안녕하세요 여러분! Here is a post about some signage you might see in Korea from my Instagram! While a lot of signs have translations in English and other languages, it’s always good to be familiar with what they say in case they’re written only in Korean. I hope this is helpful! 화이팅!
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What is your favorite youkai?
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This is basically just going to be a bunch of resources I have found to be useful. I can’t say that I’ve used all of them, but I’m sure they’re all worth checking out.
I’m also gonna try to put a detailed description for most of the links so you have a better idea of what you’re getting. I apologize in advance if some of them are redundant lol
(I put “Part 1″ if in the case I make another one)
~Links to Tutorials, Tips, Resources, etc~
Another Resource List– Leads to another Tumblr post. Apparently, the post isn’t mobile-friendly, so it’s suggested to view this on Tumblr browser. Has a bunch of other links. I’ve checked out a few of them (mainly the copyright stuff lol), and it seems that some of the links may be a bit outdated. Still, it doesn’t hurt to check out the links.
Arms and Legs– Leads to another Tumblr post. A handy tutorial on elbow and knee placement.
Art & Game Dev– This leads to my personal playlist of a bunch of YouTube videos. Has a bunch of tutorials and interesting videos that I’ve collected over the course of a few years lol.
Blamblot– A website that contains resources and tutorials on comic lettering. This is primarily in reference to western comics, but it doesn’t help to take a looksie.
Commission Calculator– Leads to another Tumblr post. Helps artists to stop selling themselves short.
Reference Angle– Useful for when you’re trying to map out a face from an odd angle.
Soft Proofing for Printing– Leads to another Tumblr post. Helps when you’re trying to make prints of your artwork.
Textures – A website full of different and mostly free textures. While this website is made for 3D texturing, it can also be useful for 2D drawings. Signing up gives you 15 free credits everyday, and you can use those credits to download some textures for free.
The Models Resource – A website of models ripped from a wide array of games.
Akihito Yoshitomi– Yoshitomi is a mangaka who has tutorials on manga making. He also has an insightful series in which he drafts and draws a 30-page manga in 18 days. Remember that every artist works differently and his process may be different from another’s.
Drawfee–Drawfee is an improv drawing show of four artists: Nathan Yaffe, Jacob Andrews, Julia Lepetit, and Karina Farek. While they don’t have tutorials in a sense, their videos explain the different processes they go through as they draw. They also occasionally provide tips, tricks, and resources in their videos. They do have another channel and a Twitch channel where they host drawing classes in addition to other fun shenanigans.
EtheringtonBrothers– Has a bunch of useful and eye-catching tutorials called “How to Think When You Draw”.
Mark Crilley– Mark is a comic artist, specializing in manga, who has a bunch of tutorials about anatomy, perspective, comic making, and other things.
Miyuli– Miyuli is an artist who posts tutorials on their Twitter. Their tutorials range from anatomy to clothing to other things. They even have a few books of art tips. Currently (as of the time of posting this), their 2018 version is free for download, so I highly recommend you download that. Some tips may be outdated, but they should still be helpful.
Whyt Manga (Twitter/YouTube) – Odunze is a comic artist, specializing in manga, that has a bunch of tutorials on manga making and drawing characters of color.
~Links to Free Programs~
Blender– A free 3D program if you’re into 3D modeling and such. I also personally haven’t used Blender (I use Maya lol), but I know it’s a respectable program.
Krita– A free painting program if you can’t afford Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint. I personally haven’t used Krita, but I have recommended it to a few friends and they have positive reviews about it.
Paint Tool SAI– Okay, this one isn’t free, but it’s a significantly cheaper painting program where you don’t have to pay a subscription. It’s 5,500JPY (~50 USD). I’m not sure how well it still works on modern computers (the last update was 2016), but I still use it here and there because I love the pen tool feature it has, and it still works like a charm for me.
~General Tips From Raine~
Raine admits that she’s guilty of not following her own advice, but Raine hopes that the tips that she does know will be beneficial to someone who will follow them. She’s also going to keep all her tips under the cut so as to not make this post a huge wall of text (even though it technically already is lol)
Also, if you have some resources, tutorials, tips yourself, please feel free to send them to me and maybe I’ll make a part 2 to this post!
The kanji for “be aware of” or “be awake” or “remember” is based on the kanji for see 見 (which is based on the kanji for eye 目) with some other stuff on top that sort of looks like an open eyelid with eyelashes (it’s actually an abbreviation of a more complicated top piece, but it’s easy to remember this way. Open your eyes and see stuff!)
覚 is in words about being aware of things. It’s pronounced かく (kaku) in compounds:
感覚（かんかく） sense, feeling (感 feel)
味覚（みかく） sense of taste (味 taste)
自覚（じかく） self-awareness (自 self)
覚醒（かくせい） awakening (醒 wake up, sober up)
Like in the word 覚醒 (awakening), 覚 can also mean “wake up” or “sober up” or “snap out of (something)”, i.e. becoming aware of your environment when you weren’t before. There are two closely related verbs for this, 覚ます (samasu) and 覚める (sameru).
目を覚ます（めをさます） to wake up–覚ます is transitive, it’s something you do to your eyes (sort of like saying “open your eyes” in English, but the meaning is more like “make your eyes clear/aware”)
目が覚める（めがさめる） to wake up–覚める is intransitive, it’s something your eyes do all by themselves so the nuance is a little different than with 覚ます (you have less control, or there’s less focus on you, I guess?)
酔いが覚める（よいがさめる） to sober up (酔い is “drunkenness” and it’s clearing up/giving way to awareness.)
Finally, 覚 is used to write the verb 覚える (oboeru), which can mean either “feel” or “remember” depending on the context: it means that you’re aware of something around you right now (a sound, an emotion, etc) OR something that happened in the past (a fact you memorized, a day you spent with someone, etc)
漢字を覚える（かんじをおぼえる） memorize kanji
覚えていますか? （おぼえていますか？） Do you remember?
違和感を覚える （いわかんをおぼえる） feel uncomfortable/like something is wrong or out of place (違和感 a sense of discomfort)
