X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,51bc68364e480b37 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-03 16:45:40 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@gagme.wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Re: Talk: ascii artists speak! Date: 3 Jul 1994 18:45:40 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 Lines: 60 Approved: boba@gagme.wwa.com Message-ID: <2v7ij4$1nt@gagme.wwa.com> References: <2v7g6e$9q@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com In article <2v7g6e$9q@gagme.wwa.com>, Michael Simanoff wrote: > > Hello! I'm new to Usenet, and I must say that I've probably found the >most creative element of the Internet in this one newsgroup! Excellent! > > Does anyone have any suggestions for an aspiring ascii-artists? How >did you start out? Any tips? Stories? > >Thanks, >Michael If you are new to ASCII art, and would like to get into it quickly, I would say ... Get a copy of the ASCII Art Resources, and the Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archives. Also don't miss Steve Sullivan's Small ASCII Pics series. And there's also Jorn Barger's Asciitech file. All of these (and more) are mentioned in the ASCII ART FAQ, which is posted to 6 newsgroups every Monday, and is also available by fingering my account. Tha ASCII ART FAQ is available from: o News groups: rec.arts.ascii alt.ascii-art alt.binaries.pictures.ascii news.answers alt.answers rec.answers o Finger by typing the following at a prompt on mony Internet sites: finger boba@gagme.wwa.com | more (you can read it a page at a time) OR finger boba@gagme.wwa.com > faq (saves it to a file called 'faq') Hope this helps. -- . + ' . * . . ' . + . ___ ____ __ _____ . ____ ____ _____ ' ____ __ __ __ ' | | \' \ \ | \ \ \ \ | '. ' . ( . | '. /_ | |_ / |_ | | . |_ / /. | / ___ \ |__ \ \__ ___ |__ ' \__ \_ | | |. ' ' /. |/ \| | | |. | | /. / / . + . ' * . + ' . * ' : + . ' * .