Re: Half Space Technique for html art

Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>miK wrote:
>>One tiny detail: I've just seen 1 (ONE) "centered" ASCII picture...
>>I'm looking forward to that astonishing display of the Half Space 
>>Technique on your website, Pete :)

>Look at my animations, some (or many?) of them use the Half Space 
>Technique.

Damn, you're right. Guess my straight ASCII mind must have managed to deny those
undesirable indents... until now...

>Please note, that Frogstein is only 5 spaces wide, and a
>single space move is already 20% of his body width. Depending on the
>requirements of the scene, that can be too much, and the Half Space
>Technique moves him only 10% of his body width at a time, considerably
>smoothing the animation. I think that my ascii animations provide "that
>astonishing display of Half Space Technique" that you are looking for,

You're too modest, Pete. I'ld bet you've got an essay on "Nano Space Technique"
up your sleeve. :)

>and following my pathologically enlarged ego  ;-)) I would say that my
>ascii animations are the smoothest  :-))

LOL :)

And silly me attributed this "smoothness" to GIF 89a...

>I have used the Half Space Technique in stills too, and in both stills
>and animations, I have used the Half Space Technique mostly in
>combination with other techniques. I am using these special techniques
>only if the pic requires their usage, since they do entail more work,
>and I do only simple things  ;-))

LOL :)

>>gee... Are you in the advertising business? ;)

>No, I am not in the advertising business, I am just enjoying a
>phenomenal ego  ;-))  But seriously, the purpose for publishing on the
>web is to make the pics accessible to the widest possible audience,
>isn't it?

Oh my... That's a tricky question...

Offhand: not necessarily...

*I'll be back* :)
mic