focus – Leonie's Art Blog

🎄Merry Catmas with Christmas Tree Cat 🐈 Crossy Road update fanart! ❄️

By leonieyue Posted on 22 December 2024 Posted in Collaboration, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with affection, ArtSelfExpression, cat, christmas, ChristmasTree, christmasTreeCat, cleaning, comfort zone, comfortable, Cramps, CreativeBlock, creativeControl, creativeFlow, crossy, crossy road, crossy10thBday, CrossyAnniversary, CrossyCat, CrossyFanart, crossyroad, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadThemeParkUpdate, CrossyRoadUpdate, crushes, decompress, earningTrust, EnergyConserving, energyLevels, executiveFunctionChallenges, fanart, fashionPersonalStyle, focus, happyholidays, hermit, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, homebody, homebodylife, homeCleaning, houseCleaning, HWCrossyChristmas, Illustration, internetf, internetFinds, juggling, jugglingAllTheThings, learning, learningProcess, leonieyue, loneliness, lonely, love, LoveHesitator, magicalGirl, music, patience, PikminBloom, postingSchedule, productivity, productivityStruggles, safety, stingyFrugalHermit, talent, TightBudgetHermit, Timelapse, trialAndError, trust, whiteCat, zoneOut

In this little blog post:
❧ the art & speedpaint!
❧ personal update, juggling things & internet finds!

⚔️ Making a Sword [Slowly learning Blender #1]

By leonieyue Posted on 28 May 2024 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, ThreeDart Tagged with 3D, activelySocialOnline, animationIndustry, anxietyFuture, ArtHabits, autisticBurnout, Blender3D, bluesky, comfort zone, comfortZone, complexFeelings, contentVoid, entertainmentIndustry, envy, focus, GlazeAgainstAIScraping, instagram, intense, JennyNicholsonYoutube, learning, learningJourney, LeonieBlenderLearningProgress, leonieyue, MetaAi, movieTrailers, notgoodenoughFeelings, OkisWeirdStoriesYoutube, processingFeelings, qubicle, reflection, reflective, resentment, selfImprovement, sittingwithfeelings, social media, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediaIsASlotMachine, socialmediaIsRigged, socialmediaoverwhelm, socialmediatoxicity, SocialMediaVoid, spiteful, StarWarsHotel, sword, ThreeKingdoms, TwitterVentAgain

In this little blog post:
❧ reflecting on this
❧ personal update, striving not to burn out & more!

🪺🐇🎀Bunny time with Big Baby Chicken 🐤🐔🦆 [Fanart for the Crossy Road Easter character update]! Social media, health assessment tool, stress & anxiety

By leonieyue Posted on 29 March 2024 Posted in Collaboration, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with anxiety, breastCancerCheckUp, breastCancerRiskAssessment, crossy, crossy road, CrossyChick, crossyChicken, CrossyMallard, crossyroad, crossyroadBigBabyChicken, CrossyRoadUpdate, dentist, easterBreak, fanart, focus, grindingTeeth, headspace, hipsterWhale, Illustration, intrusiveBadMemories, juggling, keepingBusy, leonieyue, lowkeystress, ManagingStress, OnPodcasting, personal update, physiololgicalstress, podcastMaking, spiraling, stress, teethShenanigans, tenseBody, toxicStress

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble & subtitled timelapse!
❧ personal update, breast cancer risk assessment tool & more!

Fanart / Ryu from Street Fighter 6 + timelapse! 🥊

By leonieyue Posted on 6 June 2022 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Sketches, Timelapse Tagged with badShortTermMemory, doctor, edgy, fanart, focus, health, healthUpdate, Illustration, leonieyue, MarioStrikersSwitch, muscles, personalupdate, ryu, SF6, streetFighter6, Timelapse, torso, winterCold

Practice practice practice!

Finally finished this impromptu doodle!
Ramble on the Mario Strikers demo.
And health update :’)

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 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.

StudyPost 18 / Figure studies & bubble tea + timelapse!

By leonieyue Posted on 22 September 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost, Timelapse Tagged with art studies, bicycle, clipstudiopaint, creativeRut, creativity, earthquake, familiarity, figure drawing, figuredrawing, FindingANiche, focus, gestures, Groose, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, mario, niche, OnlineContentConsistency, OnlinePopularity, overwhelm, patron, photostudies, popularity, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, reflection, sketchbook, sketchpost, socialCurrency, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaArt, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, socialmediaoverwhelm, stress, studies, study

Doodling people because I’m rusty.

Fanart / Princess Daisy and Peach from Mario Golf Super Rush, timelapse & little E3 ramble

By leonieyue Posted on 21 June 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Timelapse Tagged with ArtistStandards, ArtistStruggle, BoBurnham, BoBurnhamINSIDE, boundaries, BreathOfTheWild, E3thoughts, empty, existential, fanart, focus, foggy, gameRamble, GardenStoryGame, gloomy, housekeeping, HyruleWarriors, HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity, Illustration, insecurity, KazuyaTekken, KnockoutHomeFitness, leonieyue, LeonieYueRambles, MarioGolfSuperRush, MentalHealth, overwhelm, personal, personalupdate, princess peach, princessDaisy, self comparisons, SmashBros, SmashBrosSP, SmashBrosUltimate, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediaoverwhelm, TheGreatAceAttorneyChronicles, Timelapse, toxicProductivity, twitter, uncertain, WarioWare, WarioWareGetItTogether, デイジー姫, ピーチ姫, マリオゴルフスーパーラッシュ

I ramble about games I’m looking forward to! And I’m taking a break next week :’)

Patron only StudyPost 15 / DTIYS illustration timelapse, figure drawing & portraits + letting go of results & perfectionism

By leonieyue Posted on 26 April 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with AkimboPodcast, animation, anxiety, art studies, autism, autistic, Awkwafina, BadFriends, beauty and the beast, blogging, clippaintstudio, clipstudiopaint, ColossalMovie, concentration, creative, creativeRut, creativity, creativityRut, doubts, empty, existential, failures, FeminineGaze, figure drawing, figuredrawing, FilmJoyYoutube, focus, friendships, hopelessness, housekeeping, HowlsMovingCastle, hyperfocus, InterestingFinds, KungFuPanda, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, LettingGo, lifesuffering, LoishArtist, MaleGaze, MarvelShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings, MollieBowmanYoutube, Nihilism, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, perfectionist, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, reflection, reflective, results, RKFT1Youtube, SagesRainYoutube, self compassion, selfa, selfAcceptance, selfAwareness, selfCare, selfdoubt, selfImprovement, SethGodin, shortFilms, sketchbook, sketchpost, studies, study, success, suffering, TaikaWaititi, TheGreatAceAttorneyChronicles, witandFollyYoutube, yakuza, YharaZaydYoutube

Sketchpost 15 / DTIYS illustration timelapse, figure drawing and portraits + letting go of results, perfectionism & final interesting finds in this blog post [patron only]

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!

LeonieUpdate! I’m back with updated plans to future posts, why I’m quitting my instagram + facebook page and interesting finds!

By leonieyue Posted on 1 February 2021 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Podcast, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode Tagged with :3ildcatYoutube, appearingNormal, AttentionEconomy, beauty, beautyStandard, beautyStandards, boundaries, BrazilianJapanese, CalNewport, cats, CommunityManagement, contentCreators, contextSwitching, CosmonautVarietyHourYoutube, cuteartwork, DeepWork, DickWhittingtonPantomine, DidYouKnowGamingYoutube, DigitalMinimalism, distraction, DonQuixoteBallet, DonQuixoteRoyalBallet, EarwigAndTheWitchGhibliMovie, eczema, emotionalLabour, facebookPage, FemaleObjectification, focus, friendships, HarryPotter, heroesAndFans, HettyFeatherStageshow, Illustration, ImmigrantParents, instagram, instagramAlgorithm, instagramstories, instagramUpdate, internetConsumption, JapaneseBrazilians, JasonVongYoutube, JuliaBausenhardtIllustrator, JulieNolkeYoutube, languageBarriers, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, LeonieYueRambles, livingWithIntention, LouieZong, love, LoveAndKindness, magical, MozartMagicFluteOpera, MozartTheMagicFluteOpera, musical, MusicalThoughts, NerdwriterYoutube, NieRAutomata, onlineBoundaries, parasocial relationships, performingHappiness, persona5, personalupdate, productivity, PuiPuiMolcarAnime, quittingfacebook, quittinginstagram, RenginIllustrator, SalariYoutuber, SarahZYoutube, selfLove, socialCurrency, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediabreaks, socialMediaEngagement, socialmediaoverwhelm, SophiaMitropoulosArtist, SuperLeonieMode, SuperMario3DWorldBowsersFury, TheLegendofValkyrie, toad, ToxicPositivity, TwinMirrorGame, UnseenJapan, venting, VictoriaTran, WorkBoyGameBoy, WorthiKidsAnimator

Final public LeonieUpdate!
I’m back with updated plans to future blog posts, why I’m quitting my instagram + facebook page (huge page of social media sources too) and interesting finds on beauty standards, stage shows, games, online boundaries, parasocial relationships, cultural belonging, changes to blog posts & more in this long blog post!

Fanart / Lots of Yuka from Animal Crossing + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 9 November 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with AnimalCrossing, AnimalCrossingNewHorizons, anime, autism, autistic, comedySkits, computerChess, DeepBlue, DownTheRabbitHoleYoutube, droids, fanart, flow, focus, FredrikKnudsen, Illustration, InterestingFinds, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, music, PopCultureDetectiveYoutube, productivity, rats, singledom, StarWars, Yuka

Fanart / Lots of Yuka from Animal Crossing + LeonieUpdate!

Fanart / Sailor Mercury☿️ & Sailor Jupiter♃ + LeonieUpdate about art making, habits and breaks!

By leonieyue Posted on 10 August 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate Tagged with arting, autism, creativeRut, creativity, creativityRut, fanart, focus, habit, headspace, hermitLife, Illustration, InterestingFinds, LastOfUsPart2, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lineart, MentalHealth, narcissism, Narcissists, personalupdate, process, procrastination, productivity, relationships, SailorJupiter, SailorMercury, sailorScouts, sailorSenshi, sketch, TakingBreaks, TimMinchin

Fanart / Sailor Mercury☿️ & Sailor Jupiter♃ + LeonieUpdate:
★ process for my fanart ;D
★ personal update about art making, habits and breaks, on youtube videos plus interesting finds

Two Year Mighty Games Anniversary & Four Years of BurpBlogging – Reflecting on 2017 & Melbourne Global Game Jam 2018 // Curling into an Art Posting Ghost on Social Media 2018 [NOV&DEC2017+JAN2018] + SuperLeonieMode 193 & 205

By leonieyue Posted on 1 February 2018 Posted in Comics, Fanart, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode Tagged with CocoDisney, fanart, focus, foreverAloneMeme, framed2, friendships, happiness, journal, loneliness, Melbourne Global Game Jam, MightyAnniversary, mightygames, PitchPerfectPickles, socialmedia, super listen mode, SuperLeonieMode, xenobladeChronicles

Y4M11&12 + Y5M1 Leonie Yue’s Social Media Recap & Sketchbook

Four years of serious blogging! Let’s look back on 2017!

Managing Social Media & “Influencers” Ramble

& 2 years at Mighty Reflection Ramble!

“My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness” book: Personal Thoughts on Sexuality, Relationships, Passion, Family Approval, searching for Belonging & Loneliness

On embracing Singledom, Solitude & Accepting Yourself as you are evolving Part 2

The Past 3 Months: Curling into a ball & starting on my Self Confidence “I am enough” plan
Thoughts on my love for blogging

“Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond” Thoughts on Free Will, Identity, Creativity and the Many Masks we all Wear to get by

The Importance of having a Breakdown

About “FLOW” – the secret to happiness – an old TED Talk

“Failure motivates me” & Melbourne Global Game Jam 2018!

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