On 10/06/2026 3:36 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
Seen today on Mastodon, a new tutorial about ASCII art. Short, clear,
with advice for software, for fonts, and for sharing works on the web.
https://arielmartinperez.com/pages/2026asciiarttutorial.html
ASCII art is a form of art that uses letters and symbols as drawing
shapes, so the brain, when receiving the optic signal, can interpret
them not as strings of characters, but as tabular 2D pictures, in
which all of the signs form a whole. This way, letters and symbols
are chosen for their individual shapes and for their aesthetic
qualities, rather than by their meaning in the context of a text.
............
aaaAAAAHHHHHHHHa..
8aaAAAAAHHHHAAAhhha
888aaAAaaAAAAAAAHHHa
8888aaa" "AA" "a
8888aaa A HH A a
888888aa. .AMMA. .AH
888888AAAAHMMHAAAG"
88888aaahhhhhhaa"
8888aaa. .aa"
88888ahhhhhh"
""""""""""
If you didn't read the above paragraph first as a series of
disconnected vowels and consonants (a scream reaching for the center
of the Earth), but as the illustration of a face, you're able to see
ASCII art.
Later in the tutorial there are multiple iterations of a cat image,
showing refinements and different styles.
Elijah
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to pick up ASCII art again, | .' /| / /|_______\_
and while my art style is diff- .' | | (// | | \xxxxxxx.
erent, this tutorial is at least | | | `--'Y| : \x| |
an inspiration for something I | | ` '''\.' : / /
want to do. .' .'` \ | : _/ _/
I am completely out of ASCII | | | \ / | :/ /
art shape, and will have to re- | | `. . m | :| /
fine my art, seen to the right, .' | | | v |=====|=/
again. | .' .| | / \xxxx|/
Happy ASCII arting! | | || `. |xxx|
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Johann | email: invalid -> com |
http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via Easynews.com
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