Ford Emblem

Ok, 10 years after doing my last ANSI art for a BBS MOTD, I decided to take
a stab at ASCII art.  Here is my first attempt.  Obviously, the oval could
use a little (ok, a lot of) refining.
Questions, comments, rude remarks welcome...

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2         _..'     _....   ___       .       `'..
3      .''       .' _...:``  `''...'`             `'.
4    .'          `'''  `:_.'               .;`       ',
5   :          _.   `--'` ___  .___.  _...'`           ;
6   \         .'    .;` .'   `'`;` `;'   .`            /
7    '.       '.___.'   ;   .` .'  `.   .' .'        .'
8      '._    `'```      ''`  .'    `'..'.'`       .'
9         `'.._                            _...'```
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Jim Rowland wrote:
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> Ok, 10 years after doing my last ANSI art for a BBS MOTD, I decided to take
> a stab at ASCII art.  Here is my first attempt.  Obviously, the oval could
> use a little (ok, a lot of) refining.
> Questions, comments, rude remarks welcome...

Often when one makes a picture which is meant to look very much like
something, with very specific shapes (especially rounded shapes), one
tends to end up with a pile of dots. The thing to do then is to step
away from reality and try to make the picture look good _in ascii_, with
more lines and less "dottiness". If there is text involved (e.g. in a
logo like this) it's sometimes more important to make it _readable_ than
to make it look exactly like the original.

I'm not even attempting to make something perfect here, just replacing
dots with lines:

>                          ___________
> 1             ___.------'           `-----.__
> 2         _..'     _.--.__ ________.-.       `--._
> 3      .-'       .'      .' `---._.-'             `-.
> 4    .'          `--'   /_.'               ./'       `.
> 5   |          _.   `--/` ___  .___.  _.-.//           |
> 6   \         //     .' .'   `'`|  `.'    /            /
> 7    `.       F.___.'   |   .'  /   |    / ./        .'
> 8      `._    `---'      `-'  .'    `-.-<.-'      .-'
> 9         `-.__                            _.----' 
> 0              `---.__________________.---'

Not fantastically beautiful, but recognizable.


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Veronica Karlsson wrote some stuff:
>Often when one makes a picture which is meant to look very much like
>something, with very specific shapes (especially rounded shapes), one
>tends to end up with a pile of dots. The thing to do then is to step

OK, so for my second try, I'll go with less dots and try the Chevy "bowtie".
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GCI wrote:
> Veronica Karlsson wrote some stuff:
> >Often when one makes a picture which is meant to look very much like
> >something, with very specific shapes (especially rounded shapes), one
> >tends to end up with a pile of dots. The thing to do then is to step
>
> OK, so for my second try, I'll go with less dots and try the Chevy
"bowtie".
>            _________
>    _______|         |_________
>   /                          /
>  /________           _______/
>           |_________|

Reminds me of my Atari ST's floppydrive...
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