Can someone write my name in the Mayan Heiroglyphs system,and send it to me?

Question

http://www.famsi.org/research/pitts/MayaGlyphsBook1Sect1.pdf

This site is really helpful but I cannot seem to get it lol.

But would like Wesley or James done in the hieroglyphs,

if you could help in any way even if you can just tell me what boxes to go to I would really appreciate it

Thanks.

Answer 1

You have to break the word up into mora and then convert them.  According to the link, the vowels are pronounced like in spanish, so first we need to re-write these names in the closest approximation with the sounds we have available, then break it up into characters from the syllabary:

Wesley = weseli = [we] [se] [li]

James = jem(e) [je] [me]

So for Wesley, we would use the symbol [we] on page 22 that looks like a man with a beard looking to the left, the symbol [se] on page 21 that looks like a pair of briefs, and one of the characters for [li] on page 19 -- personally, I like the dragon looking to the left and sticking out his tongue, but you could use the fish-looking thing or the bug-looking thing instead if you wanted.