learning – Leonie's Art Blog

🐦Feeling small in an overwhelming world 💐 [Hermit Dragon Leonie part 13/final]

By leonieyue Posted on 14 October 2025 Posted in CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, ThreeDart, Video, VoxelIllustration Tagged with compromise, DailySchedule, existential, feelingSmallInOverwhelmingWorld, gamesWeek, Illustration, learning, leonieyue, magicaVoxel, reflective, selfAwareness, studying, video, voxel, voxelArt, whocaresabouttags

❧ reflecting on this voxel project & my video compilation
❧ on learning and on feeling small
❧ on drawing everyday
❧ personal update & ramble

💧 Void watching where I work [Hermit Dragon Leonie part 9]

By leonieyue Posted on 5 February 2025 Posted in Animation, CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, ThreeDart, VoxelIllustration Tagged with BeingMisunderstood, communication, expectations, expectationsProjections, ezcema, flawed, hermit, HermitDragonLeonie, HermitDragonLeonieVoxel, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, Illustration, invisibleExpectations, learning, learningJourney, learningProcess, leonieyue, magicaVoxel, mindgames, overthinking, reflection, reflective, s, scapegoat, scaryConversations, slowingdown, summer, teamwork, TextChatCommunication, unspokenExpectations, voxel, VoxelAnimation, voxelArt, voxelIllustration

❧ reflecting on this
❧ personal update & more!

🎄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!

🍄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

Mario Strikers Princess Daisy taking a break! 🌼

By leonieyue Posted on 28 November 2022 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with art learning, ArtStyle, backhandedcompliment, bloodTest, cintiqWacom, cohost, fanart, HiveSocial, Illustration, instagram, instagramReels, learning, learningfrommistakes, learningJourney, leonieyue, MakingVideo, MarioStrikersBattleLeagueFootball, MarioStrikersSwitch, mastodon, posture, princessDaisy, ReflectingComment, simplification, socialmedia, socialmediaBoundaries, speedpaint, Timelapse, trialAndError, tumblr, twitter, WacomTablet, workspacecleaning, youtubeDislikes, YoutubeShorts, デイジー姫

In this week’s blog post:
– speedpaint for Daisy
– trying to not take youtube dislikes seriously :’)
– learning about video/reels
– reflecting on the past week

Oh heartbroken Kirby 💔

By leonieyue Posted on 7 November 2022 Posted in Comics, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with abandonment, adultFriendship, AIartDiscourse, ArtistHustle, beauty, bodyImage, brokenHeart, brokenhearted, character illustration, characterIllustration, cohost, comic, compatibility, digital art, digital illustration, disappointed, disappointment, empathy, fanart, friendship, friendships, HAL Laboratory, heartbreak, how to art career, hurt, Illustration, ImageAI, instagram, kirby, kirbysDreamBuffet, learning, learningfrommistakes, learningJourney, leftbehind, LeonieYoutube, leonieyue, letdown, LevelsOfFriendships, liveandlearn, lonely, MentalHealth, movieThoughts, nintendo, onlineFriendship, OutgrowingFriends, PhysicalAppearance, physicalAttractiveness, physiololgicalstress, pixiv, platonicFriends, postingBreak, publicpersona, RedShoesAndTheSevenDwarvesMovie, sadness, self compassion, selfdoubt, selfWorth, twitter

In this week’s blog post:
– the timelapse & feelings
– thoughts on Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves movie + body image
– issues with Cohost’s ToS so I’m not posting there
– AI art fears and thoughts as it spreads
– 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.

Art from imagination & watercolour practice / My feelings for you ❤️

By leonieyue Posted on 30 May 2022 Posted in CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, Sketches, Traditional Tagged with anxiety, anxious, BryceKhoClass, character design, CharacterDesign, characterIllustration, feeling, feelings, health, Illustration, insecurity, learning, learningfrommistakes, learningJourney, leonieyue, love, LoveAndKindness, mixedFeelings, personalupdate, practice, sad, sadness, tense, tension, vulnerability, watercolour

All the mixed feelings :’)
Trying to learn & practice watercolour!
And little personal ramble for the week.

StudyPost / Kimodameshi 2022 Days 1 to 7

By leonieyue Posted on 11 April 2022 Posted in LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost, Timelapse Tagged with figure drawing, figuredrawing, Kimo, Kimo4, Kimodameshi2022, learning, learningJourney, leonieyue, photostudies, photoStudy, portrait, portraits, portraitStudy, reflection, reflective, studies, Timelapse

Last month I started doing the yearly Kimo(dameshi) challenge where you post figure studies for 20 days.

Featured here was Day 1.

It goes downhill from here as I document & struggle with the 1st week :’)

StudyPost 20 / Figure studies, reflecting on mastery & the growth mindset!

By leonieyue Posted on 15 November 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with art studies, clipstudiopaint, fastStudy, gestures, growingMindset, growingPains, Growth, headspace, imagination, ImaginativeDrawing, learning, learningJourney, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lineartArtist, mastery, mindset, paintShapeArtist, photostudies, photoStudy, plateau, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, reflection, sketchbook, sketchpost, slowLearner, slowStudy, StephenSilver, StephenSilverDrawingAcademy, studies, study, summary, visualise

The life long learning journey!!
Some self directed learning shenanigans from Stephen Silver (:

And thoughts on mastery, long term fulfillment and the growth mindset.

StudyPost 17 / Hello I’m very rusty but I’m finally taking baby steps to study and practice again!

By leonieyue Posted on 11 August 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with art studies, contourDrawing, creativeEnergy, emotionalEnergy, gestures, learning, learningJourney, leonieyue, MentalHealth, movieThoughts, patron, photostudies, photoStudy, PixarSoul, portrait, portraits, postingSchedule, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, reflection, rusty, sketchbook, sketchpost, spoilers, studies, study, studyPost

Here we go again!
This is all the studies from the past week & my loose learning plan from here.

And spoiler talk on the movie Soul.

Fanart / Wah [Ninomae Ina’nis from hololiveEN]

By leonieyue Posted on 7 June 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with anxiety, Art Anxiety, characterIllustration, emailUpdates, fanart, hololiveEN, housekeeping, Illustration, Ina, inART, influencer, iterating, learning, learningfrommistakes, learningJourney, leonieyue, MentalHealth, ninomaeInanis, PerformanceAnxiety, slo, slowingdown, slowLearner, socialCurrency, socialmedia, SocialMediaAddiction, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaArt, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, streamers, toxicProductivity, turtlePace, twitter, twitterAlgorithm, Vtuber, いなート, 一伊那尓栖

Leonie rambles about her limited knowledge about Ina & update about sketch prompts and tweeting art :’)

Patron only StudyPost 16 / Figures and fashion studies + reflecting on “positive arrogance” & these patron posts!

By leonieyue Posted on 10 May 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with art studies, ArtistStruggle, careerDirection, careerthoughts, drapery, drawingLifeSession, EthanBecker, existential, fashion, figure drawing, figuredrawing, FindingANiche, freelanceIllustration, freelanceLife, frustration, gestures, growingPains, Iamenough, impatient, imposterSyndrome, inadequacy, learning, learningJourney, leonieyue, notgoodenoughFeelings, PaperMario, PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, perfectionist, positiveArrogance, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, QueenOfTheDragonflies, reflection, reflective, selfAwareness, sketchbook, sketchpost, soloist, studies, study, vivian

Sketchpost 16 / Figures and fashion studies, Vivian timelapse + reflecting on “positive arrogance” & these patron posts [patron only]!

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 / Don’t mess with Paw Paw + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 21 September 2020 Posted in CharacterDesign, Concept Art, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate Tagged with AkiraMovie, angryWomen, autism, autistic, AxisOfAwesome, BladeRunner2049, BOMleader, BowlOfMysteryProject, character design, character development, CharacterDesign, emotionalMaturity, EmotionalSupport, Illustration, JoshKaufman, learning, LeonieUpdate, ManagingEmotions, Mulan2020, music, narcissism, Narcissists, NintendoDirect, originalCharacter, PawPaw, Playstation5, shortFilms, socialmedia, socialmediabreaks, ToxicPositivity, undertale

Illustration / Don’t mess with Paw Paw, process + LeonieUpdate about learning as a newbie, narcissists, toxic positivity, Mulan 2020 vent, interesting finds and more!

Tag: learning