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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 22 Jul 2000.
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Attempted scorpian, looking for some advice

Attempted scorpian, looking for some advice

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 22 Jul 2000 - 23 Jul 2000
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 18:03:59 -0700, Dave <Dav...@spam.bad> provoked the following
text:

>I've never made ASCII art before, so this may be a bit rough around
>the edges... ;-)
>
>          ,;$;,
>         %%   ;
>         %%              
>          %%,,;;$$$$$$$;;,._
>           ';;,,,,,,,,,,;'  ; 
>               %     % \___;
>
>
>It looks ok in "terminal" font, but it needs a lil' help.

Why? It's a great scorpion! I even datre to say that you show great promise and
i hope to see more of your work real soon!
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        Peter Punk
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:08:48 -0700, Dave <Dav...@spam.bad> provoked the following
text:

>>>I've never made ASCII art before, so this may be a bit rough around
>>>the edges... ;-)
>>>          ,;$;,
>>>         %%   ;
>>>         %%              
>>>          %%,,;;$$$$$$$;;,._
>>>           ';;,,,,,,,,,,;'  ; 
>>>               %     % \___;
>>>It looks ok in "terminal" font, but it needs a lil' help.
>>Why? It's a great scorpion! I even datre to say that you show great promise and
>>i hope to see more of your work real soon!
>Thanks, Peter, getting a smooth transition in size and direction
>changes is tough.  Tried a lot of different characters and that
>combination seemed to work.

That's what art is all about, doing something tough until you find a way to
achieve your goal anyway.

>Reminds me a lot of the written instructions they'd give in high
>school typing class, where if you typed what they said you'd end up
>with a picture of some sort.  Only problem is not having any
>instructions.

Trust me, the people who made up those typing lessons didn't have any
instructions either :-))
--
        Peter Punk
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