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__ \ \ | __/ | | | | | |\ | | | |\ \ Spunk1111 |
\ \/ / | | | |__| | | | \ | | | \ \@juno.com |
\__/ |_| \______/ |_| \_| |_| \_\@aol.com |
It's not very good, IMO -- but it was a start. Playing around with making |
letters helped me to figure out how the ASCII characters fit together. I |
don't remember how long it took to make. |
I stopped making the letters once I found out about "FIGlet". FIGlet is a |
program that creates the ASCII art letters for you -- all with a click of a |
button! Try it yourself! FIGlet Service |
The first big picture I made was of a dragon-- it took about a week to |
complete- When it was finished, I sent it to the alt.dragons ASCII art |
page (http://www.dragonfire.org/) - and they put it at the top! I was |
"published"! From then on, I was hooked on the ASCII art! |
~ Fire-Breathing Dragon ~ 7/96 |
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.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. |
5) How much time is spent on making just one ASCII art picture? |
That first large dragon picture took a week to make-- However, as I create |
more ASCII art graphics, they take less time to make... Usually, I spend |
about 20 minutes on each... a little longer for larger ASCII art, less time |
for smaller ones. I can create the picture quickly if I can envision the |
image beforehand, . At times, I see lots of things in "ASCII"--- it's at |
those instances that I have a creative spurt! |
Remember that this website has been a labour of love which has lasted |
several years-- there is no way that I could create all of these pictures |
in one sitting! |
.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:. |
6) How do I make the characters "fit together"? |
Playing around with the characters on the keyboard really helps... |
For instance, the following characters can create a gradual slope: |
_,.-'"^` |
To change the degree of the slope, you can either add more characters, or |
delete... of course keeping in mind the "look" of whatever it is that you |
are trying to create. |
a more gradual slope: __,,..--""^^^ |
a steeper slope: _.-" |
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Look at the individual ASCII characters-- you'll notice that they are |
located in various typographical locations. The periods, commas, and |
underscores are at the bottom of the character space. The hyphen, equal |
sign, and the plus sign are found in the middle of the space. The |
apostrophe, quotation marks, and caret sign are located at the top portion |
of the character space. The asterick and the tilde characters are either |
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