[pic] Calvin and question

i know that the ascii art "community" has its own 
terminology, but there are 3 distinct styles of ascii art 
that i personally can discern, and i haven't noticed anyone 
using any specific terms to refer to these.  one, i call 
minimal, and the best examples are NerdBoy's comics and the 
one-line flower thread that was happening awhile ago.  
second, i guess you'd call line-drawing, or pencil style.  
the tinkerbell that was being discussed and diddle in a 
recent thread is an excellent example.  and third is what I 
would call block, paint or marker style.  most of my art 
posted so far is this style.  anyway, does anyone else make 
these distinctions, and is there other better terms for 
them?  below is my first real attempt at the line style

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i attempted to diddle it, but i had trouble replacing the 
asterisks with anything that worked well.  i find that the 
line style is much more of a challenge, almost as if the 
block style i've been doing was kinda wimpy.  i didn't 
even attempt to use JavE for this one.

you might be right about the styles..
Mostly it's just tehnique, on rare ocasions, it's pure magic.
(Not talking about myself :D).


a didle:
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Anubis Yellowstar wrote:
> there are 3 distinct styles of ascii art

> minimal,

> line-drawing, or pencil style.

> block, paint or marker style. 

> does anyone else make
> these distinctions, and is there other better terms for
> them?

Allen Mullen talks about "Line", "Solid" and "Grayscale", but that's
just for big pictures.

http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/q/asciitutorials/Allen_Mullen.html

Of course, then you can mix styles...


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Guess who's been playing in the mud!


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