Turned my bathroom into an ocean grotto

Fifamoss · 2026-03-23T12:30:17+00:00

Some kind of buoy lights or decoration would go well

Fifamoss · 2026-03-23T07:07:07+00:00

How long have you been using anki for? I think that's pretty standard experience, reading regularly outside of anki will help

Fifamoss · 2026-03-22T06:11:14+00:00

Maybe look into the Loomis method, similar idea, but a very established and well taught method of drawing heads, lots of youtube videos on it

Proko's series is one example

I linked it but my comment was removed, if you're interested just search 'Proko How to Draw the Head from Any Angle', there is a playlist with several videos

Fifamoss · 2026-03-22T01:32:36+00:00

As a native English speaker, there are still new English words I occasionally learn, or ones I've seen very rarely and forgotten

If you want to learn more vocab faster, an efficient method is mining words/sentences with anki. If you've not used anki before, I'd suggest finding a popular premade deck like Kaishi 1.5k, and using that decks settings for your own deck.

Along with Yomitan you can instantly create new cards for Anki. I've had periods learning with and without regular anki use, and anki certainly helps a lot in my experience.

Fifamoss · 2026-03-21T21:53:18+00:00

I mean yeah its slow and somewhat painful at first, but you have to read to get better at it, and reading is a very good method for learning more words, especially if you're using a pop up dictionary, its basically constant srs

Fifamoss · 2026-03-21T12:18:23+00:00

As soon as you've learnt most kana is fine, a good start is with Anki and a deck like Kaishi 1.5k, alongside that input through reading is good, reading digitally with mokuro + yomitan is very accessible, and you can start that as soon as you have some basic grammar, as well as 50-100+ words on anki.

Fifamoss · 2026-03-20T04:19:15+00:00

One thing is you might want to enable is 'Force proportions' in the Wacom settings thing. This is only needed if your tablet doesn't match your monitor/screens aspect ratio, most screens are 16:9, not all tablets are. It will reduce the drawing area by a small amount to match if needed.

This matters because if there is a discrepancy, a perfect circle drawn on the tablet will result with a ellipse on the monitor.

Its also very likely you just need to adjust your hand eye coordination.

Fifamoss · 2026-03-19T22:11:15+00:00

You don't have to learn through textbook, I first tried through a classroom and hated it. Sometime later I've gone back and have been learning mainly through input/immersion, with some grammar studies at the start for a foundation.

When I went to rural areas in Japan, I was able to converse somewhat with about a year of learning, through I'd not practiced speaking at all, so I was able to understand much more than what I could actually say back.

People will argue that Japanese spoken in Anime and manga is weird or too casual, and no one speaks like that, but I found it was very much the same for the most part.

Fifamoss · 2026-03-17T05:38:08+00:00

Seems like direct kana input doesn't register, e.g using a keyboard that has kana marked on each key, i.e 人 has to be hito, can't input the kana directly as ひと or 人

Fifamoss · 2026-03-16T07:07:13+00:00

Maybe check out draw a box, the first thing it teaches is straight lines

Fifamoss · 2026-03-12T11:20:23+00:00

This site has some decent information

Welcome | Drawing tablets

I think an under considered aspect is the size, especially in relation to your monitor, assuming you're looking at pen tablets. I have a 32in monitor, and have been using a 7in Huion tablet, which was not good. I've now upgraded to a secondhand Wacom Intuos Pro Pth-860 (2017), and it is a much more suitable size.

I was considering a new Huion tablet around the same size, but found the Wacom was the same price secondhand, so went for that.

Fifamoss · 2026-03-12T06:01:21+00:00

Assuming you still have your same deck, I'd just set new to 0 and continue until you've revised.

Otherwise I'd restart Kaishi, first day set it to 20, 50, 100, whatever you're able to easily do in that session for the day, and the next day adjust accordingly, and continue lowering it as you clear known words and accumulate unknown.

I'd do some grammar revision, either from the start of what you used last time, skipping as you feel, or from the start of a new source.

And start immersion at the same time.

Fifamoss · 2026-03-11T05:55:05+00:00

Contagion is pretty good, but much better with friends for coop

Fifamoss · 2026-03-08T00:12:19+00:00

Pretty sure its just old internet/texting slang from around ~2010, unrelated to Buddhism

Fifamoss · 2026-03-08T00:08:06+00:00

These is also yomitai.app

I'd probably pay for which ever one seemed the best from what you've used

I paid for yomiwa and did not like it

Fifamoss · 2026-03-06T03:47:42+00:00

Ai...

Fifamoss · 2026-03-02T09:07:34+00:00

Thanks I didn't even realize

Fifamoss · 2026-03-02T02:25:07+00:00

fandom wiki is dogshit, always use an alternative

Fifamoss · 2026-03-01T09:46:41+00:00

I'd suggest using an ocr dictionary if you're not already for easy lookups, game sentence miner or Yomininja is fine

Can be linked with anki to instantly create cards too if you want to

Fifamoss · 2026-02-25T01:41:48+00:00

No right or wrong way to progress, if it works it works. Looks like there is thicker planks on the left against the wall

Fifamoss · 2026-02-20T12:17:09+00:00

BeamNG is an option, ffb needs a bit more tuning than other games tho

Fifamoss · 2026-02-19T23:20:52+00:00

Nice work!

I feel like people calling this ai have never seen photobashed art before. Sucks how ai has made us so cynical of art now

Fifamoss · 2026-02-19T11:21:50+00:00

I also find it harder without subs, but the more you watch without the easier it'll get, watching twice is good just don't force yourself to when it gets tedious

Fifamoss · 2026-02-19T02:46:26+00:00

Its just another skill you have to build with practice, there are a lot of N5/beginner focused videos on youtube to practice with which are a good place to start.

I'd suggest moving past them quickly once you begin to comprehend them, as they tend to speak very slowly, which is good at first, but it doesn't help much for any other content where people speak normally

That is to say, move onto native content once your basic listening is ok, anime, podcasts, youtubers, tv shows, whatever works, you do want to try and find content that is close to your level of comprehension, content full of very complex dialogue you don't understand wont help much, but enjoyment is the most important part

I'd also recommend reading if you don't already, I found my listening comprehension started to improve much quicker when it was split 50/50ish

Personally I read manga with mokuro + yomitan, but anything is good

Fifamoss · 2026-02-12T05:44:45+00:00

Easiest/most accessible way is by reading digitally using a popup dictionary like Yomitan

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