Ascii Art

ShoeboxShoebox Join Date: 2004-11-15 Member: 32817Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">how is it done?</div> How exactly is this type of art done? is it like made by some weird program or is it like 30 year old men sitting in their mothers basements typing little symbols all day long to make really cool pictures.
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <a href='http://www.text-image.com/' target='_blank'>http://www.text-image.com/</a>
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    Ones that advanced are computer generated. Some ASCII art is hand done, but it's a fair bet that if it uses more than two tones of shading it's computer generated.
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  • Seph_KimaraSeph_Kimara Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19359Members
    It used to be hand done. Back in the days of yore.

    Now it's all automagical.
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  • DaedalusDaedalus Join Date: 2003-04-02 Member: 15152Members
    <a href='http://www.romanm.ch/index.php?var1=text/ascii-movies-text&var2=text/titel/ascii-movies' target='_blank'>Movies in ASCII</a>. They take a while to load but they're worth it.
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Shoebox+Mar 9 2005, 01:24 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Shoebox @ Mar 9 2005, 01:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> How exactly is this type of art done? is it like made by some weird program or is it like 30 year old men sitting in their mothers basements typing little symbols all day long to make really cool pictures. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    If I was a 30 year old man locked in my mother's basement with my hands tied to a keyboard, I too might go insane and begin to create art out of ascii symbols.

    So go easy on them old fellas ok?
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  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    not all ASCII art is done in ASCII (go figure)
    ANSI (common in .nfo art today) and Shift_JIS (aka SJis or S_Jis) are probably rhe two most common under ASCII

    two main types of text-art:
    line art:
    almost always hand drawn, uses lines to form borders of shapes
    shaded art:
    almost always computer generated (unless it's ANSI art, which is almost always done by hand) uses different charachters as "pixels" on a canvas. uses few (if any) colors.

    a few of my favorite sites
    <a href='http://www.acid.org/' target='_blank'>ACiD</a>
    <a href='http://www.fairlight.org/' target='_blank'>fairlight (site has been dead for a while)</a>
    <a href='http://www.textfiles.com/piracy/FAIRLIGHT/' target='_blank'>a bunch of NFOs from the old scene</a> (no links, nothing illegal. just some nfos)

    nfo viewers:
    <a href='http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/DAMN-NFO-Viewer.shtml' target='_blank'>DAMN NFO viewer</a>
    <a href='http://www.portablefreeware.com/?c=1' target='_blank'>acidview (scroll down)</a> <-- bm likes this one
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    Oh yea! lol

    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • onos_turdonos_turd Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19360Members
    that text image thing is cool
    <a href='http://img45.exs.cx/img45/2958/hivetxt1uz.jpg' target='_blank'>Click or ill eat your delicious brainss!</a>
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-onos turd+Mar 9 2005, 11:01 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (onos turd @ Mar 9 2005, 11:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> that text image thing is cool
    <a href='http://img45.exs.cx/img45/2958/hivetxt1uz.jpg' target='_blank'>Click or ill eat your delicious brainss!</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    haha nice!

    Now my Onos has a home. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • raz0rraz0r Join Date: 2003-07-24 Member: 18395Members
    The more recent ATi cards have a function which lets you play any OpenGL game in ASCII, in white and green flavours. Pretty cool really
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  • onos_turdonos_turd Join Date: 2003-08-10 Member: 19360Members
    edited March 2005
    <!--QuoteBegin-raz0r+Mar 9 2005, 11:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ Mar 9 2005, 11:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> The more recent ATi cards have a function which lets you play any OpenGL game in ASCII, in white and green flavours. Pretty cool really <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    its hellacool but not very useful heres a pic of me playing ns:
    <img src='http://img25.exs.cx/img25/7950/nsascii7zi.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
    edit:forgot the pic
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  • theclamtheclam Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30290Members
    It's impossible to play like that, because the letters are so big. If they used a smaller font, then you may actually be able to do something.
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    ASCII art, <a href='http://www.paulsmithfoundation.org/index.html' target='_blank'><i>oldskool</i></a>.

    The guy uses a typewriter to draw pictures. Now THAT is ASCII art!
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  • coriscoris Join Date: 2003-07-08 Member: 18034Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-theclam+Mar 9 2005, 07:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (theclam @ Mar 9 2005, 07:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's impossible to play like that, because the letters are so big. If they used a smaller font, then you may actually be able to do something. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's possible with the ATi-smartshader!
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  • NEO_PhyteNEO_Phyte We need shirtgons&#33; Join Date: 2003-12-16 Member: 24453Members, Constellation
    meh, i couldnt get the actual ASCII in the forums correctly, so here is the pic
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