X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ff990aa95c338a83,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-04-22 01:08:46 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: LINE: throwaway tiger Date: 22 Apr 1994 08:08:46 GMT Organization: Penn State Comp Sci & Eng Lines: 40 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: dictionopolis.cse.psu.edu Here's a throwaway exercise I just did, a tiger I sketched from a photograph. __,,,,_ _ ___.--'''`--'' `-. C`f' ' `._ /'` -..__ `-. /<" / / |`-._`-._ / _.-. .-\.___| | /| | `-._ `-' f/ | / / \ / | | `-' | | \ \ | | __/ /__.-' ).' | ((__.-'((____..-' \__.' The main problem is, I can't figure out how to add stripes; if I try to use | and \ for stripes, the outline of the body, especially the legs, gets obscured. And it's a little small to use thick-line or texture techniques. Well, maybe not. Thick stripes might be okay, though not quite realistic. The other problem is, I did this on my terminal at home, which I've decided has the wrong proportions. In particular, I think that these ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |square |square |square |square |square |square |square |____| |____| |____| |____| |____| |____| |____| should look almost square, but on this terminal they look taller than wide. Even worse, the ones in the center of the screen look a little bit thinner than the ones on the edges. This terminal's idea of a square is more like this: ______ | | | | |______| And the font here also has a few oddities, so I don't do much serious ascii drawing at home any more; just random scribbling and some touchup work. --