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And an early text-art cartoon of mine. Not too good
a "Planet Earth", but the Martians' flying saucer is
acceptable, yes? In any cartoon, of course, it's mostly
the gag that counts, anyway.
I'm sure you can now see how easily I handled the lines
and curves in that small airplane picture I first showed you.
Cirles, curves, and obliques are no big deal. After looking
at a few examples, and giving it a try or two, I'm sure you'll
have it mastered.
Well, this about wraps it up for this second instalment.
I hope I've given you some new ideas, a few tools to work
with, and an increasing interest in making text-art. Practice
simple exercises, and work up from there. Soon, you'll find
yourself able to make a text-art picture of almost anything
you've seen or imagined. Remember - it's never as hard as it
looks!
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Jonathon R. Oglesbee
File: academy/tutorials/tut_oviatt.txt
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1. What is ASCII art? or "ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI."
What is ASCII art? Basically, it's creating pictures using the
letters and symbols found on a regular keyboard or typewriter. Trust
me, the computer keyboard is MUCH easier to use than a typewriter.
Related art can be done with ANSI (sometimes known as "higher ASCII")
characters, but since those don't show up on Aladdin or GEnie, I've
never played with them. Most everyone has seen some sort of ASCII
art, either in regular ASCII Art topics, (such as in the Family RT),
as part of the opening screen for various RoundTables, or as part of a
cute little signature by the members themselves. This is a sample of
a signature ASCII art:
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('v')
( ) "Birdie"
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My pictures are done for the computer screen, and look best on a
screen that is set for a dark background and light letters. Viewing
the pictures on a light background with dark letters (either on the
screen or on paper, printed up) makes them look a little like photo
negatives, light where it's supposed to be dark, and dark where it's
supposed to be light. Just keep in mind how your pictures will be
viewed, while you're creating them. Some of the pictures I've done
will "translate" just fine to a different setup, some don't do nearly