neurodivergent – Leonie's Art Blog

Pikmin 4 / Me, my pikmin and my space dog Oatchi!

By leonieyue Posted on 18 July 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with animatedshort, ArtistHustle, ArtistStruggle, asexual, asexuality, AutismTrauma, bluepikmin, bluesky, existential, existentialEmptiness, fanart, finalfantasy16, frayromantic, glowpikmin, healthUpdate, HustleCulture, hyperfocus, icepikmin, Illustration, indiegamedev, instagram, leonieyue, neurodivergent, NintendoSwitch, Oatchi, overthinking, personalTraumas, personalupdate, pikmin, pikmin4, pinkpikmin, platonicRelationship, purplepikmin, redpikmin, reflection, reflective, rockpikmin, romance, romantic, romanticSpectrum, shortFilms, shoujoAnime, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediabreaks, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, socialmediaoverwhelm, SocialMediaReach, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, TakingBreaks, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate, TextSpeedpaint, Threads, TransGenerationalFamilyTrauma, trauma, TraumaProjection, traumas, twitter, videoreflectivenotes, whitepikmin, yellowpikmin, youtube, オッチン, ピクミン 4

In this blog post:
– speedpaint text commentary for this fanart
– Twitter & social media woes
– not sure about my Thread account
– reflecting on some youtube videos, romance & asexuality, hustle culture, personal update & taking a break

Young Cricket the meat dumplings lover! [Warioware: Get It Together!]

By leonieyue Posted on 6 June 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with adultFriendship, aloneTime, alonewithcompany, anxiety, autism, autismFriendships, autismLife, autisticBurnout, AutisticFidgeting, BeingMisunderstood, burden, burnedBridges, comfortZone, commitmentfear, communication, confusion, connections, contentCreators, coworkerFriendshipsHard, deadpan, defensive, delayedProcessing, demiromantic, DemiromanticAce, disappointment, dumplings, emotionalDistance, emotionalEnergy, emotionalIntimacy, emotionalLabour, EmotionallyAvoidant, EmotionallyDetach, emotionallyDraining, emotionallyImmature, emotionallyProcessing, exhausted, expectationsProjections, fanart, flowers, friendsComeAndGo, friendship, friendshipCompatibility, friendshipGuilt, friendships, gaslighting, ghosting, heartbreak, humanConnection, Illustration, incompetence, inconvenience, influencer, isolated, jawPain, jobsAutism, judgement, kungfu, leonieyue, LettingGo, LevelsOfFriendships, limerence, limerenceProjectionFantasy, loneliness, lonely, lowEnergy, MakingVideo, ManagingStress, manipulative, martial artist, martialartists, masking, meat buns, meat dumplings, monkey, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, NeurodiversityWorkplaceAccommmodations, nintendo, nonVerbal, notlookingautistic, Online:urker, onlineAcquaintances, OnlineContentConsistency, onlineFriendship, OnlineLurker, onlinePersona, OutgrowingFriends, passivereactions, PerformanceAnxiety, personalSpace, personalTraumas, personalupdate, personalZone, phonecalls, platonicFriends, publicpersona, rechargeTime, reflection, reflective, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, resentment, RomanticProjection, scapegoat, ScriptingAutism, SensoryIssues, sensoryOverload, socialAnxiety, socialGroups, socialising, sociallyAcceptable, socialMediaPoll, socialNeeds, SocialNorms, socialOutsider, socialreassurance, socialrecluse, socialValidation, speedpaintcommentary, StressEat, structureAndRoutine, stubbornness, subtlety, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, Timelapse, tired, toxicFriendships, TraumaProjection, unavailablepeople, WarioWare, WarioWareGetItTogether, writtencommunication, youngCricket, youtubevideo, ヤングクリケット

In this blog post:
– back to text commentary speedpaint
– commentary, youtube analytics & video making woes
– autism thoughts: masking, not looking autistic enough, scripting, “selective” mutism, burnouts, jobs/workplace accommodations, social faux pas, friendships & intimacy
– social media & personal update

SuperLeonieMode 359 / Got no time for this!

By leonieyue Posted on 8 August 2022 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode Tagged with alopeciaAreataHairLoss, art learning, autism, autismfocus, autismLife, autistic, beanie, comic, Doodles, gotnotimeforthis, Illustration, learningJourney, leonieyue, mood, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, self portrait, sketch, SketchForTheDay, SuperLeonieMode

Well.

Art from Imagination & Memory / Lots of Portraits & health update!

By leonieyue Posted on 23 May 2022 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with alopeciaAreataHairLoss, anxiety, AnxiousAvoidantAttachmentStyle, autism, AutismAdulthood, autismLife, Berserk, comfortZone, DrawingFromImagination, FinalFantasyOriginsStrangersOfParadise, GutsBerserk, healthUpdate, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, hikikomori, imagination, ImaginativeDrawing, IronDeficiencyAnemia, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, PerformanceAnxiety, personalupdate, portraits, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, reflection, sketchbook, SketchFromImagination, sketchpost

Lots of terrible heads
And current 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.

Fanart for Ōkami 大神 / Happy Lunar New Year of the Tiger 2022 + hey I’m back! 🧧🐅🎆

By leonieyue Posted on 1 February 2022 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with brainfart, Celestial Brush God, crossy road, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadUpdate, fanart, Gekigami, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleAnniversary, Illustration, leonieyue, lightning, Lunar New Year, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, neurotypical, okami, okamiden, OkamiLunarNewYear, reflection, reflective, thunderstorm, tunnelVision, yearoftiger, zodiacAnimals, zodiacPredictions, 凍神, 大神, 虎

Hey I’m back!!
I talk about the Tiger zodiac reading for fun & reflect on (technically) my Hipster Whale 1 year anniversary…

Fanart / Sephiroth portraits + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 1 March 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with acceptance, animated, AnimatorSalary, animatorsInJapan, anxiety, artprocess, AtrocityGuideYoutube, autism, autismInLadies, autistic, autisticBurnout, boundaries, communication, concept art, ConceptArtist, D'AngeloWallaceYoutube, DaftPunk, DailySchedule, deadpan, DeepWork, distraction, EnergyDraining, existential, fanart, FinalFantasy7, FinalFantasyAdventChildrenComplete, FinalFantasyVII, FinalFantasyVIIremake, FloatPixarShort, Illustration, InterestingFinds, InternetHistorianYoutuber, jobsAutism, KittensStudio, KonekoNoStudio, LegoRewind, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lifedirection, LindsayEllisYoutube, lowEnergy, ManagingEnergy, MarsPerseveranceRover, masking, mindfulness, music, NathanZedYoutube, neurodivergent, neurotypical, NewPokemonSnap, NierReplicantver.1.22474487139..., OneWingedAngel, persona, PersonalLimitations, Pixar, pokemon, PokemonLegendsArcaeus, PokemonPresents, process, processPost, procrastination, productivity, programming, rejection, rejectionSensitivity, SchaffrillasProductionsYoutube, schedule, selfAcceptance, Sephiroth, shortFilms, Sia, SiaMusicMovie, SmashBros, SmashBrosSP, SmashBrosUltimate, stress, TakingBreaks, ThomasFrankYoutube, TianasoaYoutube, TimeAnxiety, timeManagement, ToeiAnimation, TracklibYoutube, whiteLies, WindPixarShort, workCulture, workingHours, workSatisfaction, スマブラSP, スマブラ画, セフィロス

Fanart / Sephiroth portraits, process steps + LeonieUpdate, communication vent, notes on time anxiety, daily schedule, existential life questions and more in this blog post!!

GoodBye, 2019. Reflection for the year, on being neurodivergent, Frozen2 thoughts & update

By leonieyue Posted on 29 December 2019 Posted in CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, Photos, Reflection, Traditional Tagged with autism, careerthoughts, CharacterDesign, cuteartwork, fanart, freelancing, friendship, friendships, Frozen2, games, games industry, Illustration, introvert, JojoRabbitMovie, knightofhearts, leonieyue, Linkle, MentalHealth, movieThoughts, neurodivergent, overthinking, personalupdate, photo post, PicrossSwitchGame, reflection, relationships, RingFitAdventure, sketchbook, socialising, socialmedia, workMode

LeonieBear says goodbye 2019, personal lessons of the year, rambling about outside adventures and Frozen 2.

Tag: neurodivergent