What should I do when I have no idea what the face for my MC supposed to be?

[CheertheDead]

The MC is main face of a novel (with few exception).
My issue is I just absolutely have no idea what I want their face to be. I visited many face on google image to get some inspiration, but I found none.

What should I do?

 

[Ninini]

Take your face and make better looking and/or go for the basic-bitch look for the race they are done

 

[CheertheDead]

Take your face and make better looking and/or go for the basic-bitch look for the race they are done

 

[tiaf]

The MC is main face of a novel (with few exception).
My issue is I just absolutely have no idea what I want their face to be. I visited many face on google image to get some inspiration, but I found none.

What should I do?

Artbreeder?

 

[Ninini]

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Than don’t fucking ask

 

[Deleted member 54065]

The MC is main face of a novel (with few exception).
My issue is I just absolutely have no idea what I want their face to be. I visited many face on google image to get some inspiration, but I found none.

What should I do?

Take your time. Sometimes, the idea won't come now, but it will, later.

However, if you're not getting any inspiration--let's say, for a year now--probably, you should start writing or drawing down your faint ideas. Eventually, you'll arrive at something.

 

[Armored99]

Be vague let the readers imagination fill it in.

Honestly I only read the key traits like hair color and haven't a clue what some writers mean when they try to describe the shape of a face.

 

[ConansWitchBaby]

Don't ever mention it. Simple. During pov's where your MC is the center of attention avoid it at all costs. Then when it shifts to others make it as vague as possible so the readers can fill in the gaps themselves.

 

[K_Jira]

The MC is main face of a novel (with few exception).
My issue is I just absolutely have no idea what I want their face to be. I visited many face on google image to get some inspiration, but I found none.

What should I do?

Personally, I search for faces on pinterest artwork rather than real people on google. Maybe you'll find one there?

 

[RepresentingCaution]

Play with this until it looks right:

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[SakeVision]

man without face, his face was ripped off by the antagonist earlier and he walks faceless throughout the mists of the world, plotting his revenge

 

[Friendly_Kitty_Cat]

Just go with the classic; "I was in a fierce battle long ago, in which I sustained a injury beyond healing. Now I must wear this mask to hide the terrible scar."

 

[Gryphon]

Than don’t fucking ask

Well, that's just plain not good advice.

For actual advice I'd say think about the circumstances that your character is in. Are they a farm boy? Then they might have a rugged dirty face. A royal noble, then you'd want rounder features. From there you'd have to go deeper into and deeper into the worldbuilding of your story to figure out the exact proportions, but for a plain shape, it's good to know the backstory of your character.

Also one more piece of advice. If you don't have the face of your MC in your head already, then it's good advice to just wait before you publish anything. Generally speaking, if an author can't even think of what they're MC looks like, then the same goes for the story as a whole.

 

[Kalebell]

Describe them as a stick figure

 

[Ai-chan]

The MC is main face of a novel (with few exception).
My issue is I just absolutely have no idea what I want their face to be. I visited many face on google image to get some inspiration, but I found none.

What should I do?

Go to the mall. Look at cute girls. Then take their face and put it on manly muscly body or on big titted bombacious body.

By 'take', Ai-chan meant 'copy'. Please do not cut up cute girls faces. That is a crime.

 

[Erysion]

Please do not cut up cute girls faces. That is a crime.

So we can cut girls face as long as we don't think they are cute. Noted.

 

[PeacefulMyst]

Just copy it from somewhere else ez and then never describe him again.

 

[CabbagePreacher]

Try to find something that would tell something about the MCs backstory and character? If not, then I don't think the face must be mentioned if it won't add anything to the story.