Rachel's iChat Doodles

There once was an animator named Rachel Gitlevich She was rather short, and her hair looked bewitched She studied real hard at an art school in Philly And ended up working on cartoons that were silly Some of her work has appeared on the web, while other productions aired on TV instead A few music videos feather her cap And a stop motion fan show to boot in her lap Shows like Ugly Americans, Turbo, and more Superjail, Doctor Puppet, and film shorts galore She's currently working at Titmouse New York You'll never find this girl too far from a fork Rachel's also involved in some cool puppet matters Like the upcoming show Dead Meat done by Maxwell Atoms

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He's finished!!! Can't wait to see his adventures! If you want to follow along please go to @theshallotknight #lium #behindthescenes #sculpting #puppets #puppet

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William Flufferbottom adores this perfectly sized dream catcher from @meowmeowkapowcrafts !!! It's so perfect for my little Valais sheep boy 💕 #bjd #bjdcrafts #bjds #minifee #elfyder #yder #fairyland #dreamcatcher

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[blistersonmyheels]

cranch cranch

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munch the gourd

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lov the cronch

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look at this weird horse eat a melon

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HAPPY HALLOWEEEN! 

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Clean at last svenlin <3 #bjd #bjddolls #sven

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*SHRUGS* 

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ball point pen doodle of miss belladonna yazikov 

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UGH i’m sorry I’ve been so inactive on here!!! I get so little response on this website I keep forgetting to post things here lol 

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Amazon’s Niko and the Sword of Light (animation by Titmouse)

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I worked on this show! This shot was done by my buddy Jacob! HE’S AN ANIMATION WIZARD!!!!

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|  sources |

studying japanese resources by @fuckstudy

japanese resources by @gachagachagogo

hiragana chart by @linguajunkie

hiragana matching game by @dolleye

japanese learning cheat sheets by misshoneyvanity

300 basic words by @nihongogogo

onomatopoeic words by @tsunbutt

giant guide to self-teaching japanese by @mikuyami

japanese learning resources + advice by @deskowl

ultimate japanese resource list by @benkyogo

guide to self-studying japanese by @benkyogo

useful japanese learning shit by @4000yearsofexperience

cute doodle cheat sheets by kirakiradoodles

japanese learning resources by @japanese-revision

japanese studying resources by @nihongotime

japanese language learning websites by @saintlydemon

japanese grammar packet by @teijin

language learning masterpost by @z-co​

online japanese textbooks by @moonprincess​

japanese learning resources by hangukdrama

japanese textbooks by hangukdrama

resources by tofugu

resources by gakuu

resources by @nihongokudasai​

best sites for learning japanese by nihongoshark

| dictionaries |

Jisho.org 

Jim Breen’s JDIC

Yamasa Kanji Dictionary 

Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary 

Dictionary of Japanese Grammar

| textbooks |

Textfugu 

Minna no Nihongo 

Genki

Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji 

Tobira

This blog has a ton of pdf files

| grammar |

Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese

Marugoto

The Japanese Page 

Tim’s Takamatsu

Visualising Japanese Grammar 

Nihongo Resources 

Sci Lang Japan FAQ 

JGram

Renshuu

Tatoeba

Learn Japanese with Erin 

Tanos

An Introduction to Japanese - Syntax, Grammar & Language

| vocabulary |

Memrise 

WordReference Forums 

Renshuu

6000 most used words

Large Phrase List 

Japanese Onomatopoeia 

Keigo Cheatsheet 

| kana |

Hiragana 42 

RealKana 

Hiragana & Katakana Shape Comparison 

Tofugu Hiragana Chart

Tofugu Katakana Chart 

Introduction to Japanese Characters

| kanji |

Reviewing the Kanji 

Read the Kanji 

Kanji Radical Stroke Order 

GSCE Picture Kanji Cards 

WaniKani 

Kanji Damage

Kanji Repeater 

Go Kanken 

| tools + apps |

Rikaichan / Rikaikun

Rikai

Hiragana Megane 

Kantango 

Anki

Lang-8

Renshuu.org

Rhinospike 

Skritter

Hi Native

Forvo

FluentU

| reading |

Tokyo International University Reading Tutor 

Hiragana Times

Choko Choko Reading Section 

JLPT Example Questions 

Maggie Sensei 

List of Japanese Audiobooks and Transcripts 

TUFS Learning Resources 

Kotonoha 

Tatoeba 

NHK News

The Great Library 

Famous Stories

Read More Or Die

Macaronics

The Great ChokoChoko Library

Japanese Reading Practice For Beginners

Kodomo Asahi (Kid’s Asahi News)

Yahoo! Kids Japanese Papercraft

Read Manga Online

Chunichi Kid’s News

Real World Japanese

Japanese Class News Reading 

ECIS インタネット放送局

| listening |

Erin’s Challenge!

RhinoSpike

NHK Easy News 

KeyHole TV 

NHK WORLD TV

Documentaries About Japan You Can Watch For Free

Studying with J-Drama 

Nihongo de Kurasou 

Stream Japanese TV Online 

Beb & Alex Podcast

どぉ～でもいいNEWS

坂本真綾 from everywhere 

恋愛心理学知りたい！

相手の気持ち

NHKラジオニュース 

* The ones in bold are my faves

* But I advise you to watch LearningJapanese!! Like this guy literally taught me from Kana to Intermediate Grammar, which has been a very good improvement

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The best one for grammar tho is Imabi. Goes from beginner to advanced and even covers Classical Japanese if you’re into that. I use it almost as much as my dictionaries of Japanese Grammar.

Also Jisho.org is terrible. It frequently will give outdated or incorrect definitions ESPECIALLY E -> J. All my professors say they can tell if a student used Jisho because they will have weird archaic vocab words in there. Use Weblio or even ALC.

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reblogging for safe keeping 

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my best friend’s poodle spins in circles when she gets excited <3 

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I just love the way Milky Way looks in the sun! I'm tempted to get another resinsoul centaur teehee

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Picked the last wildflowers out of my fire escape garden and put them into a tiny little bronze coffee pot my friend gifted me ages ago. 

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Top to botom: Viking shield maiden, self portrait, Ithka, Luciano in drag, Bella, Sven’s armor, Mancha, My sister 

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I had my friends list facial expressions for me to practice with, they were fun! Can you find the stress poop one? 

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“Tom produced a scale from his back pocket. It was huge, much larger than even Tseka’s. It was the color of a lake on a stormy day, or was it a clear day? No, the golden shimmering bottom of a lake where it was shallow! Or was it the color of trees reflected off the surface? He held it out to the questioning park rangers, each of theme examining it in awe and passing it down the line. Eventually it was passed to Sven. It was wet to the touch, though no moisture was left on his hands. It was cold, too, but warmed up quickly the more it was handled. Its shape looked more like the choppy surface of the water on a windy day than any regular scale shape....”

--------- I was supposed to be doing classwork but my pen was all “nope we’re gonna do some concept art for a  Tom the water dragon” OKAY SURE PEN WHATEVER *throws arms up in the air* 

[stringbing-deactivated20210318]

I am teaching Intro to 2D Character Animation. I have taught in actual workshops/schools such as CDA, but this will be the first time I’ll be holding a 2D class online.

The class is taught online using Adobe Connect, so anyone who misses a class can watch a recording of it/reschedule personal critiques. The class is 12 sessions long, each going for about 3-4 hours. Thursdays, 7:30-10:30 pm US Pacific Time. The price is 700 USD in total, and the start date is June 15 2017. Open to individuals of ANY animation skill.This class teaches classical animation skills that are focused for 2D character animation. Assignments include basic character movement, animating expressions, introduction to performance and acting within animation, and finally; invoking life to your characters.This course includes lectures, live demonstrations and assignment draw overs as part of the learning experience. 

Recommended Skills: Students will need to be able to have basic draftsmanship skills such as loose gesture drawing, form, sequential drawing, basic perspective and figure invention due to the fast paced nature of the class.

By the end of this class, students will be able to:- Understand and Utilize the 12 principles of animation - and apply it to actual characters. - Draw Short hands and gestures - construct appealing and solid drawings - Have fleshed out/thought out acting choices - Be able to animate basic character movements - Understand the basics of the Exposure Sheet, Time Charts, and actually use them - Tackle Dialogue - Be comfortable in animating in good ol’ 2D - Have some work to be showcased in a Demo Reel If you are interested, read more about the curriculum here: https://www.brushtaleworks.com/education/#/online-classes/ Register and pay for the class here: https://gum.co/sIMAT If you have any questions (eg. payment plans and scheduling) feel free to message me! -Toniko

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AAAAHHHHHHHHHH

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If anyone is interested in doing some intro character animation! 

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Playing around with a super neat coloring ap - https://paintschainer.preferred.tech/index_en.html