I Played A Game of Art Telephone and We ALL Won!

Alexander Caiati
7 min readMay 4, 2023

Initial Information

So I’ve decided to create a game called “art telephone”. Basically, I’m commissioning artists to do a character in their style.

I start with the first artist and then tell them some characteristics of a character and let them do the rest. Then when they give me the art, ill move on to the next artist and tell them all the features of the character in front of me but never show anyone the art.

Then I do this 10 times and then after I will post all the art to see everyone’s interpretation of the characteristics.

Initial Description Featuring Rachel Phot

“Ok let’s see…

Grumpy
Colored hair
3 hair accessories
Smaller Nose
Something should be orange
Detailed clothing
Piercing somewhere
Add at least 1 prop.”

Image #1 by Rachel Phot

Attempt #2 Featuring Maqui Hudson

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“She is tall and with a white flowing dress and gold jewelry. There is a crown, a tiger, and a scarf that is orange and blue with frills. She is holding a cup and has long fingernails.

Her hair is a smokey gray-blueish color. A long slender elegant neck and look in general. She has braids in her hair and sinister orange eyes.

Gold rings on her fingers. Lost of gold jewelry actually. And the stones in some of her jewelry are blue.”

Image #2 by Maqui Hudson

Attempt #3 Featuring Ereskeia

“She has big elegant orange and yellow eyes and pinkish eyeshadow. She has tiger characteristics on the face, arms, shoulders, and neck. She has big ears.

Her hair is a silvery cloudy blue. The hair is very long and there is a large braid on one side. She is wearing a gold neck decoration She also had a gold headband that is shaped like leaves or wheat. She has a white dress and a decorative scarf that is blue and orange with little balls on it. She is holding a cup of either tea or coffee.

She has long black nails and rings on her fingers. Also, the background has things hanging from the top that look like pearls and glass while the bottom of the background has things blowing around. She also has a white hair tie. Finally, her body has a very light pinkish-white hue.”

Image #3 by Ereskeia

Attempt #4 Featuring Carolina Keiko Rocha

“She is tall and her ears are at the top of her head. She has silvery smokey blue long hair with a braid. Part of her ears are black and grey. She has a whitish silver bow in her hair.

She has stripes on the exposed parts of her body and a white flowing dress with lots of folds and ripples. You can see her clavicle bones under her skin so she is very fit. Her eyes are wide and have orange and yellow in them.

She is wearing a lot of gold jewelry on her fingers and neck. She also has a headband made of gold shaped like leaves. She is holding a hot drink in one hand and has black nail polish. She has black and pink eyeshadow on her eyes and her teeth are sharp in some areas.

She has a scarf on that is orange and blue with little golden frills/balls on it. Finally, the background has dangling glass and pearls.”

Image #4 by Carolina Keiko Rocha

Attempt #5 Featuring Ma Ellen Dang

Sadly the details of this conversation were lost.

Image #5 by Ma Ellen Dang

Attempt #6 Featuring Tea Caron

“She has a large fluffy white dress with gold flakes and specks all over it. That leads up to a black belt with golden crescent moons and stars around it.

She has a seethrough cape that almost matches her dress but also contains gold, blues, and yellows. The front of her dress is lined with gold chains and the cut of the dress gets thinner up past the chest but also gets poofy in the shoulders and you don’t see anything below her circular neckline. In that area with visible skin, she is wearing ornate golden necklaces and a black choker with a gold decoration. Her skin color matches all over her body, however, one of her arms has blue and white stripes.

Her hands are clasped together and she is holding a cup of tea with a heart on it surrounded by golden decorations. One of her pinkies is out. Her hair is a light ice blue and matches some of the coloring/shadings in her cape.

Her hair is shoulder length but juts out and is not flat. She also has 1 large braid in her hair tied off by a big blue bow. She has a delicate face like a porcelain doll. Lots of blush, large maroon lips, a small elegant triangular nose, and big ice blue eyes.

She has a mole under one of her eyes. She has 2 sets of ears. 1 matches her skin tone but the other on the top of her head matches her hair color. Her small eyebrows are an ice white-ish blue. She has a gold headband in her hair.

Finally, the background includes purple, pink, yellow, tan, and maroon and has a circular geometric pattern and look. There are speckles in certain spots on the background.”

Image #6 by Tea Caron

Attempt #7 Featuring Katrin Louise Francisco

Ok so here’s how it goes. I will describe as much of the image as I can in detail and then you draw up what you can from my explanation. I don’t need any sketches and can’t answer any more questions about what things look like or what I expect. That’s all up to you to follow the instructions and your imagination.

“She has a white dress with gold trim on the chest area. Looks to be frills and chains. She is wearing a see-through blue cape that ties off at her neck. She has a gold necklace on and a thin black choker with gold designs on it. She has a black belt around her dress with stars, moons, and chains. She is very thin and petite.

She has a white and blue bracelet around 1 wrist and has blue nail polish on both hands, one of which is holding a teacup with heart decorations on it. One of her pinkies is raised up. Her hair is an icey sky blue and shoulder length with one braid which has a blue bow in it. She has small lips and a small nose and big beautiful blue eyes. Her hair is covering some of her face and she has a large headband on.

She looks like she is blushing. She has small ears flopping downward/to the sides on the top of her hair. Finally, the background has shards of color in triangular patterns all around her.”

Image #7 by Katrin Louise Francisco

Attempt #8 Featuring Aianne Diongco

“She has a white dress on with gold straps around the top of it that lead down to a black top with gold around the sides. She has a thin bluish covering over her outfit like a silk scarf that’s icy blue/clear.

She has a black and gold chocker and the chocker has some gold leaves and vines on it. She also has a large ornate golden necklace that comes down at the top similar to a neckline on a t-shirt but the bottom droops down much further. She has purple nail polish on and a purple bracelet on one hand.

She is holding a teacup that’s black but looks like it has a tiger face or cat face on it within the designs. It is ornate and the eyes of the cat/tiger are purple. She has fuzzy ears on the top of her head.

Her hair is a bit past shoulder length and is in various shades of purple and blue. She has a dark purple and gold headband up near her ears. Her hair is tied off with a blue drooping ribbon in one spot and she also has a single braid drooping down further than the rest of her hair. It’s tied off with a little gold band.

She has big glowing blue eyes with purple mascara on and some eyeshadow as well. She has a small nose and small lips with lipstick. Her teeth are showing a bit. Finally, there are pink, purple, and various shades of grey stained glass triangles in the background.”

Image #8 by Aianne Diongco

Attempt #9 Featuring Leannah Ereskeia

Sadly the details of this conversation were lost.

Image #9 by Leannah Ereskeia

Final Results Featuring Nadja Skærsholm

Sadly the details of this conversation were lost.

Image #10 by Nadja Skærsholm

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Alexander Caiati

I'm a fun-loving blogger from Sparks, NV. I write on all sorts of topics - whatever tickles my fancy or floats my boat. Also a contributor for ContentSpew.com.