X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,65f6e9a9181678d0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-15 14:51:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!news.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Conversions : Art or not ? Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 06:48:36 +0800 Message-ID: References: <9sjb2j.b0.1@Lucida.Console.Fans.International.Organization> <3BF04C4C.D72372E0@xs4all.nl> <3bf242a9$0$767$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> <3bf2f746$0$226$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 NNTP-Posting-Host: i205-241.nv.iinet.net.au X-Trace: news.iinet.net.au 1005864544 26743 203.59.205.241 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:10499 bonjour CeeJay, je suis un robot! >> >I think if you spent a good deal of time tweaking the settings , making your >own >> >shade chars, manipulating the image so it would convert well then it did >require >> >skill on your part and can .. even if it's a conversion still be considered >an >> >artwork. > >> No it's not. Would you consider Leonardo da Vinci good at painting if he >> just scanned in his pictures and touched them up a bit? No, would you fuck. > >If we asume that da Vinci made digital images on a PC (and he did'nt) and that >he just made a few touchups then.. no. >But if he altered great deal of the image putting in a lot of work .. then YES. >If you just scanned and then altered very little as you put it .. then no. Would an art gallery specialising in paintings take it? >The fine line that decides what is and what is'nt art , in my opinion is not >judged by the tool to make with which you made it .. but by the idea , the skill >and the heart that went into creating the work. All ZERO when pics are converted. Converting gifs requires NO ascii art talent at all. It requires a tiny amount of converting talent, which isn't what this group is about. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net