I was thinking about what different Sonic characters' names could be in sign a couple of months ago, since so many people headcanon Sonic knowing sign language, and I ended up making animations for a few!! Here's what I came up with for Sonic!! :D
mp4 version & description for it under the cut!!
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A video of Sonic The Hedgehog viewed from the waist-up against a green background. Sonic is drawn in a simplistic style, though with tanner patches of skin on his muzzle, ears, stomach, and arms compared to his typical design, and he has curved scars on his chest.
In the video, Sonic is signing his name, comprised of the words ‘fast’ and ‘hedgehog’ in BSL. He signs ‘fast’ by bouncing his index fingers off of each other—his right finger coming down as his left goes up—with the other fingers and thumb curled in. “fast” is written in dark green on the left side of the background as he signs this.
The word in the background changes to “Hedgehog” as he signs the second part. His raised right hand opens up so that his fingers and thumb are all splayed, while the lowered left hand curls into a fist. The left arm moves horizontal in front of his chest, and the splayed right hand lowers to run the heel of the palm across the top of the forearm, to symbolise the spines of a hedgehog. Lifting his right elbow up to move the palm across the other arm obscures the “Hedgehog” lettering slightly.
Sonic's head moves as he signs, spines bouncing up and down and head tilting to the left. While he’s signing, he mouths his name, the first syllable ‘So’ being mouthed during the ‘fast’ sign, and the second syllable ‘nic’ being mouthed during the ‘hedgehog’ sign.
On the right side of the video, next to Sonic’s head, is the artist’s signature—the silhouette of a bongo with the letters BD written inside.
Animated Sonic & Tails' sign names previously, and I meant to post Amy's Weeks ago, but!! Here it is!!!
mp4 version and description under the cut!!
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A video of Amy viewed from the waist-up against a green background. Amy is drawn in a simplistic style, with some slight design differences. There’s a green belt on her waist, white on the sleeveless ends of her dress, green bracelets around her wrist instead of gold, separate eyes, and slightly more raised spines.
In the video, Amy is signing her name, using the words ‘hammer’ and ‘rose’ in BSL. Hammer is signed by having her right hand curled in a loose fist, with the index finger sticking out just a bit. The hand is raised and then lowered in a diagonal right-to-left movement, reminiscent of a hammer hitting a nail. She mouths ‘Amy’ as she signs this, and the word “Hammer” is written to the right in the background in dark green.
Moving on, she signs ‘rose’ by pinching her right index finger and thumb together, with the rest of her fingers splayed. The hand is raised to nose-height, and she makes a semi-circular motion around her nose guided by the pinched fingers. She mouths ‘rose’ as she does this, and the word is also written to the right in the background in dark green.
Above this on the left side of the screen, the artist’s signature is shown throughout the video in dark green; the silhouette of a bongo with the letters BD inside.