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|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | <--- it looks a little like a |
parapet. |
Next, let's continue with the |'s and _'s, on the third line, but |
let's add an extra _ between our |'s. One | and then two _'s, over |
and over... |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <--- it IS starting to look like |
something... just a little |
bit. |
Continue this, but offset the |'s on at least every other line, so |
all your "blocks" aren't lined up the same. I'm certain you can see |
how I do this... |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <---- keep going... |
|_|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|| |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <---- and keep going... |
|_|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|| |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| <---- And now look! |
|_|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|| |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| |
||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_| |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| |
|_|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|| |
You could easily keep going, until you created the Great Wall of |
China. If I were you, though, I'd stop before I made 4,000 miles of |
this. Why not just settle for a simple castle wall? |
Of course, you don't have to make your blocks just like I did mine. |
You could make them longer, shorter, twice as big, or even completely |
different, by doing some things like this: |
________ |
_________ ___________________ [__]__]__] |
|____|____| | | | | | _____ _________ |
_____ |____|____|____|____| |_|_|_| {_}_}_}_}_} |
/_\_/_\ |
... That's all up to you. I'm sure you've got blocks all figured |
out by now, anyway. Make your own, using whatever dimensions you |
like. Or use the same ones I have; I won't mind. |
Using nothing more than the two characters we started with, you |
should have no trouble making a basic castle wall, like this one: |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| |
||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_| |
|__|__|__|__|__|| ||__|__|__|__|__| |
|_|__|__|__|__||| ||_|__|__|__|__|| |
|__|__|__|__|__|| ||__|__|__|__|__| |
...As you can see, that entire castle is constucted using nothing more |
than the "_" and "|" characters. Soon, you'll be making much better |
ones than this, but I'm going to use it for demonstration purposes, |
okay? |
Can you see how I have made the door? It was really no trick. If |
you're supple- minded, you could just count over to where you want |
your doorway, and remember not to brick it in. If you're lazy, like |
me, you could just put your cursor about where you want the right edge |
of your door to be, and backspace to where you want the left edge of |
your door, and then start making it. Easy. |
That door looks a little plain, though. Still using only the same |
two characters, we'll just spruce it up a little: |
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |
|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__| |
||__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|__|_| |
|__|__|__|__|__||_ | _||__|__|__|__|__| |
|_|__|__|__|__|||_ ||| _||_|__|__|__|__|| |
|__|__|__|__|__||____|____||__|__|__|__|__| |
...There you go. You have now mastered the art of mediveal |
construction, using text from your keyboard. |
Next, let's see about making a little fancier castle, and put it |
into a complete picture.... |
Well, here is another castle that I started for a cartoon I never |
finished. It's very similar to the one above, and since it's not |
doing anything else, I'll just use it here. Take a look: |
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