Re: The Making of an ASCII Mona Lisa
From dwyer howard <dwy...@hal.oit.uwplatt.edu>
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· 28 Jun 1994 23:10 · View full thread
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Normand Veilleux (nve...@emr1.emr.ca) wrote: text deleted ... : I also wanted to take this opportunity to give a concrete example : of how the special grid technique that I use, accelerates and : simplifies the creation of many ASCII drawings. I wanted to : explain, as much as possible, what was involved in drawing by : "hand" the ASCII version of a relatively complex picture while : starting from scratch. : I have described the grid technique in a previous post (in Jan. : '94), but a recapitulation is necessary before going any further. : Basically, the grid was nothing more than a series of characters : that filled up the area taken by the drawing. I realized that the : characters composing the grid would be more useful if they were : chosen to help pinpoint where a particular portion of the drawing : was located within the grid. I really enjoyed the summary of this technique, and found the example extremely helpful. It looks to me like you have "re-invented" the counted cross-stitch. This is a type of needlework in which the image is composed of squares which are "colored in" by a cross of colored thread. The patterns for these things look very much like the picture which you have generated; these patterns are produced using the same method which you describe (an overlay). The overlay is just a simple square grid, with the size adjusted to match the thread count of the base fabric. The grid is not indexed, as you have done; the needleworker must count squares to find a specific location. It might be that the patterns for cross-stitch might be converted to ascii art rather easily ... has anyone tried this ?
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