I ment to post this sooner because it's the last day to pre order but...LOOK AT THIS!
[Image ID: a book called Visual Stories in Sign Language by Brittany Castle. Illustrations show how various classifiers are used to describe birds. Text underneath reads:
Love American Sign Language? Support Deaf Artists!
ASL is a real, valuable, and beautiful language, used every day by members of the deaf community. It has a rich history, its own rules, and culture. Even better? When you purchase from a deaf artist, you are connecting with and supporting the deaf community and you can be confident that the signs in your art are correct because you bought from a native signer. 58 Creativity was founded to show ASL in clear, visual art that is easy to understand, even if you’re seeing ASL for the first time!
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Guess what I did today!
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Name: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
Change: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: Name and Change in American Sign Language. Both signs start pink and end blue.
Name is two hands in H handshape palms facing signer. Dominant hand taps base hand at the fingers.
Change is both hands in X handshape crossed at the wrists. The hands rotate around each other to cross with the other arm in front.
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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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Sources: them
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The signs for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trans in American Sign Language
Lesbian: Index finger of L handshape taps chin. Face outline, lips, and hand have the colors of the lesbian flag (three shades of orange, one of white, and two shades of pink) as a gradient.
Gay: G handshape touches chin. Face, lips and hand are in pride colors (black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple) in a gradient.
Bisexual: Blue B and pink I handshapes overlapping slightly with purple in the overlap.
Trans: Hand in 5 handshape with thumb against the chest twist and closes in O handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign.
Background is white
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Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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The sign for Rest in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape with palms facing signer are crossed over the signers chest. Hands rest on the chest below the opposite shoulder. Sign is illustrated by arms that are translucent purple and pink. Background is white.
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hi! do you make these icons yourself?
also i was wondering if it would be okay to use them, with credit to you?
I do! I use Scetch (an app no longer in the app store (I've had the same phone for 6 and a half years)). First, I look at various sources (typically SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined), then decide how I'm going to depict the sign.
It depends. I don't want people to use them like a learning tool because ASL is a 4 dimensional language and I use a 2 dimensional space. What would you want to use them for?
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]
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]
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]
Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined, them
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The sign for Transgender in American Sign Language. Hand in 5 handshape with thumb against the chest twist and closes in O handshape. Motion is similar to the sign for Beautiful. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign.
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Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Travel in American Sign Language. Hand in bent V handshape moves back and forth upwards. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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they/them, hearing, Interpreting major. Online resources: https://sites.google.com/view/thesign-resource If you wanna learn ASL, try and find in-person classes with a culturally Deaf teacher and make sure you learn about Deaf culture as well! [Profile Pic ID: The sign for Art in American Sign Language. End ID]
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