ActuallyAutistic – Leonie's Art Blog

🐲Dragon from Mario Wonder! (Year of the Dragon + Smaugust 2024)

By leonieyue Posted on 29 August 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with 4D, acquaintanceBoundaries, ActuallyAutistic, antiGenAI, anxiety, autism, AutismAdulthood, autistic, autisticallySocial, autisticMasking, autisticShutdown, behindInLife, BeingAnOutcast, beingPerceived, boundaries, comedy, ConfirmationBias, conflictAvoidance, contradictory, coward, creepy, deadpan, disinterest, doingOwnThing, dragon, everyoneHatesMe, existentialDread, existentialEmptiness, explicitConsent, fanart, feelings, genAI, genAIdiscourse, GenAIimpactInternet, genAIscams, humiliation, hurt, hurtFeelings, Illustration, leonieyue, ManagingStress, neurodivergent, NoPuttingPeopleOnAPedestal, onlineBoundaries, outcast, overstimulated, overthinking, parasocial relationships, passiveAggressive, personalBoundaries, petty, prettyUglyPrivilege, scapegoat, socialAnxiety, socialConformity, SuperMarioBrosWonder, surprisePartiesNoThanks, visualPresentation, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble & subtitled timelapse!
❧ Super Eyepatch Wolf’s video on Social Anxiety Horror
❧ personal update, Nintendo direct/indies & more!

🤛 Kung Fu Peach [Princess Peach: Showtime is out!] Autistic feelings, “authentic content” & Nimona movie thoughts

By leonieyue Posted on 22 March 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with 1to1CatchUps, acquaintanceBoundaries, ActuallyAutistic, adultFriendship, algorithms, antisocial, anxiety, authenticity, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, AutismEmployment, autismfocus, autismFriendships, autismLife, AutismTrauma, autistic, booktok, ContentCreationProblems, ContentHustle, contentVoid, creativity, deadpan, envy, fanart, fastfoodcontent, fightFlightFreezeSurvivalMode, FriendshipBoundaries, friendshipc, FriendshipCapacity, friendshipCompatibility, FriendshipMileage, FriendshipReciprocity, FriendshipsAreHard, grassisGreenerOtherside, grumpy, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, historyofbooks, IdealSocialSituation, Illustration, intrusiveBadMemories, KungFuPanda, leonieyue, lowEnergy, LowSocialEndurance, masking, MinimallyVerbal, movieThoughts, niche, NimonaMovieThoughts, OnlineContentConsistency, overstimulated, overwhelm, personalBranding, rejectionSensitivity, resentement, reserved, sensitive, SensitiveSnowflake, sensitivity, sensoryOverload, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, solitary, solitude, zoningOut, プリンセスピーチショータイムPrincessPeachShowtime

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble!
❧ reflecting on autistic feelings
❧ thoughts on the Nimona movie & not watching Kung Fu Panda 4
❧ reflecting on “authentic video content” & what do I do ahhh
❧ personal feelings & more!

🫧👑 Bubble Princess Daisy & Peach!✨☁️ [Super Mario Bros Wonder] + on social media/”content” creation

By leonieyue Posted on 27 February 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with 3DMariogames, ActuallyAutistic, addictiveEscapism, AIethicsLegality, AIgeneratedWork, AIimageGeneratorsSteal, algorithms, ArtistStruggle, authenticity, autisic, autism, beginnerMindset, bubblePrincesses, chasingTrends, CleaningFollowerAccounts, ContentCreationProblems, contentCreators, ContentHustle, contentSlop, contentVoid, creativity, CreativityIncEdCatmull, fanart, fastfoodcontent, generativeAI, Illustration, InternetTrends, leonieyue, mario, nintendo, notgoodenoughFeelings, OnlineContentConsistency, onlinePersona, OnlinePopularity, OnvideoEssays, overstimulated, princess, princess peach, princessDaisy, sleepDeprived, social media, socialmedia, SocialMediaAddiction, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, socialmediaIsASlotMachine, socialmediaIsRigged, SocialMediaMetrics, socialmediaoverwhelm, SocialMediaReach, SocialMediaVoid, SuperMarioBrosWonder, Timelapse, YoutubeAlgorithm, デイジー姫, ピーチ姫

In this blog post:
❧ the art
❧ indefinite break from making small subtitled timelapses / youtube videos
❧ manually removing 475 twitter followers & 30 instagram ones
❧ vent about social media & how its falling apart
❧ exhaustion and ethics of consuming and making “content” & more!

📜🐉Happy Lunar New Year of the Dragon 2024 with Rejuvenation God Yomigami / 蘇神 & baby seahorses!🔮🏮 [大神 / Ōkami Lunar New Year Project] Trusting self, ghosting, stress resilience & more

By leonieyue Posted on 6 February 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, anxiety, art process, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, BeingAnOutcast, BeingMisunderstood, BeingPresent, beingTrueToYourself, bloodTest, Bruxism, Celestial Brush God, Chinese New Year, DetachmentLettingGo, dragon, emotionalDetachment, EmotionallyDetach, emotionallyMutual, emotionalMaturity, faceMask, fanart, friendsComeAndGo, friendship, ghosting, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lifedirection, loneliness, Lunar New Year, ManagingStress, okami, OkamiLunarNewYear, openOfficeEnvironments, PerformanceAnxiety, petty, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, resentment, resilience, seahorse, self compassion, selftrust, stress, subtitledSpeedpaint, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, thirdPlaces, tiger, Timelapse, transactionalRelationships, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart, YearOfTheTiger, Yomigami, youtubevideo, 大神, 蘇神

In this blog post:
❧ the art & subtitled timelapse is back!
❧ doing dragon fanart this year!
❧ on trusting yourself, ghosting and resilience with stress
❧ personal update, the year of the dragon & more!

🦋👑Princess Peach [Super Mario RPG remake]💐 Work update, more reflecting on autism & more!

By leonieyue Posted on 7 November 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with abandonment, abandonmentIssues, ableism, ActuallyAutistic, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, AutismEmployment, autismfocus, autismFriendships, autismLife, AutismTrauma, autistic, autisticallySocial, autisticBurnout, AutisticFidgeting, AutisticMeltdown, autisticShutdown, AutisticStereotypes, autisticThings, backPains, badShortTermMemory, BeingMisunderstood, butterfly, chasingFriends, chronicPain, communication, Cramps, crossy, crossy road, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyRoadCastleWindup, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadUpdate, EmotionalPermanence, empathy, eyeContact, fanart, fightFlightFreezeSurvivalMode, friendsComeAndGo, GenderExpression, hipsterWhale, Illustration, kneeInjuries, kneeInjury, leonieyue, mario, marioRPG, masking, misunderstandings, neurodivergent, NotAbleToRelax, notlookingautistic, openOfficeEnvironments, overanalysing, overstimulated, princess peach, sensitive, SensitiveSnowflake, sensitivity, ShoujoManga, social patterns, socialAnxiety, socialCues, socialDeficits, socialEnergy, socialHierarchy, socialising, sociallyAcceptable, stereotypes, stimming, SuperMarioRPG, supermariorpglegendofthesevenstars, SuperMarioRPGRemake, textcommentary, Timelapse, TMJinjury, twitter, unsaidTruths, YattaSongGreenLeaves, スーパーマリオrpg, ピーチ姫

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled speedpaint!
❧ belated update on my work shenanigans
❧ reflecting on autism continues (meltdowns, social patterns, ableism, stereotypes, abandonment, etc)
❧ personal update & more!

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 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