ASCII Jark done right! Lovely ASCII as usual. The shading is noticable, so I'd say that it's a success. The antialiasing works well, and I also enjoy the trail technique. Quite nice.

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Haha, I had exactly the same project in mind. I guess I'll have to be more original next time.

The style looks very different from what I was used to see in your ASCIIs; I can't tell if it's better, but it's well polished and definitely good. I was surprised to see that you tried grayscale. The shading is indeed noticeable, but very subtle if you don't look at the characters. This character gradient would probably work well in another font; in fact, it does look very good in Courier.

The way you used < and > is perfect, it reminds me of Allen Mullen, but smoother. The left side of the probe is missing an ' (accent). The empty space left breaks the antialiasing, but it's such a minimal detail that I wouldn't bother fixing it. I like the dotted texture forming the trail, especially because it's so regular. Dotted areas are always nice.

I keep thinking you could have used 4 in the bottom part of the feet. I guess you didn't want to add more different characters to your character palette?

Despite being more simple than Eden and Hearts, it's one of your best ASCII works (in my opinion).

So far, this is probably my favourite ANSI (or ASCII for that matter) piece of yours. The shading is very subtle (if I squint, it all looks uniform to me) but the antialiasing is fantastic.

Heh, I was certain you had the same idea in mind. I'd have finished this several days ago if it wasn't for Assembly getting on the way. Love your new avatar BTW.

I attempted kind of "grayscale" in my second DA related ASCII "Fella Halloween Style" back in 2003, but I don't know if either of these pieces counts as proper grayscale since they're flatshaded.

Yeah, I could have used the 4, but I had enough of choices as it is. I'm still undecided whether I like the <>, it seems like they have to be used more carefully than eg. P or +, they don't fit everywhere.

Thank you for the compliments, I also think this is one of my best ASCII pictures. I'd have liked to use colors more creatively (=less solid areas), but I stuck with the style of the original.

that is freaking awesome!

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The trail of the ligthsaber is perfect. And the < works really well to define the lower edge of the saber. It's fun - topical, colourful and characterful

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Adore this muchly.

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The saber is missing a . in the lower `<88b set of the saber. Also the +'s are not working that good, because they leave a little whole in the upper part. Finally, some white spots depicting the shinning of the eyes would be cool.

As for the rest, it is awesome! and is good to know you support the cause.

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excellent. im no expert, but isnt the head just a little bit on the bulbous and round side. up to you tho. excellent piece all the same!

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that so 0wns!

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