Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Jul 1999.
Mountains
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· 5 messages · 27 Jul 1999 - 1 Aug 1999
Here's an attempt at drawing some mountains and a sunset.
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I'm not quite happy with the shading though.
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> > > Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> typed the following > > > > Here's an attempt at drawing some mountains and a sunset. > > | > //// \ \ .-. / _.--'//`-.__ .//`--._.'////-'////`--'//`-.__ > // ^ \ -- (^_^) -- __.--' ^^^^^^ //`-._ .' // ^^// // ^^ // ^^ ^^ `-.// > // ^^^^`-.______ / `-'__.-' ^^^^^^^^ ^^^// ^^^`-.__.-'^^^// // // ^^^^^^ // ^^^^^ // > // ^^^ ^^// //`-._.-'// ^^^ // ^ // ^^// ^^// // ^^^^^^ //// // ^^^^ ^^ ^^ > //// // // // // ^// // // ^^// //// // // ^// ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ > // ^^^ // ^// ^^// ^^^^ // // ^^^^ // // // ^^^^ ^^^ // // ^^^ > // ^^^ // // // ^^^^ ^^//// ^^^^ // ^ // // ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ // ^^^^ > // ^^^^^^// // // ^^^^ ^^ // // ^^^ ^^// // // ^^^^^^^^^^ // ^^^^ > // // ^// ^^// // // // ^^^ // ^ // // ^^^^ // ^// // ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ > // ^^^^^ ^^^ // // ^^^ // // // ^^^^ // //// ^^^^ // ^^^ // ^^^^^^ VK > > > I'm not quite happy with the shading though. <feels *so* sorry for all the OE5 reader-people...> Hint about shading, if it's any help - try to imagine each mountain separately and shade only the side away from the sun.. I won't rediddle incase I muck it up... eg: (sun) . (here) /'/. _.-'^ //\_ .-'^^ ^ ////\ /^^ ^^ ^// ////'-. -- ,. _ ((________________________________________./|(o_ / sara (VSM) www.saraw.clara.net 32690270 (_),_:Y )_)to e-mail me, remove the "CHASTITYBELT" / \)\) '((
In article <379...@news.clara.net> you wrote:
: > > > Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> typed the following > > >
: > Here's an attempt at drawing some mountains and a sunset.
: > I'm not quite happy with the shading though.
: <feels *so* sorry for all the OE5 reader-people...>
*grin*
: Hint about shading, if it's any help - try to imagine each mountain
: separately and shade only the side away from the sun.. I won't
: rediddle incase I muck it up...
: eg: (sun) .
: (here) /'/.
: _.-'^ //\_
: .-'^^ ^ ////\
: /^^ ^^ ^// ////'-.
Or maybe a bit more contrast..
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Of course now it looks more alpine, while the original seems to have been
aiming rather for forest-covered hills.. It seemed to need some background
so I added some clumsy attempts at clouds.
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Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote: > Here's an attempt at drawing some mountains and a sunset. > | > //// \ \ .-. / _.--'//`-.__ .//`--._.'////- '////`--'//`-.__ > // ^ \ -- (^_^) -- __.--' ^^^^^^ //`-._ .' // ^^// // ^^ // ^^ ^^ `-.// > // ^^^^`-.______ / `-'__.-' ^^^^^^^^ ^^^// ^^^`-.__.-'^^^// // // ^ ^^^^^ // ^^^^^ // > // ^^^ ^^// //`-._.-'// ^^^ // ^ // ^^// ^^// // ^^^^^^ //// // ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^ > //// // // // // ^// // // ^^// //// // // ^// ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ > // ^^^ // ^// ^^// ^^^^ // // ^^^^ // // // ^^^^ ^^^ // / / ^^^ > // ^^^ // // // ^^^^ ^^//// ^^^^ // ^ // // ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ // ^ ^^^ > // ^^^^^^// // // ^^^^ ^^ // // ^^^ ^^// // // ^^^^^^^^^^ // ^^ ^^ > // // ^// ^^// // // // ^^^ // ^ // // ^^^^ // ^// // ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ > // ^^^^^ ^^^ // // ^^^ // // // ^^^^ // //// ^^^^ // ^^^ / / ^^^^^^ VK My newsreader dosn't like it (see above). What can I do? Could you please help me! *hiding* Nico PS: BTW, what does FAQ mean? ;->
.----- On Thu, 29 Jul 1999 02:45:39 +0200, nic...@aol.com posted: |Veronica Karlsson <aci...@earthling.net> wrote: |> Here's an attempt at drawing some mountains and a sunset. | |> | | |> //// \ \ .-. / _.--'//`-.__ .//`--._.'////- |'////`--'//`-.__ |> // ^ \ -- (^_^) -- __.--' ^^^^^^ //`-._ .' // ^^// // | ^^ // ^^ ^^ `-.// |> // ^^^^`-.______ / `-'__.-' ^^^^^^^^ ^^^// ^^^`-.__.-'^^^// // // ^ |^^^^^ // ^^^^^ // |> // ^^^ ^^// //`-._.-'// ^^^ // ^ // ^^// ^^// // ^^^^^^ //// // ^^^ |^ ^^ ^^ |> //// // // // // ^// // // ^^// //// // // ^// ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ |> // ^^^ // ^// ^^// ^^^^ // // ^^^^ // // // ^^^^ ^^^ // / |/ ^^^ |> // ^^^ // // // ^^^^ ^^//// ^^^^ // ^ // // ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ // ^ |^^^ |> // ^^^^^^// // // ^^^^ ^^ // // ^^^ ^^// // // ^^^^^^^^^^ // ^^ |^^ |> // // ^// ^^// // // // ^^^ // ^ // // ^^^^ // ^// // ^^^^ ^^ |^^^^ ^^^ |> // ^^^^^ ^^^ // // ^^^ // // // ^^^^ // //// ^^^^ // ^^^ / |/ ^^^^^^ VK | |My newsreader dosn't like it (see above). What can I do? |Could you please help me! | |*hiding* Nico | |PS: |BTW, what does FAQ mean? ;-> '------------------------------------ FAQ means Frequently Asked Questions, and this group has a FAQ list which can be found in the ASCIIArt Documents Archive: http://website.lineone.net/~martin.atkins/ada/ and is also posted here periodically. In fact, I will have just posted it with this message. As for your newsreader, you are using Pine on a Unix-flavour, and I can't help you at all. Veronica Karlsson may be able to offer some ideas, though, as she's a Un*x-er. Regards, -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
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