ActuallyAutistic – Leonie's Art Blog

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

By leonieyue Posted on 14 September 2023 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection No Comments 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

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

By leonieyue Posted on 10 May 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video 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

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

By leonieyue Posted on 25 April 2023 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video 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

SuperLeonieMode 351 / Avoiding eye contact and how I manage my autistic, inattentive brain + timelapse!

By leonieyue Posted on 7 March 2022 Posted in Comics, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, autism, AutismAdulthood, autistic, badShortTermMemory, comic, communication, deadpan, distractability, emotionalEnergy, EnergyDraining, eyeContact, focus, forgetfulness, Illustration, inattentiveADHD, intensity, leonieyue, lowEnergy, ManagingEmotions, ManagingEnergy, managingInterruptions, ManagingStress, minimisingDistractions, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, nonVerbal, productivityMethod, reflection, self portrait, slow, slowLearner, socialCues, socialising, sociallyAcceptable, sociallyExpected, sociallyOblivious, structureAndRoutine, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse, tunnelVision

I’m either deadpan staring or looking away ;D

Please I don’t want to stare into each other’s souls :’)

I did a bunch of online autism tests!

I go reflect how I currently manage my hyperfocus, rejection sensitive dysphoria, executive function struggles, attention & emotional dysregulation with my inattentive, autistic brain 🧠

SuperLeonieMode 327 / On the observation deck [to celebrate CrossyRoadCastle’s Space Tower Update]!

By leonieyue Posted on 14 June 2021 Posted in Fanart, GiftArt, Illustration, LeonieYue, SuperLeonieMode Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, AshleighStarmer-Lee, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, autistic, crossy, crossyChicken, CrossyRoadCastle, fanart, gamedev, giftart, hipsterWhale, Illustration, LoveOnTheSpectrumShow, OrionKellyYT, pixivFANBOX, ShowThoughts, SpaceTower, spaceupdate, SuperLeonieMode, twitter, YoSamdySam

SuperLeonieMode 327 / On the observation deck [to celebrate CrossyRoadCastle’s Space Tower Update]!

And Leonie (as an autistic) rambles about avoiding the “Love On the Spectrum” show.

Tag: ActuallyAutistic

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

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

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

SuperLeonieMode 351 / Avoiding eye contact and how I manage my autistic, inattentive brain + timelapse!

SuperLeonieMode 327 / On the observation deck [to celebrate CrossyRoadCastle’s Space Tower Update]!