Learning General
#11851
Thread for posting resources for learning because learning is awesome

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#11852
cooking cp from some guy in /ck/
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>Download: Gordon Ramsay Masterclass Torrent
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>Watch: Jacques Pepin Essentials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CshkecuFfMc
>Subscribe to KQED
https://www.youtube.com/c/kqed
Make your way through the new Pepin "cooking at home" videos, his older Fast Food My Way series and the Yan Can Cook series.
>Subscribe to Chef John
https://www.youtube.com/c/foodwishes/videos
Just about anything you could think to want to cook he's done a recipe for.

The last guy isn't the same league as above but he does a lot of bbq, burgers & meat cooking that can be recreated on a stovetop frypan or an oven.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqg1-LTxBXZBPp39SE_Kjw

Between Ramsay, Pepin, John & Yan you should be introduced to a wide variety of techniques from basic all the way to expert tier, ingredient usage from cheap to expensive and give you ideas, and the core techniques of classic French, modern Western/American and centuries old Asian cooking. My one note is use Sunflower oil not Olive oil when you start.

As for utensils, find a commercial restaurant supply store & buy simple stainless steel pots with glass or steel lids:
>Pair of 8 inch chef knives. Start with the cheapest steel then upgrade to Tojiro DP3 once past beginner stage.
>Small pairing knife
>Measuring spoon set
>Small saucepan (4 to 6 eggs)
>Large saucepan
>10 Inch frypan
>Stockpot, 7 or 8 litre/quart
>Oven roasting tray
>Aluminium baking sheet tray
>Bamboo cutting board
>Plastic board for chicken/pork
>Peeler
>Ladle, Spatula, Stirring Spoon
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note from tensu - it seems that kqed is just reuploading old aired videos of pepin and friends, but it also isnt findable anywhere on the internet to my knowledge; they are still reuploading stuff to this day, so dont feel pressured to actually complete the long ass playlist
i found the gordon ramsey masterclass and pepin essentials to be extremely helpful for starting out though, definitely recommend checking those out

some other good channels are:
America's Test Kitchen - https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericasTestKitchen
You Suck At Cooking - https://www.youtube.com/c/yousuckatcooking
Chef John/Food Wishes - https://www.youtube.com/c/foodwishes
Ethan Chlebowski - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDq5v10l4wkV5-ZBIJJFbzQ
Babish Culinary Universe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw
Alvin Zhou (for funsies) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsdD3quGf01RWABJt8wLe9g

some good books are:
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking (there's also a tv series it seems but i don't know anything about it)

some other good resources:
the /fit/ readme; there's a good synopsis on what you're putting in your body in the diet section - https://liamrosen.com/fitness.html#diet
based.cooking; generally a quick and easy place to look for recipes if you're looking for something specific https://based.cooking/

random one offs
- it's not necessary, but an instant pot has helped me on multiple occasions make stock in a hour flat; cool thing, check it out if you're interested
#11853
Japanese
https://djtguide.github.io/ (formerly https://itazuraneko.neocities.org/ (dead))
:)

https://jpdb.io - has good lists on difficulty of content
https://jisho.org/ - good dictionary/reference
#11915
Basic overview of
Analog and Digital Music Sources
Audio Formats
LAME (LAME Ain't An MP3 Encoder) (also goes over bitrates on this page)
Transcodes
Torrenting
Spectral Analysis
CD Ripping and Burning

https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html (knowledge dropdown section)
#11952
anyone got good resources on german, french and/or spanish?
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#11962
some good stuff here
https://4chanint.fandom.com < also has a lot of info on other languages
https://4chanint.fandom.com/wiki/French
https://4chanint.fandom.com/wiki/German
https://4chanint.fandom.com/wiki/Spanish

#12016
I don't know particularly what to post but I will put some books that I've read recently or otherwise have been on my mind

History:
Baskind, James, ed. - The Myotei Dialogues (English and Javanese ed.)
Doyle, William - The Oxford History of the French Revolution
Finocchiaro, Maurice - Retrying Galileo
Hoffman, Michael A. II - The Occult Renaissance Church of Rome
Gordon, Andrew - A Modern History of Japan
Kotkin, Stephen - Armageddon Averted
Mason, Richard - A History of Japan (Revised ed.)
Morris, Ivan - The World of the Shining Prince
The Cambridge History of Japan, 6 vols.
Zamoyski, Adam - Phantom Terror

I was going to put some other things here but I don't know what (just thinking spontaneously) so maybe I'll edit it

Language etc.:
Aarts, Bas - Oxford Modern English Grammar
Bowring, Richard John - An Introduction to Modern Japanese (two books)
Grevisse, Maurice - Le Bon Usage
Morton, Jacqueline - A French Grammar for English Speakers (7th ed.)
Pulleyblank, Edwin G. - Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar [I have not read this book but it looks cool so maybe I will]

Philosophy:
Ben-Menahem, Yemima, ed. - Hilary Putnam
Carter, Chris - Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics
Chang, Hasok - Is Water H2O?
Feyerabend, Paul - Against Method
Heisenberg, Werner - Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics
Meeker, Kevin - Hume's Radical Scepticism and the Fate of Naturalized Epistemology
Stegenga, Jacob - Medical Nihilism
Stewart, John - Hegel Myths and Legends [another book I want to read but haven't]
Smolin, Lee - The Trouble with Physics
van Fraassen, Bas - The Scientific Image
Wray, K. Brad - Resisting Scientific Realism
#12199
I already posted some stuff earlier, but as native speakers do you recommend any resources for learning Dutch?
#12201

Drawing

Will edit it as I read and learn more. That being said, I'm just starting, you can see my crappy anime drawings on the drawing thread.

Books

Books that I have read

Bert Dodson - Keys to Drawing: Really good book if you don't know how to start. It teaches a little bit of everything and gives you exercises as you go. It's available on the Internet Archive but you can probably buy a physical copy for a good price if you prefer.

What I am reading right now

Ernest R. Norling - Perspective Made Easy: Title says it all. Perspective explained in a tremendously easy and simple way from scratch. That being said, my impression may differ since I did tons of perspective in school back in the day. Also available on the Internet Archive and easy to buy physically.

What I plan to read next (in no particular order)

Andrew Loomis - Figure Drawing for All It's Worth: Probably one of the most famous figure drawing books. I've seen it recommended a lot by western and eastern artists alike. It's on the Internet Archive too. Physical book price seems a bit higher than the previous two, but I haven't looked much (only found hard cover) and it's still a reasonable price.

Jack Hamm - Drawing the Head and Figure: I have seen more eastern people talking about this book than the previous one, but I am not sure if there's a 'better' book, and I guess I can read both anyways. It's available on the Internet Archive on loan, so I'd suggest you to find pdfs elsewhere (they aren't that hard to find). It seems like the physical book is cheap and easily available anyways.

Courses

Courses that I have tried

Drawabox: This was the second place I used to study fundamentals. It tries to teach the construction method from zero by using text, videos and exercises. The result is a program that starts focusing on the small stuff and works from there. The teacher of this course made the course after having taken the Peter Han's Dynamic Sketching course so they have some similarities. The opinion of this course is very polarizing and I ended up dropping it halfway through lesson 2 and after finishing lesson 1 and the 250 box challenge because I didn't really see the point anymore. I still learned some things from it, it was more like, after what I did, I checked the latter exercises and I didn't think I could benefit from them. Drawabox is free, but, even though I haven't personally done it, I'd recommend people to do the Peter Han's Dynamic Sketching course if they manage to, you know, get it for free somewhere like on a four clover leaf website. Otherwise, Drawabox's first 2 lessons (and probably doing 100 boxes instead of 250) are not a bad option.

Pixiv Sensei: Jap only, but I started here and it helped me somehow. Just gives you simple methods to do simple drawings and skips some stuff that I think would make it easier. Still not a bad option to loose up and have some fun, just something I wouldn't expect much from.

Courses that I would give them a try

Vlippu's figure drawing course, Brent Eviston's figure drawing course...: I really don't know much about them, only have seen people talking about them and they seem decent. I only wrote them if anyone wants something to start with. They are not free, but I guess you can find them a certain four clover leaf website too...

Cool Youtube people

Naoki Saito illust Channel: Illustrator of some Pokemon Trading Card Game and Duel Masters Trading Card Game cards, main character designer of the mobile game Dragalia Lost, and author of Baki Domoe, a comedic spinoff of the Baki the Grappler manga, he also has english subtitles on plenty of his videos. Even if you don't plan to learn how to draw, his videos are interesting to watch sometimes.

BoichibeTOON: Known for Dr. Stone and Sun-Ken Rock, he uploads videos with TTS on English. I think it's interesting to see the point of view of an actual manga artist on certain topics.

General thoughts and where to start

Drawing is hard as fuck, you will draw 200 times something and still be dogshit somehow. It is important to learn the fundamentals from sources like the ones I've mentioned, but also to draw dumb stuff and enjoy yourself every once in a while or you'll end up tired of everything.

People usually recommend to just copy the drawings of artists you like and make studies, but I think that watching one or two youtube videos about how to draw the head and figure (or Pixiv Sensei) could help you to loose up a bit and then start to copy and have fun. I started with Pixiv Sensei when I began to draw and spent a year doing random drawings before Drawabox. I don't think that anyone should follow on my example (that year was too much) but it's true that I could confront the fundamentals with a bigger motivation as I saw myself stuck and I wanted to improve after having fun drawing.

Also, as a general recommendation, I wouldn't recommend you to start straight up with figure drawing anyways. I think resources like Keys to Drawing (or even Sensei) would be a better place to start.

Joining a community and see other people talking about art is exciting for me, but sadly the only place on the internet is /ic/ and some random Discord servers. /ic/ still has some resources and I've seen myself looking on archives for thoughts of people about certain things so I'd say there are some decent people on there.

As you start to progress, you start to understand how big of a gap there is between good artists and decent artists (at least when it regards to twitter anime artists) and how even decent artists are so much better that you'd think after looking at their drawings and comparing them with yours.

As for me, I want to draw a oneshot one day, but I don't really have my hopes on it. I don't intend to make an art account as I am not interested on comissions so it'd seem like more of a liability that something funny and, to be honest, the people who I really want to show my drawings would check the Drawing Thread anyways.

Finally, in case is wondering, the order in which I've studied these things is as follows. I don't really think this is the only order in which you should follow things though:

Sensei -> Drawabox -> Keys to Drawing -> Perspective Made Easy

#12211
I am writing a recipe book, I will post it here when I'm done.