[PIC] Failed ascii pic

Picking a scale is the thing that can make or break an ascii art.  To
big and too much detail needs to be included.  To little and you loose
a lot of what you are trying to go for.  The pictures below are of a
red panda and don't suffer from bad scaling.  They suffer from failed
asciification.



                            .#@#.
                           \#$%%#$%@&
                           $#$'  `\#$#.                         _-&#..
                          -#@&     \@#$@-.:.::..::..::.:. .-@#$%#%##&#$@
                           %#%      \$'...................$@#$#$'  `&$$@#
                          &%@#      .......................#$'       #%&#
                          -%$@     .........;.:..............        $%@
                           #$#%   ........;....:.:...........       .#$!
                        -ddd%%%\ ;......:..........:.:.......       #$%
                        d#$#$%/;.....:.....#$.:.:.....:.......     $#@%
                      -d%$#$#:......:.:..#$R#$.:..!@#$.:.:.....   %#$#
    .---.                   ::....:.....$ $@##:.:#$$@'..:....... #%$#!
   | .'\ \   ____      __.  .....#$..:`#%-.`@'.;;@# .-$@..:.:... .@#$#.
   | |  `\`-'    `---'.--.| ;..^@#$%$..(o  ).......(o  ).'.#$....::!@#$&=
   | |               /   || ../#$%^$@.. `-'_.&$#._. `-'   @#@#$ ;.::  `%'
  _/ |               \   || ..$%@#$%    ,#&%&%^$^@$&.      !@#$& ..:
 ==_.      _.   ._    \ / / ..#%@#%    @#$##&/__\@#@#%&     \$!@ ...
    |  _    \) (/        /_  .@#$%!   &$^@$# '   |@#%#%\__.- @#$ ;.'
    | / ) () _._ () (\  .--=  \#%#!.-'#$%##$\o o /%@$%#$---.%$#!;.
    \| /  ./'__ `\   \\ |    ,---' _.-'@#$%#@\__/#@$%#@&---._`-/.
   / \ | (  (  )  )  || |      _.-' .-' \#$%#_ _.-$#%%/`--._ `- \
   |   _  \  >'<  /    /       /   / .-'/\#$%# `%@$%#\`-.    /
  /     \_.\_/ \_/___./  :F_P:            `%'   `$'         /\
  |                   |

:F_P:#################################Mon Dec 5 2005#################
Red Panda

-- 
  .-'))       fauxascii.com        ('-.  | It's a damn poor mind that
 ' ..-  .:" )               ( ":.  -.. ' | can only think of one way to
  ((,,_;'.;'   UIN=66618055  ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
        ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._))        | - Andrew Jackson

So all your pics start out gifsciied and then you trace over them?

Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Picking a scale is the thing that can make or break an ascii art.  To
>big and too much detail needs to be included.  To little and you loose
>a lot of what you are trying to go for.  The pictures below are of a
>red panda and don't suffer from bad scaling.  They suffer from failed
>asciification.
>
>
>
>                            .#@#.
>                           \#$%%#$%@&
>                           $#$'  `\#$#.                         _-&#..
>                          -#@&     \@#$@-.:.::..::..::.:. .-@#$%#%##&#$@
>                           %#%      \$'...................$@#$#$'  `&$$@#
>                          &%@#      .......................#$'       #%&#
>                          -%$@     .........;.:..............        $%@
>                           #$#%   ........;....:.:...........       .#$!
>                        -ddd%%%\ ;......:..........:.:.......       #$%
>                        d#$#$%/;.....:.....#$.:.:.....:.......     $#@%
>                      -d%$#$#:......:.:..#$R#$.:..!@#$.:.:.....   %#$#
>    .---.                   ::....:.....$ $@##:.:#$$@'..:....... #%$#!
>   | .'\ \   ____      __.  .....#$..:`#%-.`@'.;;@# .-$@..:.:... .@#$#.
>   | |  `\`-'    `---'.--.| ;..^@#$%$..(o  ).......(o  ).'.#$....::!@#$&=
>   | |               /   || ../#$%^$@.. `-'_.&$#._. `-'   @#@#$ ;.::  `%'
>  _/ |               \   || ..$%@#$%    ,#&%&%^$^@$&.      !@#$& ..:
> ==_.      _.   ._    \ / / ..#%@#%    @#$##&/__\@#@#%&     \$!@ ...
>    |  _    \) (/        /_  .@#$%!   &$^@$# '   |@#%#%\__.- @#$ ;.'
>    | / ) () _._ () (\  .--=  \#%#!.-'#$%##$\o o /%@$%#$---.%$#!;.
>    \| /  ./'__ `\   \\ |    ,---' _.-'@#$%#@\__/#@$%#@&---._`-/.
>   / \ | (  (  )  )  || |      _.-' .-' \#$%#_ _.-$#%%/`--._ `- \
>   |   _  \  >'<  /    /       /   / .-'/\#$%# `%@$%#\`-.    /
>  /     \_.\_/ \_/___./  :F_P:            `%'   `$'         /\
>  |                   |
>
>:F_P:#################################Mon Dec 5 2005#################
>Red Panda

_.-In alt.ascii-art, Bateau wrote the following -._
> So all your pics start out gifsciied and then you trace over them?

No.  Very seldom use a conversion program.  And if I do I sing it with
something like :AAlib:F_P:.  I /think/ the last one I did like that was
when I was having problems with the DRI logo in this one from MOT #35:
                                             
                 _o.vv,,v._.                 
           ../&6S<'^"-^-"^+&6Ho,             
        .,?bb'        ._      "#MHb.         
      :oH&'          ?/R<\       "&Mb        
     ,&M'          .&6k<6HH.       "MMb.     
    /MT           .d&H' `4MH,        9MH     
   JM/   _#MMH\   dMH*    `*?         HMb    
  |6&   |MMMMMM?.HMM6kH#dobo,-.        HM|   
  MM'   `MMMMMM.HMMMRMHMMMMMMMMM+       MM:  
 :MM     ."""":HMMMMHMMMMMMMMMMM?       MM|  
 !MM    HMH  .dMMH"''`""&MMMMMMM'       MM|  
 |MM.   *MMM_HMMP     .dMMMMMMM?.oH#o   MMT  
  MM|    `MMMMMP'   ,HMMMMMMMMM#MMMM*  {MM   
  |MM.    `MMMR'  .dMMMH".HMMMMMM#?   .MMP   
   TMM..   `":     9MMM, ,MMMMH*'    .MMM    
   `HMH\.          `MMMb` `#*"'     ,HMP'    
     `MMb:.         TMMM!         .dMM*      
      `*MMH<.       `HMM}'     .:dMM#`       
        `*MMMHo:.. .. `'' .o:oHHMM*'         
           `*9MMMM#H#o###HMMMMH$?'           
                `:AAlib:F_P:'                

I don't like the way most gifsciied drawings turn out.  I didn't like
they way the one above turned out so I hand edited a lot of it.  Less
than one in a hundred ascii by me contain any form of conversion
program. 

I do a fair amount of tracing though.  It helps get the proportions
correct without spending hours and also helps get the level of detail
I want.  The red panda (both of them) was done completely by hand with
some tracing.  For the 'white' parts I just stuck with seemingly
random @#$% and when I remembered I used the occasinal & in there as
well.  So it may look 'gifsciied' but it isn't.  

-- 
  .-'))       fauxascii.com        ('-.  | It's a damn poor mind that
 ' ..-  .:" )               ( ":.  -.. ' | can only think of one way to
  ((,,_;'.;'   UIN=66618055  ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
        ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._))        | - Andrew Jackson