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Most of my art is digital for cost and convenience, but my favorite medium is paint. I usually use acrylic paint because I have not yet mastered watercolor and I don't have any other kind of paint.
Paint
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Paint in American Sign Language. Hand in H handshape mimics the stroke of a paintbrush on base hand in open B handshape. There are green, blue, and purple brushstrokes on the base hand coordinating with the colors of the dominant hand as it moves through the sign. End ID]
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I really like hiking, painting, and game nights. My favorite games are Hand and Foot, Rummy, Spit, Spanking Yoda, Dinosaur Tea Party, and Quiplash.
Game
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Game in American Sign Language. Both hands in open A handshape palms facing signer. Knuckles tap each other 2-3 times. Hands are black and red with card symbols cut out. End ID]
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My favorite cheeses are Belavitano(basically any variation but Merlot if I have to chose), Talegio, Stilton with blueberries, smoked Mozzarella, and Mimolette.
Cheese
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: the sign for cheese in American Sign Language. Both hands are horizontal, palms touching in B handshape. Dominant hand on top twists back and forth. Hands are designed to resemble various cheeses. End ID]
I had to "Post a GIF that describes your understanding of this topic" so I made a quick gif of the sign for Understand. You will not believe the amount of ads I suffered through to bring you this:
[GIF ID: a figure thinks with a finger on their chin as their eyes move back and forth as if reading. They pause then make the sign for Understand in American Sign Language. End ID]
Cow
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Cow in American Sign Language. Both hands in Y handshape, thumbs touching temples and palms facing forward, then hand twists downwards. Hands are on a cow face. End ID]
Pig
Sources: SigningSavvy, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Pig in American Sign Language. Hand in B handshape palm down rests under the chin then changes to Bent-B handshape. Above the hands is a pig face. End ID]
Autumn
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Autumn in American Sign Language. Hand in B handshape brushes down across the base hands elbow. Base hand is brown. Dominant hand goes from green to yellow to red to orange. End ID]
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Image 1: Graphics representing the American Sign Language signs for Halloween, Bat, Vampire, Bone, Ghost, Spider, Pumpkin, and the I L Y sign.
Image 2: same as image 1 except each sign is labeled in English.
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I'm thinking of making sticker sheets.
Chuck Baird's Crocodile Dundee, 1992
Sources: Deaf-art.org | Profiles, Chuck Baird, DeafArt.org | Artworks, Descriptions
[Image ID by Dawn Sign Press:
Mirroring a crocodile's huge, fearsome jaws, a pair of arms lies directly beneath them, parodying their drawbridge motion. (DSP)
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Chuck Baird is a De'VIA (Deaf View / Image Art) artist, and he's got a lot of cool stuff that incorporates American Sign Language! I think this one, Tyger Tyger, and the whale one are my favorites. Check him out!
Got some cool stuff from 58creativity!
[Image ID: a picture of 5 items:
1: a tan T-shirt. The design has a mountain, trees, and play outside in English and ASL.
2: a sticker of the sign grow, which is green with a plant coming out of the top hand.
3: a sticker of the sign for tea with the base hand replaced with a teacup and leaves.
4: a blue button that has the sign for support and a heart under the words "Support Deaf Artists."
5: a note from the artist that says, "Thank you so much for purchasing and sorting my business as a deaf artist. Your support means a lot to me as it inspires me to create more." There is line art of the artist signing thank you.
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Intersex
Source: Rogan Shannon
[Image ID: Intersex in American Sign Language. Hand in I handshape, palm facing out starts infront of the signers face then twists and drops to their chest in X handshape. End ID]
Vote
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
To register: vote.gov/register
For more information, like registration deadlines (30 days before an election in TN) or to confirm or update registration: usa.gov/voter-registration/
[Image ID: Vote in American Sign Language. Hand in F handshape taps inside base hand in S handshape. End ID]
The Knoxville Center of the Deaf is having a gala and I wanna go! Tickets are $90 so I'm doing commissions. The KCD offers great services and I'd love to support them. Here's a link for anyone that wants more information or to support them directly!
Request a commission through my ko-fi or message for details. My venmo is @Lloyd_E
[Image ID: a menu for commissions. Each category has examples.
15 dollars per sign. Examples shown are "Good" and "Behavior" for $15, "Good Night" for $30 and "Anthropology" or "the Study of Human Behavior" for $45.
25 dollars per stylized sign. Examples shown are "Bones" drawn with a skeletal design and "Frog" which has a frog face included in the design for $25. The signs "Lesbian" "Gay" "Bi" "Trans" colored in their respective pride flag colors together are $80.
5 dollars per fingerspelling. Examples shown are "Nonbinary" and "Name." End ID]
Whiskey
Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: the sign for Whiskey or Alcohol in American Sign Language. Both hands in 1-I handshape. Dominant hand taps base hand with both hands sideways, palms facing signer. Designed to look like whiskey being poured. End ID]
[Image ID: 5 tweets from "glasses".
1. Just found out there's no school for the deaf in America. Bullshit.
2. Maybe I'll just start a school myself ffs. There's one in England maybe they can show me.
3. Omw to England :) wish me luck
4. Literally fuck England
5. Omw to France:) wish me luck
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It's time for another episode of Good Idea, Bad Idea
[Image ID: lightbulbs replace the 'o's in "good idea." Under that is the phrase "go to class early" in American Sign Language. Then the words "bad idea" with a lightbulb over the 'i'. Under that is the phrase "go to class naked" in American Sign Language. End ID]