Asl - Blog Posts
I'm learning how to do websites in my Ed Tech class, so I made The Sign - Resource. It's a bunch of reasources for learning ASL and Deaf culture.
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.
My school had a back to school bash with arts and crafts so I painted the ASL sign for Dinosaur
[Image ID: Dinosaur in American Sign Language in acrylic. A hand in flat O handshape is painted with a yellow eye, a nostril, green scales, and teeth lining the thumb and index finger. End ID]
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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!
It's been awhile since I did an actual painting. I chose this sign, poem, specifically the express version, as a sort of love letter to the language and community. I've been studying American Sign Language for a few years now. Verbal communication has often been a struggle for me. With ASL, I have been able to meet and communicate with many wonderful people in a way that feels freeing. I am still learning. There are things I can't sign because I haven't learned the vocabulary yet. And there are things I can't say because they can only be expressed in sign.
[Image ID: a painting of a yellow and orange figure. Their arm starts clenched at their heart and opens as it extends forward. End ID]
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]
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]
Day 3 of @elliottnotyet's Marchirp
Duck
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Duck in American Sign Language hand in 3 handshape in front of mouth opens and closes. End ID]
Day 1 of @elliottnotyet's Marchirp
Chicken
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Chicken in American Sign Language. Dominant hand in small O handshape starts pointing out in front of signer's mouth, then pecks base hand. End ID]
Sarcastic
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Sarcastic in American Sign Language. Both hands in a rock on hand shape. Dominant index finger taps the nose then arms cross at the wrist with dominant hand on top. End ID]
Book
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: the sign for Book in ASL. Both hands in b handshape palms facing each other, touching along the pinky side then palms facing up. Action resembles opening a book. Means open book in ASL if signed once and book if signed 2-3 times. End ID]
Ghost
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: ghost in American Sign Language. Both hands in F handshape. Base hand palm up and dominant hand palm down with tips of thumbs and index fingers touching. Then dominant hand moves upward. End ID]
Stereotypes
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Stereotypes in American Sign Language. The sign labels: fingertips of U shape brush across open B handshape a few times. And the sign universal: hands in Y handshape, palm down move horizontally in a circle. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, purple, and pink in different stages of the sign.
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Hurricane
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Hurricane in American Sign Language. Both hands in H handshape with thumbs touching, dominant hand upesidown. Index and middle fingers wiggle in and out as hands move forward and to the side. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign.
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Fireworks
Sources: SigningSavvy, ASLDeafined
[Fireworks in American Sign Language. Hands crossed in S handshape separate as they move up and open to 5 handshape. Movement is repeated three times as body rotates from left to right. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, purple, and pink in different stages of the sign.
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Accessible
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Accessible in American Sign Language. Enter is signed twice. Both hands in bent open B handshape palms down. Dominant hand goes under base hand and flattens as it passes. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign.
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Blind
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Blind in American Sign Language. Hand in bent V handshape taps under the eye. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Addiction
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Addiction in American Sign Language. X handshape hook corner of the mouth and pulls to the side. Movement is illustrated by arms and mouths that are translucent blue and purple in different stages of the sign.
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Depression
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Depression in American Sign Language. Middle fingers of hands in open 8 handshape trace a line down the chest. Moveme is illustrated by arms that are translucent shades of blue in different stages of the sign. The blues get darker and less saturated as they go down.
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Schizophrenia
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Schizophrenia in American Sign Language. S handshape at the forehead, palm out opens to B handshape and zigzags slightly as it moves down. Movement is illustrated by arms that are shades of blue with white highlights in different stages of the sign. Silhouette of head is dark blue.
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Invisible/Overlooked
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Invisible/Overlooked in American Sign Language. Hand upright in in open B handshape palm facing back rotates at the elbow so hand swipes past the face.
Image 1 is white to blend in with tumblr's true blue mode, image 2 is dark blue to blend in with tumblr's low-contrast mode, and image 3 is dark grey to blend in with tumblr's dark mode
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Paralysis
Sources: SigningSavvy, ASLDeafined
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Paralysis in American Sign Language. Hands in 5 handshape palms down move back into clawed 5 handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Arthritis
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Arthritis in American Sign Language. A handshape palm facing out shakes side to side. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent red with cracks running up the arm.
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