#some progress

[ssddjp]

It's only been a few days since I started learning from my Anki deck (VN Core 1250 v3, which is described as better than the other Core 2k/6k decks that tend to have words pulled from strange frequency lists) and I am already noticing the vocabulary I've learned in almost every Japanese text I read, or Japanese songs I listen to.

I used to just review my Anki decks daily and call it a day, thinking it was enough learning, but reading more, even when it seems like gibberish, helps tremendously.

I am getting closer to my goal daily :) It's time to review some grammar (right now I don't know what the particle に really stands for) and review my cards!

Right now (as of September 13th), my Kanji grid looks like this. As I progress (in a few short months), the red Kanji will slowly go from red to green and I'll have seen more than half of the Kanji in this image instead of the dozen or so that are in red.

Can't wait :)

[treehoppers]

[ffxivtribehydrae]

After a long journey into the wilderness... We finally found a settlement! Or the ruins of one. But I recognized it. Remembered being here. Normally that would be something I was excited about but... The images in my head were rather unpleasant...

Then there was the storm and my headaches that plagued me since we set off from Garlemald. At one point I just... went unconsious and, according to Erjon, attacked him..!

I feel so... ashamed. Still he decided to stay, maybe it was only thanks to the storm though... There is so much I will need to think about after this...

[alexgadart]

Progress of “Be Not Afraid” from Oct.4 - Oct.13

[emberhearts]

[creekfiend]

something that drives me insane on a relatively regular basis as a body jewelry understander is talking to people who have sensitive skin who are like "oh well I just can't wear any earrings without my ears getting inflamed" and I say "well what have you tried" and they say "well I've tried sterling silver and I've tried gold..." and it's like. ok. I don't know how gold and sterling somehow got spun by the jewelry industry as being especially good for sensitive skin but whenever I'm like "well have you tried implant grade titanium" they're always like "no....... but I've tried sterling silver... and it didn't work ..." like. I don't know how this narrative about sterling silver somehow got so strong but when they put pins in your fucking legs when you snap your leg in half are those pins made of sterling silver or are they made of implant grade titanium or surgical steel????????? HELLO. HI. YOU MIGHT BENEFIT FROM TRYING IMPLANT GRADE TITANIUM I AM JUST SAYING

[astriiformes]

Really says something about the dire state of offerings for men interested in sewing their own clothes that even searching things like "interesting men's clothing patterns" brings up articles with links to four or five whole websites that primarily offer admittedly nice but practically identical patterns for making button-ups and work pants and maybe a varsity/bomber jacket if you're lucky.

(Branching out into historical costuming for everyday wear is like your one shot at variation, and even then, the ratio of men's to women's patterns on every website is frustrating to say the least.)

Patternmakers as a trans man I am begging you. Give me a little more to work with here.

[leonide-poet]

[noodles-and-tea]

How the gentle wind,

Beckons through the trees,

As autumn colours fall.

[greyhands]

From the depths of my bed (I've got the flu), this humble Sebastian colored sketch I've started some time ago.

[demaparbat-hp]

The Perfect Prince

[cryptic-forge]

teapot dragons!

in a way i like this design a lot. on the other hand i think the original teapot animal having a humanoid face is part of the charm; it is supposed to be uncanny. anyway, here be dragons, both available in my shop.

[wonkyjaw]

Quilt update. This is split somewhere in the blues and I have to sew that together and then I have to add one more yellow row to the top. Then the quilt top is finally, finally done.

[cuttle-creatures]

Continued my indulgent concept work spree, this time focusing the momentum on updating some concepts from one of my projects (Wind Through the Grass).

[saradiation]

Hey it's that time of the year again :D

HAPPY 413! 🎂

[uh-mxtx]

The presence of Potatoes in MDZS implies that some ballsy cultivator took a flying sword over the pacific to South America and brought them back and I would like to pose the idea that that particular potato loving dumbass was Wei Wuxian’s ancestor

(Edit: AND CHILIES!)

(EDIT 2: also watermelon except thats from africa. For reference, irl it’s Song dynasty for watermelon and Qing dynasty for potatoes and chilies)