May 2nd, 2011
MANNN it's been like, a year since I drew this page. Back when I was wondering if I could even pull this off! Now it's going ONLINE FOR REALS!
My excitement will wear off eventually, I swear.
Feel free to explore the new website - if you see anything weird, please, let me know! If you DON'T see anything weird, then you have my amazing brother Flak to thank, since he built a lot of this site from scratch, and helped me with everything I contributed. He is the best.
EDIT: I'm apparently addicted to TopWebComics because I caved and made a vote incentive. It's the process work for page 1!
Vote Incentive for This Comic.
Ah, man, thanks for the offer! It is definitely a little intimidating, since - though I love it and have researched a fair bit -- I know many people know more about ASL than I do. I have already got a couple of friends I can ask when I need help, though. :3
One of the things that makes it tough is that sign language is like other languages -- it kinda varies from Deaf community to Deaf community. Some native signers are iffy about initialised signs like that, especially, since it's an influence from English.
End result is that some signs can be done a few different ways and both are "right" depending upon whom you ask -- I found a couple of resources that list this one, without the C-handshape, as an acceptable version as well.
posted at 12:02am on May 3rd, 2011
...upon further reflection the easy answer would have been "obvsly they are not speaking ASL for reals, this is not America" ...but for some reason I actually do want to try to get it right!
To some extent that's applicable, though. The "Deaf community" in the world of Runewriters developed very differently from the Deaf community in America, so some things WILL be different later in the story. :3
posted at 12:06am on May 3rd, 2011
Yes, and remember, the "correct" sign will be wrong for about half of Deaf people anyway. ASL is still very, very young as languages go, and many Deaf people have home sign and oralist influencing.
Basically? Don't sweat it, Shazz. You're doing fine.
Didn't notice the hand-speech-bubbles. Tres cute!
posted at 9:10am on August 15th, 2011
Aw, thanks! I appreciate the kind words. <3
posted at 2:57am on August 30th, 2011
Comment by Cloud
I can't wait to see how this comic goes - it is extremely exciting!
Also, I just wanted to share: if you are using ASL, the actual sign for crazy is the same movement, but with a "C" shaped hand. ^^ Just FYI. If you ever need any help figuring out how to incorporate signs or how the grammar or anything goes, feel free to hit me up with a note on DA or something - I'm at the tail end of my second semester of ASL, and getting into my third (which will basically be in depth grammar and stuff, this semester was story telling, mostly!). I would greatly enjoy helping you out if you ever needed any. =D
posted at 9:04pm on May 2nd, 2011