A story told without using words?

First Clue

As promised, the first clue to deciphering the pictograms.
 
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Otto26 said:
As promised, the first clue to deciphering the pictograms.
I don't want a clue, I want an exiting story, written in regular letters, words, sentences, etc.
 
I am glad that you posted the bit of explanation for the first pictures.

I was having a bit of difficulty figuring out why the guy kept fucking paper airplanes.
 
sweetsubsarahh said:
I am glad that you posted the bit of explanation for the first pictures.

I was having a bit of difficulty figuring out why the guy kept fucking paper airplanes.
:D I'm going to go clean orange juice off my monitor now.
 
Honestly, I'd forgotten I'd put that explanation up. That pretty well explains the structure of the pictograms, even if the symbols have changed a little.

Here are two more clues:

-Subject Verb Object

And blatant translation:
First sentence: Symbol A stands for a woman.
Second Sentence: Woman (outside + action)=goes out (structure + (book (more than discrete number 1)))=library.
 
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Sorry for the delay, got a little sidetracked. Will post the next paragraph this weekend.
 
In my opinion, since I'm still making up the story-telling medium, it's still an idea. But that's just my opinion. :)
 
Twenty years ago I observed a dramatic performance without words. It was all gestures and mannerisms and facial expressions. I was impressed with how well people communicate without saying anything.
 
For the very few who care, the images are gone because I sold the idea (an expansion of the idea) to a small startup (for a very small sum of money, a percentage of future profits, and a part-time consulting gig) and they don't want them on the internet right now.

Part of me is amused that my first sale is this stuff. Of course, they bought the concept, not the story. :)
 
Otto26 said:
Yes, but I thought it might be interesting to tell a story without using any particular language. Pictograms and illustrations and nothing else. Turns out to be harder than it looks, but also fairly interesting. I've expanded this example a little bit. Maybe I'll post it here and ask some of the non-English speakers to take a look at it and see if it's comprehensible to them.

I think that this is a great idea. I'm surprised that I haven't seen the thread before. Since we have a visual artists corner, it would be great to work with amateur illustrators, i.e. putting words to their pictures, and the great part is that every author may see a different vision. I see hot stories coming from this.
 
Otto26 said:
For the very few who care, the images are gone because I sold the idea (an expansion of the idea) to a small startup (for a very small sum of money, a percentage of future profits, and a part-time consulting gig) and they don't want them on the internet right now.

Part of me is amused that my first sale is this stuff. Of course, they bought the concept, not the story. :)

Okay, I responded before I read the whole thing. Congratulations on the sale though. :)
 
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