X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,aee01df709cd7d03,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,aee01df709cd7d03,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,aee01df709cd7d03,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-19 04:00:21 PST Path: bga.com!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-Line: Patterns & Textures Date: 18 Nov 1994 15:08:18 -0600 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 708-367-1871 Lines: 305 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3aj542$ps2@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:2784 alt.ascii-art:14520 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1592 I was playing with some patterns, seeing how they can overlap. I was doing things like: \\XXXXXX// XXXXXXXX //XXXXXX\\ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ////XXXX\\\\ OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO //////XX\\\\\\ |||||||||||||||OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVV ////////\\\\\\\\ |!!!|||||||||||OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVV' //////// \\\\\\\\ .d88888b|||||||||OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVV' //////// \\\\\\\d888888888b|||||||||||| 'VVVVVVV' /////// \\\\\\88888888888|||||||||||| 'VVVVV' ////// \\\\\Y888888888Y|||||||||||| 'VVV' ///// \\\\\\Y88888Y|||||||||||||| . 'V' //// \\\\\\|iii|||||||||||||||!:::. ' /// \\\\\\||||||||||||||||!:::::::. // \\\\\\\\ .:::::::::::. / \\\\\\\\ .:::::::::::::::. \\\\\\\\ .:::::::::::::::::::. \\\\\\\\ And I got to thinking, I would like to see a nice collection of patterns. Simple patterns, complex patters, transparent patterns, etc. I'd like to see a catalog of patterns for things like tree bark, water, cloth weaves, and other textures. Let's look at some patterns and textures. Here are a couple of textures from Jorn's "asciitech" file: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* ::*:::::***::::::::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* :::::::**::::::*::::*: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* :*::*:*::*::::*::::*:: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* :::*::::::*::*:*:::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* ::*:*::::*:*:::::::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* ::::::*:*::::*:::::::: *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* Flat *::::::::**:::::::::** The same, *::*::*::*::*::*::*::* texture. ::::*::::::*:::::*:::: randomized. When I made the following composite, I wanted to create a texture for the grill of the speaker, so I started playing with different characters, and found the repeating < ? 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