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From: "Joaquim G�ndara" <claw@lords.com>
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Subject: Re: The Adventures of Flatfish: Lord of the Rings special.
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 21:21:08 +0100
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"drsquare" <nowhere@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
news:isu04ug1jn1j30j10mi1ftffi4p2stie96@4ax.com
> On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:02:10 +0100, in alt.ascii-art,
>  ("Joaquim G�ndara" <claw@lords.com>) wrote:
>
> >"drsquare" <nowhere@nowhere.co.uk> skrev i meddelandet
> >news:ka6v3uc158aiedok49m26mt8rdlkd1cdc6@4ax.com
> >
> >> It's very basic and just shows the limit of my abilities. Whenever I
tried
> >> something like shading, it was terrible. All I can do is crap, two
> >> dimensional sketches.
> >
> >What are you talking about? What about the "Linus came face to face with
the
> >monstrosity." part? That's pretty good.
>
> For an amateur maybe. Anyone with any skill can tell that my work is
> amateurish and rushed.

Well, I did write "pretty good"; that doesn't exclude "amateurish and
rushed", it only opposes "terrible". It's not crap.


> >MMMMD /      EDMMDE       __      EDMMDE        \
DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> >MMMMD/     _.EDMMDE     _DMMD_    EDMMDE_
\DMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> >MMMM      _DMMMDDDE      DMMD     EDDDMMMD_
TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> >MT"      DMMMMMDDDE     DMMMMD    EDDDMMMMMD
"TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> >        DMMMMMMMDDE    DMMMMMMD   EDDMMMMMMMD
"TMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> >        DMMMMMMMDE'    DMMMMMMD   `EDMMMMMMMD
"TMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
> >        _MMMMMMMM      DMMMMMMD     MMMMMMMD._
"TMMMMMMMMMMM
> >_______MMMMMMMMMM___
DMMMMD______MMMMMMMMMMM_________________"TMMMMMMMM
>
> Hmmm...that makes the edges look a bit sharp and definite.

How about this? I'm not used to smoothing "M" style shading. I usually work
in "8" style:

    .d8b.
 _.d88888bo._
88888888888888
 `Y8Y   Y8Y'

-jg