caro doodles

[ID: first picture: 1999 childish drawing of a panther on a tree branch in middle of the jungle. Second picture: same illustration done digitally. Third picture: my black cat looking serious.]

This is American Sign Language (ASL) for Drag King. It represents fabulous moustaches of Drag Kings. And guess what? You can buy this in art prints, shirts stickers, mugs, notebook, etc! Just go to carodoodles.threadless.com. Have fun shopping! [Image description: Three same illustrations of a drag king signing ‘drag king’. But each have different skin colour, hair colour, and accessories and make up colour. 'Drag king’ is signed with finger twirling the moustache. Last three images are the same illustrations but on a bag, a phone cover, and a shirt.]

Drag Queens x3! This is American Sign Language (ASL) for Drag Queens. It represents big wigs that Drag Queens usually wear. Yes, of course the sign for Drag Queen has to be fabulous! Admittedly, this is quite tricky to draw. Please be aware that 2D illustrations of signs are not always a totally accurate representation of a 3D language. I will share a video later with how to sign the drag queen. ;) And guess what? You can buy this in art prints, shirts stickers, mugs, notebook, etc! Just go to carodoodles.threadless.com. Have fun shopping! [Image description: Three same illustrations of a drag queen signing 'drag queen'. But each have different skin colour, hair colour, and jewelries and make up colour. 'Drag queen' is signed with a slightly bent '5' handshape starting above head with palm upward and outward, then it is rotated as it moves down. The palm is rotating toward self, then ends with palm upward and inward.]

[Image description: A poc is signing pride with thumb up handshape, thumb touching mid belly and moving up to top of chest. That person is wearing rainbow colour. Next three images are the same illustration on a iphone, a zipped pouch bag, and a shirt.]

Hey thanks! I do spell out ‘they/them’. If they don’t understand, I explain that I am “not man and woman” and “g-e-n-d-e-r neutral”

Hi I am sorry I cannot find that post. Seems like aroace-venue’s tumblr is gone? BTW I will be making an ace illustration. Right now as I know of, there’s no sign for asexual / aromantic etc. :( So I just fingerspell a-c-e. 

[Image description: a person is signing pansexual with same handshape used in sign for heart but the sign starts with palm facing outward in neutral space, then rotates down and up with palm changing to facing inward. Then it is moved straight to one's heart. Next three images are the same illustration but on a drawstring bag, a sticker, and a sweater.]

1) Volunteer at local deaf organizations. Watch ASL videos. 2) Facebook has a lot of great ASL groups. Also you can follow some tags on social media like #deaftalent to meet neat deaf people. 3) I’m fine if you do it for fun. But some has tried to make money off it and that’s a big no no. It’s deaf people who should be hired for signing songs and we have a lot of amazing singers.

Hey! I’d suggest you to volunteer. You can stay busy and at the same time get some practice in conversation. :) A lot of local deaf organizations are understaffed and lack enough resources so volunteering is great!

Hey! You can check out the ASL app. It’s created by deafies. Also, lifeprint.com has great ASL dictionary. If you’re interested in keeping learning I’d highly recommend you taking ASL classes (best if the professor is deaf themselves). Have fun!