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From: bodom@cs.indiana.edu (brian odom)
Subject: Line: NBA Logos: Atlanta Hawks
Date: 1996/02/24
Message-ID: <4gmp33$k7h@miso.wwa.com>#1/1
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sender: boba@sashimi.wwa.com
organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
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 alt.ascii-art,rec.arts.ascii,alt.sports.basketball.nba.atlanta-hawks


i'm slowly learning how to do solid ascii!  sort of.  it's coming along slowly.
once i get this technique down, then i can make other things and add fancy
features.

this was my original bird:

          __  ______   __  __ _____ __     __ __  __ __ __ _ __ _  __
     .    _\\ '||'||    \\ |\\|'||' _\\    ||_||  _\\ \\|\\| ||,' ((_'   ,
     /\  /"`\\ || ||_./"`\\| \\ || /"`\\   ||"|| /"`\\ \| \| ||\\ ._))  /\
   _| /`;    """" """'    ""  " ""' _______"" ""'    "" "  " "" "" ""','\ |_
  _\ _|  `-._                     ,'\_   _/`.                     _.-'  |_ /_
 _\ _\       ||".--.-....________,'/(q,-.p)\`.________....-,--,"||       /_ /_
_\ `\.       \\  \\\\  \\_   `-.  | _/_|_\_ |  ,-'   _//  ////  //       ,/' /_
`-._ `._       `  `-;\   `;.    \ \  \ V / // /    ,;'   /;-'  '       _,' _,-'
 `-._  `-._          ``-..__     | \_ `-'.;' |     __,,-''          _,-'  _,-'
   `-._   `-.__                 ,' /   T'||\ `.                 __,-'   _,-'
      `-__     "-.___       _,-'  |  V ||^|||  `-._       ___,-"     __-'
         `-.__      ``----''   ,. |    |||||| ,.   ``----''      __,-'
             `"-._._       ___/  | |  \||||| |  \___       _,_,-"'
                    "'"""""        ;==. ,==;        """""`"
                                    ;___;__
                                 .-"   |   "-.
                               /'      |      `\
                              '.       |       ,`
                             |  `.     |     ,'  |   \
                            |     \    |    /     |   \
                            |"-._  |   |   |  _.-"| ,-.\
                             |   ""|---|---|""   |`'
                              .   /    |    \   ,
                               \,'     |     `./
                                 `--.__|__.--'

as you can see, all line style and virtually no color.  but then i started
learning solid ascii by substitution.  i substituted b and ? for \, and
d and P for /, and H for spaces and any _'s inside the region, and o for -.
there were a few exceptions to this rule, but this is generally what i did.
so what i finally ended up with was this.  i think it looks much better.

          __  ______   __  __ _____ __     __ __  __ __ __ _ __ _  __
     .    _\\ '||'||    \\ |\\|'||' _\\    ||_||  _\\ \\|\\| ||,' ((_'   ,
     /\  /"`\\ || ||_./"`\\| \\ || /"`\\   ||"|| /"`\\ \| \| ||\\ ._))  /\
   _|H/`;    """" """'    ""  " ""' _______"" ""'    "" "  " "" "" ""','\H|_
  _\HH|  `-._                     ,'\_   _/`.                     _.-'  |HH/_
 _\HH\       ||".--.-....________,'/(v,-.v)\`.________....-,--,"HH       /HH/_
_\Hb\.       ?b  ?HHb  ?b_   `-.HH| _/_|_\_ |HH,-'   _dP  dHHP  dP       ,/dH/_
`?.HH`._       `  `oHb   `H.    \H\  \ V / //H/    ,H'   dHo'  '       _,'HH,P'
 `?.HHH`o._          ``-..__     |H\_ `-'.;'H|     __,,-''          _,o'HHH,P'
   `?.HHHH`o.__                 ,'H/   T'HH ?`.                 __,o'HHHH,P'
      `?HHHHHHH"o.___       _,-'HH|  V |H^HH HH`-._       ___,o"HHHHHHH-'
         `?.HHHHHHHHbiooooidHHH,.H|    |HHHH H,.HHHbiooooidHHHHHHHH,P'
             `"?HHHHHHHHHHHHHH/  |H|  \|HHH d|  \HHHHHHHHHHHHHHP"'
                    "'"""""        X_}___{_X        """""`"
                              ,\}.("   |   ").{/.
                              (/' `\.  |  ,/' `\)
                              '\    `  |  '   ,/`
                          { }| ``.     |     ,'  |{ }
                         ,iH|-._  \    |    /  _.-|Hi.
                        ;oHH|"-._  |   |   |  _.-"|HHo;
                           `'|   ""|---|---|""   |`'
                              .   /    |    \   ,
                               \,'     |     `./            -bodom-
                                 `--.__|__.--'

--
brian odom
who is really starting to take off with ascii art.
i only wished it paid more than $0.00/hr!!  :D