ASL Artwork

eimearconnelly:

Editorial project- Illustrate the meaning of the equals sign, designed by Robert Recorde. The hand movements show ‘equal’ or ‘fair’ in sign language. Recorde originally described the equals sign as being ‘a pair of Gemowe lines’, meaning ‘twin lines’ from the Latin word for ‘twin’- ‘Gemini’.

Hey guys—- thought this was pretty cool :) I generally try not to bombard this thread with all of the ILY pictures that are posted daily (as there are TONS)… but this one was different than most—- its almost Tron-Like in its Ravey-ness  ;)

Hope you enjoy the pretty blue ILY

(Source: thecityspins)

Two Cultures One World by ~yashodoa

“I’ve decided to submit my art to a certain contest for Deaf people this year and this is my submission. 
The rule says: 
The artwork must focus on the Deaf experience or reflect the minority experience.
Must include a written or videotaped statement explaining the artwork.
Medium: any. (two dimensional only)
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This is my written statement (unedited, but will be edited before sending):
I grew up as a Deaf child in two different cultures every day, lived half in one and half in another. My days are like this; Deaf school, deaf friends, hearing home environment, hearing brother to argue with and hearing family’s birthdays and holidays to go to. I also struggled with identity to which culture I belonged to. The Deaf culture often ridiculed me because I could speak real well and have a hearing family while the hearing culture look down to me, pitying me that I can’t hear and leaving me out of the conversations that floated everywhere around me. 
As I grew older and made my way into the real world, I begin to understand and found my identity. I see children everywhere that also experienced my experience, met adults that went though the same thing I have gone through. I found that I walked the line in between two cultures. I do not call the two cultures worlds because we all live in one world together. They, the two parts of my life are cultures that I walk hand in hand, a line in between, neither accepted or rejected. 
Working with children in public school, in classrooms for the Deaf, I fell into the role of a bridge that connected two cultures. By day, I worked and help the students to learn, grow and find that they can achieve their dreams, and by the evening, I raise a hearing son, helped parents of the deaf children to understand their children and go out into the community filled with both deaf and hearing. 
My experiences, my understanding, and my contribution to the people around me placed me in one world with two cultures and that’s who I am. 
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I understand that it may be a bit of a hard comprehension for most of you about what I’ve done in this art… 
It’s pretty much a self-portrait of myself, being in two different cultures my whole life, the Deaf culture and the Hearing culture. On the right side are the hearing side and the left being Deaf. 
You may notice the people on the right’s eyes aren’t darker while the Deaf’s mouths aren’t darker… 
This is my impression that I am trying to implicit here; the Deaf uses their eyes to hear and their hands to speak while the Hearing uses their ears to hear and their mouth to speak. 
While I stand in between, holding a world in my hands, I walk and live in both, a line in between as I have mentioned in my statement above. 
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Done on watercolor paper with watercolor. 
Took me maybe 5-8 hours in total over the span of a week and half. 
I’ll let you know how this piece of art goes in the contest in few months.”

Deaf Child Area by ~iballoon

“First I was complain that some people have no idea what the sign is about. When I have an angry in my head. Being thought I make a example to people if the hearing (person who can hear) driver didn’t pay attention the sign while piss off at the deaf child at play. Hey, he don’t know you were honk or swear at him. That’s not nice!

From Photoshop CS with pen tablet from scratch.”

Deaf Community by ~kitsune-devil

”^^ its Vincent again! and this time hes in a deaf community with deaf friends!!! the dude next to him looks like wufei from gundam wing, and i totally didnt mean for that to happen… but oh well… its some random deaf dude who has slight curly hair. and then theres people up there to, and theyre random.. 
anyways vincent is telling the other boy what animal is on his shirt. to do that, he points, and makes the letter “F” (as shown in the pic. to normal people, its the ‘a-ok’ sign for everything alright… ) and slightly wave it in front of your nose. that is the sign for fox!! ^^ and in the background, in case you have forgotten or are new, the girl on the left in back is asking the boy on the left in back if its time for lunch, by puting the ‘L’ shape on her chin. and the dude is replying with a nod of his fist for ‘YES’. to explain that, for those who dont know, its not a mean shake or anything. you just make a fist, palm down and nod your fist, as if it were a head. simple, ne??
anyways i hope you like this. i even tried to do a background! huzzah for me right?? ^^

Vincent, background people (c) ME”

This legitimately seems like the actual cutest comic :)

Deaf Hands by ~SK3LS

“A project i had done in 1st year. Left side is to show the heartaches of being deaf, and the right side to show the positives. And they are making the symbol “deaf”; at least as close as the interpretation can get. Made in illustrator but than drawn with ink .”

Note:: This is actually NOT the sign for Deaf. Its the sign for Interpreter. However, its still quite interesting. There are a few problematic concepts on here, but overall its a nice piece.

“Spiral Handmask 2” By Paul Johnston

Curiously, despite the fact that Deaf people can not hear like the majority culture does, many De’VIA artists choose musical symbols to illustrate how ASL is like visual music to the eyes and/or use art to try to give a visual representation of what sound means to them.

“My Eye” By Harry Williams

Curiously, despite the fact that Deaf people can not hear like the majority culture does, many De’VIA artists choose musical symbols to illustrate how ASL is like visual music to the eyes and/or use art to try to give a visual representation of what sound means to them.

“Self-Portrait with Hearing Aids” By Morris Broderson