Subtitled art process timelapse video!

Where I created another Lovely Teddy Bear with colours that didn’t make it in game. In this case I also did this piece in my own personal time so I can post it first – it’s my fanart and not official marketing art ;D

I do fanart so I can have extra fun and do cute things with the Crossy Road characters I like and helped make for the actual game haha (if I have the time and interest that is)! I don’t know if I’ll have much time to do this in 2024 :<

If a real plush version of this bear miraculously exists officially…I want one please!! Or pictures please :0

Lovely Teddy Bears expressing affection and love! [official tweet]

Hey I wanted hugs so I do this instead as a germaphobe and hermit haha

All the lovely hugs!

Do people bother with this (commercial) day? Again it’s probably just excuses to do and eat nice, sappy/sentimental things out of affection, fun, enjoyment, love and/or gratitude with loved ones haha :’) Well the more involved things cost money though…

And will I ever stop being addicted to campy, tropey, power fantasy, silly romance stuff…? Well it is easier to romanticise/fantasise in fictional stories when you’re single with the waves of sadness and loneliness. This is rather than worrying/stressing about the hard work of finding someone via trial and error and slowly deciding/committing on a day to day basis to a special someone who is compatible and matches in values, effort, interest, respect, trust, expressions of affection, finances and lifestyle, will grow together with you, support each other’s dreams/day to day obstacles and have many other complementary things with each other haha

Digressing! Happy day of love everyday since it’s an ongoing practice with oneself ;’D

Leonie rambles about…

• I put 4 million Suns in a Black Hole over New York (Epic Spaceman)
• Children Under “Communism”?: Documenting The Communist Other (Cheyenne Lin)
  • makes me humbled, privileged and grateful for the things I do have
    • it makes sense why I get scapegoated because I’m supposed to be the “female house servant” in some ways but I’ve been refusing to do that all my life
    • well except for chores I don’t mind doing and feels fair for me to do…
    • either way I still get criticised and insulted and my (minimal) efforts seem like nothing
  • lots of thought provoking things and the importance of nuance, balance and not being too far into the extremes
  • the one child policy’s impact on everything – terribly upsetting and the tragedy with all the lives lost
• Anime: A Slave Industry
  • apparently there are ethical animation companies like Kyoto Animation where they have a small team and tackle one show at a time and strive not to overwork
  • but yeah this is an overall Japan work culture/crunching issue too – the system is made in a way that stresses and pressures its workers/people to slave away their lives, struggle financially and destroy their well being for many companies (I’m sure and hope there’s exceptions)
• Beautiful Dead Girls: The Romanticized Death of the Teenage Girl (Final Girl Studios)
  • content warning for a lot of things!!
  • thought provoking and saddening at how girls, kids, women are exploited
• Learning that Just Dance has lore wow
• I Might Be In Love / 『ユイカ』【MV】
• Also some HW peeps launched their new app (Zory) which is a growing library that’s full of “best selling interactive romantic fiction” [apple] [google play]
  • I might/maybe try it for a bit when I get around to it and see if I like it :0
  • no I was not asked nor paid to plug this ;P
• East Asia is obsessed with luxury (and gen z pays the price) (aini)
  • gosh face culture and conforming to pressure is what triggers me – I hate it and it’s suffocating
  • I also don’t get it when relatives keep praising and comparing people based on their spouses, housing, salary, what kind of fancy job and connections people have – it makes me feel worthless, especially back then
  • I now understand many years later why North Face coats were a thing :’)
  • I remember as a teen when my estranged relative shamed me for declining (perhaps I replied too bluntly with “no need”) a sudden expensive jewellery gift offer and I teared up from her lashing at me, for not giving her face?? And “how dare I refuse her gift” kind of thing :’)
• Finally watched Across the Spiderverse and it’s a packed, intense, entertaining middle movie!! (Spoilers):
  • I feel like I missed a lot of Spiderman references
  • the only thing I feel bummed about is that the many plot threads are all cliffhangers/unfinished and the first movie was much more self contained as a movie :’)
  • Miles already lost his uncle as his canon event; why does he need another canon event with his dad? Why?? I thought his uncle’s death counts as it shows in the multiverse 3D graph :S
  • lots of things I didn’t catch as characters talk a lot or softly and I had no subtitles :’)
    • I really depend on subtitles because I don’t want to miss dialogue
  • as much as there’s lots of Spiderman/comic references crammed in there, I missed most of it
  • I did not like the logo introductions where there was so much flashing and was too overstimulating – I had to look away 🙁
  • so many spider people that I gave up trying to figure it out who’s who as it’s too much haha
  • where’s the old Japanese Spiderman show Spiderman??
• Beyond the Binary: A Queer Take on Gendered Japanese article
  • I’m not learning Japanese myself though

Anyhoo if you’re a single soul like me, please treat yourself, spend some time with loved ones/good company, express your feelings/appreciation or do solo fun things and rest up this week! ;P

If you have partner(s) please do the same haha

As for me…I don’t know if I can take a complete break from everything but I’ll juggle things slow haha

I’m a bit low/mid key stressed this year and I am just taking things by stride…

I keep saying rest up while I struggle to do it myself! So I’m trying to protect one night of the week to actually play Pikmin 4 and it’s been two weeks! I actually wanted the whole day to play it but so far I take long with other art, life, admin and other things as they expanded. It’s annoying when you attempt to downscale the number of tasks and they still expand and take long to do anyway…why :’)

Sending lots of warm, good vibes your way – thank you! :0

Edit: had to proofread this post again as I miss out on words and add more thoughts whoops

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