ASL CPR Flyer

I was asked to design a flyer for a new client. I accepted that job and created one for her and her organization. It was a simple graphic artwork with hand images.

Image Description: Flyer with a red border, finger-spelling hand picture "ASL CPR" The headline is saying "Adult, Pediatric, First Aid, AED CPR Training". The text is showing, " Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm August 21,2021
11am-12:30pm August 22, 2021

Where: Community Event, No CEU's, 2nd Floor, Suite B Room 219, 6130 Montana Ave, El Paso, Texas 79925.

Registration Link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyANOtKMvEKCV71j8n9-ZRKGNAYBY4_PedMc9ybWrcDrvQlA/viewform
Registration open Now Until July 25, 2021 11:00pm
Certificate Available for the 1st 12 people to register,
After July 25, 2021, $50.00 Fee

YouTube Link:
https://youtu.be/ZSQyA60O0NA

JorettaY’s ASL, Deaf, and Interpreting Connection Service

Voice & Text: 9158675719
Email: jorettapatterson@yahoo.com

Credit: Design & Illustration by Shawn Richardson
Website: www.SRIDstudio.com "

One of Top 40 Deaf Blogs

I want to proudly announce that my blog, SRID: Deaf Fun, has been selected by Feedspot’s panelist as one of the Top 40 Deaf Blogs on the web. Please check out the link:

https://blog.feedspot.com/deaf_blogs/ 

I'm touched beyond words. And I simply want to thank Mr. Anuj Agarwal, the Founder of Feedspot, for recognizing and appreciating my cartoon work.

Juneteenth

 

Happy Juneteenth!
Juneteenth is a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The name Juneteenth is a combination of the words June and nineteenth. The day is also called Emancipation Day and Freedom Day. Naturally, I celebrate Juneteenth every year with people in America.

 
This color image is showing a Black mother and daughter walking around the Emancipation Oak. I created the picture with others only in black and white in the coloring and activity book called "Black Deaf Lives Matter".

 
The book is sold on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Deaf-Lives.../dp/B08WK457RT

[Image Description: Pictures of People of Color hand signs finger-spelling "Juneteenth" above the same word. 2nd picture of a Black mother and daughter walking around a full-grown, large tree named Emancipation Oak. 3rd picture of the Black Deaf Lives Matter book laying on the 2nd picture. ]

A New Book Coming Out

I want to share some good news with you about my art project that I had been working on for a long while. Finally it is done and complete. I worked with an author to create an awesome book. Her name is Lissa D. Ramirez-Stapleton - one of the best clients I have ever done business with. I thought Lissa and I worked together very well with that educational activity book. I developed illustrations with Black Deaf characters and historical events. The book is to honor Black Deaf Lives as we fight for all Black people. I myself found it very informative and enlightening. Excellent for anyone 9 years old and up, yes, indeed including adults. Copies are sold at Amazon. Please check out this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WK457RT/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_RTN5YYQADVA6JRATDM57

An Activity Book about Black Deaf Life

Baby Yoda's Toilet Paper

Hi! May the 4th be with you! I am back to this Blogger page. It needs to be updated really bad. So I have something to share ...

This is a Baby Yoda cartoon that was first published on www.patreon.com/SRIDStudio last week. I have been a member or patron of Patreon for a year following few creators. But I had not been showing any artwork until recently. Now I am a newly active creator to show off creative images. I hope you are finding this cartoon funny

[ Descriptive Image: Baby Yoda on light blue background proudly holding a toilet paper and the headline saying, "The Toilet Paper will be with you. Always." ]

ACEO: Cat and Dog with Sign Language

2 new art cards has been added on eBay. I enjoyed drawing these cartoons with pet characters showing sign language. I will continue to create more cards. Please check out my eBay:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/srid69/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from= 

Cartoons: Dogs and Cats with Sign Language

I have decided to create cartoons about animals especially cats and dogs showing some sign language. That kind of the project is for ACEO standing for Art Cards, Editions & Originals. It is a miniature painting for drawing or artwork that must measure 2.5" x 3.5". People use ACEO for various reasons: practicing with creative skills, creating small art piece, selling them for much lower prices, trading or collecting cards with/from other artists, and/or having quick fun.  Those ACEO pieces will be posted on Ebay for sale. Please check that out on: www.ebay.com/usr/srid69 .

May The F—- Be With You

Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you.

Star War ...
May The Fart Be With You

Celebrating 50 years of artists at NTID

As an alumnus, I have been invited to submit my artwork to National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of the nine colleges of Rochester Institute of Technology. NTID will celebrate its 50th anniversary of that college.  They will bring together 15+ Deaf artists, including NTID alumni and current students,  with art pieces at its gallery called the Dyer Arts Center for a special exhibition. Recently, I submitted several images of my cartoons. Hopefully, at least one of my work will be selected for the NTID 50th Anniversary exhibition at the Dyer Arts Center at that college between June 22 and October 20, 2018.

American Sign Language Alphabet

Below is a drawing image of the American Sign Language (ASL) alphabet. Learning the ASL alphabet can be fun to spell out with one hand - called fingerspelling. If you don't know a sign, you can fingerspell letters. Check out and practice the ASL alphabet:

American Sign Language (ASL) is the primary sign languageused in North America. ... The ASL manual alphabet is a system that uses the signer's dominant hand to represent each letter of the English language alphabet. Fingerspelling is the act of using a manual alphabet to sign each individual letter of a word.
Resource: https://study.com/academy/lesson/american-sign-language-alphabet.html 

Black HIstory Month

I created that a few years ago. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of great Civil Rights leaders who continue to inspire us on Black History Month. 

Each year beginning on February 1, an entire month of events are planned nationwide honoring the history and contributions of African Americans. The theme for 2015 is "A Century of Black Life, History and Culture."
Black History Month began in 1926 as part of an initiative by writer and educator Dr. Carter G. Woodson who launched Negro History Week in 1926.Woodson proclaimed that Negro History Week should always occur in the second week of February —between the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.Since 1976, every American president has proclaimed February as Black History Month. Today, other countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom also devote an entire month to celebrating black history.  Click Here for BCRI Black History Month Activities. 

Source: http://www.bcri.org/events_activities/annual_events/blackhistorymonth.html

Happy New Year

I created that cartoon for my greeting card in 2008.

Happy MLK Day!

Have a peaceful Martin Luther King Day. Embrace everyone. That was  what MLK always wanted.  I am coming back again and again to share pieces of my artwork.

 Here is my "Pop Art" MLK painting. I did that years ago. 

Photo by Regina

Black History Month: MLK's Dream

Each February, millions of people & I honor and celebrate Black History Month. This MLK cartoon was published in Signews last year. Enjoy this. 

Happy Halloween!

Hey. I always enjoyed creating Halloween-themed cartoons for the SigNews newspaper (Sadly, that monthly signing community newspaper has been closed since last April.).  Today, I wish you a Happy Halloween. Go get some good sweet candies and enjoy these cartoons below.

Happy Halloween. Peace out.

Lost Interpreter?

Just wanna post this for your enjoyment.

Summer Beach

Don't we love to go to beaches during summer time, right? A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I went to Surfside Beach in Texas. Lovely, quiet, small beach—an excellent place for a family to stop by and to chill out for a few hours. If you in Houston area and need to escape to a quiet place, go to Surfside Beach.

Here is a cartoon I created for SigNews last summer. By the way, that newspaper for the Deaf/ASL community has been sadly & quietly closed. I miss receiving a copy every month for several years.

Campus Safety at RIT

Hey, I created this cartoon 20 years ago when I was a student at National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. I believe that it was published in a Deaf creative arts magazine. That cartoon sure brings me good memories of my college life at RIT.  Let me share my story about my black-out drunkenness.... nah. I better keep that to myself. My bad. I was embarrassed.  Lol. So enjoy this art.

Happy Memorial Day! Peace out.

Happy Easter!

Hey. I wish you a peaceful Happy Easter. Enjoy the cartoon.

I wanted to share the word of God with you. Easter is a special day because it is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He died for our sins on the cross on Good Friday. Jesus was buried on that day and rose from death on Sunday. Praise the Lord!

Deaf-Blind

I don't think I ever posted a cartoon about Deaf-Blind characters. So I thought I should do this. To read about Deaf-Blindness, please check out this link from Wikipedia. Helen Keller is one of the most prominent Deaf-Blind people. Also check out another link about the Deaf-Blind community. Enjoy this blog.