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It's not very good, IMO -- but it was a start. Playing around with making
letters helped me to figure out how the ASCII characters fit together. I
don't remember how long it took to make.
I stopped making the letters once I found out about "FIGlet". FIGlet is a
program that creates the ASCII art letters for you -- all with a click of a
button! Try it yourself! FIGlet Service
The first big picture I made was of a dragon-- it took about a week to
complete- When it was finished, I sent it to the alt.dragons ASCII art
page (http://www.dragonfire.org/) - and they put it at the top! I was
"published"! From then on, I was hooked on the ASCII art!
~ Fire-Breathing Dragon ~ 7/96
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5) How much time is spent on making just one ASCII art picture?
That first large dragon picture took a week to make-- However, as I create
more ASCII art graphics, they take less time to make... Usually, I spend
about 20 minutes on each... a little longer for larger ASCII art, less time
for smaller ones. I can create the picture quickly if I can envision the
image beforehand, . At times, I see lots of things in "ASCII"--- it's at
those instances that I have a creative spurt!
Remember that this website has been a labour of love which has lasted
several years-- there is no way that I could create all of these pictures
in one sitting!
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6) How do I make the characters "fit together"?
Playing around with the characters on the keyboard really helps...
For instance, the following characters can create a gradual slope:
_,.-'"^`
To change the degree of the slope, you can either add more characters, or
delete... of course keeping in mind the "look" of whatever it is that you
are trying to create.
a more gradual slope: __,,..--""^^^
a steeper slope: _.-"
.-"
Look at the individual ASCII characters-- you'll notice that they are
located in various typographical locations. The periods, commas, and
underscores are at the bottom of the character space. The hyphen, equal
sign, and the plus sign are found in the middle of the space. The
apostrophe, quotation marks, and caret sign are located at the top portion
of the character space. The asterick and the tilde characters are either