Re: New to ASCII art? Read me first!
> The things which give beginning ASCII artists the most trouble are usually > diagonal lines and circles. Here are some lines of various angles: > > | | / ,' ,-' _,-' > | .' / ,' ,-' _,-' > | | / ,' ,-' _,-' __..--"" > | .' / ,' ,-' _,-' __..--"" > | | / ,' ,-' ,-' __..--"" _______________ > > And here are a few circular shapes: > _____ __ > .-' `-. ,dP""Yb, > .' `. ,d" "b, > / \ d' _ `Y, > _ ; ; 8 8 `b > __ ,'" "`. | | `b,_,aP P > __ ,' `. / \ ; ; """" d' > .' `. / | | | \ / ,P" > _ | | | / \ / `. .' a,.__,aP" > . o (_) `.__.' `.__.' `.___.' `-._____.-' `"""'' I posted the "How to draw ASCII shapes - Tutorial" to supplement this section > Here are a couple links to existing ASCII art tutorials: > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/dcau.htm (Daniel Au's Tutorial) > http://www.inetw.net/~mullen/asciiart.htm (Allen Mullen's Site- several > tutorials) Should I put it on a webpage ? Yes I think I should. BTW I believe Krogg made a nice tutorial once. > 9. How do I get an existing picture converted to ASCII art? > > There are computer programs which convert graphics files of a particular > format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names such as ascgif, gifa, > gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for any of these programs to find > places where you can download them. Try: > > gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70 > ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/. Suggestion : http://www.jave.de > 12. Where can I find more ASCII art? > > Lots of ASCII artists put up libraries of their own and others' ASCII art on > their Web sites, as well as tutorials on how to draw ASCII art. Allen Mullen > has links to many of these sites at > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm. > > Yahoo also has a page dedicated to ASCII art, at > http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Computer_Generated/ASCII_Art/. > And try Joan Stark's Web site: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/. how about adding the DMOZ category and the Zeal category too ? And a few of the huge collections out there .. http://www.ascii-art.de f.x (If you're wondering if there is a www.ascii-art.com then Yes .. there is - It reroutes to Joans site) > To find out how to animate ASCII art using JavaScript, see > http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/4942/faq_hta.htm > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/animlesson.htm. http://www.jave.de
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