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Half height: a o v z
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And then there's the 3rd sort. The characters that look like half height, but
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sit a little lower on the line, like they would in handwriting. These are: j g
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y p q
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And all together they can make a slight curve, just like the others:
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pqyjgacoevA8!@)lf$%;$fl(@!8AveocagjypqacoevA8!@)lf$%;$fl(@!8Aveoc
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Lines and Diagonals
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There are three basic lines to any picture - straight (either horizontally, or
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vertically), diagonal, and the third is the curve, which includes circles.
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We'll look at straight and diagonal lines first. Horizontal and vertical lines
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are simple in ascii - here are some examples:
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Horizontal: 8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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----------------------------------------------------------
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__________________________________________________________
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..........................................................
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Vertical: | 8 : ! 1 I
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| 8 : ! 1 I
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| 8 : ! 1 I
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| 8 : ! 1 I
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| 8 : ! 1 I
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| 8 : ! 1 I
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Diagonals are a bit more tricky. You can make simple ones using the / and \
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keys. Diagonals with other gradients need a technique similar to that used to
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make slight curves. Experiment yourself to see how you can make different
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angles. Here are some examples to start you off:
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/ .' _,-' __
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/ .' _,-' __..--''
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/ .' _,-' __..''
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/ .' _,-' __..--''
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/ .' _,-' __..--''
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/ .' _,-' __..--'' ____....----"""
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/ .' _,-' __..--'' ____....----""""
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/ .' ,-' __..--'' ____....----""""
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Circles
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By now we've looked at the basic characters, character height, slight curves,
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lines, and slopes. The last thing to look at is what many people who make ascii
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have trouble with: circles. You're half way there already, though, because
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ascii circles are basically a mix of vertical and horizontal lines, slopes or
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diagonals, and curves. After a little practice, you'll get a feel for making
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different sized circles - I have a basic set of circles in a file that I refer
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to when I need a circular or rounded shape in an ascii pic, so now I can make
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them easily in all sorts of sizes. Start making small circles - how many ways
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can you think of to make a circle in under 5 lines? The bigger the circle the
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more rounded it can be, but try making circles of different sizes and see what
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you come up with. These are mine:
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_ /""\ / \
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1 line: O () 2 lines: (_) \__/ 3 lines: \__/
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____
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___ .-''-. .' `.
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4 lines: / \ 5 lines: / \ 6 lines: / \
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\___/ \ / \ /
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`-..-' `.____.'
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_.-""""-._
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9 lines: .' `.
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/ \
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\ /
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`._ _.'
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`-....-'
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That's the basic characters, and what you can do with them. Play with them, see
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what patterns and ascii scribbles you can make. Have a go at taking one of my
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pics, or another ascii pic from some of the excellent sites around, and copy
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it. Then change it! See how you can use the characters to make the picture look
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different. Can you make the expression on a face change? Can you make an ascii
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person fatter, thinner, taller, shorter? Give Barney the dinosaur a moustache,
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or, much better, multiple wounds? :-) This is how I learned. Many of my first
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efforts were absolutely dreadful. So I looked at how someone else had made the
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same sort of picture and learned from it. And I still do - probably why people
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often say my style is very similar to Joan Stark's!
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To get you started, cut and paste this head into wherever you want to draw your
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ascii, and give it a face. Add a hat or a body. Or make the hair shorter or
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longer. Make it a clown or a devil!
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