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Moving Forward
That's all the boring stuff about technique over. :-) What's coming up is a
step by step demo of how I go about turning a picture into ascii.
When you first start, it's always a good idea to try to draw something simple.
Gromit the dog is made up of very simple shapes - just ovals and circles, so
I'll use him as an example.
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To start a picture, I look for the simplest or most prominent feature of
whatever I'm trying to draw. In Gromit's case, I reckon it's his nose. :-) I'll
try the 2 line circle and see where that takes me. After I've drawn his nose
I'll see if I can draw the shape of his head around it:
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Hmm.. don't like that - the top of his head isn't tall enough, but if I make it
any longer it looks too narrow. If I make it wider, then the nose looks too
small....
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.... and to put the nose in the center, I'll have to make it yet another
character wider.......
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.. and though it looks like it would make a nice dog, it's not Gromit, really
is it? So I'll make his nose a bit bigger; 3 lines this time, and try the face
shape again.
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Yep - that's more like it. :-) Next I usually try to fit the eyes in.
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Nope. Don't like those. Normally I like to make eyes complete circles, or just
use a couple of characters like "9 9" or "e e".But those would be too small.
And these eyes are too big and don't look round enough. I'll try two lines
instead.
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