I posted my stickers and prints yesterday, but I didn't want to make the post too long so I'm using today to talk about the designs a bit more!
Seeing how much people were turning on trans people with the political climate I wanted to draw something in response. When this phrase crossed my mind I couldn't get it out. I decided to lean more to typographic art to express my feelings.
Admittedly, the main reason I used roses as decoration is because roses are really important to me, so as someone who is trans it was a way to put myself in the artwork. I later learned that roses might have some ties to trans imagery, which was kid of cool
my intersex design admittedly came a fair bit later. A lot of moves being taken against trans people effect intersex people too, but they tend not to be talked about in these kinds of discussions as much. So I decided to turn my one idea into a set.
I researched a bit about flower meanings, trying to decide what flower to use. I wanted to find a way to recreate the ring in the intersex flag using the flower. I then learned about orchids being a symbol used for intersexism rights. It seems that the process often forced on some intersex children shares the same greek root as the flower does. (source) I used the fact that orchids often have patterning on them to create the ring and also was able to have the flowers have meaning instead of just being decorative.
Overall, I'm happy with how they came out. I didn't want to overcomplicate them, just a clear message and meaning.
