Re: help

Phoenix (ct...@evansville.edu) wrote:
>  			  
>   I made this treble clef, but for some reason, I just can't figure out 
> how to make it look, well, better.  I've been foolin' with it for days.  
> Any suggestions or edits or VERY welcome!
> 			- Phoenix -

> 			      X
>                              X X
>                             X   X
>                             X   X
>                              X X        ~ WHERE WORDS FAIL,
>                               X
>                             X X
>                           X   X             MUSIC SPEAKS. ~
>                         X    XX X
>                        X    X X   X             -CT
>                        X    X X X  X
>                        X     XX    X
>                         X     X   X
>                           X X X X
>                               X
>                               X
>                              X
>  


I'm no expert on creating ascii art... but if I had to give you any 
pointers, it would be this:  
First of all, you're limiting yourself to one charater: X.  That's okay 
if you like the look that one character gives, but it can be very 
limiting.   Certain letter shapes can add nice smooth curves to your 
objects.  Also, there is a process called "anti-aliasing" which can 
smooth out curves and lines.  Take an arced line, for example...

            ------
      ------      ------
------                  ------
As the line bends up and down there is a chop as is pops to the next line. 
This is because no anti-aliasing is used.  Take a look at the same line
when periods are simply added to help ease the transition... 

          ..-----..
    ..----         ----..
-----                   ------ 

This isn't a good example because I really suck at this, but do you 
understand where I'm going with it?  The bends look smoother.  Try 
experimenting with characters that help objects bend.  the / and \ are
very useful.  Periods, commas, and apostrophes `'`' help too.  

Here are some examples where an artist wanted to create curved lines
around the edge of the wings and did so utilizing characters that have a
slanted characteristic.  Also, take note of the periods that help smooth 
the transition.


                    _-.                       .-_
                 _..-'(                       )`-.._
              ./'. '||\\.       (\_/)       .//||` .`\.
           ./'.|'.'||||\\|..    )*.*(    ..|//||||`.`|.`\.
        ./'..|'.|| |||||\```````  "  '''''''/||||| ||.`|..`\.
      ./'.||'.|||| ||||||||||||.     .|||||||||||| ||||.`||.`\.
     /'|||'.|||||| ||||||||||||{     }|||||||||||| ||||||.`|||`\
    '.|||'.||||||| ||||||||||||{     }|||||||||||| |||||||.`|||.`
   '.||| ||||||||| |/'   ``\||/`     '\||/''   `\| ||||||||| |||.`
   |/' \./'     `\./          |/\   /\|          \./'     `\./ `\|
   V    V         V          }' `\ /' `{          V         V    V
   `    `         `               U               '         '


Hope that helps...  :-)
-CJ
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