Timelapse compilation for all the past Theme Park fanart I did from late October (with subtitles)

Celebrating Theme Park characters / Chicken in a Mallard costume, Excited kid on a Carousel horse & Giant Plushie Collector! Again much thanks to the Crossy team and Alice’s art direction!

Someone asked a few times for me to do more Crossy Road human illustrations and less on the creature mascots. I replied to them both times already but for everyone in general:

I don’t do art requests/demands – have fun doing your own fanart please! And pay artists if you want art from them and value their time please! I do fanart of my own choosing because I feel able and want to. Otherwise I’m already juggling with the limited time I have!

This is my self directed fanart (based on my own work for Crossy) that I do in my own limited time (usually unpaid/off hours/unofficial). I will have less time for Crossy fanart next year as I don’t want to only do Crossy fanart and I’m juggling other art, life, study, work things :0

If there’s any marketing art it’ll be officially 3D voxel stuff not 2D ;P

Maybe I’ll share sketchy/concept stuff in the future instead of fanart illustrations. Doodling is fun and not as time consuming! :0

The collector’s dream!! Surrounded by all the cuddly plushies! :’D

It’ll be a pain to care for all of these huge plushies though!

Sleepy bear is my original character design that’s also based on my other bear characters (Lovely Bear & Gummy Bear in particular). The others are giant plushies that I redesigned and based on existing Crossy characters!

This is the last directly Theme Park related fanart! I wanted to do Tree Mascot too but decided not to.

Leonie rambles about…

• Foreign Girls on Red Flag Experience in Japan (Takashii)
  • communication is super important and there’s more to people than generalisations based on country, gender, looks, race, etc
  • also reinforced that some places aren’t safe for women at night
• Tired Artists Are Wasting 80% of Their Energy on THIS! (Sylessae)
  • more about finding time to do personal art and how to slowly work at it
  • I haven’t mastered that yet as it takes a while for me to get in the right headspace for it
  • also exercise took higher priority so trying to squeeze art in as well is hard
• The Overanimation of Zenless Zone Zero (New Frame Plus)
• The Simulacrum of Feminine Performance | Explored Through The Substance (Final Girl Studios)
  • Hag Horror: Why Are We So Afraid of Old Women? (Broey Deschanel)
  • The Real Meaning Of THE SUBSTANCE That Nobody Is Talking About (Cinema Detective)
  • I’m not brave enough to watch the actual movie so I get the gist through essays instead
  • lots of food for thought on performing femininity and getting old/aging
  • it’s hard not to compare yourself how you were before when younger
  • a lot of appreciating what you have in the present
• THE SHYNESS OF TREES / Animation Short FIlm 2024 Gobelins (CW nudity, loss and grief)
  • got me teary eyed; oof :’)
• Breathe – In the Heights (Korean Cast) (Finale B)
• Worthikids Wall Gnomes short
• 4 social things I QUIT since I embraced my High Sensitivity (Ana Goldberg)
  • yeah I don’t do noisy, crowded, overwhelming late night events, concerts, parties or festivals
  • agreed with keeping night time as my solitary safe time, no night events please
  • I don’t want to host/have guests as I just lose myself also
    • the stress, exhaustion and worrying how others feel
    • home is my quiet safe space/sanctuary so no guests invading allowed
    • I don’t want to worry about sensory overload here
    • I have also embraced being a hermit ;P
    • no pressure to perform in my own home
  • embracing my sensitivity and respecting my energy levels and boundaries
  • I am a highly sensitive person as mentioned years ago :0
  • the only downside is that it’s hard to connect with others when I’m a hermit with minimal social interactions
  • I joke that I’m a sensitive snowflake but it is a sore spot when people start undermining me and my agency or accuse me for being spoilt
• The Game Awards highlights were the muppets and the Okami sequel being announced by these teams
  • Sven from Larian studios gave a wonderful speech too on creating/treating/playing/funding games and industry people with respect
  • Statler and Waldorf were actually good and roasting the core of the show
  • some other negative things too with some devs but I won’t go into about it here (I did link 2/3 of them at my discord though)
  • so happy Okami 2 is happening and I want them to take as much time they need to make a good game!!! Also this

Personal update

Recently ascertained/sorted out more of my budget (not the full picture yet, need more months to pass to take into account life changes) and turns out I can’t afford much take out brunch so I’m keeping it once a week.

City food is usually overpriced so it’s hard to find filling food under $10. My budget is a default $9 for one take out for the week (hah I know it’s almost impossible to find a meal under $10 in the city) and sometimes it’ll probably go over a bit for the sake of occasional food variety. And then the 2nd day I just eat an oat bake as my brunch and get hungry earlier :’)

Need to be more frugal and stingy – I can’t afford much now with the ‘breadwinner’ financial pressure & debt I have (7.5-10 years to pay it off). Shall continue being stingy and the costs of living oof.

I am not looking forward to the house work ahead that’ll take over my holiday break and beyond…a lot of horrible hard cleaning, sorting and shenanigans to do…again I hope I manage to fit in some rest days.

And a bunch of daunting, stressful, uncertain changes happening next year too :’)

Not sure if things will change with my job, role, workload and tasks – I’ll find out some time early next year! Trying to manage my insecurities and anxieties. Trying to not self pressure myself to do better, faster :’)

I don’t want to end up freezing up due to pushing my comfort zone too much.

I am a night owl, get impatient with myself in getting tasks done and get on a roll with things when in the zone. So trying to not work during the night and manage my workaholic tendencies is hard – my brain and energy levels aren’t working with me during low energy and low focus afternoons.

Also trying to do better with speaking up and updating the team with work, discussion and deadlines is a process of practice for someone like me who doesn’t really have much of a social life. I’m not perfect at it as I overthink a lot – sometimes I manage to do it and other times I don’t. And I don’t know my team members well as people so it’s awkward, at least on my end. I am happy to message someone first though. Need to update people more via text progress updates? I do update but I also need to update before I go off going too far on a task.

Baby steps and trying to be patient with myself, comfort zone and my working pace.

In terms of open office, I think I’m getting used to it. Well it’s still draining since I’m hyperaware with the presence of other humans but I do mentally block it when I get into the zone. I’m just low energy/stamina and I need to keep hydrated with water and tea and do toilet breaks to keep awake haha

Anyhoo glad I avoided the worst of the 41 degree heat today but it was still horribly icky, dry and hot 🔥 My eczema was agitated too ughh!! I don’t like the summer heat but I do enjoy ice cream.

I’m just glad that it’s not consecutive heatwave days and it’s just one really hot day. Tired…

Thanks for reading my rambling as I process my thoughts :’)

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