He suggested using a printed copy of my unshaded picture and drawing the shading on it first, before attempting to draw it on the computer. ![]() I showed him the first attempt (displayed above) and admitted that I had no idea how to improve it. It didn't take him long to mention shading as the next step. Now, the question remained: would it be worthwhile to add in the shading? I showed the unshaded version of the picture to a friend who is a graphic designer. I decided to consider this the final unshaded version. Something during the day I go to bed at night less ignorant."Īnd so it has been for me a joy to learn how to draw. Like a person I use to listen to on radio often said "When I learn I hope these "tips" have entertained as much as enlightened you. Programs that do just that already please let me know ASAP. I also wrote pseudocode for flipping a picture horizontally, andįor reducing and enlarging one. I haven't had theĬhance to program any of it yet but given a week or two it will be Simple when you think about it for 3 to 4 hours. Without any cumbersome parameters of any sort. Is, if the picture is dark, it will lighten it and vice versa I came up with pseudocodeįor a program to lighten and darken a picture automatically. The Christmas holidays up to Kapuskasing where my parents live. I took a 15 hour bus ride (double it for the return trip) during Knew of any software that could lighten or darken an ascii picture, I have asked a few people on the NET if they It is a timeĬonsuming process and I see potential to automate some, if not a I still do the same thing now, only a little faster. They still look very good in a regular font This is why you'll see me mention once in a while that "theĭrawings I post are at their best when printed with 'Line Printerġ6.67 cpi' font or equivalent." They were worked on using thatįont. ![]() I noticed that the jagged flaws appeared even more pronounced. "Courrier 10" to "Line Printer 16.67 cpi" for the LaserJet printer, I spent a lot of timeįlipping back and forth between the normal and the reduced views. But, byĮxperimenting with various character changes I soon realized that Picture a rough look the edges were all jagged. ![]() That an '8' would actually appear as a black square. In reduced format the text is actually transferred in graphics so View a full page of text at once on the screen. View of the picture and a reduced version since WP allowed me to ![]() The bigĪdvantage I saw with WP was that I could toggle between a normal Tools I had at my disposal were a PC with WordPerfect. Room for improvement and I decided to give it a try. Those tend to be hard the eyes fromĪnyway, when someone else posted another nude that (I'm guessing More appealing than the GIFs I have seen or the mainframe picturesįrom my University years. I had no drawing experience before Dec 11, 1993.Īt that time someone posted an ascii picture of Meriday (a Pictures, etc.) First, I would like to say that I am a completeīeginner myself. Several people have asked me how I do what I do (smoothing out The tutorial is based on three usenet posts by Normand Veilleux from January 8 + 11 and June 27, 1994
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