Re: Gallery of Ascii Artists **UPDATE**

Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> wrote:
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>>...
>>                         GALLERY of ASCII ARTISTS
>> 
>>                 In no particular Order of Merit or Beauty
>>                                                               1 Aug 98
>>...

>Colin, do I qualify? I mean, I'm not much of an artist, but still, I am
>a `semi-regular' ...


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>In vain hope of offical recognition ...


The Gallery of Ascii Artists is always a bit of an arbitrary and
pragmatic lottery in which I make the rules up as I go along and
change the rules according to my whims and fancies.

It isn't an "Official Gallery" but just a project that I started
that seems to have gained popularity and continued interest. I
don't think there should be any strict or set rules about
inclusion/non-inclusion...it's a fun thing really!

I first started compiling the Gallery when Daniel Au introduced his
Net Surfers Licence and I used those pictures plus any others that
were available from other sources.


      ____________________/%%*%%*%%*%%*%%*%\____________________
    //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   I\  |  ___ | ~~````~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\
   I:     /'~~~~~~~\|/   | I \ | (__  |     O f f i c i a l    :I
   I:  ,/'     ____ `\   | I  \| ___) |__ Net Surfer's License :I
   I: |   ,,__/    '| \  | <-><-><-><-> exp. 6/98 <-><-><-><-> :I
   I:,|_./___   ___ |  | |                                     :I
   I:  |-(__.)-(.__)`|,' |Name: Daniel C. Au                   :I
   I: (|      _      |)  |Email: dca...@nwu.edu                  :I
   I:  |             |   |School: Northwestern Univ Med School :I
   I:   `\   `--'   /'   |Location: Chicago, Illinois          :I
   I:     |\______/|     |Designation: 3rd Year Med Student    :I
   I:    |\________/|    |Eye color: brown; Hair color: black  :I
   I:    \----------/    |URL: http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~dcau:I
    *____________________|_____________________________________*
                    \%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/


Eventually comments were made that some of these people included in
the Gallery had only done that one self-portrait and no other
pictures. So I purged a lot of those portraits and intended to
compile a separate " Ascii Self Portraits " file which would include
all self-portraits including those "recognised as ascii artists" on
the basis of their works.

Also note that only a very few of the ascii artists whose names I
have listed have done self-portraits.

Again those listed names are my personal list and there is no
certainty that everyone appears there even though they may have made
a reasonable number of ascii pictures.

So what criteria do I use?  When does a newsgroup reader become an
Ascii Artist?

I tend to use the criteria that the person must have posted quite a
reasonable number of their original pictures over a reasonable
period of time on the newsgroup. I decide what is "reasonable".
Do diddles count?  I'm not sure.  :-)

In your particular case I know Matthew THomas primarily as the New
FAQ author/maintainer.  Please excuse me if I cannot remember a lot
of pictures by you to date.

If the person offering a self-portrait is happy with their 
submission, provided it is a human ( llizard finally gained an 
exception to that rule ) then I include it in the Gallery during a 
future update in the newsgroup...or alternatively I'll add it to my 
"Self-portrait File"...provided that I like you of course!  

Most ascii artists don't stay very long in the newsgroup. Some re-
emerge but they soon depart again and do not add much to their 
artwork. I guess enthusiasm wanes as the novelty wears off or some 
people get very upset at things that happen in the newsgroup and go 
off in a huff never to return.  

Now then...all that wordy text...and no pictures?  Grrrr!  :-(


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                            ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger


P.S.

OFFICIAL CLAIM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I do now, herein and hereby, on this Second Day of August 1998,
officially claim to the Sole Creator & Originator of the " Gallery
of Ascii Artists " (tm).

All evidence to the contrary is disallowed and will be totally ignored. Hah!

Signed:    Colin F.B. Douthwaite,  2 August 1998.

:-)

Bye,

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