X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,df4be45300af4aae X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: underdog@clark.net (Royal Connell) Subject: Re: REQ: Techniques, tips and advice Date: 1996/07/08 Message-ID: <4rrgcr$9kl@clarknet.clark.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 167221280 references: content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc., Ellicott City, MD USA mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Inkblot (mdc315@pophost.anu.edu.au) wrote: : As you can see, my signature is not very creative. Could someone give me : some tips for producing ASCII artwork. I'm a professional cartoonist and : would like to produce a signature that is worth looking at. I find that : the software translators available are clumsy. But I also find it tedious : pressing the space bar, and realigning everything whenever something goes : in. Any good programs, any tips or indispensible techniques. Well, I usually use the editor that my comunications program has built in. but you can use any others. The way I normally start a project is to put blank lines however long i want my art to be. and then puting my curser into overwrite mode instead of insert for the actual drawing (keeps me from having to 'realign' things). Well, good luck -- _ _ _ _ __ ___ ___ __ __ ___ __ _ ___ ___ _ _ _ ___ ___ ( X ) \( ) ` _) _ ) ` ` _) _ ( _) ) ( _ ) _ ) )') ( \( ) __)_ _) : U : .` : D ) = " ' D )O )G__ (a) :(_ :_: " : " ' ' : ` : == : : (___)_)\_)__,___)_).)__,__,___) ~ (__)___)_X_)_).)_).)()(_)\_)___)(_)