checking up on GIF-to-ASCII development. . .

Has there been any of late?

I've tried a few of those that have been talked about in here, but none was at
all intuitive, and generally they required some esoteric(to me) knowledge of
how to convert one's original generic .GIF into some special type of .GIF
(particularly HxW pixel size)

So, what I'm really seeking is the(if existing) way to take most any
picture(+ how to convert it(FOR the GIF-to-ASCII program) if necessary to make
a nice ASCII picture(I'll forego calling it "art" heh, as I don't want to
belittle those actual ARTISTS who have made such wonderful & artistic art
pieces that I enjoy so much I almost need another hard disk just for them! heh)

Or, if one of those existing programs I've seen/tried has much value, tell me,
please, how to most easily prepare my picture to be suitable for input and, if
you could/would, please, give me a "for Dummies" run-through on what to do? :)

ObAscii(from my collected works)
My favourites are the romantic themed stuff, as I am a romantic at heart...

              __        __        __        __
 .*.        /~ .~\    /~  ~\    /~ .~\    /~  ~\
 ***       '      `\/'      *  '      `\/'      *
  V       (                .*)(               . *)
/\|/\      \     Tina   . *./  \     Tony   . *./
  |         `\ .      . .*/'    `\ .      . .*/'       .*.
  |           `\ * .*. */' _    _ `\ * .*. */'         ***
                `\ * */'  ( `\/'*)  `\ * */'          /\V
                  `\/'     \   */'    `\/'              |/\
                            `\/'                        |
                            LOVES
          LOVELOVELOV                ELOVELOVELO
      VELOVELOVELOVELOVE          LOVELOVELOVELOVELO
   VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVEL      OVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
  LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVEL    OVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELO
 VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVEL  OVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
 LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
 LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
  LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELO
  VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
    LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELO
      VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
        LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELO
          VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
            LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELO
              VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE
                LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELO
                   VELOVELOVELOVELOVELOV
                   VELOVELOVELOVELOVEL
                   VELOVELOVELOVELOO
                       VELOVELOVELO        Paal D. Ekran - The Last Viking
                       VELOVELOVELO

NOTE:     I did NOT draw the above picture(s) I have NO ascii art
          drawing ability AT ALL;  I am merely a collector & sharer of
          that which I enjoy of ascii artwork in my travels...


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