#signwriting

Speed test! Using as few colours as possible and working quickly, instead of my usual lot of putting on a colour then letting it dry for a day, then doing the next one etc. So all that's left is the white infill and straightening up on the OPEN LATE and picking a colour for the SAUNA itself.

I wanted this to be punchy and bright- the inspiration was one of those spinning signs like you get at car washes, but which said "SAUNA OPEN/LATE" which used to be outside of the bathhouse I went to as a teenager.

So, that was about 2 hours for that layer, including washing the brushes and mixing paint.

What I mean is, do you visualize your hands from your own perspective, or do you visualize yourself like in a (flipped?) mirror? Also, is your visualization very abstracted/‘unrendered’ or does it really look like you? (If you’re trans, has the way you visualize yourself changed when you started transitioning?) If you happen to be literate in a sign language (like, if you know SignWriting or something), do you perhaps visualize your thoughts as written text?

As promised, a before and after shot :)

Before - the miserable grey, black and red livery of Drake's Drum

After - the aqua, silver and purple livery (with eel) of The Drake's Return.

The lettering all signwritten by me over the weekend, and the eel put on freehand.