X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,469880f98c02568e X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-22 13:56:59 PST Path: gmd.de!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!psuvax1!psuvax1!flee From: flee@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: TALK: How To Draw Ascii Art. Date: 22 Apr 1994 20:56:59 GMT Organization: Penn State Comp Sci & Eng Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <2p8t85$lt6@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dictionopolis.cse.psu.edu Bob Allison: > If the artists out there would be willing to take a little time and >start writing what they know about making ASCII art, and post it and also >send me a copy (in case I miss it), I will be able to come up with a good >How To file. I'm quite willing to write about what I know of ASCII techniques, but without a framework to work in, I'm not sure what to say. It's easier to answer specific questions, or point at random aspects of particular pictures. If I were methodical about it, I'd probably come up with something as long as Row's guide, with a considerable amount of overlap, but with a somewhat different focus and different tone. The thing is, I'm not really sure that having a dozen or so documents like this would really be useful. This is part of the reason I was trying to classify ascii techniques. Figuring out how to arrange a field guide to ascii techniques seemed like an interesting problem. Does the classification hierarchy I came up with make sense? If you like, I'll elaborate on it, turning it into more of a field guide/tutorial. If I do it right, it should be pretty modular, and easy to add things to. --