learningJourney – Leonie's Art Blog

⚔️ 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!

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.

🧺🌳Banner art for the new official Crossy Road Central Discord (with art boss’s help)! 🍕🦄🐔🐈‍⬛🦆🐖🐎📖 Blender learning & anxiety with recording & streaming

By leonieyue Posted on 20 February 2024 Posted in Collaboration, Commission, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, ThreeDart, VoxelIllustration Tagged with 3Dart, AliceWalsh, anxiety, ArtCollaboration, BlenderThoughts, contentSlop, contentVoid, creativeFlow, crossy, crossy road, CrossyRoadCastle, discord, flow, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, intenseWorkRest, learningJourney, leonieyue, magicaVoxel, PerformanceAnxiety, protectArtCreativeProcess, RealTimeRecording, scoutrager, slowingdown, StreamingAnxiety, voxelArt, voxelIllustration

In this blog post:
❧ ramble a bit about the thoughts and process behind this!
❧ shall learn Blender another time
❧ the official Crossy Road Central discord
❧ reflecting on my anxiety with real time recordings/streaming

Happy Crossy St Patrick’s Day! 🍀💚 [Crossy Road illlustration for Hipster Whale]

By leonieyue Posted on 18 March 2023 Posted in Commission, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse Tagged with AnnaAkanaYoutube, clover, clovers, computerbuildupgrade, costofliving, covid19, crossy, crossy road, CrossyAlien, CrossyBabyParrot, crossyChicken, CrossyGummyGear, CrossyKeaParrot, CrossyLizard, CrossyMallard, crossyMarketingArt, CrossyNudibranch, CrossyRaptor, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyTortoise, environmentArt, green, harddrives, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, learningJourney, leonieyue, marketingArt, personalupdate, potOGold, StPatricksDay, walletpain

In this blog post:
– speedpaint process and reflection
– life lessons: people coming/going, self rejection, disappointing people, self responsibility, communication, social media metrics & more
– personal update as I juggle more things and feel more stingy :’)

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe is out!! 🎩✨

By leonieyue Posted on 28 February 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AIartDiscourse, AIgeneratedWork, art learning, ArtAndFear, artprocess, BandanaDee, CBTapproach, dreamLife, fanart, gratitude, gratitudeJournaling, headspace, Illustration, journal, KingDedede, kirby, kirbysReturnToDreamlandDeluxe, learningJourney, leonieyue, Magolor, ManagingStress, manifesting, MentalHealth, MetaKnight, personalupdate, pixiv, reflection, reflective, sleepDeprived, sleepy, speedpaint, stress, subscriptionArtLearning, The Artist's Way, Timelapse, youtubevideo

In this blog post:
– speedpaint for this piece!
– reverting my efforts in Youtube videos
– morning pages & gratitude journals are not for everyone & other journaling approaches
– quitting pixiv & their AI generated work mess
– 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

Warioware: Get It Together! / Eye of newt, Ashley casts a hex on you! Happy Spooky Halloween! 🎃

By leonieyue Posted on 31 October 2022 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with Ashley, BlackCat, candy, cats, character illustration, characterIllustration, deadpan, digital art, externalRewards, fanart, food, grumpy, halloween, Illustration, instagram, instagramAlgorithm, learningJourney, leonieyue, lonely, lonelyArtist, nintendo, pickyEater, pomodoroMethod, productivity, productivityMethod, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, solitary, spooky, spookySeason, Timelapse, timesheets, toxicProductivity, twitter, WarioWare, WarioWareGetItTogether, Witch, witchcraft, アシュリー

Happy SPOOKY season!
OooooOoo

In this week’s blog post:
the art timelapse,
reflecting about twitter, instagram & social media
and why I hate the pomodoro method, external rewards or timesheets for productivity :0