Re: Questions About Artistic Styles
From Dave Bird <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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· 6 Nov 2000 00:00 · View full thread
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In article<3a0...@news.flash.net>, ray...@number.net writes: >In the various arts, historians like to put things into groups of >styles - sometimes reflecting techniques, or historical periods, etc. >I do not have the proper education to discuss this more thoroughly, >other that to point out some of the basics - realism, impressionism, >abstract expression, etc, etc. Perhaps another dimension would be >along the lines of - formalism, pointalism, etc. > >I have been following your group for quite a while and it occurs to me >that ascii art could be subjected to similar analyses. I'm not sure people divide up clearly into styles. There are definite technical styles that vary from character-weight shading, block-drawing e.g. with #s, shaded edges using all 8's or a more subtle combination of characters, mediumsize line-drawing, and smallsize character-drawing [viz where the actual character shape in itself is the whole of one or several lines in the image]. ############# ############## ############### block-drawn ############# ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## _____ | | / / / \ \ / -- -| Duck! | \__ ____ / \_____/ / \ / \ | Dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk /| / You \ / | \ \ / |_\called?/__/ / | |_____________///////// < |____\_______| | |(______________ () \ | \ / () | () | | \\\\\\\\\ \| | __|__ | | _|___/___ \___ | | TWOING !!! __---- ----__\---\_ / __ | ______________________ \____-------------______/ \ / \ / / / / _/ ---| hmm, it theemth | / \ / / / | i thlighly | / $ / / | mithtook | / / / | your meaning there, | | | / | buthtah !!! | \______________// \______________________/ \________/
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