ArtChallenge – Leonie's Art Blog

MoChu Daily Figures days 1 to 6 and just juggling what I can

By leonieyue Posted on 20 May 2026 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, DatingThoughts, figure drawing, figuredrawing, leonieyue, love, ManagingStress, MoChu2026, MoChuArtDailyChallenge, movieThoughts, SuperMarioGalaxyMovie

❧ just studying figures
❧ finally watched the Super Mario Galaxy Movie
❧ personal update and more

🌸 Kirby Anniversary Month x PleinAirpril studies days 19 to 22 and I burnt out 😭

By leonieyue Posted on 3 May 2026 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, artstudyingroutine, environmentStudy, gameThoughts, JawClenching, kirby, KirbyAirRide, KirbyAirRiders, kirbyAnniversary, leonieyue, meditation, PleinAirApril, study, studying, StudyingFromArtists, studyPost

❧ struggling with environment studies and compilation timelapse
❧ Kirby Air Riders & personal update

🌹 Kirby Anniversary Month x PleinAirpril studies days 13 to 18 – super stressed

By leonieyue Posted on 27 April 2026 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, artstudyingroutine, environmentStudy, kirby, kirbyAnniversary, leonieyue, PleinAirApril, study, studying, StudyingFromArtists, studyPost

❧ struggling with environment studies the 3rd
❧ little personal update

🌷 Kirby Anniversary Month x PleinAirpril studies days 7 to 12

By leonieyue Posted on 21 April 2026 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, artstudyingroutine, environmentStudy, fanart, Illustration, kirby, kirbyAnniversary, leonieyue, ManagingStress, physiololgicalstress, PleinAirApril, stress, study, studying, StudyingFromArtists, studyPost, toxicStress

❧ struggling with environment studies again
❧ little personal update

🌻 Kirby Anniversary Month x PleinAirpril studies days 1 to 6

By leonieyue Posted on 14 April 2026 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with AnxiousAvoidantAttachmentStyle, ArtChallenge, ArtHabits, artstudyingroutine, EmotionallyAvoidant, environmentStudy, habit, HabitTracker, KirbyAirRiders, kirbyAnniversary, KpopDemonHuntersMovie, leonieyue, movieThoughts, personal update, PleinAirApril, socialmediaAndArtists, study, studying, StudyingFromArtists, studyPost

❧ struggling with environment studies
❧ movie thoughts on Kpop Demon Hunters
❧ stress and personal update

💚 March Hotel art challenge final week 5 & retrospective

By leonieyue Posted on 2 April 2026 Posted in LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, ArtistStruggle, artstudyingroutine, burntOut, gameWatchingThoughts, leonieyue, LostOdysseyJRPG, MarchHotel, marchhotel26, photoStudy, pokopia, residentEvilRequiem, study, studying, StudyingFromArtists, studyPost

❧ March Hotel art and studies
❧ reflecting on it, burnout & personal update

Weekly art progress / Kimodameshi 2025 Days 11 to 15 of figure studies! Reflecting on the end of Kimo 7

By leonieyue Posted on 1 April 2025 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, artprogress, DrawingChallenge, figure drawing, figuredrawing, Kimo, Kimo5, kimo7, Kimodameshi2023, Kimodameshi2025, leonieyue, photostudies, photoStudy, portrait, sketch, sketchbook, sketchpost, studies, study, studyPost, weeklyartprogress

❧ Reflecting on this art challenge
❧ personal update on Kimo ending

Weekly art progress / Sienna and Tera and lots of figure studies for Kimodameshi 2025, Days 7 to 11!

By leonieyue Posted on 25 March 2025 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ArtChallenge, artisticnudityfiguredrawing, artprogress, DrawingChallenge, figure drawing, figuredrawing, Kimo, Kimo5, kimo7, Kimodameshi2023, Kimodameshi2025, leonieyue, photostudies, photoStudy, reflection, Sienna, sketch, sketchbook, studies, study, studyPost, Tera, Timelapse, weeklyartprogress

❧ Reflecting on motivation and art dailies
❧ personal update

Weekly art progress / Kimodameshi 7 [2025] Days 1 to 6

By leonieyue Posted on 10 March 2025 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with ace, alloromanticAce, alonewithcompany, anxious, ArtChallenge, artprogress, autistic, autisticThings, DemiromanticAce, DrawingChallenge, EmotionallyDistant, figure drawing, figuredrawing, guarded, Kimo, Kimo5, Kimodameshi2023, leonieyue, mirroring, photostudies, photoStudy, portraitStudy, reflection, romance, romanticFiction, sketch, studies, study, studyPost, weeklyartprogress, yearningLoveFantasyReality

❧ Reflecting on this art challenge & about guys yearning
❧ personal update

Character illustration / Curious about you + timelapse! Hello, I’m back!

By leonieyue Posted on 11 July 2022 Posted in CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with ArtAdvice, ArtChallenge, ArtContest, ArtTeachers, AutismTrauma, BeingAnOutcast, character, character design, characterart, CharacterDesign, characterIllustration, curious, dramaticLighting, drawfest, Drawfest3, Drawfest3Guweiz, EncantoThoughts, glasses, Illustration, Kinh, learning, learningfrommistakes, learningJourney, leonieyue, movieThoughts, nightlight, originalCharacter, personalTraumas, personalupdate, pixiv, PretendToBeBeginner, scapegoat, slow, slowLearner, Timelapse, TransGenerationalFamilyTrauma, turtlePace

Thoughts on Drawfest3 and learning, reflecting on my bday break, my struggle with managing my iron intake and more.

StudyPost / Kimodameshi 2022 Days 15 to 20, figure drawings + portrait timelapse (the end)

By leonieyue Posted on 25 April 2022 Posted in LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost, Timelapse Tagged with ArtChallenge, DrawingChallenge, DrawingFromImagination, figure drawing, figuredrawing, imagination, ImaginativeDrawing, Kimo, Kimo4, Kimodameshi2022, leonieyue, photostudies, photoStudy, portrait, portraitStudy, sketch, sketchbook, SketchFromImagination, sketchpost, studies, study, studyPost, Timelapse

Final week of kimo figure drawing studies!

Reflecting on my current headspace and learning.

StudyPost / Kimodameshi 2022 Days 8 to 14 with more figure drawings!

By leonieyue Posted on 18 April 2022 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost, Timelapse Tagged with anxiety, Art Anxiety, art studies, ArtChallenge, careerDirection, DrawingChallenge, easterBreak, existential, existentialEmptiness, figure drawing, figuredrawing, foodpoisoning, Kimo, Kimo4, Kimodameshi2022, leonieyue, lifedirection, photostudies, photoStudy, portraitStudy, reflection, reflective, sketch, sketchbook, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, studies, study, studyPost, stylisation, Timelapse

More figure drawing this week!

Reflecting on being slow paced and other anxious thoughts.

StudyPost 23 / Winter outfit for the Drawfest2 prompt + 1 hour real time drawing video!

By leonieyue Posted on 18 December 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost, Video Tagged with 1hourchallenge, ArtChallenge, drawfest, drawfest2, DrawfestChallenge, DrawingChallenge, leonieyue, PerformanceAnxiety, photostudies, photoStudy, pixiv, prompt, PromptForTheDay, realtimeartvideo, sketchbook, sketchpost, studies, study, studyPost, winteroutfit

Why am I doing this when I’m from the Southern hemisphere!
Witness my struggle in real time :’)

Sketch for the day 02 / Pointing [pixivSketch 28/05/2021] + ramble on managing social media (LeonieArtRambles podcast #6)

By leonieyue Posted on 29 May 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, Podcast, Reflection, Sketches, Studies Tagged with algorithms, ArtChallenge, ArtForTheDay, ArtistBrand, ArtistStandards, artPrompt, AttentionEconomy, careerDirection, careerthoughts, contentCreators, creative, creativeRut, creativity, creativityRut, drawing, DrawingChallenge, existential, FindingANiche, influencer, LeonieArtRambles, loneliness, lonelyArtist, MentalHealth, niche, perfectionism, PerformanceAnxiety, personal, Personality, personalupdate, photostudies, photoStudy, pixivSketch, pointing, portrait, prompt, reflection, rough, sketch, sketchbook, SketchForTheDay, sketchpost, socialmedia, SocialMediaAddiction, socialMediaEngagement, tired, twitterAlgorithm, uncertainty

It’s my second sketch prompt!
Also Leonie rambles about feelings, managing social media, not wanting to post some of her art to twitter, mental health, perfectionism, niches, uncertainty, constantly evolving boundaries and how few people seem to read her blog 🙁

There’s also a podcast version of this blog post!