Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 3 Nov 1999.
Flossie goes Ascii!
alt.ascii-art
· 4 messages · 3 Nov 1999 - 4 Nov 1999
WHAT IS THIS SHIT?!?! hehe Ben Norwood wrote in message ... > >If anyone's been to my website, they probably couldn't help noticing the >rather large number of clones of a cartooney sheep (Flossie) grazing >it... >So, inspired by Veronica's Netscape Composer 'trick', and armed with a >copy of PSP to resample the original images to many times their original >size, I now present: Flossie... in Ascii... > > >(16x original size) > _ > ,--. |\ ,' \ _ __ > | \ | \ | \ / \ / \ > .-----.| \_| `-| `-| \ / \ _--_ > | \| __ `' \/ \ > | / / `. | .--' > .'-'-- | .'--_' `--. > ____/ __ ^ `| || .'|| \| > ,-' `-. .' `.|\ \/| `--._ > |_ ,' `. \____,' `-. > / ,' ,-' , | `._ > |_.' | | | |__ | > |__ -./ | |_ --\ | |=. ____| > |' \ \ \_/ `,' /`--__ ====<___,| >mbfh \_- \ \_ \_/. /_/_________,' > | _| | `--| > \/ | `.__ ^ |. _ > |/`-v- \ /\ / `.|`._/ / > \ .. _ | `-' `--' |\___/-._,' > _|__,'- - -''--' / > \ '. | __ /|'| / \ / > `._|\____/ \ _/`. _/_| | _/ `./ > `.__,' `./-`. | > `.,' > > > >(9x original size) > > _ _ ,-. > / `.|`. ,' `. ,'. ,'. > ___ | `| `_| \_| \,' \ _ > | `.| \ / `. > _|_ / ,' `.__|_|-' > ,' | ,' ... > .'---'. .-- `./\ <|| `--. >/ > | \___' `. >\ ,' ,- / | `.. >|_/ / / | _ |--. | > `.)/\' \ \_/ |/ |_ __,--| > |_ \ \_ | / /-__=====' > | / . ``--|^ >mbfh \/\ -- \ ,. > | \/ \_/ _ `. ' / > \ |`. _ --'-_' | `' `'^ > \' | / \ /'| / \ ,^ > \| \_/ \ ,'`. ,'| |,' ',' > \_,' `^`._| > > >IMHO not bad, but her facial features are less than perfect... > >-oOo-oOo-oOo- > >Diddlers may like to know the uris: > >http://www.aber.ac.uk/~bdn95/flossies/******.gif > >Replace ****** with the following: > >flossie (original) >flossie2 (facing left) >floss04 (4x original size) >floss09 (9x original size) >floss16 (16x original size) > >Then if anyone's daft enough, there are several variations on a theme of >flossie in the directory as well... > >-- >Ben Norwood - the (ex-)Mad Biologist From Hell > http://www.bigfoot.com/~bdn95/ > bdn95 _@/" bigfoot.com >
: So, inspired by Veronica's Netscape Composer 'trick' Please explain that trick to me
: _ _ ,-. : / `.|`. ,' `. ,'. ,'. : ___ | `| `_| \_| \,' \ _ : | `.| \ / `. : _|_ / ,' `.__|_|-' : ,' | ,' ... : .'---'. .-- `./\ <|| `--. : / > | \___' `. : \ ,' ,- / | `.. : |_/ / / | _ |--. | : `.)/\' \ \_/ |/ |_ __,--| : |_ \ \_ | / /-__=====' : | / . ``--|^ : mbfh \/\ -- \ ,. : | \/ \_/ _ `. ' / : \ |`. _ --'-_' | `' `'^ : \' | / \ /'| / \ ,^ : \| \_/ \ ,'`. ,'| |,' ',' : \_,' `^`._| : : I have i frined who loves sheep ( hehehehe ;) ) He will adore theese.
> Anyway, here's a fairly comprehensive formula: > a) Open Netscape Composer > (Start -> Run -> netscape -composer) > (or from navigator, Communicator-> Composer (Alt+3)) > b) Format -> Page Colors and Properties > c) Background Image -> Use Image (click in checkbox) > d) Tell Nutscrap where the gif/jpg original image is > e) Custom Colors -> Normal Text... > f) Choose a colour easily distinguishable from any in the image > g) Click OK > h) Second combo box on the toolbar, select Fixed Width > i) Third combo box on the toolbar, select font size > j) Diddle away! > h) Save the html file at intervals (so you don't lose your work!) Of course! Trace over the background image! I wish I had thought of that when doing the cheshire cat a week ago. Of course there are different methods when the result is supposed to be really crude: Just resize your image to the size you know your characters to be in the end. Then make pound signs (or whatever) out of the pixels by hand. Here's my silhouette for Lynx browsers: ########### ## ## ## ## # ######## # # ######### # ## ########## ## # ########### # # ########### # # ######### # # # ###### ## # # #### ## # # ### ## # ## ## # ## # ## ### # # ## ## # ## ## ## ## ########### Here's the the loathsome high-bandwidth version: http://home.t-online.de/home/ulrich.schreglmann/images/Ool%20Silhouette.gif -- ___ __ __ / _ / _( ) "There's nothing good--unless you do't." (Erich K�stner) ( (_( (_))(__ \___\__(____) �OOL mcmxcix
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