Re: [PIC] First attempt in ASCII-ART (Watch)
From Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen <new...@ceejay.cjb.NOSPAMnet>
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Aidan Karley wrote: > In article <IdLjf.1344$fY3.1316@trnddc01>, MikeReynolds wrote: > >>Looks like this could come in handy for newbies :) >> >>Does including the above ascii count towards obascii, or do i have to post my >>own? >> > > That's why I files it away in my "Notes" file, and reposted it ... 7 > months ago? > The Sun of Directions is part of the bigger tutorial I wrote years back. Incase newcomes to the group would like to see it I'm reposting it. BTW I have seen this tutorial translated to polish and also seen it referred to many times in a more or less complete version. Aparently it's quite popular. [Note to self : Get off my butt and improve the tutorial .. and maybe even post it on my website] Here's the complete version : --------- "How to draw ASCII shapes" by Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen [Lines] Lines in general are made by putting characters with different "height" next to each other in a way that simulates a line. Most characters suitable for creating a line fall in 4 heightcategories. For some heights there are a choice between different characters. It's important to choose a character for your height with a form and position that seems to match the line. Suitable characters are : High : ` ' " Middle : - = Low : . , Bottom : _ You might think that ~ would be a good character too, but since ~ can be displayed very differently from system to system it is best not to use it when drawing lines Some of theese are best for lines slanting .. .. right : _,.-'" and some for slanting .. .. left : "`-._ And then there are / and \ and | .. all characters which forms restrict their usability to lines that closely resembles their shape. The best characthers are entirely a personal preference. Here are some different types of lines.. which do you like the best ? | | / .' .-' _.-' | .' / .' .-' _.-' | | / .' .-' _.-' __..--"" | .' / .' .-' _.-' __..--"" | | / .' .-' .-' __..--"" _______________ | | / ,' _,' _,-' | ,' / ,' _,' _,-' | | / ,' _,' _,-' __..--'" | ,' / ,' _,' _,-' __..--'" | | / ,' ,' ,-' __..--'" _______________ | | ; ," ,-" _.-" | ; ; ," ,-" _.-" | | ; ," ,-" _.-" __..--'" | ; ; ," ,-" _.-" __..--'" | | ; ," ,-" .-" __..--'" _______________ Here are some people's favourite linestyles : 3/1 2/1 1/1 2/3 1/2 | | / / .' .' | | | / / .' | / / / .' .' 1/3 | | | / / .' .-' | | / / .' .' .-' | / | / / .' .-' 1/4 | | / / .' .' .-' _.-' | | | / / .' .-' _.-' 1/5 | / / / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' | | | / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' 1/6 | | / / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' 1/7 | | | / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' 1/8 _.--' __.--' __..--' __..--'' __.--' __..--' __..--'' __..--' __..--'' __..--'' [VK] -------------------------- 0 6/1 3/1 2/1 1/1 2/3 1/2 | J J J / .' .' | J | F / / .' | | F J / .' .' 1/3 | | J F / / .' .-' | F | J / .' .' .-' | F F F / / .' .-' 1/4 | J J J / .' .' .-' _.-' | J | F / / .' .-' _.-' 1/5 | | F J / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' | | J F / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' 1/6 | F | J / .' .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' 1/7 | F F F / / .' .-' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' _.-' _.--' __.--' __..--' 1/8 _.--' __.--' __..--' __..--'' __.--' __..--' __..--'' __..--' __..--'' __..--'' [HS] -------------------------- 0 ...and if the line slopes the other way use L instead of F. 2\1 3\2 1\1 1\2 1\3 12infinity `. `. \ \ | | `. \ \ | | | 3\1 `. `. \ \ \ | `-. `. \ \ | | | `-. `. `. \ \ | | 4\1 `-. `. \ \ | \ | `-._ `-. `. `. \ \ | | 5\1 `-._ `-. `. \ \ | | | `--._ `-._ `-. `. `. \ \ \ | 6\1 `--._ `-._ `-. `. \ \ | || 7\1 `--.__ `--._ `-._ `-. `. `. \ \ || `--..__ `--.__ `--._ `-._ `-. `. \ \ | || 8\1 `--..__ `--.__ `--._ `-._ _=_ ``--..__ `--..__ `--.__ `--._ q(-_-)p ``--..__ `--..__ `--.__ '_) (_` ``--..__ `--..__ /__/ \ ``--..__ _(<_ _/)_ infinity21 ----------------------- (__\_\_|_/__) [mic] [Sun of directions] My "Sun of directions" It show my (CeeJay) favourite linestyles The first number is the change in the X value. The second number is the change in the Y value. Note that the lines in the upper half of the sun differs from the ones in the lower half. I prefer the ones in the upper half but there are different lines for different occasions. 1/3 | 1/3 1/2 | | | 1/2 1/1 | | | | | 1/1 3/2 \ `. `. | ,' ,' / 3/2 2/1 \ \ | | | | | / / 2/1 . `. \ `. | | | ,' / ,' , 3/1 `. \ \ | `. | ,' | / / ," 3/1 . `. `. \ `. | | | ,' / ,' ," , 4/1 `-. `. \ \ | | | | | / / ," ,-" 4/1 -._ `-. `. `. \ `. `.|,' ,' / ,' ," ,-" _.- 5/1 `-._ `-. `. \ \ | ||| | / / ," ,-" _.-" 5/1 `--._ `-._ `-. `. `. \ `. ||| ,' / ,' ," ,-" _.-" _.--" 6/1.__ `--._ `-._ `-. `. \ / ," ,-" _.-" _.--" __.6/1 `--.__ `--._ `-._` _____ "_.-" _.--" __.--" 7/1 `--..__ `--.__ `--._ .-' `-. _.--" __.--" __..--" 7/1 --..__ `--..__ `--.__ ,' `. __.--" __..--" __..-- 8/1 ``--..__ `--..__ / _ _ \ __..--" __..--'" 8/1 ``--..__ ; (_) (_) : __..--'" ----------------------- | | ------------------------ ..--''"" : | | ; ""``--.. 8/1 ..--''"" .--''"" \ `.___.' / ""``--. ""``--.. 8/1 --''"" .--''"" .--'"" `. ,' ""`--. ""``--. ""``-- 7/1 .--''"" .--'"" ,--' `-._____.-' CJ ``--. ""`--. ""``--. 7/1 .--'"" ,--'" _,-". . `-._ ``--. ""`--. 6/1'"" ,--'" _,-" .-' ,' / \ `. `-. `-._ ``--. ""`6/1 ,--'" _,-" .-' ,' .' / .' ||| `. \ `. `. `-. `-._ ``--. 5/1" _,-" .-' ,' / / | ||| | \ \ `. `-. `-._ 5/1 ,-" .-' ,' .' / .' .'|`. `. \ `. `. `-. `-. 4/1 .-' ,' / / | | | | | \ \ `. `-. 4/1 ' ,' .' / .' | | | `. \ `. `. ` 3/1 ,' / / | .' | `. | \ \ `. 3/1 ' .' / .' | | | `. \ `. ` 2/1 / / | | | | | \ \ 2/1 3/2 / .' .' | `. `. \ 3/2 1/1 | | | | | 1/1 1/2 | | | 1/2 1/3 | 1/3 [Special purpose lines & steps] ,8 ;" _| ,;' .oO | ,8' ;" _| ,;' .o0008 __| ,8' ;" _| ,;' .o0008888 | ,8' ;" | ,;' .o0008888888 | 98b 080 d8P .o0P' 98b 080 d8P .oOP' 98b 080 d8P .o0P' 98b 080 d8P .o0P' 98b 080 d8P .o0P' _|| _( _||" _( _||" _( ||" ( [Circular shapes] _____ __ .-' `-. ,dP""Yb, ,' `. ,d" "b, / \ d' _ `Y, __ ; : 8 8 `b __ ,'" "`. | | `b,_,aP P __ ,' `. / \ : ; """" d' ,' `. : | | | \ / ,P" _ | | | ; \ / `. ,' a,.__,aP" . o (_) `.__.' `.__.' `.____.' `-._____.-' `"""'' _______ .-'"" ""`-. .-' `-. ,' `. ,' `. / \ / \ ; : : : | | : : : ; \ / \ / `. ,' `. ,' `-. ,-' `-.,,_______,,.-' ( An example of what you can achive by using curves from ever smaller/bigger circles - A spiral ) _______ .-'"" ""`-. .-" `-. ," `. ," `. / \ / \ ; _ : : ,'" "`. ; | ( , \ | ; `' | ; \ / `. ," `-.,_____,.-" ( .. and in this case a seashell) _______ .-'"" ""`-. .-" `-. ," `. ," `. / \ / \ ; _ : : ,'" "`. : | ( , \ | ; `' | | \ / | `. ," : `-.,_____,.-" ; ,' `. / / \ / ; : / | | / | | ," | | ," : : ,-" \ / _,-" `. ," _.--" CJ `""---'" [Sentence drawing] - ( Drawing with characters aligned so they actually spell something! ) ught i ca n m a ' ... t I . . i ! m ! ! e p !pool l e h [Geometric figures] ( Mirrored cubes ) | _______ | _______ /\ \ | / /\ / \ \ | / / \ / \______\ | /______/ \ / / / | \ \ \ \ / / | \ \ / \ / / | \ \ / \/______/ | \______\/ _________________|___________________ _______ | _______ /\ \ | / /\ / \ \ | / / \ / \ \ | / / \ \ \______\ | /______/ / \ / / | \ \ / \ / / | \ \ / \/______/ | \______\/ | | CJ (Pyramid) ___________________________ /\__\/\__\/\__\/\__\/\__\\\\\ \/\__\/\__\/\__\/\__\/__/_\\\\ \/\__\/\__\/\__\/\__\__\__\\\\ \/\__\/\__\/\__\/__/__/__/_\\\ \/\__\/\__\/\__\__\__\__\__\\\ \/\__\/\__\/__/__/__/__/__/_\\ \/\__\/\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\\ \/\__\/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/_\ \/\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\__\ CJ \/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/__/ If you keep at it long enough you can create some pretty amazing and sometimes confusing stuff. ( Two very similar drawings with very different illusions of depth ) _________ / ___ /\ / /__/\ / \ / \__\/ / ___\ /________/ /__/\\ \ ___ \ \__\// \ /__/\ \ / \ \__\/ \ / \________\/ _________ / ___ /\ / /\__\ / \ / \/__/ / ___\ /________/ /\__\\ \ ___ \ \/__// \ /\__\ \ / \ \/__/ \ / \________\/ And sometimes ... REALLY confusing stuff. Here f.x is a Escher-style geometric form .. Dont look too long trying to figure it out. It's an impossible form .. it cannot not exist in RealLife(tm) ______________ /\ __________ \ / \ \______ /\ \ / /\ \ \ / / \ \ / / /\ \ \ / / /\ \ \ / / / \ \ \/ / / \ \ \ / / / \ \ \/_/____\_\ \ / / / \ \____________ \ / / /______/_\ ___________ / \ \ _________/ / / / / \ \ \_______ \ \ / / / \ \ \ / / /\ \ \ / / / \ \ / / / \ \ \ / / / \ V / /____\_\ / / / \ / /_________\/ / \______________/ lgbeard/KPB/ap Another variation .. an endless staircase "Slinky Heaven" _______ by CeeJay _\|/_____/\ \ ______=/\= \ \ ____\__ /\ =\ \ \ \/\ \ / \ = \ \______\/ \ ____\__ / \______\/ / \/\ \ / / _____/_ / / \ ____\__ / / /\ \ / / ___\/\_ \ / / / \ \ / __/__\_ \ \ \ / / \______\____\_ \ \_____\ \ / / / _____/_ \ \_____\ / \/_/ / /\ \ \_____\ / / / / / \ \_____\ / / / / / / \______\ / / / / \ / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / \/_/ / / / / / / / / / / / /___/CJ / / / / /___/ \ / / /___/ \ / /___/ \/______/
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