burnout – Leonie's Art Blog

💔🦆 “Tell me why – Ain’t nothing but a heartache…” 💍 2026 Crossy Road Valentine’s Day update with Tuxedo Mallard pt 1/2

By leonieyue Posted on 10 February 2026 Posted in CharacterDesign, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with alonewithcompany, antiGenAI, burnout, character design, character development, crossy, crossy road, crossyChicken, crossyChickenCousins, CrossyMallard, CrossyMallardFamily, crossyroad, CrossyRoadCharacter, crossyRoadCharacterDesign, CrossyRoadUpdate, CrossyRoadWedding2026, CrossyRooster, fanart, genAI, GenAIimpactInternet, Illustration, ImpactOfGenAIonEnvironment, intenseWorkRest, JawClenching, jawPain, KirbyAndTheForgottenLand, leonieyue, loneliness, lonely, love, LoveDay, mallard, NintendoDirect, reflection, rest, sleepDeprived, SleepSchedule, ValentinesDay, winddownBedtime

❧ more about this Valentine’s update
❧ nintendo partner showcase, minimising burnout, personal update & more

💚 Mythic Hero Uma Lyn pt 1/2 🐴 Happy Lunar New Year of the Horse x Fire Emblem Heroes/Shadows 🎉

By leonieyue Posted on 3 February 2026 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with autisticBurnout, burnout, burntOut, chibi, Chinese New Year, CNY, fanart, FireEmblem, FireEmblemShadows, gameWatchingThoughts, HipsterWhaleAnniversary, HorseGirl, Illustration, leonieyue, LNY, lowEnergy, lowkeystress, Lunar, Lunar New Year, LunarNewYear, meditation, MythicHeroUmaLyn, NotAbleToRelax, timelapseLater, Uma, YearOfTheHorse

❧ about Uma Lyn
❧ art juggling, games, privacy
❧ Leonie tries to practice resting/relaxing vs burnout
❧ personal update & more!

✨🦆Crossy Road Chicken & Mallard illustrations (originally for the GCAP2024 keynote)🐔

By leonieyue Posted on 26 November 2024 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with 4Bmovement, 4BMovementLifeWithoutMen, ace, asexual, asexuality, beauty, beauty and the beast, beautyStandard, beautyStandards, burnout, burntOut, ClaraReeveGCAP2024keynote, comfort zone, comfortZone, conventionallyAttractive, crossy, crossy road, crossy10thBday, crossyChicken, CrossyMallard, crossyMarketingArt, DemiromanticAce, emotionalEnergy, energy, EnergyConserving, EnergyDraining, energyLevels, hermit, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, leonieyue, marketingArt, physicalAttractiveness, physiotherapist, reflection, romance, social media, stingyFrugalHermit, Timelapse, youthBeauty

In this blog post (part 2):
❧ about these illustrations & subtitled timelapse!
❧ managing social media & checking only when I post
❧ personal update & more internet finds

☺️ 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

🥰 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.

Splatoon 3: Marigold /スタッフさん from the Tableturf Battle Dojo! Hey I’m back!

By leonieyue Posted on 10 October 2022 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with AGDAs, AGDAs2022, AnimalCrossingConcert, AutismTrauma, autisticBurnout, backups, battleturfcardgame, burnout, burntOut, clipstudiopaint, crowds, digital illustration, disappointment, fanart, fish, gamedev, games industry, gamesWeek, germaphobe, goldfish, grump, Illustration, instagram, instagramAlgorithm, leonieyue, ManagingStress, Marigold, MelbourneInternationalGamesWeek, onlinesecurity, overwhelm, personalTraumas, postingSchedule, ranchu goldfish, socialAnxiety, socialEvents, sociallyOblivious, socialmedia, socialmediaBoundaries, SocialMediaMetrics, SocialMediaReach, socialrecluse, specimen, Splatoon, Splatoon3, SplatoonConcert, stress, TableturfBattleDojo Staff, TheSuperMarioBrosMovie, twitter, スタッフさん, スプラトゥーン3, マザー

Hey I’m back! I ramble about Splatoon 3, avoiding games week,
the Animal Crossing/Splatoon concert,
adjusting my posting schedule
and life stuff :’)

SuperLeonieMode 342 / Not actually ready for art + timelapse! Reflecting on purpose, energy, context switching and focus

By leonieyue Posted on 7 February 2022 Posted in Comics, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse Tagged with ArtistHustle, autism, AutismAdulthood, autistic, burnout, cintiqWacom, comfortZone, comic, contextSwitching, creative, creativeEnergy, creativity, emotionalEnergy, energy, focus, Illustration, leonieyue, lowEnergy, ManagingEnergy, ManagingStress, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, personalart, productivity, productivityMethod, reflection, reflective, self portrait, slow, slowLearner, SuperLeonieMode, tea, Timelapse, tired, tunnelVision, why art anymore

Creative brain started to float away
oh no my creative & energy levels!
Thoughts on context switching, struggle with focus & questioning art purpose.

Fanart / Happy Lunar New Year of the Ox 2021 with Itegami 凍神 🐂🧧 [ŌKAMI 大神], process + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 8 February 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies Tagged with 8canineWarriors, AccentedCinema, AdeshThapliyalYoutube, AdventureGame, AiWeiWeiArtist, amaterasu, AnimalCrossingNewHorizonsThoughts, anime, AnnaAndElsa, attitude, autism, AutismAdulthood, autismInLadies, autistic, bakugami, Blizzard, burnout, Celestial Brush God, cherryBomb, ChineseKnockOffStigma, ChosenFamily, ChrisStuckmannYoutube, DidYouKnowGamingYoutube, Dinosaurs, dog, driving, dysfunctionalFamilies, eczema, fanart, flatEarth, flow, flower, FoldingIdeasYoutube, Frozen2, FrozenMovie, GamingChairs, Geocentrists, gratitude, GrissiniProjectYoutube, Hanagami, handEczema, hermitLife, homebodylife, HowardHoYoutube, Illustration, ImmigrantParents, issun, Itegami, JackieChan, JCLeyendecker, JehovahsWitness, JennyNicholsonYoutube, Kasugami, LadyGaga, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lifesuffering, LimboOfTheLost, Lugia, MandaloreGamingYoutube, marioFanfiction, MatildaMovie, meaningoflife, MetalOx, Moegami, monkey, music, MusicalThoughts, MyImmortal, NieR, NieRAutomata, NitroRadYoutube, NormanRockwell, OfficeChairs, okami, OkamiLunarNewYear, OmoriGame, onlineBoundaries, Ox, ParentsStandards, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, PerformanceArt, pig, plagiarism, pokemon, posture, process, processPost, ProZD, QualityCultureYoutube, RapsitteStreetKidsBelieveInSanta, rat, Rooster, routine, RuthlessTheMusical, sailor moon, SarahZYoutube, selfDiscipline, sensoryOverload, Sheep, Shiranui, socialmedia, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, tachigami, TheLastBronycon, TheMysteryOfTheDruids, twitter, twitterAlgorithm, wakingTime, workingHours, WorkingOvertime, yearofox, zodiacAnimals, 凍神, 大神, 牛, 筆神, 金牛

Fanart for Ōkami 大神 / Happy Lunar New Year of the Ox 2021 with Itegami, process + LeonieUpdate, mental health notes, interesting finds in this blog post [patron only]!

Patron only StudyPost 13 / Figure studies + Dreams, prestige, hustle culture and purpose

By leonieyue Posted on 28 October 2020 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with AdamDuff, art studies, artbusiness, ArtCareer, ArtCareerAdvice, ArtDreams, awards, burnout, CareerAdvice, careerthoughts, clipstudiopaint, competition, creative, creativity, Doodles, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyle, dreamStudios, dtiys, entertainmentIndustry, fame, feelings, figure drawing, figuredrawing, freelanceLife, growingPains, Growth, HustleCulture, influence, leonieyue, ManagingEmotions, MentalHealth, music, overcompensatingWeaknesses, overwork, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, personalSpace, prestige, productivity, professionalism, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, purpose, recognition, redrawArt, reflection, reputation, self portrait, selfWorth, sketchbook, sketchpost, socialCurrency, socialmedia, stress, studies, study, sustainableArtCareer

Sketchbook 13 / Figure studies, doodles + ramble about dreams, prestige, hustle culture and purpose [patron only]

LeonieArtRambles podcast E03 / Learning to manage burnout

By leonieyue Posted on 15 October 2020 Posted in LeonieYue, Podcast, Reflection Tagged with burnout, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, podcast, workingHours

LeonieArtRambles podcast 03 / Learning to manage burnout

Patron only StudyPost 11 / Learning to manage burnout, working hours & my learning journey so far + LeonieArtRambles podcast E03

By leonieyue Posted on 14 October 2020 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Podcast, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with art studies, artImprovement, burnout, clipstudiopaint, gestures, learning, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, ManagingEmotions, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, personalupdate, productivity, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, reflection, selfCare, sketchbook, sketchpost, studies, study, workingHours, wristHealth

Sketchbook 11 / Learning to manage burnout, working hours & my learning journey so far [patron only]

Illustration / My entry to Lara Carson’s DrawThisInYourStyle Challenge + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 28 September 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with ArtChallenge, autism, autistic, burnout, characterart, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyleLBXlaracarson, dtiys, emotionalMaturity, friendship, friendships, Illustration, LaraCarsonArtist, LBX2020, lbxlaracarsondtiys, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, LightBoxExpo, LightBoxExpo2020, lowEnergy, MentalHealth, motivation, narcissism, Narcissists, personalupdate, selfCare

Illustration / My entry to Lara Carson’s DrawThisInYourStyle Challenge, process + LeonieUpdate!
= whether narcissists have true friends
= on managing autistic burnout & motivation style
= other interesting finds!

Tag: burnout