DrawingChallenge – Leonie's Art Blog

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

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 04 / Twintails + timelapse

By leonieyue Posted on 2 June 2021 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, progressupdate, Sketches, Studies, Timelapse Tagged with ArtForTheDay, artPrompt, drawing, DrawingChallenge, leonieyue, photostudies, photoStudy, pixivSketch, portait, prompt, PromptForTheDay, rough, sketch, sketchbook, SketchForTheDay, sketchpost, Timelapse

Fourth sketch of the day and timelapse!

Sketch for the day 03 / Book + little twitter ramble + timelapse

By leonieyue Posted on 1 June 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, Timelapse Tagged with ArtForTheDay, artPrompt, book, clipstudiopaint, drawing, DrawingChallenge, leonieyue, MentalHealth, photostudies, photoStudy, pixivSketch, portait, prompt, rough, sketch, sketchbook, SketchForTheDay, sketchpost, socialmedia, Timelapse, twitter

Third sketch for the day!!
Leonie also rambles about not posting these to twitter and only checking twitter mentions.

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!

Sketch for the day 01 / Blonde hair [pixivSketch prompt 26/05/2021]

By leonieyue Posted on 27 May 2021 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, Sketches Tagged with ArtChallenge, ArtForTheDay, blonde, blondehair, drawing, DrawingChallenge, girl, housekeeping, pixivSketch, prompt, PromptForTheDay, rough, sketch, sketchbook, SketchForTheDay, sketchpost

My first daily pixivSketch prompt: blonde hair!

Also all future blog posts are accessible and why I’m keeping my rough, embarrassing sketches and studies here and away from social media.

Fanart / My entry to MageCandor’s DrawThisInYourStyle challenge + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 15 March 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with algorithms, anime, autism, autistic, autopilot, balance, boredom, BreathOfTheWild, connections, CryptoArtDiscourse, demon, demongirl, DidYouKnowGamingYoutube, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyle, DrawThisInyourStyleChallenge, dtiys, dtiyschallenge, executiveFunctionChallenges, expectations, exposureTherapy, fanart, focus, gamedev, HealthyGamerGG, HirooOnodaWW2Holdout, Illustration, intentionality, InterestingFinds, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, magecandorArtist, magecandordemon, ManagingEnergy, ManagingStress, manga, mindfulness, OkisWeirdStoriesYoutube, perfectionism, perfectionist, power naps, process, processPost, redrawArt, selfDiscipline, sleep, sleepDeprived, socialmedia, socialmediaBoundaries, stress, succubus, TolerateBoredom

Fanart / My entry to MageCandor’s DrawThisInYourStyle challenge + LeonieUpdate, on the NFT/Crypto Art discourse, letting go of perfectionism, modes & hyperfocus, tolerating boredom in a world of algorithms and more in this ramble post!

Fanart / My entry to Albabbgg’s DrawThisInYourStyleChallenge + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 22 February 2021 Posted in Comics, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with ACNH, AlbabbggArtist, Albabg150k, AlbaBGArtist, AnimalCrossing, AnimalCrossingNewHorizons, AnimalCrossingNewHorizonsThoughts, animated, artprocess, attentionResidue, BigJoelYoutube, clipstudiopaint, contextSwitching, Contrapoints, DavidFSandbergPonysmasher, declutter, DisasterDayofCrisis, DisneyCruellaMovie, distraction, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyle, drawthisinyourstyleAlbabbgg, DrawThisInyourStyleChallenge, FamicomDetectiveClub, fanart, focus, goddess, HanaKimura, humidWeather, HyruleWarriors, HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity, InterestingFinds, introvert, JasonDiazYoutube, JKRowling, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, managingInterruptions, ManagingStress, MarioGolfSuperRush, MattMcMusclesYoutube, nintendo, NintendoDirect, onlineBoundaries, personalupdate, portrait, process, processPost, procrastination, productivity, shortFilms, Skyward Sword, sleepDeprived, SmashBrosUltimate, snake, sonder, Splatoon3, stress, SuperMario3DWorldBowsersFury, SuperMarioAnniversary, TakingBreaks, TerraceHouseShow, Time, timeManagement, Unity, VsauceYoutube, xenobladeChronicles2, YoutubeCorporation, YoutubeCreators

Fanart / My entry to Albabbgg’s DrawThisInYourStyle Challenge, process steps + LeonieUpdate, Nintendo Direct thoughts, staying productive by minimising context switching and more in this blog post!

Illustration / My entry to SamsA’s DrawThisInYourStylechallenge + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 16 November 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with AccentedCinema, acceptance, ArtChallenge, autism, autismInLadies, autistic, autisticBurnout, Awkwafina, boundaries, CeriHutton, characterIllustration, crushes, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyle, DrawThisInyourStyleChallenge, dtiys, emotionalDistance, emotionalIntimacy, emotionalMaturity, EmotionalSupport, expectations, friendship, friendships, hermitLife, hurt, Illustration, InterestingFinds, kindness, leonieyue, loneliness, LouieZong, magicalGirl, ManagingEmotions, music, networking, nuance, personalSpace, platonicFriends, process, rats, reddit, redrawArt, reflection, rejection, romanticAttraction, RurouniKenshin, samsa_dtiys1k, SamsAartist, selfAcceptance, selfAwareness, WaterLady

Illustration / My entry to SamsA’s DrawThisInYourStyleChallenge + little LeonieUpdate and ramble about platonic friendships!

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]

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!

Illustration / My entry to Danielle Pioli’s Draw this in your style LBX2020 Challenge 🌹✨ + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 14 September 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with AccentedCinema, ArtChallenge, boundaries, breadcrumbing, communication, DaniellePioli, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyle, DrawThisInYourStyleLBXPioli, dtiys, DuneMovie, emotionalMaturity, EthanBecker, friendship, friendships, ghosting, Illustration, InktoberPlagiarismScandal, LBX2020, LBXOnline2020, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, LightBoxExpo, ManagingEmotions, Mulan1998, Mulan2020, nintendo, reflection, relationships, SelfConfidence, SuperMarioGalaxy2

Illustration / My entry to Danielle Pioli’s Draw this in your style LBX2020 Challenge + LeonieUpdate on:
★ LightBoxExpo 2020 thoughts so far
★ notes & thoughts on ghosting
★ both animated Mulan (1998) & live-action remake Mulan (2020) rambles
★ other interesting thoughts & finds

Tag: DrawingChallenge