Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 24 Oct 2005.
Best Artists
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· 13 messages · 24 Oct 2005 - 3 Jan 2006
We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't had any
in a while.
If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who would
they be.
If you can please include a link to their works if you can.
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Faux_Pseudo wrote: > We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't had any > in a while. > > If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who would > they be. > > If you can please include a link to their works if you can. Off the top of my head I nominate : Bug - http://www.asciipr0n.com/bug (didn't he use to have an english site too ? ) and .. SSt - http://www.ascii-art.net/ Because I'm a huge fan of their work. There are others that deserve to be on the list , but I'm short for time at the moment.
On 2005-10-24 Faux_Pseudo <f0s...@gmail.com> said:
> We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't
> had any in a while.
>
> If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who
> would they be.
>
> If you can please include a link to their works if you can.
That's easy: Joris Bellenger.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/ascii/line_art
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Some of Joris's early ASCII art can also be found here:
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Faux_Pseudo wrote: > We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't had any > in a while. > > If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who would > they be. > > If you can please include a link to their works if you can. > Grimjack and Asphyxia, from the 203 BBS scene. Not sure if either of them has a webpage, but Grimjack was in Acid for a while. **************** ************************ ***************************** ********************************* *********************************** ************************************* ************************************* ***********---------------*********** ********/ ___ ___ \******** *****/ <_w_>| |<_w_> \***** ***| / \ |*** */ ( _ _ ) \* | /-----\_/-----\ | | <_______________> | | \_____________/ | \ / \_____ _____/ \______________/ ___ ___ | | _ / `' \| | / \ / | | | \ | | | `w\ \| ___/ \__ \ | | / \ \ | |\| | \ | | | . . | | \__/ | | /| | | |\_______/ | | < < < < \ \ \ \ \ \_ \ \_ (nnn) (nnn) asphyxia A true classic. Pity I don't have anything of Grimjack's laying around. -- "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." --Mark Twain
On 2005-10-24 Faux_Pseudo <f0s...@gmail.com> said:
> We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't
> had any in a while.
>
> If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who
> would they be.
>
> If you can please include a link to their works if you can.
That's easy: Joris Bellenger.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/ascii/line_art
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\\| _| _ _`\ )
//\\ _/ (^ ) ) `.
\.-'==='-. ~-( ) ___ # /_,/\
/ \ _'((,,,))) |/ ? /" (
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aa '-' |\/ b'ger
Some of Joris's early ASCII art can also be found here:
http://www.afn.org/~afn39695/bger.htm
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bug, nabis and... jg of course :) That's my top 3 but for the rest I'd say (in no particular order): fsc, lgb, hrr, jgs, hjw, and YOU :F_P: ! (I find your recent nudes impressive! bravo!) ..ah if only I could draw... BoD
_.-In alt.ascii-art, BoD wrote the following -._ > I find your recent nudes impressive! bravo! As much as I like them I am starting to be bugged by them. The problem is that most of them are Playboy models. I have nothing against Playboy models, they are tastefull[0] and naked. It is because they aren't my modles. I don't own the rights to them. If I ever decided to publish my work then almost all of my ascii pr0n would not but up for publication. I have been thinking about getting some buisness cards printed up and some release forms so I can get my own 'talent'. > ..ah if only I could draw... You don't have to know how to draw. You just have to be able to recognize a bad byte from a good byte. Even after taking art classes for years I still can not put pin to paper and get something to come out the way I want it. Fortunatly ascii is very forgiving and allows for lots of edits. Rought out the form and then fix all the bad bytes. Kind of like was mentioned in that BBC interview that was posted here a few months ago. [0] I am refering to the natural ones, not the plastic ones with drug problems like Anna Nichole. Or the ones that just have drug problems like Ellisa Bridges who died as a result of drugs but still looked fscking amazing and all natural while hiding a drug problem. -- .-')) fauxascii.com ('-. | It's a damn poor mind that ' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to ((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word. ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Faux_Pseudo wrote: > _.-In alt.ascii-art, BoD wrote the following -._ > > I find your recent nudes impressive! bravo! > > As much as I like them I am starting to be bugged by them. The > problem is that most of them are Playboy models. I have nothing > against Playboy models, they are tastefull[0] and naked. It is > because they aren't my modles. I don't own the rights to them. If I > ever decided to publish my work then almost all of my ascii pr0n would > not but up for publication. I have been thinking about getting some > buisness cards printed up and some release forms so I can get my own > 'talent'. I'm fairly certain that you haven't infringed any copyright laws, unless you scanned the pics and converted them electronically/mechanically (which you obviously didn't). Of course I'm not a lawyer. _______ - - / + /o\_ ,o. - - - / | /> - - `()-----()-' ._____. SIMON WILLIAMS :::::::: LUDDITE ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED |[LD8]! 8-BIT SOUND & FURY : APPLE ][ AUDIO & MUSIC RESOURCES | o. | +------- http://8bitsoundandfury.no-ip.info/ -------+ !__!__! OLD APPLE WEB SERVER LIST http://www.ld8.org/servers/
_.-In alt.ascii-art, Simon D. Williams wrote the following -._ > I'm fairly certain that you haven't infringed any copyright laws, unless > you scanned the pics and converted them electronically/mechanically > (which you obviously didn't). Of course I'm not a lawyer. It would be a legal nightmare. I have used the modles 'likeness' which would be more than enough for them to sue me into the ascii poorhouse if they wanted to. -- .-')) fauxascii.com ('-. | It's a damn poor mind that ' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to ((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word. ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
Faux_Pseudo wrote: > _.-In alt.ascii-art, Simon D. Williams wrote the following -._ >> I'm fairly certain that you haven't infringed any copyright laws, unless >> you scanned the pics and converted them electronically/mechanically >> (which you obviously didn't). Of course I'm not a lawyer. > > It would be a legal nightmare. I have used the modles 'likeness' which > would be more than enough for them to sue me into the ascii poorhouse > if they wanted to. > So stop telling people who the picture is of. If it's a drawing of a random girl instead of so-and-so from Playboy they can't do squat. -- "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." --Mark Twain
Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen wrote: > Faux_Pseudo wrote: > >>We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't had any >>in a while. >> >>If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who would >>they be. >> >>If you can please include a link to their works if you can. > > > Off the top of my head I nominate : > > Bug - http://www.asciipr0n.com/bug (didn't he use to have an english > site too ? ) > > and .. > > SSt - http://www.ascii-art.net/ ,--------. '--. .--' ,--. | |,---. ,---. ,---,--.,--,-' '-.,---. | | .-. | .-. | | .--| || '-. .-| .-._: | ' '-' ' '-' ' , \ `--' '' ' | | \ --. `--'`---' `---'/ | `.`---'`----' `--' `----' | \ \ .-''`' '"-._ __,'\` _ _| ,'`__' - .' _|-'\`|'. \-" / _ _ \' __ /`. '. | .' /_)_, / ,' ` -| `| _ _,.-_'- \_,. \/ `./|_(,(,-(__`''`` _,_.' ,-',-"` ,-'` ' `"'''` . `. ,' ,' ,' \ `. `. / / ,--. ,--. \ \ / / \ / \ | '. . | .-'-. | | .-'-. | ' | ; '` `' .-. '` `' | | _,.- /___\ ',_. .' ' |\ _,'| | | \ \ .'-. ....--' / / / `. \ \ '--' _,' ,',' `-._`. `-._____,-' .-;-'mx ,---. `--`-.....-"`---'' ,--. ,---. '.-. \ ,---. ,---. ,---. ,---.| |,-. | | .-' .' ( .-'| .-. | .-. | .-. | | | .' / '-. .-' `) '-' ' '-' ' '-' | \ \ `--' `-----' `----'| |-' `---' `---'`--'`--'.--. `--' '--' myflix also draws excellent stuff. I just noticed that all pictures I like the most have a neat clean style to them .. Is it coincidence that I myself aspire to draw like that ? - I think not. I might have nominated myself if it were not for the fact that I'm not very productive .. at all :) .. besides I'm too modest to do that. I also second the nomination of jg .. Joaquim have said on previous occasion that he doesn't consider himself a great artist , but I disagree. His drawings may be simple , but they have a lot a of style to them and drawing tiny like that is no easy task. He's also been very productive and his comic has more than just good art to it .. it's entertaining .. pure and simple. Greatness is more than just the ability to draw pretty pictures. jgs or Joan Stack "Queen of ascii" also deserves to be on the list. Andreas freise ( or a:f ), too. Not only is he a great artist but he also maintains the .. _____ |__.__| _____ _________ _______ ___.___ _____ __ / _ \ / _____/ / ___ \| | | / _ \________/ |_ / /_\ \ \_____ \ / \ \/| | | / /_\ \_ __ \ __\ / | \/ \\ \___| | | / | \ | \/| | \_::.|___ /_.:::.___/ \.::.___ /:._|.:.| \::..|____/:.| |._| __ __ ________ |__| __ |__| \______ \ __ _____| |_ __ ____ ____ _____ _______ __ __ | | \| |/ ___\ __\ |/ _ \ / \\__ \\_ __ < | | | ` \ \ \___| | | ( <_> ) | \/ __ \| | \/\__ | /_________/__|\_____>__| |__|\____/|___|__(______/__| / | __/ | \ | _. \_ / _.-----'' `\ __..-----''' `. < `\. '\ :. `. `\ `:. `. `-. `:\ N o `. `+. `:. A s i `. __.===::::;) . r I `: c ___.__>'::::::a:f/' C A `. _,===:::=-'-=-"""'' i d t '-/:::'' '' y .. which have grown quite large over the year .. that has too have been some work. for Honourable mention : Markus Gebhard Because while he doesn't draw himself , he have with Jave supported the community greatly . and helped spark interest and discussion of various ascii-art styles and techniques. Jave is really a great tools for both beginners and experts alike. And maybe there should be a hall of shame in which Tran could get the Lifetime achievement award. Finally the recognition he deserves ! ;)
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 04:12:26 GMT, Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> wrote: >We haven't had this discussion in a while. In fact we haven't had any >in a while. > >If you were to name the top 20 ascii artists of all time who would >they be. > >If you can please include a link to their works if you can. Its a very hard question to answer. An attempt to give you answer based upon who`s work i like in no pictular order of preferance. Susie Oviatt Norman Veilleux Allen Mullen mjp Ool jro VK LS SSt mh mrf jrei bug lc Row snd jgs jjs itz a:f and a new comer to the group myflix But there are many more indivauls that deserve to be mention. Sadly its a list of 20, such a limited list lgbeard
n article<MnA7f.10857$Ix3.2941@dukeread05>, Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> writes: >_.-In alt.ascii-art, BoD wrote the following -._ >> I find your recent nudes impressive! bravo! > >As much as I like them I am starting to be bugged by them. The >problem is that most of them are Playboy models. I have nothing >against Playboy models, they are tastefull[0] and naked. It is >because they aren't my modles. I don't own the rights to them. If I >ever decided to publish my work then almost all of my ascii pr0n would >not but up for publication. I have been thinking about getting some >buisness cards printed up and some release forms so I can get my own >'talent'. I'm not sure what the position is: I think that if you just sit down and free-hand draw, paint, or typewrite a picture of someone you don't need permission. Permission is needed if you use a mech- anism (camera) to mechanically record the image of a real model. You should check this, but I'm pretty sure it's so. In article<435ea3e5$0$21230$626...@news.free.fr>, BoD <Bo...@JRAF.org> writes: >bug, nabis and... jg of course :) > >That's my top 3 but for the rest I'd say (in no particular order): fsc, lgb, >hrr, jgs, hjw, and YOU :F_P: ! (I find your recent nudes impressive! bravo!) Largebeard, Hayley-Jane Wythenshaw, Joan Stark, LLizard, Veronica Carlson, CFBD, Bug, a few others in no particular order. In article<6mj...@4ax.com>, lgbeard <non...@cherther.nut> writes: >Allen Mullen Ah yes, I still have his excellent bulldog... http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/art/index.html#Bulldog -- _o)(o_ one fine day in the middle of the night (o_ ; -./\\//\.- two dead men got up to fight //\.- |/~\| _\_UU_/_ back to back they faced each other U_/_ | _/ o:____ """"""""""""drew their swords & shot each other!""""""""""""(_/\_/xemu
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