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>   The things which give beginning ASCII artists the most trouble are usually
>   diagonal lines and circles. Here are some lines of various angles:
>
>       |   |   /      ,'      ,-'     _,-'
>       |  .'  /     ,'     ,-'    _,-'
>       |  |  /    ,'    ,-'   _,-'          __..--""
>       | .' /   ,'   ,-'  _,-'      __..--""
>       | | /  ,'  ,-'  ,-'  __..--"" _______________
>
>         And here are a few circular shapes:
>                                                  _____              __
>                                               .-'     `-.        ,dP""Yb,
>                                             .'           `.    ,d"      "b,
>                                            /               \   d'    _   `Y,
>                                    _      ;                 ;  8     8    `b
>                         __      ,'" "`.   |                 |  `b,_,aP     P
>                 __    ,'  `.   /       \  ;                 ;    """"     d'
>               .'  `. /      |  |       |   \               /            ,P"
>            _  |    | |      /  \       /    `.           .'     a,.__,aP"
>       . o (_) `.__.'  `.__.'    `.___.'       `-._____.-'        `"""''

I posted the "How to draw ASCII shapes - Tutorial" to supplement this section


>   Here are a couple links to existing ASCII art tutorials:
>   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/dcau.htm (Daniel Au's Tutorial)
>   http://www.inetw.net/~mullen/asciiart.htm (Allen Mullen's Site- several
>   tutorials)

Should I put it on a webpage ?
Yes I think I should.

BTW I believe Krogg made a nice tutorial once.

> 9. How do I get an existing picture converted to ASCII art?
>
>   There are computer programs which convert graphics files of a particular
>   format (usually GIF) to ASCII art. They go by names such as ascgif, gifa,
>   gifscii, and gif2ascii. Do a Web search for any of these programs to find
>   places where you can download them. Try:
>
>     gopher://twinbrook.cis.uab.edu/1A/atools.70
>     ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Gifscii/.

Suggestion :

http://www.jave.de

> 12. Where can I find more ASCII art?
>
>   Lots of ASCII artists put up libraries of their own and others' ASCII art on
>   their Web sites, as well as tutorials on how to draw ASCII art. Allen Mullen
>   has links to many of these sites at
>   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/links.htm.
>
>   Yahoo also has a page dedicated to ASCII art, at
>   http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Computer_Generated/ASCII_Art/.
>   And try Joan Stark's Web site: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/.

how about adding the DMOZ category and the Zeal category too ?
And a few of the huge collections out there ..
http://www.ascii-art.de f.x
(If you're wondering if there is a www.ascii-art.com then Yes .. there is - It
reroutes to Joans site)

>   To find out how to animate ASCII art using JavaScript, see
>   http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Marina/4942/faq_hta.htm
>   http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/animlesson.htm.

http://www.jave.de