Links to other sites
sites that are interesting or useful!
learning japanese
Anki
spaced-repetition flashcard software
Suiren
a visual kanji relationship explorer
SuperNative
lots of short video clips to practice listening and speaking
Maggie Sensei
great grammar explanations and cute animals
NHK NEWS WEB EASY
news articles in simple Japanese, updated on weekdays
JLPT Resources
lists of vocab, kanji and grammar points for each level
Kanji Koohii
SRS flashcards for learning kanji in Heisig order, and a community for sharing kanji mnemonics
Tadoku
a contest encouraging extensive reading in a non-native language
Ruby text tool
easily generate ruby (furigana) HTML tags
Compound Verb Lexicon
a database of compound verbs used in Japanese
j-pop
CDJapan
English site for buying CDs, DVDs etc.
YesAsia
another English shopping site
Honto
online bookstore (also sells CDs/DVDs). Site in Japanese, but ships internationally
J-Lyric
search for song lyrics in Japanese
the internets
Neocities
my webhost
w3schools
great reference to learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript (and much more)
freeCodeCamp
interactive coding lessons
Progate
日本語でプログラミングを学習しましょう！(^_-)-☆
GifCities
the Internet Archive's GeoCities GIF search engine
CSS-Tricks
great in-depth CSS resource
art resources
Drawabox
lessons in drawing fundamentals (line, form, 3D space, construction)
Proko
drawing and painting lessons - lots of resources for figure drawing and anatomy
SenshiStock Sketch
timed pose drawing app
SketchDaily References
timed figure drawing app; also has options for drawing animals, plants, buildings
Quickposes
another timed figure drawing app
Line of Action Practice tools
timed practice for drawing figures, animals, expressions, scenes etc.
DrawThis
figure drawing videos
Gurney Journey
blog of concept artist James Gurney
Reference Angle
finds face reference images matching the settings you choose (angle, expression, age etc.)
handprint: watercolors
lots of information on watercolour painting