LeonieArtRambles – Leonie's Art Blog

🧣 Doodle for my birthday 🫧

By leonieyue Posted on 30 June 2026 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Traditional Tagged with crossyChicken, CrossyMallard, LeonieArtRambles, LeonieBirthday, LeonieDiscordServer, LeonieDoodles, LeonieRambles, leonieyue, self portrait

❧ struggling to get energy back from autistic fatigue and reflecting on internet use
❧ existential personal reflection and update

🧁My 10 year art career & celebrating 10 years of MIGW / 10 Australian game characters for the Games Week Launch Party (cupcake fondant topper commission + LeonieArtRambles podcasty video)

By leonieyue Posted on 6 October 2024 Posted in Commission, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Podcast, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AgentARubyLaRouge, ArtCareer, asocial, autisic, autisticallySocial, CeriHutton, commission, covid19, COVIDzine, creativity, crossy road, crossyChicken, crossyroad, CultOfTheLamb, cupcake, earHealth, EnergyDraining, EnergyImbalanceDynamics, energyLevels, entitlement, envy, faceMask, FrogDetective, game industry, gamedev, gameindustry, games, games industry, gamesConference, gamesEvents, GamesShowcase, gamesWeek, GCAP, HollowKnight, Illustration, indiegamedev, KingOfArmello, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, lowEnergy, ManagingEnergy, MelbourneInternationalGamesWeek, MIGW, MIGW2024, MovingOutGame, podcast, RATtestCovid, social media, socialAnxiety, socialEvents, speedpaintcommentary, StrayGods, subtitledSpeedpaint, textcommentary, UnpackingGame, UntitledGooseGame

In this blog post:
❧ about this project & art timelapse
❧ my little art career as a rambly podcast + art slideshow!
❧ I’ll add cupcake photos with credit at the blog if people share any :0
❧ COVID protection zine
❧ About not going to Melbourne International Games Week & the industry

Zelda and Link [Tears of the Kingdom] + voice commentary is back in my speedpaints huh

By leonieyue Posted on 23 May 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Podcast, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with anxiety, AutismTrauma, backpedaling, communication, fanart, Illustration, Legend of Zelda, legendofzelda, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, Link, ManagingStress, no spoiler, onlineBoundaries, PerformanceAnxiety, personal, personalTraumas, personalupdate, physiololgicalstress, podcast, Princess Zelda, scapegoat, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, SocialMediaMetrics, speakingUp, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, TearsOfTheKingdom, toxicStress, TransGenerationalFamilyTrauma, Zelda

In this blog post:
– voice commentary/ mini podcast speedpaint on backpedaling & first impressions of Tears of the Kingdom
– on blog rambles, toxic stress & personal update

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!

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!

LeonieArtRambles podcast 04 / Ikigai, outer & inner reasons for being and living

By leonieyue Posted on 23 November 2020 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Podcast, Reflection Tagged with emotionalMaturity, EmotionalSupport, existential, friendship, friendships, gratitude, ikigai, innerPurpose, LeonieArtRambles, life venn diagram, livinginthemoment, ManagingEmotions, meaning, meaningoflife, MentalHealth, outerPurpose, podcast, purpose, selfCare

LeonieArtRambles podcast 04 / Ikigai, outer & inner reasons for being and living.
How ikigai is not all about money or career, how I feel it applies to me and maybe my rambles help you reflect about yourself too 💜