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Notice on the bottom of the trousers I have used the full stop and
apostrophe characters to produce I greater diagonal line than the slash
offers. This is the basis for producing lines in ascii art. This one
takes some time to master, but here are some lines to show you how to
construct a few 'odd' angles...
| | / ,' ,-' _,-'
| .' / ,' ,-' _,-'
| | / ,' ,-' _,-' __..--""
| .' / ,' ,-' _,-' __..--""
| | / ,' ,-' ,-' __..--"" _______________
-._.-> Adding more detail
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We can make our picture more interesting by adding some extra details.
Just add anything that makes the picture look more like what it's meant
to be, or looks cool.
I'll just make a minor adjustment...
/"""""\
| (o|o) |
| _\ |
| '---' |
\_____/
___| |___
/ '-' \
| . . | What young person would be seen
| |Robik| | without his expensive brand-name
| | './ | | sweatshirt?
\_|_____|_/
/_| |_\
| .-. |
| | | |
'._| |_.'
/__| |__\ mga
-._.-> Background detail
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At the moment, our person is standing in a blank void. Why don't we add
some interesting backdrop to the picture?
Since my picture is of a young man, where better to stand him than in
front of a shop in town?
-----------------------------------.---------.----------
.----------. | .-----. ||"""""""""
.-------. .------ /"""""\ | | | ||
|FOREMEN| |..-.-.| (o|o) | _| | | ||
|WANTED | |_.=-.-| _\ | / | | | ||
'-------' '----- | '---' | |""| | | ||
.------. .-----. \_____/ | | '-. | ||
|.----.| |ASCII ___| |___ |""| | | ||_________
||Sulk|| |MONTH / '-' \ | | .-' | |__________
||Kit || ||""| | . . | |""| | | |__|___|___
_________________ | |Robik| | |__| | | ||___|___|_
================= | | './ | | ===| |mga | |__|___|___
\_|_____|_/ | '-----' ||___|___|_
__________________ /_| |_\ ____|_________|__|___|___
/ | .-. |
| | | | /
/ '._| |_.' /
/ /__| |__\
________________________________________________________
___/_________/________/________/_______/_______/______/_
___|_________|________|________|_______|_______|______|_
And here we have what is a pretty good ascii are picture! With more
tweaking it can be made even better.
-._.-> Finishing it off
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You may have noticed that in the example pictures above there are three
letters floating about apparently for no reason... 'mga'.
When you make ascii art, should put your name or initials somewhere on
it to identify it as yours. My initials are mga, which is where the mga
comes from!
Try to find a place where the initials don't spoil the picture, like on
a wall, or a screen...
-._.-> Going public... releasing your picture to alt.ascii-art!
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Once you are happy with your picture, and have added your initials, you
can post it to alt.ascii-art. Paste it into your newsreader's message
composition window. Check that it is plain text (no colours or styles)
and in a monospaced font before posting.
You might want to mention that this is your first pic when you post it.
Check back to alt.ascii-art a few days later, and you may find that
some people have responded to your picture. They may have written a
'Cool pic!' type message, in which case you did it right! Do some more!
The other possibility is that someone is offering a suggestion for
improvement. This will come in one of two forms:
* Diddling
'Diddling' is when someone takes your picture, and changes it a
little. You shouldn't take offense at this (unless your pic has been