Re: can you improve this ?

On Thu, 25 May 2000 23:11:28 GMT jsa...@NObayouBULK.uh.edu (Bill K)
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am new to ascii art.  I don't intend this to sound rude.  But why
>does it matter if a character is not on the ascii chart?  I thought
>there were 256 characters in the ascii set anyways...

Only the first 128 are generic, the next 128 are reserved for use by the
computer maker, though the IBM extended character set is pretty
standard.
Also some of them can make certain newsreaders crash and do weird shit.

>On Thu, 25 May 2000 17:52:50 GMT, ppu...@damnspam.chello.nl (Peter
>Punk) wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 25 May 2000 12:17:31 +0200, Prenom Nom
>><pre...@tlsmXX.tls1.siemens.net> provoked the following text:
>>
>>>Hello, those "picts" are my first attempt at ASCII-art... just for fun
>>>:)
>>>
>>>I wonder if anybody here can improve those lil "characters"... maybe
>>>I'll make stories with them... I am sure this can be fun..
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance
>>>
>>>
>>>    ('}                  
>>>    |@----                                   
>>>    | |      
>>>    ( #--    
>>>  __| |       
>>> |__| |        
>>> '  | |
>>>    '~~
>>>
>>>     
>>>    _(")_  
>>>   /\###/\
>>>  / |   | \
>>>    \ ' /  
>>>    | � |
>>>    |.|.|
>>>    | | |
>>>    ~~ ~~ 
>>>
>>>
>>>      ###                                         
>>>     ##(")_                      
>>>    #/(.(.)\                                   
>>>    '--) (--'          
>>>      ( . )         
>>>     / /"\ \         
>>>    /./   \.\           
>>>   / /     \ \  
>>>   ~~       ~~  
>>>
>>>      ###                                         
>>>     ##(")_                      
>>>    #/(.(.)\                                   
>>>    '--) (--'          
>>>      ( . )         
>>>      | " |        
>>>      |.|.|           
>>>      | | |       
>>>      ~~ ~~  
>>>
>>>    ##
>>>   #('}                  
>>>  ##|@)---                                   
>>>    | |       
>>>    ( #    
>>>  __| |       
>>> |__| |        
>>> '  | |
>>>    '~~
>>
>>I don't see how they can be improved, for someone who just has taken up
>>ASCII-art it's quite impressive to see that you already have developed your own
>>style!
>>Don't try to imitate other people, the way you draw is perfect and recognisable
>>and that's the mark of a real artist.
>>
>>There's only one thing, in the second figure from the top, you used a "�" and
>>that's not a part of the ASCII-table but of your characterset.
>>Try to find another char for that and you'll be okay.

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