Is it fair to "cheat"?

Just wondering if this newsgroup likes this sort of thing. It of course was created by a program which converts raster graphics
files to ascii text files. To get it to display properly in OE (and I hope it does), I had to severely reduce the width of the final
ascii file (132 characters). In a larger format, this picture looks incredable. It is Liv Tyler, looking very sultry.

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Paradox wrote:

> Just wondering if this newsgroup likes this sort of thing. It of course
> was created by a program which converts raster graphics files to ascii
> text files.

Don't quite know of this group, but many ascii groups dislike such
sort of generated graphics. I myself like selfmade graphics much
better, because they are actually drawn; yours is more shaded and
rather boring at that.

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 _.--- Paradox spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ 
> Just wondering if this newsgroup likes this sort of thing. It of
> course was created by a program which converts raster graphics files
> to ascii text files. To get it to display properly in OE (and I hope
> it does), I had to severely reduce the width of the final ascii
> file(132 characters). In a larger format, this picture looks
> incredable. It is Liv Tyler, looking very sultry. 

First, keep the length of your text lines down to 72 chars.

I don't mind converted graphics as long as they are done right.  Yours
wasn't.  If you are going to use converted images then make a point of
using them as a starting point and then editing them by hand
afterwards for better definition and composition.

Take a look at these examples:
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/boot_buckle.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/iron.curl.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/mailena.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/comet.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/cube_sphear.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/dino.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/rain.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/skull.html>
  <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/three_fates.html>

All of those were done with one version of aalib or another and then
hand edited by me.  The first three were done from a mess of photoes
that a friend took and I wanted to ascii fy but didn't have time to
hand do them from scratch so I did some quick converstions and then
hand edited them up to something usable as art.  The rest where some
of my early experiances in ascii art.

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in article slr...@fugozi.quasi, Faux_Pseudo at
Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL wrote on 6/18/03 1:56 PM:

> _.--- Paradox spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._
>> Just wondering if this newsgroup likes this sort of thing. It of
>> course was created by a program which converts raster graphics files
>> to ascii text files. To get it to display properly in OE (and I hope
>> it does), I had to severely reduce the width of the final ascii
>> file(132 characters). In a larger format, this picture looks
>> incredable. It is Liv Tyler, looking very sultry.
> 
> First, keep the length of your text lines down to 72 chars.
> 
> I don't mind converted graphics as long as they are done right.  Yours
> wasn't.  If you are going to use converted images then make a point of
> using them as a starting point and then editing them by hand
> afterwards for better definition and composition.
> 
> Take a look at these examples:
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/boot_buckle.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/iron.curl.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/mailena.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/comet.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/cube_sphear.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/dino.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/rain.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/skull.html>
> <URL:http://asciipr0n.com/fp/ascii/unpr0n/three_fates.html>
> 
> All of those were done with one version of aalib or another and then
> hand edited by me.  The first three were done from a mess of photoes
> that a friend took and I wanted to ascii fy but didn't have time to
> hand do them from scratch so I did some quick converstions and then
> hand edited them up to something usable as art.  The rest where some
> of my early experiances in ascii art.
> 
> '---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~

  I have to agree with this.  I have seen a lot of conversion programs, and
I think they give a great rough draft.  It is up to the art to add touches
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