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Hm. As a hearing person, it’s not my place to speak authoritatively, so d/Deaf and HOH people feel free to correct me, add on, etc, but I haven’t seen many people talking about this and I think we should. From what I’ve seen, we as Supernatural fans could do a little bit better with portrayal of sign language and Deafness (primarily in fic) with regards to the character of Eileen. This isn’t regarding any specific person, but I’ve seen a few ficlets on my dash where there’s a note like “just assume all dialogue is being signed at the same time so Eileen can understand!” or the fic itself has Eileen read lips the whole time. With just a little bit of googling one can easily realize that’s not the ideal way of communicating for a d/Deaf person, and we owe the character more respect than the show gave her.

Here’s an article on SimCom, or simultaneous communication, which is what the show usually has Eileen (or Sam) use, and why it may not be as good as it seems to hearing people. https://blog.ai-media.tv/blog/what-is-simcom

Here’s a few guides to writing d/Deaf characters in general, that I found just with a few google searches:

https://disabilityinkidlit.com/2017/05/19/asl-writing-a-visual-language/

https://kathymacmillan.com/2014/02/27/10-things-writers-need-to-know-about-american-sign-language-and-deaf-culture/

And for people who like to stick to tumblr: https://concerningwolves.tumblr.com/post/169084548979/faq-on-writing-signed-language (and their blog tag for #sign language)

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genuine art advice:

put as least amount of time into the face as possible

try not to rely too heavily on digital art "tricks"

never hone in on one area until youre almost done

if youre not having fun drawing, ask yourself why and find a solution

kill the ogre before it can get inside your house

always consider where a technique would and wouldnt work

If you listen, her tapping very much adds to the music.