Hey everyone!
With all those writing-challenges floating around lately we´re all enjoying so much, I´d like to add an art-challenge into the mix for those interested:
ART-TELEPHONE!You have possibly played silent post or telephone before, that game where one person whispers a sentence into the next person´s ear, who has to whisper what they heard to the next and so on and so on until the result is completely independent from whatever it was originally. It´s that, BUT WITH ART!
I saw a Youtuber do that the other day and it seemed really fun, so if someone´s interested in playing, let me know!
How it works: There will be a host, who provides the original picture (Nothing too complicated. Maybe 1-2 characters in some pose with no background). All other participants are players.
Host:Draws the original picture, DMs it to player 1.
Player 1:Gets to see the host´s picture for two minutes, then has to redraw it from memory. Once they´re done, they DM it to Player 2 as well as back to the host.
Player 2:Only gets to see Player 1´s picture, again for two minutes, redraws it from memory and DMs it to Player 3 and back to the host.
This continues until all participants in the round have played (Maybe cap it at a maximum of 10 for the first round, just to make organization easier.), which is when the host will release every resulting picture into the thread for everyone to witness the original picture turn into something completely different. Now a new round can start, ideally with a different host, as the host themselves doesn´t get to play.
I would volunteer to be the first host if someone´s interested in playing.
Spoiler: Some additional info: show
> The host´s picture should show original or not super widely-known characters if possible. Otherwise too many people might be able to recognize them and draw what they know about this character rather than what they remember from the picture they got.
> Try to keep all the pictures so you can finish them within a week at maximum. The order of players will be pre-determined, so when it´s your turn and you know you won´t have time for the entire next week to come, post into this thread and ask to switch places with somebody.
> We can´t yet have self-destruction timers on DM´s, so we have to ensure in a different way that you can only look at your picture for 2min. :'D To the senders, put your picture under a spoiler please. That way the receivers can stop the time they have to look at it and close the spoiler afterwards
> Please don´t deliberately change anything about the picture. If you don´t remember how something looked like, it´s fine, just fill in the gaps with what you think it might have been. But if you do remember an aspect, draw it how you remember it.
> Also: Please don´t cheat and look at it for longer than you should! It would take the fun out of the game completely, as the best part is how much the original motive changes. But I believe I don´t need to tell you that.
> Also also: of course keep your drawing according to forum-rules! As the game is hosted on a regular board, please don´t draw anything that would normally go onto the mature board!
But now to get into the requirements: Who can play?Everyone who wants. You don´t need to be a super-good artist. It´s only about getting the details of what you think you saw into somewhat the right place. There is always room for interpretation.
What medium to use?Whatever you like. Go digital, traditional, 2D, 3D, use markers or paints or pencils or whatever. Heck, you can do a mosaic if you feel like it. Just stay in the time-limit, and make sure it´s a medium with which you can color your picture.
What about details and artstyle?Feel free to draw in your own artstyle rather than the one you got. Realistic or stylized doesn´t matter. As long as you keep the details you think you saw, it´s irrelevant how they look.
If you have suggestions for additional rules/changes in rules, feel free to post them here! I will edit the original post accordingly, also with the list of players, if there´s people who would like to play.
Player-lists: Those who have
behind their name have finished their contribution
host: Mirasol
Players:1: catbirds
2: moredhel
3: Keep Looking
4: wavewright62
5: tehta
6: MollyVampiric