Representation of Non Binary
It is necessary that Black women birthing, people of color, masculine identified parents and LGBTQ people of color are represented in children’s stories to be inclusive of the changing family forms.
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Presenting...
My Mommy Is My Daddy
Written and Illustrated by Takeya Trayer
Now Available !!
First hand drawn with my non dominant hand, which is my left hand, I marked out an image looking childlike and free. I have wanted to create a color version of my book for ten years and I have been struggling with the style and look I wanted.
Three years ago I was cutting paper with my preschool class and started gluing those parts together, then shapes became an image. The images became a spark of ideas for my book. It was a progression from the non professional look of drawing with my left hand. So I set to work.
I tediously cut stock paper in various shapes to form hands, glasses, faces, clothes and other facets to puzzle together. Using tweezers and exacto blades to get small details. Many pieces of color are glued to a background image to create an entire story. The colors were chosen to help the figures stand out just as we want the representation to lead us in the direction of strong likeable characters. The image then is scanned into digital form and opened in Photoshop where the parts of the image can be manipulated and duplicated.
Three years ago I was cutting paper with my preschool class and started gluing those parts together, then shapes became an image. The images became a spark of ideas for my book. It was a progression from the non professional look of drawing with my left hand. So I set to work.
I tediously cut stock paper in various shapes to form hands, glasses, faces, clothes and other facets to puzzle together. Using tweezers and exacto blades to get small details. Many pieces of color are glued to a background image to create an entire story. The colors were chosen to help the figures stand out just as we want the representation to lead us in the direction of strong likeable characters. The image then is scanned into digital form and opened in Photoshop where the parts of the image can be manipulated and duplicated.
Parent. Artist. Teacher.Past. Present. Future.
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"I am self motivated and because of my agility and resourcefulness I am lucky."
"я самомотивирована и удачлива бладодаря моей ловкости и изобретательности." "Soy auto motivado y debido a mi agilidad e ingenio tengo suerte". "나는 스스로 동기 부여가되어 있고 나의 민첩성과 수완으로 인해 나는 운이 좋다." |
PaintingI don’t make art to make money I make art to make history. It is a dream of mine to have my work known, shown, distributed and displayed around the world in established galleries and venues as well as my animation viewed at film festivals.
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AnimationAnimation is a very visual form of communication that in many instances no dialogue is needed. This is a very powerful tool because it has the potential to be understood by many cultures even if they do not speak the same language. |
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