slowLearner – Leonie's Art Blog

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.

SuperLeonieMode 348 / Even if it is hard to believe, let’s do what we can right now [self portrait]

By leonieyue Posted on 2 May 2022 Posted in Comics, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse Tagged with ArtCourse, comic, deadpan, fatigue, help, Illustration, leonieyue, lowEnergy, ManagingStress, overwhelm, personalupdate, self portrait, slowLearner, slowStudy, stress, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse, tired

Head empty, doing your best one small step at a time.

Also busy busy busy juggling and stressing

SuperLeonieMode 352 / When you fall into existential emptiness and silence + timelapse

By leonieyue Posted on 14 March 2022 Posted in Comics, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse Tagged with anxiety, anxiousLaugh, comic, complexFeelings, empty, emptyLaugh, existential, existentialEmptiness, existentialism, feelingNeutral, feelingNothing, feelings, headEmpty, howAreYou, Illustration, leonieyue, MentalHealth, mixedFeelings, NeutralDefault, NeutralMood, notgoodenoughFeelings, pause, silence, slow, slowLearner, SuperLeonieMode, Timelapse

Not sure how to answer this question so I default to “okay”.
Reflecting about muted/neutral emotions & managing headspace.

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.

2021 art summary: reflecting on the year!

By leonieyue Posted on 22 December 2021 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with 2021artsummary, ArtHabits, artof2021, ArtStationRecap, ArtStationRecap2021, artsummary, artvsartist, artVSartist2021, EndOfYear, fanart, Illustration, leonieyue, MostPopularPieceReddit, MostPopularYoutube, PixivRecap, postingSchedule, reflection, slow, slowLearner, slowStudy, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaEngagement, SocialMediaMetrics, TrustingProcess, TwitterRecap

Leonie rambles about life and art learning again.
But this time it’s about the whole year, my tiny steps of progress and plateaued metrics.

The last post of 2021.

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.

Sketches for the day 07 / Drawing from imagination, reflecting + timelapse!

By leonieyue Posted on 25 October 2021 Posted in CharacterDesign, LeonieYue, Sketches, Timelapse Tagged with anxiety, Art Anxiety, ArtForTheDay, ArtistStandards, ArtistStruggle, careerDirection, character design, CharacterDesign, characterIllustration, clipstudiopaint, dress, frustration, Illustration, imagination, iterations, leonieyue, lifedirection, ManagingEmotions, originalCharacter, photoshop, reflection, relax, sketch, sketchbook, SketchForTheDay, SketchFromImagination, sketchpost, slow, slowingdown, slowLearner, socialmedia, SocialMediaAddiction, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, socialmediaoverwhelm, subconsciousDrawing, Timelapse

Iterating & reflecting on drawing from imagination :’)

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 :’)

StudyPost 06 / Calm gestures, Figure drawing & portrait sketches & embracing that I am terrible and have much to learn at art 🖤 + LEONIEARTRAMBLES E02

By leonieyue Posted on 2 September 2020 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Podcast, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Studies, StudyPost Tagged with AdamDuff, anatomy, art studies, ArtBlock, ArtHabits, artImprovement, burntOut, careerthoughts, clippaintstudio, clipstudiopaint, creativeRut, creativity, existential, gestures, gettingSupport, Growth, habit, helplessness, insecurity, LeonieArtRambles, leonieyue, MakingIt, motivation, NotPerfect, patron, podcast, progress, progresspost, progressupdate, protectingYourLight, reflection, self comparisons, self compassion, selfAwareness, selfdoubt, sketchbook, sketchpost, slowingdown, slowLearner, socialmedia, socialmediabreaks, studies, study, TerribleAtArt

Sketchbook / Calm gestures, figure drawing & portrait sketches + embracing that I am terrible and have much to learn at art 🖤

I ramble about artist block and motivation!

Tag: slowLearner