X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,3663fe56fd9a1197 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,3663fe56fd9a1197 X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,3663fe56fd9a1197 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-12-16 11:06:57 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!ub4b!EU.net!Germany.EU.net! howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: ASCII art Date: 16 Dec 1994 13:06:57 -0600 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 708-367-1871 Lines: 57 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3csogh$l62@gagme.wwa.com> References: <1994Dec9.182436.8648@vax.sbu.ac.uk> <3cnfsg$750@gagme.wwa.com> <3cq58r$18s@gagme.wwa.com> <3cslof$j8p@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:3361 alt.ascii-art:18181 Garfield told me that Felix Lee wrote: > >Lennert Stock: >>Heh if you want response to your work my advise is: don't do ascii-art. >>I get roughly .1 reply per post, my most favourite post was the release > >I see about the same thing. Not just for ascii art, but everything >else as well. I suspect the "bystander effect" may be a factor.. My experience has been that in most cases people will look at what's posted without commenting, unless: 1 The art is outstanding. 2 Flamebait is included (like the swastika stuff every 3 to 6 months). 3 It's an important topic (like a new ASCII art newsgroup). 4 Somebody show a unidentifiable piece and asks what it is. 5 Somebody makes a mistake and other correct it. 6 A request is posted. And the strange thing is, I can't tell some of the time what will or will not get a big response. When I posted a sig for Halloween that looked like dripping blood, I didn't think anything about it. To my surprise it got copied, used, and turned into 3 full alphabets, and made into 3 Figlet fonts. And my Web pages were the biggest surprise. I had no idea they would get used as they do. Absolutely no idea. Then there are times when I think something will get a lot of attention, and it doesn't. >Once in a while, I see a new sig that's based on something I did, >usually a cat. But a lot of the time it's in alt.fan.warlord, so I'm >never quite sure how to react. :) You must forgive the warlorders, they have nothing better to do. >>Anyway, the point is that you should just like the creating process, >>otherwise non-response, the passing nature of ascii-art, mutators, thieves, >>and the like will drive you (more) crazy. > >Yup. It's mostly just an occasional hobby for me. I do this stuff >for fun, for the challenge, and to learn how to draw. Flat surfaces >are hard to find, but computers are all around me :). Computers are great because of the control you have, and the ability of copying a file and playing with the copy to make variations. . /:\ //\\_ /;:.\ || _ //;:. \ ||.._ /'\\< \,,._-_ /'\\ /'\\._-_ /'\\ \\ \\ \\ ///;:.. \ '""|| || /-|| || || / || || || || || || || __--"////;:... \"--__ || || (( || || ||/ || || || || || || || --__ '--_______--' __-- ,-:;// \\,/ \/\\ \\, \\,/ \\,/ \\, \\,/ \\//\// '""--_________--""'