtistHustle, ArtistStruggle, asexual, asexuality, AutismTrauma, bluepikmin, bluesky, existential, existentialEmptiness, fanart, finalfantasy16, frayromantic, glowpikmin, healthUpdate, HustleCulture, hyperfocus, icepikmin, Illustration, indiegamedev, instagram, leonieyue, neurodivergent, NintendoSwitch, Oatchi, overthinking, personalTraumas, personalupdate, pikmin, pikmin4, pinkpikmin, platonicRelationship, purplepikmin, redpikmin, reflection, reflective, rockpikmin, romance, romantic, romanticSpectrum, shortFilms, shoujoAnime, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediabreaks, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, socialmediaoverwhelm, SocialMediaReach, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, TakingBreaks, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate, TextSpeedpaint, Threads, TransGenerationalFamilyTrauma, trauma, TraumaProjection, traumas, twitter, videoreflectivenotes, whitepikmin, yellowpikmin, youtube, オッチン, ピクミン 4

In this blog post:
– speedpaint text commentary for this fanart
– Twitter & social media woes
– not sure about my Thread account
– reflecting on some youtube videos, romance & asexuality, hustle culture, personal update & taking a break

Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection

Drawing for my birthday

leonieyue Jun 27, 2023 Tagged with abandonment, anxiety, autisic, autism, autismfocus, autismLife, autistic, birthday, birthdayBreak, existential, existentialDread, existentialEmptiness, existing, fears, gratitude, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, Illustration, insecurity, LeonieBirthday, leonieyue, loneliness, lonelyArtist, overstimulated, overwhelm, reflection, reflective, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, scapegoat, self compassion, self portrait, selfAcceptance, selfAwareness, selfCare, selfdoubt, SuperLeonieMode, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate

Oh no

A mini reflective ramble & update

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse

Penny Crygor longs to become the best singer scientist in the whole universe! [Warioware: Get It Together!] 🎵🎤🧪

leonieyue Jun 20, 2023 Tagged with anxiety, Art Anxiety, beautyStandards, bowser, characterIllustration, ComputerTroubles, digital art, DiscordServer, entertainmentIndustry, existential, existentialEmptiness, fanart, girlhood, headphones, IlluminationStudios, Illustration, inventor, leonieyue, luigi, mario, Mario bros, microphone, movieThoughts, nerd, PennyCrygor, PerformanceAnxiety, pop singing, popsinger, princess peach, RATtestCovid, scientist, singing, sociallyOblivious, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaEngagement, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate, TheSuperMarioBrosMovie, TheSuperMarioBrosMovieThoughts, TimeAnxiety, Timelapse, uterineFibroid, WarioWare, WarioWareGetItTogether, Windows11, Womanhood, ペニー, ペニー(メイドインワリオ)

In this blog post:
– text commentary Penny speedpaint
– Spoiler Mario Bros movie thoughts
– grieving for losing some of my working art files
– reflecting on the horror of girlhood, beauty standards & aging
– personal updates & health

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse

Young Cricket the meat dumplings lover! [Warioware: Get It Together!]

leonieyue Jun 6, 2023 Tagged with adultFriendship, aloneTime, alonewithcompany, anxiety, autism, autismFriendships, autismLife, autisticBurnout, AutisticFidgeting, BeingMisunderstood, burden, burnedBridges, comfortZone, commitmentfear, communication, confusion, connections, contentCreators, coworkerFriendshipsHard, deadpan, defensive, delayedProcessing, demiromantic, DemiromanticAce, disappointment, dumplings, emotionalDistance, emotionalEnergy, emotionalIntimacy, emotionalLabour, EmotionallyAvoidant, EmotionallyDetach, emotionallyDraining, emotionallyImmature, emotionallyProcessing, exhausted, expectationsProjections, fanart, flowers, friendsComeAndGo, friendship, friendshipCompatibility, friendshipGuilt, friendships, gaslighting, ghosting, heartbreak, humanConnection, Illustration, incompetence, inconvenience, influencer, isolated, jawPain, jobsAutism, judgement, kungfu, leonieyue, LettingGo, LevelsOfFriendships, limerence, limerenceProjectionFantasy, loneliness, lonely, lowEnergy, MakingVideo, ManagingStress, manipulative, martial artist, martialartists, masking, meat buns, meat dumplings, monkey, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, NeurodiversityWorkplaceAccommmodations, nintendo, nonVerbal, notlookingautistic, Online:urker, onlineAcquaintances, OnlineContentConsistency, onlineFriendship, OnlineLurker, onlinePersona, OutgrowingFriends, passivereactions, PerformanceAnxiety, personalSpace, personalTraumas, personalupdate, personalZone, phonecalls, platonicFriends, publicpersona, rechargeTime, reflection, reflective, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, resentment, RomanticProjection, scapegoat, ScriptingAutism, SensoryIssues, sensoryOverload, socialAnxiety, socialGroups, socialising, sociallyAcceptable, socialMediaPoll, socialNeeds, SocialNorms, socialOutsider, socialreassurance, socialrecluse, socialValidation, speedpaintcommentary, StressEat, structureAndRoutine, stubbornness, subtlety, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, Timelapse, tired, toxicFriendships, TraumaProjection, unavailablepeople, WarioWare, WarioWareGetItTogether, writtencommunication, youngCricket, youtubevideo, ヤングクリケット

In this blog post:
– back to text commentary speedpaint
– commentary, youtube analytics & video making woes
– autism thoughts: masking, not looking autistic enough, scripting, “selective” mutism, burnouts, jobs/workplace accommodations, social faux pas, friendships & intimacy
– social media & personal update

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Podcast, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video

Zelda and Link [Tears of the Kingdom] + voice commentary is back in my speedpaints huh

leonieyue May 23, 2023 Tagged with anxiety, AutismTrauma, backpedaling, communication, fanart, Illustration, Legend of Zelda, legendofzelda, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, Link, ManagingStress, no spoiler, onlineBoundaries, PerformanceAnxiety, personal, personalTraumas, personalupdate, physiololgicalstress, podcast, Princess Zelda, scapegoat, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, SocialMediaMetrics, speakingUp, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, TearsOfTheKingdom, toxicStress, TransGenerationalFamilyTrauma, Zelda

In this blog post:
– voice commentary/ mini podcast speedpaint on backpedaling & first impressions of Tears of the Kingdom
– on blog rambles, toxic stress & personal update

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video

Princess Zelda [The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom]!!

leonieyue May 10, 2023 Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, adultFriendship, antisocial, AttentionEconomy, attentionSpan, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, autismLife, autistic, autisticallySocial, autisticBurnout, AutisticMeltdown, autisticShutdown, autisticThings, blackTea, blogging, ChronicallyOnline, compatibility, Cramps, DiscordServer, fanart, FireEmblem, FireEmblemTea, FireEmblemThreeHouses, friendships, hyperfixation, hyperfocus, Illustration, Legend of Zelda, legendofzelda, leonieyue, MakingVideo, managingWorkload, masking, nonVerbal, onlineBoundaries, onlineFriendship, onlineTime, openOfficeEnvironments, OutgrowingFriends, overwhelm, personalupdate, Princess Zelda, reflection, reflective, remoteWorking, SensitiveSnowflake, SensoryIssues, sensoryOverload, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, tea, TearsOfTheKingdom, teatime, TerminallyOnline, textcommentary, timeBlindness, timeManagement, WaitingModeMonotasker, Zelda

In this blog post:
– art process & text commentary video
– avoiding Tears of the Kingdom spoilers
– Fire Emblem black tea
– workload with making videos & blog posts
– how to fix “waiting mode”
– reflecting on my autistic shutdowns and meltdowns
– declining attention spans & managing time on the internet
– personal update

Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video

Making my PNGtuber avatars for my channel [Reflective Speedpaint]!

leonieyue Apr 25, 2023 Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, affinityprograms, AIartDiscourse, artprocess, autism, autismfocus, autismLife, autistic, autisticShutdown, autisticThings, clipstudiopaint, creativeEnergy, crossy road, CrossyCastleSandcastleShores, crossyChicken, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadUpdate, digital art, digital illustration, disappointed, EnergyDraining, energyLevels, Fallingbehind, grump, Illustration, leonieyue, lowEnergy, MakingVideo, ManagingEnergy, nonVerbal, OBS, PerformanceAnxiety, photoshop, PNGtuber, procrastination, scripting, self portrait, selfDiagnosisAutism, selfdirectedDeadlines, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, streamingLeonie, textcommentary, youtubevideo, zoneOut

In this blog post:
– about this video
– Crossy shenanigans
– to stream or not?
– voice over videos or not?
– figuring Adobe alternatives
– AI generated art worries, sadness & the “game illustrators in China got laid off” article
– personal ramble

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video

🐙🪸 Side Order [Splatoon 3]

leonieyue Apr 4, 2023 Tagged with AccentedCinema, AdobeCS6Collection, AIartDiscourse, AIdiscourse, bloodTest, BreathOfTheWild, BSOD, computerbuildupgrade, ComputerTroubles, fanart, healthUpdate, HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity, Illustration, IronDeficiencyAnemia, leftbehind, LeftistCookYoutube, Legend of Zelda, legendofzelda, leonieyue, ManagingEmotions, ManagingEnergy, ManagingStress, managingWorkload, PCsecurity, personalupdate, photoshop, PixarElemental, PNGtuber, Princess Zelda, productivityStruggles, puttingOutFires, RottenMangoPodcast, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, Splatfest, Splatoon3, splatoon3SideOrder, stress, systemRestore, TeamAlien, TearsOfTheKingdom, textcommentary, Timelapse, vaccines, Vtuber, youtube, YoutubeCreators, YoutubeShorts

In this blog post:
– speedpaint for this!
– Nessie / Alien / Big foot splatfest
– Tears of the Kingdom ramble
– latest update/lessons from my computer shenanigans & troubles
– ramble about videos on “A.I.”, Vtubers & more
– personal and health update

Commission, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse

Happy Crossy St Patrick’s Day! 🍀💚 [Crossy Road illlustration for Hipster Whale]

leonieyue Mar 18, 2023 Tagged with AnnaAkanaYoutube, clover, clovers, computerbuildupgrade, costofliving, covid19, crossy, crossy road, CrossyAlien, CrossyBabyParrot, crossyChicken, CrossyGummyGear, CrossyKeaParrot, CrossyLizard, CrossyMallard, crossyMarketingArt, CrossyNudibranch, CrossyRaptor, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyTortoise, environmentArt, green, harddrives, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, learningJourney, leonieyue, marketingArt, personalupdate, potOGold, StPatricksDay, walletpain

In this blog post:
– speedpaint process and reflection
– life lessons: people coming/going, self rejection, disappointing people, self responsibility, communication, social media metrics & more
– personal update as I juggle more things and feel more stingy :’)

LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches

My computer OS died on Saturday / storytime

leonieyue Mar 14, 2023 Tagged with computerbuildupgrade, harddrives, hipsterWhale, leonieyue, personalupdate, progressupdate, reflection, SamsungSSD, self portrait, sketch, SSDprovisioning

Consequently my weekend was terrible and stressful but hey here’s what’s going on

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video

Watching movies with Rosalina and Luma! ☄️ Happy MAR10 day! 🍿

leonieyue Mar 10, 2023 Tagged with animeIndustry, cosmosQueen, fanart, GoneInSixtySecondsMovie, help, Illustration, instagram, instagramReels, instagramUpdate, JapaneseAnimeIndustry, leonieyue, Level5GameDev, luma, ManagingStress, mario, movie, NicolasCageMovies, personalupdate, PrincessRosalina, ProfessorLaytonAndTheNewWorldOfSteam, Rosalina, RRRmovie, socialmedia, SocialMediaAddiction, stress, super mario galaxy, tiktok, Timelapse, YoutubeCreators, YoutubeShorts, ロゼッタ

In this blog post:
– speedpaint process for this art piece
– On Princess Rosalina!
– reflecting on videos about art youtube content, tiktok & the japanese anime industry
– personal update

Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe is out!! 🎩✨

leonieyue Feb 28, 2023 Tagged with AIartDiscourse, AIgeneratedWork, art learning, ArtAndFear, artprocess, BandanaDee, CBTapproach, dreamLife, fanart, gratitude, gratitudeJournaling, headspace, Illustration, journal, KingDedede, kirby, kirbysReturnToDreamlandDeluxe, learningJourney, leonieyue, Magolor, ManagingStress, manifesting, MentalHealth, MetaKnight, personalupdate, pixiv, reflection, reflective, sleepDeprived, sleepy, speedpaint, stress, subscriptionArtLearning, The Artist's Way, Timelapse, youtubevideo

In this blog post:
– speedpaint for this piece!
– reverting my efforts in Youtube videos
– morning pages & gratitude journals are not for everyone & other journaling approaches
– quitting pixiv & their AI generated work mess
– personal update

Year: 2023