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From: Valkyrie <valkyrie@phoenix.earthlight.co.nz>
Subject: Talk-line: i'm starting to learn solid art
Date: 1996/02/29
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sender: boba@sashimi.wwa.com
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organization: Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,rec.arts.ascii


On 24 Feb 1996, brian odom wrote:

> 
> i'm getting the hang of this.  it is quite fun.  but, i have to draw lines
> first as a guide line.
> 
> i got a technique.  an example is included.  all i want to do is to make the
> outer rings dark.  first, i had this:

<snippety examples and explanations>

>  
>                      _____
>                _,ooHHHHHHHHHoo._
>              ,dHHHP^^"""""^^?HHHb.
>            ,dHHP'             `?HHb.
>           dHHP'   _..-----.._   `?HHb
>          |HHP  ,-'           `-.  ?HH|
>         |HHY  / |\[~"|"|)/\|"|" \  YHH|
>         |HH|_|__|/|_ | |\\/| | __|_|HH|
>         |HH| |  |)|(`"|"/\|\|(`  | |HH|
>         |HHL  \_| |_) | \/| |_)_/  JHH|
>          |HHb   `-.__     __.-'   dHH|
>           ?HHH.      """""      .dHHP
>            `?HHbo._         _.-dHHP'
>              `?HHHHbboooooddHHHHP'
>                 `^^??HHHHHPP^^'
>  
> and we are finished!  looks pretty good, doesn't it?
> i'm just learning these little subtleties, but i'm sure this advice can
> prove quite useful even though i'm a neophyte solid ascii artist.
> i'm sure the major ascii artists follow a similar method.
>  
> just fyi.
> --
> brian odom
> i think i may go add "color" to a bunch of my older asciis!  :D
> 

hey well done brian, the finished article was well worth it!!! :)
i've never been much of a filled ascii type, but this is starting
to look good!!!  :)

cya

valkyrie (line art fanatic, but willing to learn something new)

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