Re: A proram that I Can Use to Create ????

Ryan S. wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> > Ryan S. wrote:
> > >... insert it into microsoft word, set text wrapping to
> > > "none" and make the pictures order to "behind text" then you can just
> > > trace over it. but that's for weenies (unless you are using it to get
> > > perportions right)
> >
> > "for weenies"? Does it matter how you do it if the result is good?
> >
> > Here are some pictures I've made using that method:
<snip>
> >                            ".  | .     L o       o . ...
> >                         .--.  (J   .  J_      O     _  .
> >                ___.----' J  `'||._[__]| \ o      o ( )  .
> >          _ .--'   `      L  _ \\ . _  ) <---- does he have a beard?
> >     _.-.' \\`  |   `'   J  ( ) \\`' `' / `-.     O " That is a part of his jacket
> >    `-  `.`\ -- | ______ /   "O  ``._.'/     L .      .  . 
<snip>
> 
> nice pics, the snowboarder kicks ass. but if you were to draw a
> really sweet picture (on paper) that took you hours upon hours to
> do, and i came along and slapped some tissue paper over it and
> traced it, which is more valuable?

Show it to a third person and see if he can tell the difference.

> we have the exact same picture,
> but one was created in your mind, and the other i just "connected
> the dots."  that's kinda the logic behind the "tracing is for
> weenies" statement.

I've read that it takes ten years to become a _good_ airbrush artist. I
have looked at some books about airbrush and they're very much about
different techniques for what some people may look at as "cheating". A
classic way to learn to paint (and this applies to ascii art too) is to
copy pictures by famous artists.

> there's a really kewl way to trace in microsoft word,  you make a
> bunch of spaces, then insert a picture. you set the pictures text
> wrapping to none and its order to "behind text" then all you gotta
> do is type over it.  uh wait um _how_would_i_know_that... :)

"Tracing" isn't always so "only". Let five different people start with a
photo and see if they all "trace" identical pictures...


-- 
    (,         http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/
    /|__--__                       .                        __--__
    |\ '__                        /|\                        _{ _ 
    `.' / `.,_ _________           |           _________ _,.' (/ `.
    /  ||``._.'             ASCII ART CHAT!             `---'|:||,/
  .'   /|                                                   /|:| \
.'    /\ \         __   __                _                 `/|'\'
 ` `,/ /`,\        \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _         /,'\ \
   .'.'  /|         \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |        |\  `.`.
 ,' /   / |          \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|        | \   \ `,
- `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -

Related ASCII art in the Gallery

Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:

   .="=.
 _/.-.-.\_ 
( ( o o ) )
 |/  "  \| 
  \'---'/jgs  
  /`"""`\\ 

 _________
|  _____  |\
| |\ ___| | \
| | |   | | |
| | |___| | |
\ | |____\| |
 \|_________|
 Andy Johnson

  __      _
o'')}____//
 `_/      )
 (_(_/-(_/

[>====]

   ))
 .-#-----.
/_________\
 |[] _ []|
 |  |*|  |

  ,  ,  , , ,
 <(__)> | | |
 | \/ | \_|_/
 \^  ^/   |
 /\--/\  /|
/  \/  \/jgs

Make your own ASCII art

Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.