Talk/Answer: How to do ascii art?

In article <3mhvhd$27...@tst.hk.super.net>, Her son <sch...@hk.super.net> 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$16...@kestrel.cqi.com>,
celeste <cel...@kestrel.cqi.com> 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

Related ASCII art in the Gallery

Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:

 ,~~--~~-.
+      | |\
|| |~ |`,/-\
*\_) \_) `-'

 __
 \  \     _ _
  \**\ ___\/ \
X*#####*+^^\_\
  o/\  \
     \__\

.------------.
|\\//\\//\\//|
|//\\//\\//\\|
|\\//\\//\\//|
|//\\//\\//\\|
'------------'

   _______
 /` _____ `\;,
/__(^===^)__\';,
  /  :::  \   ,;
 |   :::   | ,;'
 '._______.'`jgs

 _  _
(o)(o)--.
 \../ (  )hjw
 m\/m--m'`--.

  _  _
/` \/ `\_  _
\     /` \/ `\
 '.  .\      /
   \/  '.  .'
         \/jgs

Make your own ASCII art

Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.