ArtistStruggle – Leonie's Art Blog

☺️ Kung fu Peach Part 3 [Princess Peach: Showtime fanart!]

By leonieyue Posted on 14 May 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with acceptance, AchyKnees, alonewithcompany, anxiety, anxietyFuture, anxious, artistCommunities, ArtistCompetition, ArtistDesperation, ArtistHustle, ArtistStruggle, AutismAdulthood, BarbieMovieThoughts, basicLifeSkills, belonging, burnout, CreativePressure, emotionalIntelligence, envious, envy, fanart, fantasyOfAdulthood, fearOfAloneInTheWorld, fears, fightFlightFreezeSurvivalMode, FriendshipMileage, gooutsideTouchGrass, grumpy, HaroldHalibutGame, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, hibernating, Illustration, insecurity, instagram, instagramstories, jealousy, KendrickTracks, KnivesOutGlassOnionMovie, leonieyue, loneliness, lonely, lonelyArtist, lowEnergy, LowPeriods, LowSocialEndurance, notvalued, overstimulated, Patriarchy, personalProjects, scapegoat, SelfConfidence, selfcritical, SelfPressure, social media, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaEngagement, socialmediaIsASlotMachine, socialmediaIsRigged, SocialMediaReach, SocialMediaVoid, socialZombie, StreamingAnxiety, streamingLeonie, StressEat, structureAndRoutine, strugglingForward, supportArtist, survivalArtistMode, TimeAnxiety, touchingGrassAdvice, unfairWorld

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled timelapse!
❧ jealousy, dealing with discouragement, moving on from twitter (again), personal update & more

🍄Toadette & Elephant time!🐘 [Super Mario Bros Wonder] On what genAI can’t do, personality tests, rejection & baby steps at cleaning

By leonieyue Posted on 16 April 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AchyKnees, AIartDiscourse, AIgeneratedWork, ambivert, anxious, Art Anxiety, art style, ArtCareer, ArtDirection, ArtistDesperation, ArtistHustle, ArtistStandards, ArtistStruggle, artSkill, ArtStyle, autistic, autisticMasking, autisticThings, babySteps, BeingAnOutcast, BeingMisunderstood, bigmediumsmallForms, bloodTypePersonalityTest, bodyDoubling, careerDirection, CareerPredictions, character development, cleaningShowerGrout, comfort zone, comfortable, compatibility, complicatedDesign, conceptArtIndustry, ConceptArtist, contradictory, deadpan, Designers, disinfectHome, disinfectingHome, dontTalkToMeAura, ElephantToadette, EmotionallyDistant, emotionalStorytelling, EmotionalSupport, emotionalTurmoil, entertainmentIndustry, expectationsProjections, friendship, functionalDesign, FutureImpactOfAIgeneratedArt, generativeAI, gremlinPreferences, HandlingBleachEep, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, highStandards, housework, HouseworkInBabySteps, humanCollaboration, illustrationCareer, IndustrialDesign, insecurity, INTJ, introvert, invisibleExpectations, learning, leonieyue, lifeIshardwork, lowEnergy, LowSocialEndurance, masking, MBTI, MouldCleaning, MutualInterests, mutuallyInterested, NoSocialLife, passionProjects, personalityTests, personalProjects, popularArt, processing, provingOneselfExhausting, quiet, rambler, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, reserved, selfAnalysisTool, ShowerCleaning, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaArt, SocialProximity, StreamingAnxiety, stress, strugglingForward, SuperMarioBrosWonder, survivalArtistMode, TakingItNotSeriously, Timelapse, Toadette, trust, uncomfortable, unspokenExpectations, visual storytelling, VisualConsistency, whatGenAIcannotDo

Also in this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled timelapse!
❧ personal update

🥰 Kung fu Peach Part 2 [Princess Peach: Showtime fanart] Anxiety as an artist, social media, relevancy, GenAi, twitter, networking & what am I even doing

By leonieyue Posted on 9 April 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate Tagged with anxiety, AnxietyFromNewsPolitics, anxietyFuture, AprilFools, Art Anxiety, ArtCareer, ArtistDesperation, artistSocialThings, ArtistStruggle, burnout, careerDirection, CareerRelevancy, careerthoughts, changeIsConstant, changing career, contentCreators, creative, creativeFulfillment, doomSpiraling, emotionalStorytelling, existential, existentialDread, fanart, FoamstarsEthics, forcingIntoThingsYouDontFit, freetochangeourmind, generativeAI, GlazeAgainstAIScraping, HustleCulture, hustlingExhausting, Illustration, innerPurpose, joyAndMeaning, leonieyue, lifeSkills, lowkeystress, ManagingStress, megadroughtFear, plagiarism, PokemonMiku, princess peach, princesspeach, PrincessPeachShowtime, purpose, sensitive, SensitiveSnowflake, sketchbookThoughts, slow, slowingdown, social media, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediaIsASlotMachine, socialmediaIsRigged, SocialMediaMetrics, SocialMediaVoid, StreamingAnxiety, stress, StruggleAdapt, sustainableArtCareer, twitter, TwitterVentAgain, volatileIndustry, wariowareMoveIt, youtubers

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble!
❧ trying not to spiral with anxiety and fear as an artist – relevancy, GenAI, social media is frustrating, twitter & not knowing what I’m doing
❧ reflecting on artist networking
❧ personal feelings, update & more!

Leonie’s mixed feelings / my 15th twitter anniversary oof / I’m not keeping twitter up to date anymore, GenAI & creative control

By leonieyue Posted on 6 March 2024 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with acceptance, art blog mission, ArtCollaboration, ArtistBrand, ArtistHustle, ArtistStruggle, ArtJourney, ArtWorkerBee, askingForHelp, blogging, burnout, ChronicallyOnline, comfortZone, communicationIssues, ContentCreationProblems, contentCreators, ContentHustle, contentVoid, creativeControl, disappointment, fightForMyselfHow, frustration, generativeAI, HavingACry, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, hope, hopelessness, Illustration, internet, internetConsumption, intrusiveBadMemories, jaded, learningJourney, leftbehind, leftinthedark, leonieyue, ManagingStress, memeing, mixedFeelings, mosquito, neglect, noenergytochase, notvalued, personal, personalBranding, pettiness, petty, reflection, reflective, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, resentment, self portrait, selfAcceptance, socialmediaAndArtists, spamEmail, speakingUp, struggle, supportArtist, TerminallyOnline, tolerate, trustIssues, twitter, twitterAnniversary, venting, wariness

Also in this little blog post about personal feelings, creative control, personal update & 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!

💘StudyPost 29 / Wishing for love🎐 Creative fulfilment, scaling back videos, blog posts & not posting as much at twitter

By leonieyue Posted on 9 January 2024 Posted in CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with acmi dreamworks, addictiveEscapism, Ageism, AgingNaturally, Art Anxiety, art studies, ArtistCompetition, ArtistHustle, ArtistStandards, ArtistStruggle, artTakingOverYourLife, beautyStandard, bodyImage, creativeFulfillment, drawfest, drawfest4, dreamsVSreality, escapism, Fulfillment, HustleCulture, hyperfixation, hyperfocus, Illustration, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, ManicPixieDreamGirlTrope, meditation, overwork, passionProjects, personalProjects, progress, progresspose, progressupdate, scottPilgrimThoughts, sketchbook, sketchpost, studies, study

In this blog post:
❧ the art, Drawfest & ol’ figure studies
❧ creative fulfillment; passion projects not for everyone
❧ when art consumes your whole life
❧ scaling back & simplifying my youtube videos, blog posts & twitter

🎆🌠Happy New Year’s Eve with Crossy Road!🐔🎇 Reflecting back on 2023, 2024 hopes, rejection sensitivity, needs, boundaries & communication issues

By leonieyue Posted on 31 December 2023 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with 2023artsummary, acquaintanceBoundaries, anxiety, art learning, ArtistStruggle, artsummary, autistic, autisticThings, babySteps, boundaries, communication, Confetti, crossy, crossy road, crossyChicken, defensiveness, FriendshipBoundaries, GodfatherTrilogy, HappyNewYear, headspace, Illustration, invisibleExpectations, leonieyue, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, NewYearEve, notbeingajerk, onlineBoundaries, parasocial relationships, PartyChicken, PartyPopper, reflection, reflective, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, sadness, SensoryIssues, slow, socialEnergy, socialEvents, socialmediaBoundaries, socialSituations, strugglingForward, TheGodfatherMovie, vulnerability

In this blog post:
❧ subtitled art process speedpaint video!
❧ reflecting on 2023 & 2024 hopes!
❧ rejection sensitivity, needs, boundaries and communication issues

Pikmin 4 / Me, my pikmin and my space dog Oatchi!

By leonieyue Posted on 18 July 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with animatedshort, ArtistHustle, ArtistStruggle, asexual, asexuality, AutismTrauma, bluepikmin, bluesky, existential, existentialEmptiness, fanart, finalfantasy16, frayromantic, glowpikmin, healthUpdate, HustleCulture, hyperfocus, icepikmin, Illustration, indiegamedev, instagram, leonieyue, neurodivergent, NintendoSwitch, Oatchi, overthinking, personalTraumas, personalupdate, pikmin, pikmin4, pinkpikmin, platonicRelationship, purplepikmin, redpikmin, reflection, reflective, rockpikmin, romance, romantic, romanticSpectrum, shortFilms, shoujoAnime, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediabreaks, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, socialmediaoverwhelm, SocialMediaReach, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, TakingBreaks, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate, TextSpeedpaint, Threads, TransGenerationalFamilyTrauma, trauma, TraumaProjection, traumas, twitter, videoreflectivenotes, whitepikmin, yellowpikmin, youtube, オッチン, ピクミン 4

In this blog post:
– speedpaint text commentary for this fanart
– Twitter & social media woes
– not sure about my Thread account
– reflecting on some youtube videos, romance & asexuality, hustle culture, personal update & taking a break