X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,3f1a64eb74ce9ec2,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: dcau@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Au) Subject: Talk/Answer: How to do ascii art? Date: 1995/04/15 Message-ID: <3mpht7$a3r@gagme.wwa.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 100417829 approved: boba@wwa.com sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii In article <3mhvhd$277@tst.hk.super.net>, Her son wrote: >How do you make Art with the acsii charachters because I am really interested. >in making some if I can find a good program, But if you don't use program's >I am still interested how you make such complex art. In article <3mi4f8$169@kestrel.cqi.com>, celeste wrote: >HI all. you are all doing a great job.. anyone know where I can get the >acid draw or one of the other programs??? I would love to try (G)... For me, I just sit in front of my computer with a plan in mind and just go away at the keyboard *grin*. It does take some practice to get used to techniques and styles, but like all things, it gets easier the more you do. In terms of what I use, I just get on my MS-DOS text editor and just start placing the letters where I want to put them. I don't use any specific ascii drawing program because I don't think it's really necessary. AcidDraw is an ANSI editor, which is specific for DOS machines and is not the same as ASCII Art. Perhaps AcidDraw has a function for ASCII as well, but then again I don't use the program. Also, look at Scarecrow's ASCII art Web Site or FTP site for helpful hints in the FAQ and also files from other ascii artists. Scarecrow's ASCII Art FTP -> Host: ftp.wwa.com Address: 198.49.174.1 Path: pub/Scarecrow/Info URL: ftp://ftp.wwa.com/pub/Scarecrow/Info Has Jorn's "asciitech", plus 'How-To' and techniques files from Normand and Row, FAQs, and other info files. Also accessible through the Scarecrow's Gopher site. Hope it helps, and hope to see more new art posted! -- Daniel _ _ __| |___ _ _ __ __ _ ____ __ _ __ __ ___ __| |__ __ / o / c/ o` | U |@| ' \ V V | U | / e/ o | U | \__n_\___\__n_|\__n_| |__|_|\_/\_/ \__n_|o\___\__n_|\__n_| 850 N. Lake Shore Drive #1438 / Chicago, IL 60611 / (312) 482-0840 Northwestern University Medical School Ward Box #007