process – Leonie's Art Blog

It’s little me! My first low poly character [256FES art attempt] 😭

By leonieyue Posted on 10 June 2025 Posted in CharacterDesign, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, ThreeDart, Video Tagged with 3D, 3D texturing, 3Dart, 3DformPractice, 3Dmodeling, artprocess, Blender3D, Illustration, leonieyue, lowpoly, process

Reflecting on 3D character modeling in Blender and my blog posting schedule :’D

🌌Samus [Metroid Dread fanart for the 38th anniversary] + sick with a head cold 🤧

By leonieyue Posted on 10 August 2024 Posted in CharacterDesign, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with anxiety, anxious, apathy, autism, AutismAdulthood, AutismEgoDeath, AutismEmployment, autismLife, autisticMasking, cloutChasing, confusion, DirtManSong, empty, EnergyDraining, energyLevels, existential, existentialDread, existentialEmptiness, existentialism, fanart, FDSignifierYoutuber, feelingLost, genAI, genAIdiscourse, GenAIimpactInternet, genAIscams, gettingSick, headCold, healthUpdate, houseCleaning, Illustration, ImpactOfGenAIonEnvironment, insecurity, jobsAutism, judgemental, KendrickTracks, leonieyue, loneliness, lowEnergy, lowkeystress, managingPeople, ManagingStress, masking, menAndShoujo, MentalHealth, MetroidAnniversary, MetroidDread, MetroidSeries, neverGoodEnough, overthinking, PerformanceAnxiety, physiololgicalstress, process, programming, sadness, Samus, selfdoubt, selfLimitingBeliefs, SickWithCold, socialDynamics, socialHierarchy, songs, stress, SumoWrestling, TheZatmanYoutuber, Timelapse, toxicMasculinity, vibes, vulnerability, youtube

Also in this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled timelapse!
❧ genAI discourse/shenanigans
❧ anxiety & apathy when creating things on the internet
❧ personal update & more

💐💖 Happy Laur day [giftart], more GCAP reflections, first time watching Blade Runner & more! 🦄🌧️

By leonieyue Posted on 10 October 2023 Posted in Fanart, GiftArt, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video Tagged with artprocess, autisticallySocial, birthdayBurpdoodles, BladeRunner, character illustration, digital illustration, dissociation, Enpoopfication, fanart, game industry, gameindustry, games industry, gamesConference, gamesEvents, gamesWeek, GCAP, GCAP2023, GCAP23, giftart, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, Illustration, insecurity, isolationlife, KinderWorldGame, LaurenClinnick, leonieyue, loneWolf, masking, MelbourneInternationalGamesWeek, movieThoughts, PatreonIssues, process, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, sexualharassment, social media, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, socialGroups, socialising, socialmediaAndArtists, Timelapse, twitter

In this little blog post:
❧ process rambling at my speedpaint!
❧ my first time watching Blade Runner (Final Cut 2007) + thoughts!
❧ reflecting & resting up from GCAP as an isolated, lonely homebody
❧ Patreon why?? And more!

🎊💝 Happy Crossy Valentine’s Day!! [Crossy Road Valentine’s Day illustration for Hipster Whale]

By leonieyue Posted on 15 February 2023 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with appreciation, artistCommentaryYoutube, artprocess, chocolate, contentCreators, crossy, crossy road, crossyChicken, crossyMarketingArt, CrossyRoadCastle, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, leonieyue, LoveAndKindness, LoveDay, MakingVideo, ManagingStress, MentalHealth, negativity, parasocial relationships, process, self compassion, selfAcceptance, selfAwareness, selfCare, selfLove, SelfReview, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary, stress, textcommentary, Timelapse, TrustingProcess, ValentinesDay, YoutubeShorts, youtubevideo

In this blog post:
– speedpaint process + text commentary for this Crossy piece!
– self care and love?
– why voiced commentary art videos are not for me
– reflecting on “don’t make a youtube channel”, mental health & video making
– personal update rambles

Kirby’s Dream Buffet is here + timelapse! 🍓🍓🍓🍰

By leonieyue Posted on 17 August 2022 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Timelapse Tagged with artprocess, burger, clipstudiopaint, digital art, fanart, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, homebody, hungry, Illustration, irritable, kirby, kirby30, Kirby30th, kirbyAnniversary, Kirbyroth, kirbysDreamBuffet, leonieyue, pain, pandemicstruggles, photoshop, process, strawberries, Timelapse, カービィのグルメフェス, 星のカービィ, 星のカービィ30周年

Keen to play; the food looks delicious!
Hungryyyy ;D

Fanart / Hmm Hmm Hmm! [Ninomae Ina’nis from hololiveEN] + timelapse

By leonieyue Posted on 9 June 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, Timelapse Tagged with ArtistStruggle, artprocess, characterIllustration, cute, cuteartwork, fanart, hololiveEN, Illustration, inART, leonieyue, ninomaeInanis, process, streamers, Timelapse, Vtuber, いなート, 一伊那尓栖

Leonie rambles about her struggle with drawing Ina and showing a tiny timelapse as proof :’)

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 / 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, 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!!

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!

SuperLeonieMode 322 / Chilling and drawing under the shade with a robin [CrossyRoadCastle’s The Great Treehouse Update]!

By leonieyue Posted on 17 February 2021 Posted in Comics, Fanart, GiftArt, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Sketches, SuperLeonieMode Tagged with AshleighStarmer-Lee, bees, comic, CrossyRoadCastle, cuteanimals, cuteartwork, drawing, fanart, fireflies, flowers, forest, freelanceWork, giftart, hipsterWhale, Illustration, leonieyue, picnic, process, robin, robinBird, sketch, SuperLeonieMode, TheGreatTreehouseUpdate, tree, treehouse, trees, vines

SuperLeonieMode 322 / Chilling under the shade with a robin [CrossyRoadCastle The Great Treehouse Update]! My ramble blog post (:

Patron only / Steve Welz portrait commission, process and reflecting on portrait commissions!

By leonieyue Posted on 10 February 2021 Posted in Commission, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection Tagged with artbusiness, ArtistStandards, artprocess, commission, freelanceLife, freelanceWork, LouieZong, MissionInSnowdriftlandGame, NickRobinsonYoutube, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, personal commission, portrait, portraits, process, processPost, reflection, SteveWelzGameDev, workMode

Illustration / Steve Welz portrait commission, process & reflecting on portrait commissions in general in this blog post [patron only]!

Fanart / Happy Lunar New Year of the Ox 2021 with Itegami 凍神 🐂🧧 [ŌKAMI 大神], process + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 8 February 2021 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies Tagged with 8canineWarriors, AccentedCinema, AdeshThapliyalYoutube, AdventureGame, AiWeiWeiArtist, amaterasu, AnimalCrossingNewHorizonsThoughts, anime, AnnaAndElsa, attitude, autism, AutismAdulthood, autismInLadies, autistic, bakugami, Blizzard, burnout, Celestial Brush God, cherryBomb, ChineseKnockOffStigma, ChosenFamily, ChrisStuckmannYoutube, DidYouKnowGamingYoutube, Dinosaurs, dog, driving, dysfunctionalFamilies, eczema, fanart, flatEarth, flow, flower, FoldingIdeasYoutube, Frozen2, FrozenMovie, GamingChairs, Geocentrists, gratitude, GrissiniProjectYoutube, Hanagami, handEczema, hermitLife, homebodylife, HowardHoYoutube, Illustration, ImmigrantParents, issun, Itegami, JackieChan, JCLeyendecker, JehovahsWitness, JennyNicholsonYoutube, Kasugami, LadyGaga, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lifesuffering, LimboOfTheLost, Lugia, MandaloreGamingYoutube, marioFanfiction, MatildaMovie, meaningoflife, MetalOx, Moegami, monkey, music, MusicalThoughts, MyImmortal, NieR, NieRAutomata, NitroRadYoutube, NormanRockwell, OfficeChairs, okami, OkamiLunarNewYear, OmoriGame, onlineBoundaries, Ox, ParentsStandards, patreon, PatreonOnly, patron, PerformanceArt, pig, plagiarism, pokemon, posture, process, processPost, ProZD, QualityCultureYoutube, RapsitteStreetKidsBelieveInSanta, rat, Rooster, routine, RuthlessTheMusical, sailor moon, SarahZYoutube, selfDiscipline, sensoryOverload, Sheep, Shiranui, socialmedia, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, tachigami, TheLastBronycon, TheMysteryOfTheDruids, twitter, twitterAlgorithm, wakingTime, workingHours, WorkingOvertime, yearofox, zodiacAnimals, 凍神, 大神, 牛, 筆神, 金牛

Fanart for Ōkami 大神 / Happy Lunar New Year of the Ox 2021 with Itegami, process + LeonieUpdate, mental health notes, interesting finds in this blog post [patron only]!

Character design & illustration / Midnight the witch + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 30 November 2020 Posted in CharacterDesign, Concept Art, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with acceptance, autism, BravelyDefault, character design, character development, CharacterDesign, Clemps, FloatPixarShort, GamingHistorianYoutuber, HealthyGamerGG, Illustration, LeonieUpdate, midnightTheWitch, OrdinaryThingsYoutuber, process, reflection, selfAcceptance, shortFilms, toxicMasculinity, Witch

Character design & illustration / Midnight the witch, process + LeonieUpdate!

Illustration / My entry to SamsA’s DrawThisInYourStylechallenge + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 16 November 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with AccentedCinema, acceptance, ArtChallenge, autism, autismInLadies, autistic, autisticBurnout, Awkwafina, boundaries, CeriHutton, characterIllustration, crushes, DrawingChallenge, DrawThisInYourStyle, DrawThisInyourStyleChallenge, dtiys, emotionalDistance, emotionalIntimacy, emotionalMaturity, EmotionalSupport, expectations, friendship, friendships, hermitLife, hurt, Illustration, InterestingFinds, kindness, leonieyue, loneliness, LouieZong, magicalGirl, ManagingEmotions, music, networking, nuance, personalSpace, platonicFriends, process, rats, reddit, redrawArt, reflection, rejection, romanticAttraction, RurouniKenshin, samsa_dtiys1k, SamsAartist, selfAcceptance, selfAwareness, WaterLady

Illustration / My entry to SamsA’s DrawThisInYourStyleChallenge + little LeonieUpdate and ramble about platonic friendships!

Illustration / My entry to BeachLifeStudio’s DrawThisInYourStyle challenge + LeonieUpdate!

By leonieyue Posted on 26 October 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches Tagged with Animaniacs, ArtChallenge, authenticity, autism, autismInLadies, beachlife20k, BeachLifeStudioCarlyArtist, BeingAnOutcast, compatibility, DisneyRayaAndTheLastDragon, DrawThisInYourStyle, DrawThisInyourStyleChallenge, dtiys, entertainmentConsumption, escapism, friends, friendship, friendships, hermitLife, hikikomori, hopelessness, Illustration, InterestingFinds, japanExperiences, LeonieUpdate, LettingGo, LevelsOfFriendships, LizardBrain, loneliness, LouieZong, ManagingEmotions, MentalHealth, MovingOn, music, NikoSoujiGameDev, nostalgia, OutgrowingFriends, personalupdate, process, redrawArt, reflection, relationships, RoundTheTwist, socialAnxiety, socialrecluse, socialWithdrawal, toxicFriendships, WrongFriends, ZachBraff, Zelda, ZeldaWindWaker

Illustration / My entry to BeachLifeStudio’s DrawThisInYourStyle challenge! LeonieUpdate about autism & compatibility in relationships, hermit reflects on Japan’s age of social withdrawal, outgrowing friendships and more!

illustration / My entries to Pernille Ørum’s Draw this in your style LBX2020 Challenge!

By leonieyue Posted on 12 September 2020 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue Tagged with DrawThisInYourStyle, DrawThisInYourStyleLBXPernille, fanart, Illustration, LBX2020, LBXOnline2020, leonieyue, LightBoxExpo, PernilleØrum, process

Illustration / My entry to Pernille Ørum’s Draw this in your style LBX Challenge!

Leonie rambles about day 1 of LightBoxExpo so far.

Tag: process