Line-talk: How to view 3-D art

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> That what you have posted, what is it???
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> Looking but can't make it out!!!
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> Is the first picture supposed ot be a face?
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> HMMmmmmmmm....
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I knew it ! I knew it !!!  8)
So I post again my 3D-art course, which I sent on ascii-art list earlier...

Enjoy !!!
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> I apologize for this questions, but how do I see the 3D effect? Do I need
> special glasses? Do I need to stare at it for a couple of hours like that
> "art" in the mall? I just can't get it. Sorry.  :-)

A couple of hours is not necessary... ;)

Just stay in front of your screen, at approx. 30 cm (excuse me, I'm using
REAL (metric) units !) of the monitor, without your glasses (if the case
arises...) and look at the picture, as if it was behind the screen...
It means that you are looking far away, as if the picture was transparent
and if you looked THROUGH it !

There is a hint to know if you are well focused or not : there are 2 or 3
circles at the top or the bottom of the picture. When you are well focused,
you will see 2 of them coincide.

When you begin to see something, don't stop... Remain focused, and the pic
ture will appear more and more clearly. For the first time, it should take
less than 5 minutes...

Example :

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This is a plane without anything on it, but you should apply the technique
explained above to view THROUGH it. At a moment, you will see CLEARLY all
the characters, but you will know that you are looking behind the plane of
your screen.

The main problem is that everything that is not on the virtual 3D plane
can prevent your vision from remaining well focused. For example, if the
arrow of your mouse is placed on the picture, there are few chances that
you will ignore it and look behind.

Now another example, for those who successed in seeing the first one (you
will notice that as soon as you've seen it once, you will see it easier
the next time) :

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This one is a really good example, from Mike Jittlov's collection. There
are 2 virtual 3D planes (far & near).

Next... You can try all the 3D art spread around (take a look at
ftp.wwa.com, there are a lot of them !).

Hope you will see all the 3D ascii art !!!
Bye !

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