Thread "No-Face Day" in forum "Networking & Community Projects*"

Posted at 1:10PM, Oct. 14, 2006

Marvel did a "silent story month" a couple of years ago where they encouraged their writers and artists to produce an issue of their books devoid of dialogue.

How about we do a No-Face Day where we try to convey our story without showing the expressions, just the body language and dialogue of the characters in the scene?

thoughts?

Corvin

Posted at 2:10PM, Oct. 15, 2006

sounds like an interesting idea to me…

Posted at 3:10PM, Oct. 15, 2006

sounds pretty cool, october's half over but yeah, sounds like an idea :D

Posted at 10:10AM, Oct. 16, 2006

no, this wouldnt be a whole month. that was marvel's gig. this is just doing one issue of our personal strips without faces.

i havent chosen a day; im willing to accept suggestions. it'd be a while out, i think. 3 weeks at least.

Corvin

Posted at 6:10PM, Oct. 20, 2006

Look at my comic. I'm already half way there, with the masks and all…

Posted at 6:10PM, Oct. 20, 2006

no, this wouldnt be a whole month. that was marvel's gig. this is just doing one issue of our personal strips without faces.

i havent chosen a day; im willing to accept suggestions. it'd be a while out, i think. 3 weeks at least.

Corvin

oh right. Guess thats more reasonable :P

Posted at 11:10PM, Oct. 21, 2006

Sounds intriging….(did I spell that right?)

Posted at 7:10AM, Oct. 22, 2006

That would be good practice, especially for people who usually draw only faces.

Posted at 12:10PM, Oct. 23, 2006

i would but my comic is very much centered around the various voices that surround the main character

it would be VERY VERY hard to do

also i think that i would need to break up the story to do so

though i do try to draw a minimal ammount of faces and stick to just silhouettes

Posted at 6:10AM, Oct. 24, 2006

Might I suggest the 29th for a day? Or the 6th of next month?

Posted at 8:10PM, Oct. 24, 2006

Man, how tough would it be to tell a story both WITHOUT words and WITHOUT showing any faces?
Hmmm… near to impossible.

Man, that sounds tough. I'm not sure if I'd be able to do it.

Posted at 10:10PM, Oct. 24, 2006

yeah, that does sound tough. it's possible, but one would have to be very good at using hand gestures and body language.

fortunately, on november 19th, you can totally use dialogue, but you can't use facial expressions.

that's right: November 19th is No-Face Day.

Corvin

Posted at 12:10PM, Oct. 25, 2006

My comic's main character doesn't have a mouth…
Does that count as no-faced?

Posted at 7:10PM, Oct. 25, 2006

Devoid of dialogue AND faces!? Guess I;d better draw them all in masks :P

Wii comes out on the 19th :3

Posted at 10:10PM, Oct. 25, 2006

yes, i know. dont remind me.

i have to work overnights both when PS3 comes out and when Wii comes out. im not looking forward to it.

also, to sign up (guess i should have posted this link sooner) head over here. if we get enough people, i'll actually set up a No-Face Day account.

Corvin

Posted at 10:10PM, Oct. 25, 2006

Devoid of dialogue AND faces!?

guess i should have clarified again: dialogue is ok; faces arent.

read the sign up thread for more details (such as there are).

Corvin

Posted at 2:10PM, Oct. 29, 2006

ah that would be…much better ^^