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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 10 Jul 1997.
Re: newbie question
In article <5q1a5a$i2...@linet06.li.net>, 
Ferruzzi <dfe...@newshost.li.net> writes:
>What do you use to draw ascii art?  Do you just look and "draw" or do you 
>use a paint program?  If you use a program please e-mail me the name of 
>the program. 

Most people "just look and draw"; also doodle around, modify existing
drawings, and copy parts/techniques from them.  Very large complicated
asciis may have started life as a photograph or original pencil drawing
put under a "grid" and redrawn as ascii (unfortunately, just converting
grey scale values into different shades won't give you prposefully drawn
shapes and edges: you end up redrawing the ascii from scratch traced
over the old drawing).

       @@@                                          @@@    
      @("}                                          {")@
     @(.(.)\__                                  __/(.).)@
    @@@) (    """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""    ) (@@@
      ( . )            dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk       ( . )
  \    )  /      http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk        \  (    /
  \\.-' ,'                 /index.html               ', `-_// 
  // ~-~   """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""   '~ \\
  /                                                         \
   "Consciousness is a product of the brain no more & no less
    than earwax is a product of the ear"-Martin Hunt on a.r.s 

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From: Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: 1997/07/10
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