Talk: ASCII art

Garfield told me that Felix Lee <fle...@cse.psu.edu> wrote:
>
>Lennert Stock:
>>Heh if you want response to your work my advise is: don't do ascii-art.
>>I get roughly .1 reply per post, my most favourite post was the release
>
>I see about the same thing.  Not just for ascii art, but everything
>else as well.  I suspect the "bystander effect" may be a factor..

   My experience has been that in most cases people will look at what's
posted without commenting, unless:

   1  The art is outstanding.
   2  Flamebait is included (like the swastika stuff every 3 to 6 months).
   3  It's an important topic (like a new ASCII art newsgroup).
   4  Somebody show a unidentifiable piece and asks what it is.
   5  Somebody makes a mistake and other correct it.
   6  A request is posted.

   And the strange thing is, I can't tell some of the time what will or
will not get a big response.

   When I posted a sig for Halloween that looked like dripping blood, I
didn't think anything about it.  To my surprise it got copied, used, and
turned into 3 full alphabets, and made into 3 Figlet fonts.  And my Web
pages were the biggest surprise.  I had no idea they would get used as
they do.  Absolutely no idea.

   Then there are times when I think something will get a lot of
attention, and it doesn't.

>Once in a while, I see a new sig that's based on something I did,
>usually a cat.  But a lot of the time it's in alt.fan.warlord, so I'm
>never quite sure how to react. :)

   You must forgive the warlorders, they have nothing better to do.

>>Anyway, the point is that you should just like the creating process,
>>otherwise non-response, the passing nature of ascii-art, mutators, thieves,
>>and the like will drive you (more) crazy.
>
>Yup.  It's mostly just an occasional hobby for me.  I do this stuff
>for fun, for the challenge, and to learn how to draw.  Flat surfaces
>are hard to find, but computers are all around me :).

   Computers are great because of the control you have, and the ability
of copying a file and playing with the copy to make variations.

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