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The picture is quite boring so far, with just one layer of 3D being
created, so the next thing to do is to add another layer or two.
The "tried and tested" approach is to add a "pole" in front of him,
and since we want it -in front- of the existing layer, each pole
should be 9 chars apart:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)
H___ H ___ H ___ H ___ H ___ H ___H __H
{H._.~} H~._.~} H{~._.~} H {~._.~}H {~._.~H {~._.H} {~._H~}
H Y ) H( Y ) H ( Y ) H ( Y ) H ( Y )H ( Y H ( YH)
(H~*~() H)~*~() H()~*~() H ()~*~()H ()~*~(H ()~*~H) ()~*H()
(H)-(_) H_)-(_) H(_)-(_) H (_)-(_)H (_)-(_H (_)-(H) (_)-H_)
H H H H H H H H
~"~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~"~~
Notice that since the pole is to appear in front of the koala, it
actually replaces the koala where they overlap. Here's the same pic
except the pole appears behind the koala:
_ _ _ _ _ _
(_) (_) (_) (_) (_) (_)
___ H ___ H ___ H ___ H ___ H ___ H___
{~._.~} {~._.~}H {~._.~} H {~._.~} H{~._.~} {~._.~} {~._.~}
( Y )H ( Y ) H ( Y ) H ( Y ) H ( Y ) H( Y ) ( Y )
()~*~() ()~*~()H ()~*~() H ()~*~() H()~*~() ()~*~() ()~*~()
(_)-(_) (_)-(_)H (_)-(_) H (_)-(_) H(_)-(_) (_)-(_) (_)-(_)
H H H H H H
~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~~~~~~~"~~~~~
Now, since the pole is to appear behind the koala, its chars do not
write over the koala where they overlap. The poles here are 11 chars
apart, so appear one "step" behind the koala. All layers are built like
this, and of course I could have the poles both behind and in front of
the koala in the same picture. Here's a multi-layer example:
_ _
.-~ \ .-~ \
/ \ _ / \ _
~x .-~_)_ ~x .-~_)_ This picture has 3 distinct layers:
~>x".-~ ~-. ~x".-~ ~-. the hat, head and face. There are
( / \ ( / \ many other examples of 3D ascii
T o o Y T o o Y around, plus there are programs
l < ! l < ! available for the easy creation
\ .__/ / \ ._/ / of SIRDS.
"-.___.-' "-.___.-'
A quick examination of the above picture shows that the head (circle),
part of the hat and a part of the mouth are all 15 characters apart.
The rest of the face is just 14 chars apart, and the top section of
the hat is 16 chars apart.
Note that all this information is from pure observation, so it may not
be 100% accurate.
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6. Conclusion
Perhaps there's more to ascii art than
meets the eye? Before writing this, I .
had no idea just how much thought goes /\ /l
into creating ascii pictures, and I ((.Y(!
imagine that I haven't even begun to \ |/
cover it all. / 6~6,
\ _ +-.
Analyzing the work of other people is \`-=--^-'
a great way to learn what works, and \ \
what doesn't. Analyzing "art" may seem _/ \
like a strange concept, but it does ( . Y
open your awareness to the art form, and /"\ `--^--v--.
it's a great way to learn the various / _ `--"T~\/~\/
techniques. I hope that you have found / " ~\. !
my ideas about ascii interesting. _ Y Y./'
Y^| | |~~7
In the end however, it's up to the | l | / ./'
individual artist to work the way they | `L | Y .^/~T
want to, and not necessarily the way | l ! | |/| | -Row
someone else would do it. Finding | .`\/' | Y | !
your own style is all part of the fun, l "~ j l j_L______
and perhaps this text will aid people \,____{ __"~ __ ,\_,\_
in finding that style. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:D
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7. Quick Plug
Check out my ascii art collection v1.2 (it's on the various ascii
FTP sites around). Collection 2 coming soon(ish).
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