Revenue at Duolingo in 2024 was up 41% on 23 to $748M. Net income was up by 451% for same period and yet they're firing workers. We've long been at "insatiable greed" point of late stage capitalism. People may feel helpless but there's a very easy way to kick companies like this. Delete their apps.

My Favourite Free Resources for Learning Japanese 🧵 These are all for beginners who are looking to learn or practice the fundamentals of Japanese without spending any money!

家族のお姫様💖 the princess of the family 💖 #catsofbluesky #猫

lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider : are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No. *but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no. *but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no. maybe you're not being negative *enough*

エレクトリックラブのミクは可愛いけどファンアートがそんなに少ない？と思って描いてみました #初音ミク #イラスト

the girls! and damon #projectedensgarden

Two great clothing references I can't recommend highly enough if you're a translator (or writer or artist or fashionista) are Fashionpedia and Stylepedia. The first is clothes, fabric, construction, industry; the second is exactly what it says on the label.

撫で撫で途中のぎんちゃん☺︎

毛虫だ it’s a caterpillar #catsofbluesky

*॰¨̮ Simple tutorial: How to draw a cake ( ᴖ ·̫ ᴖ )🍰⋆｡˚

I spent a lot of last year focusing on improving my speaking skills and read a lot of books for Japanese people on how to have 雑談 (ざつだん) "small talk". Then I put together all the tips I picked up from these books into one handy dandy article. jtalkonline.com/how-to-have-...

人間みたいに座る猫

蒲鉾みたいな形で寝てました。 #猫　#さび猫

I love language so much, I love the diversity of human expression ahhhhh!!!!

🐱💡✨

今朝の猫

いつも取り違えちゃう日本語の言葉をいつか見分けられるようになるために作ってるスレッド Japanese words I always get mixed up in the hopes of one day being able to differentiate them: a thread

寝る。おやすみ。

けいおんの色塗りスタイル(？)を勉強しています〜 studying the coloring style in k-on

i love scrolling through the japanese cat feed on here. u get to practice japanese reading and see some cute kitties

NHKのさわやか自然百景大好き猫。出てくる鳥が気になるらしい。

5秒前に生まれた she was born five seconds ago #catsofbluesky

the gamers #p:eg #projectedensgarden

I used to be quite ignorant as a young adult. But do you know what changed my mind each time? Art. Art is the best thing to get into the hearts of others and help them see something new. Just make something completely sincerely. Everything else falls into place. There is a reason for what we do.

today i spanned the entire range of human emotions in like 3 hours

sorry for getting ✨️political✨️ on the good vibes and video games app again, but the human brain is not designed to withstand another 207 weeks of this shit so pace yourself and try to channel that anger, despair, and hopelessness into something productive. make some kick ass art, we will need it

AAAAAH I FINISHED あああああできた #sixfanartschallenge

明日からは大学新学期…戻りたくないよおおおおお😢 new semester starts tomorrow… I DONT WANNA GO BACK NOOOOO

初音ミク #初音ミク #プロセカ #hatsunemiku #projectsekai #絵描きさんと繋がりたい #그림러_블친소

hope everyone's had a happy new year ✨🪩

ohhh yeah baby swag!! (Almost done with sketches)

(o´罒`o) 二〜

疲れたね

Hey, friends, try building your perspective around your figures rather than starting with a perspective grid, it's easier!

A little tutorial to avoid a common mistake with the pectorals connected with the shoulders! When the arms lift, the pecs shape changes.

#絵描きさんと繋がりたい #그림러_블친소 #블친소 블친소를 슬쩍 그림 그리고 자캐 좋아해요!!! 커미션 위주로 자주 올라올 것 같아요 같이 그림 그려주세요🥺

Progress happening slowly but surely (slow artists unite)

明けましておめでとうございます。2025年もよろしくお願いします。

one day into 2025 and we already have video of the year

this year was so pink 💖 #art #ArtSummary2024

❄️🐈 #pixelart

drawing and it’s really relay really realy hard

Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States. “I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”

if you made art this year, you did well. a sketch, even if it was scrapped ; a poem, even if it was deleted — mattered. you put thought to paper, you engaged with the creative alchemy of turning feeling to something tangible. doesn't matter if you weren't productive "enough." or good "enough."

我堂堂復活然後給朋友畫點圖 #fullmetalalchemist #鋼の錬金術師

Don't just stop using AI; start using the public domain! Here's a search engine for public domain works that are absolutely *free to use and remix*: picryl.com

もらった❄