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The following keys make good eyes, fingers, or toes.

o O 0 ( ) c C

eyes ----> 0 0 or (0) (0) or o o or (o) (o)

toes -----> Oooo or Cooo

If you get to the bottom line of your canvas and your picture is not
finished, you can expand the canvas by hitting enter as many times
as you need and using the space bar to prepare the canvas as you did
when setting it up.


If you cannot complete your drawing in one setting, type control k
and then w. A window will open and ask you for a file name. Name the
file. Then type ctrl a to abort the reply.

When you're ready to resume the drawing, open the reply window from
the j screen, then type control k and then r. When prompted for a
file name, enter the name of your picture. It will be loaded back
into the reply screen and you can continue.

You can also use the above method to save a blank canvas after you
prepare one. Then you don't have to make a new canvas for every
drawing.

Remember that every key on the key board can be used. Some of them
make good shading keys. Such as @@@@@@@@@ or ######
@@@@@@@@@ #####
@@@@@@@ #####

Don't be afraid to try different key combinations. If they don't
work, experiment.

Don't worry about pictures that don't work. I have many failures. It
dosn't take long to realize you can't make a drawing work. I just
give up on them.

File: academy/tutorials/tut_veilleux.txt
http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt

Normand Veilleux's ASCII Art Tutorial

From: Normand Veilleux <[email protected]>

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 12:18:52 -0500 (EST)

Several people have asked me how I do what I do (smoothing out
pictures, etc.) First, I would like to say that I am a complete
beginner myself. I had no drawing experience before Dec 11, 1993.
At that time someone posted an ascii picture of Meriday (a
professionally drawn nude, I think). I found that picture a lot
more appealing than the GIFs I have seen or the mainframe pictures
from my University years. Those tend to be hard the eyes from
close up.

Anyway, when someone else posted another nude that (I'm guessing
here) was a cleaned up GIF. I immediately saw there was lots of
room for improvement and I decided to give it a try. The only
tools I had at my disposal were a PC with WordPerfect. The big
advantage I saw with WP was that I could toggle between a normal
view of the picture and a reduced version since WP allowed me to
view a full page of text at once on the screen.

In reduced format the text is actually transferred in graphics so
that an '8' would actually appear as a black square. This gave the
picture a rough look; the edges were all jagged. But, by
experimenting with various character changes I soon realized that
I could smooth out those jagged edges. I spent a lot of time
flipping back and forth between the normal and the reduced views.

Oh, one thing I forgot to mention. When I changed the font from
"Courrier 10" to "Line Printer 16.67 cpi" for the LaserJet printer,
I noticed that the jagged flaws appeared even more pronounced.
This is why you'll see me mention once in a while that "the
drawings I post are at their best when printed with 'Line Printer
16.67 cpi' font or equivalent." They were worked on using that
font. They still look very good in a regular font
though. That's the beauty of it all.

I still do the same thing now, only a little faster. It is a time
consuming process and I see potential to automate some, if not a
large portion of it. I have asked a few people on the NET if they
knew of any software that could lighten or darken an ascii picture,
reduce or enlarge it, etc. So far, no luck.

I took a 15 hour bus ride (double it for the return trip) during
the Christmas holidays up to Kapuskasing where my parents live. So
I had some time to think about things. I came up with pseudocode
for a program to lighten and darken a picture automatically. That
is, if the picture is dark, it will lighten it and vice versa
without any cumbersome parameters of any sort. It's extremely
simple when you think about it for 3 to 4 hours. I haven't had the
chance to program any of it yet but given a week or two it will be
implemented.

I also wrote pseudocode for flipping a picture horizontally, and
for reducing and enlarging one. These were not quite as simple but
it looks like it can work. If any of you out there know of

The following keys make good eyes, fingers, or toes.

o O 0 ( ) c C

eyes ----> 0 0 or (0) (0) or o o or (o) (o)

toes -----> Oooo or Cooo

If you get to the bottom line of your canvas and your picture is not

finished, you can expand the canvas by hitting enter as many times

as you need and using the space bar to prepare the canvas as you did

when setting it up.

If you cannot complete your drawing in one setting, type control k

and then w. A window will open and ask you for a file name. Name the

file. Then type ctrl a to abort the reply.

When you're ready to resume the drawing, open the reply window from

the j screen, then type control k and then r. When prompted for a

file name, enter the name of your picture. It will be loaded back

into the reply screen and you can continue.

You can also use the above method to save a blank canvas after you

prepare one. Then you don't have to make a new canvas for every

drawing.

Remember that every key on the key board can be used. Some of them

make good shading keys. Such as @@@@@@@@@ or ######

@@@@@@@@@ #####

@@@@@@@ #####

Don't be afraid to try different key combinations. If they don't

work, experiment.

Don't worry about pictures that don't work. I have many failures. It

dosn't take long to realize you can't make a drawing work. I just

give up on them.

File: academy/tutorials/tut_veilleux.txt

http://www.ascii-art.de/info/tut_veilleux.txt

Normand Veilleux's ASCII Art Tutorial

From: Normand Veilleux <[email protected]>

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 1994 12:18:52 -0500 (EST)

Several people have asked me how I do what I do (smoothing out

pictures, etc.) First, I would like to say that I am a complete

beginner myself. I had no drawing experience before Dec 11, 1993.

At that time someone posted an ascii picture of Meriday (a

professionally drawn nude, I think). I found that picture a lot

more appealing than the GIFs I have seen or the mainframe pictures

from my University years. Those tend to be hard the eyes from

close up.

Anyway, when someone else posted another nude that (I'm guessing

here) was a cleaned up GIF. I immediately saw there was lots of

room for improvement and I decided to give it a try. The only

tools I had at my disposal were a PC with WordPerfect. The big

advantage I saw with WP was that I could toggle between a normal

view of the picture and a reduced version since WP allowed me to

view a full page of text at once on the screen.

In reduced format the text is actually transferred in graphics so

that an '8' would actually appear as a black square. This gave the

picture a rough look; the edges were all jagged. But, by

experimenting with various character changes I soon realized that

I could smooth out those jagged edges. I spent a lot of time

flipping back and forth between the normal and the reduced views.

Oh, one thing I forgot to mention. When I changed the font from

"Courrier 10" to "Line Printer 16.67 cpi" for the LaserJet printer,

I noticed that the jagged flaws appeared even more pronounced.

This is why you'll see me mention once in a while that "the

drawings I post are at their best when printed with 'Line Printer

16.67 cpi' font or equivalent." They were worked on using that

font. They still look very good in a regular font

though. That's the beauty of it all.

I still do the same thing now, only a little faster. It is a time

consuming process and I see potential to automate some, if not a

large portion of it. I have asked a few people on the NET if they

knew of any software that could lighten or darken an ascii picture,

reduce or enlarge it, etc. So far, no luck.

I took a 15 hour bus ride (double it for the return trip) during

the Christmas holidays up to Kapuskasing where my parents live. So

I had some time to think about things. I came up with pseudocode

for a program to lighten and darken a picture automatically. That

is, if the picture is dark, it will lighten it and vice versa

without any cumbersome parameters of any sort. It's extremely

simple when you think about it for 3 to 4 hours. I haven't had the

chance to program any of it yet but given a week or two it will be

implemented.

I also wrote pseudocode for flipping a picture horizontally, and

for reducing and enlarging one. These were not quite as simple but

it looks like it can work. If any of you out there know of