Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 25 May 2000.
can you improve this ?
alt.ascii-art
· 17 messages · 25 May 2000 - 9 Jun 2000
Hello, those "picts" are my first attempt at ASCII-art... just for fun
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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
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Prenom Nom schrieb: > > 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 > > -- > StephC > > ('} > |@---- > | | > ( #-- > __| | > |__| | > ' | | > '~~ > > > _(")_ > /\###/\ > / | | \ > \ ' / > | � | > |.|.| > | | | > ~~ ~~ > > ### > ##(")_ > #/(.(.)\ > '--) (--' > ( . ) > / /"\ \ > /./ \.\ > / / \ \ > ~~ ~~ > > ### > ##(")_ > #/(.(.)\ > '--) (--' > ( . ) > | " | > |.|.| > | | | > ~~ ~~ > > ## > #('} > ##|@)--- > | | > ( # > __| | > |__| | > ' | | > '~~ Hi Just a Question:For what kind of Comics do you want to use them? ;-) -- Ciao Yorck A.K.A. =8-)
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. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
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... 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.
>Subject: Re: can you improve this ? >From: Bateau Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com >Date: 5/25/00 8:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time >Message-id: <P8A...@4ax.com> > >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. Not just that, but the other 128 are also different characters in a lot of different languages, say, the English pound sign isn't a standard ASCII character. After all, ASCII stands for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange". Same with many other characters and so on. ObASCII: L <--- My left foot -- I am the one you warned me of. - BOC - Imaginos
Anita Doobie - NOW wrote : > ObASCII: > > L <--- My left foot Wow, it looks a lot like my right foot :) L <--- My right foot Strange, isn't it? -- Alex Krcek . <ECHELON FOOD> nuclear bomb attack revolution kill http://1010011010.org . hostage virgin sacrifice foetus blood satanism 666 . . . . . . . . . . . . ins torture mutilation death uduss </ECHELON FOOD> __________________________________________________________________________ -If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions.
In article<3930c0dc.24685936@news-server>, Bill K <jsa...@NObayouBULK.uh.edu> writes: >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... Simple question, simple answer: First, readers may not guarantee to have the nonstandard character so they won't see it correctly. Second, news-servers in the transmission chain might not transmit it properly either, so it would get along the way. Thus I like my cat with nonstandard '': characters like this....... Dave[XEMU] ________________(....=^��^=______ ---<,,"> But they might get dropped or not displayed so you see this........... Dave[XEMU] ________________(....=^^=______ ---<,,"> So the well-behaved thing is to substitute like this..... -- Dave[XEMU] ________________(....=^oo^=______ ---<,,"> If you make it idiot proof, somebody will just invent a better idiot.
In article<MPG...@news.freesurf.fr>, Alex Krcek <101...@1010011010.org> writes: >Anita Doobie - NOW wrote : > >> ObASCII: >> >> L <--- My left foot > >Wow, it looks a lot like my right foot :) > >L <--- My right foot > >Strange, isn't it? " O L\. <---best foot forward. ("} | : |_) j \ L /_ . (\; CHIEF RUNNING CLAM. -- (\; (\; on your marks, .-'''''-. Well the stats came down with get set. GO! /_ _ _ _(0' a mighty crash, so they tried .-'''-. \ ':::: a PR stunt; and the first clam <---..@_ . '-.....-' said to the second clam there '-...-' : / \ 'I hope your having fun' | * ____/ \ CLAMS ON THE RUN! CLAMS ON THE RUN! | . | / |__ . _ /_ with Sailor Dave,the pintsize knave xemu""""""."""""""""""""""""""""""""declaring evr'ry one, of those...
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. -- ~ _ ~ . ` ' , ^~ ______ ^ >(')_, ~~ _ __, _ '.___ ; *BANG* ~ (_~_/ >(')_, ` (_~_/ >(')_, `'\ \ ^ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~~ ICQ:11367619 ~ ^~^ ~^~~^~ ~^~ ~^~~^~ email:bateau at jupiterio.net
On 26 May 2000 16:00:15 GMT ton...@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) wrote: >>Subject: Re: can you improve this ? >>From: Bateau Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com >>Date: 5/25/00 8:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time >>Message-id: <P8A...@4ax.com> >> >>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. > > Not just that, but the other 128 are also different characters in a lot of >different languages, say, the English pound sign isn't a standard ASCII >character. After all, ASCII stands for "American Standard Code for Information >Interchange". Same with many other characters and so on. Didn't I just say that? -- ~ _ ~ . ` ' , ^~ ______ ^ >(')_, ~~ _ __, _ '.___ ; *BANG* ~ (_~_/ >(')_, ` (_~_/ >(')_, `'\ \ ^ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~~ ICQ:11367619 ~ ^~^ ~^~~^~ ~^~ ~^~~^~ email:bateau at jupiterio.net
>Subject: Re: can you improve this ? >From: Bateau Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com >Date: 5/27/00 9:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time >Message-id: <usk...@4ax.com> > >On 26 May 2000 16:00:15 GMT ton...@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - >NOW) wrote: >>>Subject: Re: can you improve this ? >>>From: Bateau Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com >>>Date: 5/25/00 8:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time >>>Message-id: <P8A...@4ax.com> >>> >>>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. >> >> Not just that, but the other 128 are also different characters in a lot >of >>different languages, say, the English pound sign isn't a standard ASCII >>character. After all, ASCII stands for "American Standard Code for >Information >>Interchange". Same with many other characters and so on. > >Didn't I just say that? Not exactly. -- I am the one you warned me of. - BOC - Imaginos
On 26 May 2000 16:00:15 GMT, ton...@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) provoked the following text: >ObASCII: > >L <--- My left foot R <-- My right foot (i had an accident, i don't want to talk about it) :-)) -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation Life is what happens while you're making plans.
On Thu, 25 May 2000 23:11:28 GMT, jsa...@NObayouBULK.uh.edu (Bill K) provoked the following text: >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... Well, it has everything to do with the word "ASCII", ASCII (which stands for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange") has started as an American standard but is now an international standard. All of the other characters look different in different codetables. For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: � Which should look like: ,- -/- / -' But chances are that you use a different codetable than i, so if i'd use that in a picture, the picture would look totally different to you than i intended. So if we abide to the rules of the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, all of our pics look the same to everyone. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -- Walt Disney
On 28 May 2000 21:24:45 GMT ton...@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - NOW) wrote: >>Subject: Re: can you improve this ? >>From: Bateau Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com >>Date: 5/27/00 9:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time >>Message-id: <usk...@4ax.com> >> >>On 26 May 2000 16:00:15 GMT ton...@aol.com.net.org (Anita Doobie - >>NOW) wrote: >>>>Subject: Re: can you improve this ? >>>>From: Bateau Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com >>>>Date: 5/25/00 8:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time >>>>Message-id: <P8A...@4ax.com> >>>> >>>>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. >>> >>> Not just that, but the other 128 are also different characters in a lot >>of >>>different languages, say, the English pound sign isn't a standard ASCII >>>character. After all, ASCII stands for "American Standard Code for >>Information >>>Interchange". Same with many other characters and so on. >> >>Didn't I just say that? > >Not exactly. Not in those words. -- ~ _ ~ . ` ' , ^~ ______ ^ >(')_, ~~ _ __, _ '.___ ; *BANG* ~ (_~_/ >(')_, ` (_~_/ >(')_, `'\ \ ^ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~~ ICQ:11367619 ~ ^~^ ~^~~^~ ~^~ ~^~~^~ email:bateau at jupiterio.net
Peter Punk wrote: > Well, it has everything to do with the word "ASCII", ASCII (which stands for > "American Standard Code for Information Interchange") has started as an American > standard but is now an international standard. All of the other characters look > different in different codetables. > > For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: � What I see... Netscape: > For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: Emacs: > For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: \203 -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
On Thu, 01 Jun 2000 21:42:24 +0200, Veronica Karlsson <asc...@hotmail.com> provoked the following text: >> Well, it has everything to do with the word "ASCII", ASCII (which stands for >> "American Standard Code for Information Interchange") has started as an American >> standard but is now an international standard. All of the other characters look >> different in different codetables. >> For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: � >What I see... > >Netscape: > >> For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: > >Emacs: > >> For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: \203 And that's why i drew it as well. -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation Good day to let down old friends who need help.
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 00:28:04 +0100, Ben Norwood <bdn...@aber.ac.uk> provoked the following text: >: What I see... >> For instance, in Holland we use this char to denote a guilder: ^C Did you also see the ,- -/- / -' i drew to illustrate the point i tried to make? -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Visit my MIDI-site at http://members.xoom.com/miditation Spouse, n.: Someone who'll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single.
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