My first attempt at ASCII art for my text adventure tutorial

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Posted: 19th May 2005 14:15 Edited at: 19th May 2005 14:24

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This is my first attempt at ASCII art. I tried to pick up a few concepts. It's fitting for a text game. I know it can be done better, so if anyone can offer suggestions; Please do so,

/\     /--\     /\
       ,.-,    |  |    ,-.,
       : : |, .|  |. ,| : :
       : ::             : :
      ::  /`----------`\  ::
      ;:;| /----------\ |:;;
       ;:| |   XII ,  | |:;
        :| |    , /   | |:
        :| |    |/    | |:
        :| |IX  o  III| |;
       ::| |          | |:;
       : | |          | | :
       ; | |    VI    | | :
       : | \__________/ | ;          _____ ___ _   _ __ ___
       :;;\___.,_._,.__/;::         |_   _|   | |_| | _|   \
        ;;              ;;            | | | ` | / \ | _| ` /
        :::::::;;;:::;;:;;            |_| |___|_/-\_|__|_|_\
       ;`#.`````''`````.#`;
       : #||~|~|##|~|~||# :                    ___ ___
       : #||_|_|##|_|_||# ;                   |   | __|
       ; #|| | |##| | ||# :                   | ` | _|
       : #||_|_|##|_|_||# :                   |___|_|
       :,#;____________;# :
       [][][][][][][][][][]       _   _ _  _ ___ _____ __ ___ _  _
        :#||~|~|##|~|~||#:       | \_/ | \/ / __/_   _| _|   \ \/ /
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:       | \_/ |\  /\__ \ | | | _| ` /\  /
        ;#|| | |##| | ||#;       |_| |_|/_/ /___/ |_| |__|_|_\/_/
        ;#||_|_|##|_|_||#;
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:       Translated to DBpro by ~Zenassem
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:          Press <any key> to continue
        :#||_|_|##|_|_||#:
       _:________________:_
      / [][][][][][][][][] \
    /  /\._            _./\##\
  /  /; ;  `----------`  ; ;\##\
 |_/  : :  : / ____ \ :  : :  \##\______________________________________
 | ;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;    \##\ ^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
 | :  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :      \##\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
 | ;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;      |#|--------------------------------------
 | :  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :      |#|   __    __    __    __    __    __   |
 | ;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;      |#|  L,.I  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |
 | :  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :      |#|,-'   `-L\/|  |\/|__|\/|  |\/|  |\/|  |
 | :  ; .   | | 00 | |     ;.-,,__|#/         ``-._|.`   `--.__|/\|  |/\|  |
 | :  ,     | |/\/\| |     _.`   .  (          `-.._    _.--`  `..|  |\/|  |
 | :        | |\/\/| |    /       )  `-.            `)        _..-`-----``\|
 |          | |/\/\    .-`      -`                        .-``              `-,_
 |          | |\/\.   /                                  (                     \

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        /\     /--\     /\
       ,.-,    |  |    ,-.,
       : : |, .|  |. ,| : :
       : ::             : :
      ::  /`----------`\  ::
      ;:;| /----------\ |:;;
       ;:| |   XII ,  | |:;
        :| |    , /   | |:
        :| |    |/    | |:
        :| |IX  o  III| |;
       ::| |          | |:;
       : | |          | | :
       ; | |    VI    | | :
       : | \__________/ | ;          _____ ___ _   _ __ ___
       :;;\___.,_._,.__/;::         |_   _|   | |_| | _|   \
        ;;              ;;            | | | ` | / \ | _| ` /
        :::::::;;;:::;;:;;            |_| |___|_/-\_|__|_|_\
       ;`#.`````''`````.#`;
       : #||~|~|##|~|~||# :                    ___ ___
       : #||_|_|##|_|_||# ;                   |   | __|
       ; #|| | |##| | ||# :                   | ` | _|
       : #||_|_|##|_|_||# :                   |___|_|
       :,#;____________;# :
       [][][][][][][][][][]       _   _ _  _ ___ _____ __ ___ _  _
        :#||~|~|##|~|~||#:       | \_/ | \/ / __/_   _| _|   \ \/ /
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:       | \_/ |\  /\__ \ | | | _| ` /\  /
        ;#|| | |##| | ||#;       |_| |_|/_/ /___/ |_| |__|_|_\/_/
        ;#||_|_|##|_|_||#;
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:       Translated to DBpro by ~Zenassem
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:
        :#|| | |##| | ||#:          Press <any key> to continue
        :#||_|_|##|_|_||#:
       _:________________:_
      / [][][][][][][][][] \
    /  /\._            _./\##\
  /  /; ;  `----------`  ; ;\##\
 |_/  : :  : / ____ \ :  : :  \##\______________________________________
 | ;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;    \##\ ^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
 | :  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :      \##\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\
 | ;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;      |#|--------------------------------------
 | :  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :      |#|   __    __    __    __    __    __   |
 | ;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;      |#|  L,.I  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |
 | :  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :      |#|,-'   `-L\/|  |\/|__|\/|  |\/|  |\/|  |
 | :  ; .   | | 00 | |     ;.-,,__|#/         ``-._|.`   `--.__|/\|  |/\|  |
 | :  ,     | |/\/\| |     _.`   .  (          `-.._    _.--`  `..|  |\/|  |
 | :        | |\/\/| |    /       )  `-.            `)        _..-`-----``\|
 |          | |/\/\    .-`      -`                        .-``              `-,_
 |          | |\/\.   /                                  (                     \

edit:
The main Idea was to create a clock-tower, but I really don't like the way my clock came out. It just doesn't fit the rest of the image in both scale, and contrast. So I believe I will need to work on that part first. It should look like a clock at a further distance. Or perhaps I can just make a cooler looking tower???

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Posted: 19th May 2005 17:25

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nice one..

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Posted: 20th May 2005 01:42

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Nice work - Perhaps you would be interested in freeware utilities that convert any image into ascii art. This saves you the time for converting it, but you can also learn what kind of characters to use for different shapes.

I am the lead programmer at red spark studios
http://www.redsparkstudios.co.uk

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Posted: 20th May 2005 12:21

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dj chainz,
Thanks. The problem with such programs is that they don't usually do the Outline Retro style I'm looking for. They usually make those pictures filling the whole screen with characters, that when viewed from a distance give the contrast of a detailed image. At least the one's I've seen.

Here is a modified 2nd attempt:

/\  
         /\     /--\     /\  
        ,.-,    |  |    ,-.,  
        :#: |, .|  |. ,|#: :  
        :#::  .- __ -.  #: :  
       ::## ;'  /\_\  `;#  ::  
       ;:;|;    \__/     |:;;  
        ;:|     ____      :;  
         :|   //###&\\   |:  
         :|  ||##%   ||  |:  
         :|  ||#%    ||  |;  
        ::| |\________/| |:;  
        : | | } {  } { | | :  
        ; | | { }  { } | | :  
        : | \_}_{__}_{_/ | ;          _____ ___ _   _ __ ___                                                          
        :;.\___.,_._,.__/.::         |_   _|   | |_| | _|   \                                                         
         ;;MMMMMMMMMMMMMM;;            | | | ` | / \ | _| ` /                                                         
         :::::::;;;:::;;:;;            |_| |___|_/-\_|__|_|_\                                                         
        ;`#.`````''`````. `;                                                                                          
        : #||~|~|  |~|~||  :                    ___ ___                                                               
        : #||_|_|  |_|_||  ;                   |   | __|                                                              
        ; #|| | | #| | ||  :                   | ` | _|                                                               
        : #||_|_|##|_|_||  :                   |___|_|                                                                
        :,#;____________;  :                                                                                          
        [][][][][][][][][][]       _   _ _  _ ___ _____ __ ___ _  _                                                   
         :#||~|~|##|~|~|| :       | \_/ | \/ / __/_   _| _|   \ \/ /                                                  
         :#|| | |##| | || :       | \_/ |\  /\__ \ | | | _| ` /\  /                                                   
         ;#|| | |##| | ||#;       |_| |_|/_/ /___/ |_| |__|_|_\/_/                                                    
         ;#||_|_|##|_|_||#;_____________________________________________________________                              
         :#|| | |##| | ||#:%%%%%  Translated to DBpro by ~Zenassem   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\                             
         :#|| | |##| | ||#:%%%%%%                                   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\                           
         :#|| | |##| | ||#:%%%%%%%%  Press <any key> to continue %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\                         
         :#||_|_|##|_|_||#:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_                        
        _:________________:_        ====    ====    ====    ==--------------==                |                       
       / [][][][][][][][][] \       |++|    |++|    |++|    ==|T    I     I|==                |                       
     /  /\._            _./\  \     |++|    |++|    |++|    ==|L____I_____]|==         .      |                       
   /  /; ;  `----------`  ; ;\  \   ====    ====    ====    ==--------------==     ._.-`  ;~  |                      
  |_/  : :  : / ____ \ :  : :##\  \______________________________________        .   '--.{}   |                       
  |#;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;####\  \ ^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\       ~`-,++{{}{++ |                       
  |#:  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :######\  \^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\      ; +{++}\+/++,|                       
  |#;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;######| |--------------------------------------     `~}/}{,+}++; |                       
  |#:  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :######| |   __    __    __    __    __    __   |      ++(+}~~{;+ |                       
  |#;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;######| |  L,.I  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |    ;'+;~}{??+++ |                       
  |#:  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :######| |,-'   `-L\/|  |\/|__|\/|  |\/|  |\/|  | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,       
  |#:  ; .   | | 00 | |     ;.-,,__| /         ``-._|.`   `--.__|/\|  |/\|  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |#:  ,     | |/\/\| |     _.`   .  (          `-.._    _.--`  `..|  |\/|  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |#:##      | |\/\/| |    /       )  `-.            `)        _..-`-----``\| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |####      | |/\/\    .-`      -`                        .-``              `-,_|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |###       | |\/\.   /                                  (                     \ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

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                 /\  
         /\     /--\     /\  
        ,.-,    |  |    ,-.,  
        :#: |, .|  |. ,|#: :  
        :#::  .- __ -.  #: :  
       ::## ;'  /\_\  `;#  ::  
       ;:;|;    \__/     |:;;  
        ;:|     ____      :;  
         :|   //###&\\   |:  
         :|  ||##%   ||  |:  
         :|  ||#%    ||  |;  
        ::| |\________/| |:;  
        : | | } {  } { | | :  
        ; | | { }  { } | | :  
        : | \_}_{__}_{_/ | ;          _____ ___ _   _ __ ___                                                          
        :;.\___.,_._,.__/.::         |_   _|   | |_| | _|   \                                                         
         ;;MMMMMMMMMMMMMM;;            | | | ` | / \ | _| ` /                                                         
         :::::::;;;:::;;:;;            |_| |___|_/-\_|__|_|_\                                                         
        ;`#.`````''`````. `;                                                                                          
        : #||~|~|  |~|~||  :                    ___ ___                                                               
        : #||_|_|  |_|_||  ;                   |   | __|                                                              
        ; #|| | | #| | ||  :                   | ` | _|                                                               
        : #||_|_|##|_|_||  :                   |___|_|                                                                
        :,#;____________;  :                                                                                          
        [][][][][][][][][][]       _   _ _  _ ___ _____ __ ___ _  _                                                   
         :#||~|~|##|~|~|| :       | \_/ | \/ / __/_   _| _|   \ \/ /                                                  
         :#|| | |##| | || :       | \_/ |\  /\__ \ | | | _| ` /\  /                                                   
         ;#|| | |##| | ||#;       |_| |_|/_/ /___/ |_| |__|_|_\/_/                                                    
         ;#||_|_|##|_|_||#;_____________________________________________________________                              
         :#|| | |##| | ||#:%%%%%  Translated to DBpro by ~Zenassem   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\                             
         :#|| | |##| | ||#:%%%%%%                                   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\                           
         :#|| | |##| | ||#:%%%%%%%%  Press <any key> to continue %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\                         
         :#||_|_|##|_|_||#:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_                        
        _:________________:_        ====    ====    ====    ==--------------==                |                       
       / [][][][][][][][][] \       |++|    |++|    |++|    ==|T    I     I|==                |                       
     /  /\._            _./\  \     |++|    |++|    |++|    ==|L____I_____]|==         .      |                       
   /  /; ;  `----------`  ; ;\  \   ====    ====    ====    ==--------------==     ._.-`  ;~  |                      
  |_/  : :  : / ____ \ :  : :##\  \______________________________________        .   '--.{}   |                       
  |#;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;####\  \ ^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\       ~`-,++{{}{++ |                       
  |#:  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :######\  \^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\^\      ; +{++}\+/++,|                       
  |#;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;######| |--------------------------------------     `~}/}{,+}++; |                       
  |#:  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :######| |   __    __    __    __    __    __   |      ++(+}~~{;+ |                       
  |#;  ; ;  =| |/\/\| |=  ; ;######| |  L,.I  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |/\|  |    ;'+;~}{??+++ |                       
  |#:  : :  =| |\/\/| |=  : :######| |,-'   `-L\/|  |\/|__|\/|  |\/|  |\/|  | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,       
  |#:  ; .   | | 00 | |     ;.-,,__| /         ``-._|.`   `--.__|/\|  |/\|  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |#:  ,     | |/\/\| |     _.`   .  (          `-.._    _.--`  `..|  |\/|  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |#:##      | |\/\/| |    /       )  `-.            `)        _..-`-----``\| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |####      | |/\/\    .-`      -`                        .-``              `-,_|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||      
  |###       | |\/\.   /                                  (                     \ ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

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Posted: 21st May 2005 08:27 Edited at: 21st May 2005 08:27

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here is mine:

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                _ooo--. 
             @@@=@MMM.`,_
             X/"/"     #3,
             A   |       ""
            /@,_ (  __,/"".#
            |; /_,/ / .'.#|
            ,._><-__./    "#|
             # _        _  "---,.
        /"   """       (       """" 
        (        ___.-'  "--.       )

and:

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                        _____________________
     /  .       .      (<$$$$$$>#####<::::::>)
    .      .     .  _/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\_   .       .   .   \
 .(          . .  /~                             ~\ . .   .
   ( . .        .~                                 ~.      .         )
            ()\/_____                           _____\/()   .    .  ).
 (         .-''      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~     ``-.  ...
 .  . . .-~              __________________              ~-.  .    /
  .   ..`~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT~~~~~~~~~~~~\~~'    . ) .
     . .| | | #### #### || | | | [] | | | || #### #### | | | . 
    (   ;__\|___________|++++++++++++++++++|___________|/__;.   .
      .  (~~====___________________________________====~~~)
  ( .  .. \------___________[  GogetaX   ]________-------/ ..  .     )
          .  |      ||       ~~~~~~~~~~~~       ||      |              
              \_____/                            \_____/

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Nice. The top one's Garfield, right? Bottom one Police car.

I like the smoke trails.

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Posted: 21st May 2005 08:37

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well i have just wonted to show you that you not the only one here that can make things like this

)

btw, yes its garfield..

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