I wanted to express my support toward news during mid-June this year but I didn’t have good words for it. I thought of using ASL to expressed my feelings. It was an opportunity to learn more about ASL as I always loved and enjoyed seeing video games or TV shows representing these amazing skills of communication. I was inspired when seeing Quill from the VR game Moss who was animated by the awesome and amazing animator Richard Lico. In The Dragon Prince animated show on NetFlix, Amaya, the prince’s warrior Aunt was using sign language to communicate. I loved her character. It was very powerful.
This was my very first attempt to animate sign language. As usual, I did not have the time to carry it over to polish but hoping to spend that time working more into making this looking better toward the end of the year.
At present time, I’m seeing a lot of representation of ASL on the internet. From another wonderful animator to video game like the new Spiderman: Miles Morales. I hope to see more of this kind of representation in the future.