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@stellas--symbols
Hi I'm Stella!
I'm working on the design for an AAC app concept for a school project, and in the process I'm making a bunch of icons for it!
Feel free to use them and alter them however you want! That even includes selling them so long as you credit me
More info + resources I've made:
Chess Piece AAC Icons!
question: is it ok to use symbols made in your picrew as icons on social media (with credit ofc)
Yep!
A Guide to Making AAC Symbols, for Emoji Artists
[PT: A guide to making AAC symbols, for emoji artists. End PT]
Making symbols for AAC is not as easy as adding the AAC symbols tag to one of your normal emojis. Here are some things to keep in mind when creating AAC symbols.
AAC symbols should be representative, not abstract. [PT: AAc symbols should be representative, not abstract.]
An AAC symbol is usually used by an AAC user to distinguish the button they want from the other buttons on the page. Most AAC users scan in some form, and many look for the symbols and not the button's label, meaning that an AAC symbol should in some way be a visual symbol for the concept. This means that wordmojis do not typically work as AAC symbols.
2. The symbols are typically seen only by the user and not who they are speaking with. [PT: The symbols are typically seen only by the user and not who they are speaking with.]
In a Discord emoji, both the person communicating and who they are communicating with see the emoji. With high-tech AAC, typically only the AAC user sees the symbol, with the people they're talking with audibly hearing the words instead. There are some exceptions, such as light tech AAC or situations where an AAC user is showing their screen to who they are talking with, but they are generally exceptions.
3. Avoid low contrast. [PT: Avoid low contrast.]
An AAC symbol on a button is generally very small, and it is usually one of many buttons on a page, and it is usually on a coloured backdrop. Furthermore, there are many AAC users who are blind or low vision. Having high contrast on your symbols, such as by making the lineart much darker than the filling, makes your symbol easier to see and makes the details easier to notice.
4. High levels of detail usually disappear on an AAC board. [PT: High levels of detail usually disappear on an AAC board.]
Because buttons are small and there are usually many buttons on a page, high levels of detail tend to be very hard to notice when a symbol is on a button. Furthermore, lots of detail can make a symbol visually busy and thus potentially overwhelming for an AAC user.
5. Many AAC users dislike words on their symbols. [PT: Many AAC users dislike words on their symbols.]
Most AAC users have words on the button label already. For some, this means that having words on the symbol as well is redundant, overwhelming, or annoying. If you put words on your symbols, it is best to also provide a version without words for those who prefer that.
I hope that this is informative and helpful. Please do keep in mind that while I am an AAC user and an AAC symbol artist, I am only one of many, and AAC users are not a monolith. The advice I have provided here reflects the common attitudes I have seen in the community but it will not reflect the entire community.
Adding onto this, here's some things I try to do in my emojis
DISCLAIMER! I don't rely on AAC devices for communication, I'm approaching this from my perspective as a design student
1 Avoid making the meaning of your symbols dependent on their color
This makes them less accessible for colorblind people. For example, for things like boy vs girl instead of pink and blue I usually use the Venus and Mars symbols.
2 Make sure the symbol is readable at a small size.
Avoid making any critical elements of the symbol very small. Also make sure that if you have lots of details they don't make it difficult to understand the symbol when you zoom out. It can help to reduce the color contrast on these less important details.
3 Think about different ways of representing each symbol you make
I sometimes try out 4 or 5 different concepts for a symbol before choosing which one I want to go with. In this step I like to think about all the ways people use the word I'm representing, and try to capture as many of those meanings as possible.
4 Clarity is king!
In my opinion you should never sacrifice clarity for anything else when making AAC symbols. The order of goals I use when making my symbols is this:
[ 1 Clear to understand -> 2 As universal as possible -> 3 Fits with my style -> 4 Nice to look at ]
5 Avoid ambiguity
This can be difficult, especially with core words, but make an effort to reduce the amount of meanings a symbol can have. Don't worry about this so much that you add a bunch of extra elements, but keep it in mind.
6 if you're making your symbols just for yourself, it's ok to throw this all out the window. The most important thing is making something that *you* will recognize and understand
here are words jasper needs. if stella wants jasper to first go through and double check ones that already made that is okay
Core Word Icons!
Everyone is free to download, use, and alter them!
For, Though Around, Through There, This Really, Very Also, But Or, Else, Of Middle, Center A, Close As, Exact, Just By, If Either, Both, Neither Then, While, Since
I just updated my emoji picrew with new stuff!!
There's a new "gear" section, a new "hat" section, 3 new eyes, 8 new bangs, 10 new hairs, 2 new beards, and 2 new shirts!
Person emoji maker! Designed as a companion to the StellarSymbols AAC icon set: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18dqW0veK8VTwPrnNq4c
would you do commissions for specific symbols (like games) for people who like consistency
Of course! I'll do commissions of pretty much anything
Here's my commission page: https://ko-fi.com/stellarsymbols/commissions
More core AAC words!
Everywhere, Anywhere, Earth Go, Come To, From Somewhere, Something, Nothing Someone, Anyone, No one None, Some, Everything Each, Every Together, Apart Close, Far Above, Below Top, Bottom Front, Back Left, Right
Thanks to @sillylilguy37 for the ask for this one, for some reason tumblr didn't let me send this as an answer to that ask :/
This just the first half of the ask, hopefully part 2 tomorrow!
Pronoun AAC Icons
I'm gonna be posting less because it's nearing the end of the term and I have so much work to do!!! But here are some pronoun icons :)
I, Me, Myself My, Mine It, Its, Itself You, Yourself Your, Yours We, Us, Ourselves Our, Ours They, Them, Themselves Their, Theirs
can jasper send screen shots for requests or would stella prefer as a list?
Screenshots work!
dark brown hair? like somewhere between the darkest brown on the picrew and the black hair?
also maybe more bang styles, one that has a tiny hair clip would maybe be cool? not sure how to describe things through anon here xD
- 🎨👥 (anon tag loll)
Just added dark brown hair, two new beards, and three new bangs, no hair clip yet though sorry!!
Person emoji maker! Designed as a companion to the StellarSymbols AAC icon set: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18dqW0veK8VTwPrnNq4c
Picrew for AAC icons!
I made a picrew creator!!! So now anyone can create images in my style of the important people in their lives I'm also opening my inbox for suggestions for parts I should add!
Have fun!! Go nuts!!
Person emoji maker! Designed as a companion to the StellarSymbols AAC icon set: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18dqW0veK8VTwPrnNq4c
Place Words!! (part 2)
Road, Sidewalk, Crosswalk Yard, Garden Front yard, Back yard, Side yard Office, Library, Bank Park, Bus stop, City Store, Restaurant, Cafe Church, Synagogue, Mosque
SO many place words time: home, apartment, kitchen, living room, bathroom, bedroom, room, stairs, hallway, closet, floor, wall, ceiling, roof, shelter, park, store, bank, restaurant, garden, cafe, library, office, church, bus stop, city, sidewalk, building, road, parking lot, crosswalk.
could maybe just use, say, a basic house/building symbol and then add representative symbols inside, like the frying pan one you made (if im remembering right) inside the house symbol to represent kitchen, or the plate one inside to represent restaurant, and the coffee one to represent cafe?
Place words!! (part 1)
Places, Place, Home House, Apartment Kitchen, Living room, Dining room Bathroom, Bedroom, Room Stairs, Hallway, Closet Floor, Wall, Ceiling Roof, Building, Shelter
Hi I'm Stella!
I'm working on the design for an AAC app concept for a school project, and in the process I'm making a bunch of icons for it!
Feel free to use them and alter them however you want! You can even sell them on stickers if you credit me
Requests are closed for now! I'm mostly interested in making more general icons. I can't promise I'll get to every request
I won't post anything NSFW, but I do plan to make icons for stuff like blood, genitals, and sex
More info below:
My requests are closed rn cause I've got enough to last me a month, but I'm now taking commissions for portraits, emotes, and AAC words on Ko-fi!
Ko-fi Commissions Open! Click to see StellarSymbols's commission menu.
BTW!
If any of you make custom emojis out of mine, if you send them to me, I'll add them to my google drive! (and eventually my GlobalSymbols page once I have one)
Credit will be given to you, and if you ask me to take them down in the future I will
I'm also only going to add symbols that fit with my personal design criteria
Can you do like the cancer ribbons? If not all atleast the ovarian cancer ribbon (teal ribbon)
Here's the ovarian cancer ribbon, and a transparent template so others can make their own!
