Autism Acceptance Snake (Snauke)

(please let me know if there is a better flair for this!)

I made this back in April and I've been meaning to post this here but I kept putting it off, but I'm finally posting it now!

I am autistic and love snakes. The symbol for autism is a rainbow or gold infinity symbol (rainbow for general neurodivergence, gold for autism specifically). I thought that a snake in an infinity shape would be a cute way to combine my interests! Some people on the autism sub I posted it to said it looked like an ouroboros, so I decided to call it an auroboros, combining the "au" from "autism" with "ouroboros".

The rainbow snake is designed after a sunbeam snake, and the golden one isn't based off of any specific snake, it's just golden. There's many yellow snakes out there that it looks like. I plan on making more recolors of this image based upon different snake species, if anyone here has recommendations of snakes to autism-ify let me know!

I drew this myself in Clip Studio Paint. I used a snake/scales brush to get the shape I wanted, and then I colored it in with a gradient map.

Anyone is free to use this symbol and make their own art inspired by this concept, just please credit me! I would love to see other people's interpretations of this fella, so tag me in any art inspired by this! I would love to see the auroboros catch on and become a popular symbol for autism.