Green haired girl with headphones on, looking at viewer unimpressed while sitting crossed legged on the floor, hunched over at her laptop and hands on its keypad/board. The laptop cover has an okonomiyaki (savoury pancake) sticker art on it. She’s wearing a golden brown to orange cape and her top and skirt and 3/4 leggings are all shades of red.

Did this character iteration in mid July based on the artist’s illustration before me for character telephone!

I went with her working on the computer looking tired and unimpressed ;D

She ended up transforming from a computer bound regal girl to a fighting game character to a shut in again as her design passed and iterated on from artist to artist (character telephone).

I had about a week to do my iteration and illustration but I actually have 3-4 days given that I have work and the artist before me understandably went over the deadline with their big illustration :’D I didn’t know for sure how to evolve it into something further and I ended up simplifying it since I don’t have the luxury to explore too much.

Anyhoo I don’t care for the Okonomiyaki food itself – it’s okay! It’s just that it’s a mash up of textures and flavours that I don’t enjoy eating it too much especially when there is better Japanese food out there. It only tastes good/better when it’s hot and not when it’s cold and gooey (same with takoyaki). And if you eat too much of it you get sick of it (at least for me). Definitely reflects on how it’s something that got created out of limited food resources.

I did my own Okonomiyaki character design in June as well. For how I would imagine it! I did it a month early before knowing what I’ll get from this character telephone – so I can tackle the theme on my own without influence and not have it based on what artists before me did.

I’ll show my own design when I’m actually done later down the track ;’D

Gel pen portrait & figure studies; lady with a bob haircut covers face and posing. The wand emits fumes
Gel pen portrait studies of a lady with a side braid

Photo portrait and figure studies; Magic ✨

just needed to doodle something…that feeling where you feel guilty you’re not drawing enough.

Fish doodle

Leonie rambles about…

• I cleaned out my tiny monthly blog newsletter by archiving 2 people; have 7 peeps left :’D
  • I think a few just don’t open or click anyway and one does something I don’t agree with…
• trying to manage my manga/manhua addiction (ongoing)
• slowly going through Miles Edgeworth Investigations case 5 (the last one)
  • finished chapter 5.5 of 5.7
• stumbled upon Lucy Darling the magician and comedian shorts
• learned about the toxic gambling/scarcity psychology surrounding Labubus and scalpers
  • why I can’t get into toy blind boxes
  • I bought 2 toy blind boxes of something else in recent years and don’t dare buy anymore…they’re not cheap :/
• youtube…isn’t worth it financially for me as you know so it becomes an afterthought
  • high effort videos is not sustainable either
  • I do intend to do a character design & low poly youtube timelapse (my 2nd ever low poly model) for my personal okonomiyaki design but it’s still in the sketch design/iteration stage…
  • I feel bad that I don’t want to do low poly stuff as “my thing” but it is neat to learn
• shenanigans
  • I dread doing/figuring out certain things that are out of my interest/comfort zone
  • eventually I will have to dissociate/detach myself and my ego when I can’t hold the reigns
  • feeling something is unfair but I need to verify it…
    • not sure if I want to verify it directly or indirectly and what consequences of each ughh
• geez so much expenses, bills and whatnot
• people are scary and make me uncomfortable/avoidant when they don’t care about your boundaries…
• just saying that it’s most likely that again I’m not going to Melbourne games week / GCAP / PAXAus
  • it’s expensive and I don’t have mutual buddies to cling to for company
  • I do not want to feel like a lonely, overstimulated soul around networking/career people or people who don’t have the mutual interest nor emotional/friendship capacity for me
  • also most parties are at night and I want to rest and recover by then ;P
• Ah Back pain 4 beat / namigroove feat. Kasane Teto SV
• I’m happy to say that I’m fine from my medical scans I did!
  • I have to do this every year though
  • at least next time I don’t need needles anymore since it didn’t work on me
  • but it’s quite uncomfortable and slightly painful…

Well gotta keep juggling and trying to not get too distracted!!

Catch you next time or at my tiny discord or cara sharing random things! :0

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