Re: new tutorial

Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <[email protected]> writes:

> On 10/06/2026 3:36 AM, Eli the Bearded wrote:
>> Seen today on Mastodon, a new tutorial about ASCII art.  Short, clear,
>> with advice for software, for fonts, and for sharing works on the web.
>> https://arielmartinperez.com/pages/2026asciiarttutorial.html
>>      ASCII art is a form of art that uses letters and symbols as
>> drawing
>>      shapes, so the brain, when receiving the optic signal, can interpret
>>      them not as strings of characters, but as tabular 2D pictures, in
>>      which all of the signs form a whole. This way, letters and symbols
>>      are chosen for their individual shapes and for their aesthetic
>>      qualities, rather than by their meaning in the context of a text.
>> 	   ............
>> 	aaaAAAAHHHHHHHHa..
>>         8aaAAAAAHHHHAAAhhha
>>        888aaAAaaAAAAAAAHHHa
>>        8888aaa"   "AA"   "a
>>        8888aaa  A  HH  A  a
>>        888888aa. .AMMA. .AH
>>         888888AAAAHMMHAAAG"
>> 	88888aaahhhhhhaa"
>> 	 8888aaa.   .aa"
>> 	  88888ahhhhhh"
>> 	    """"""""""
>>      If you didn't read the above paragraph first as a series of
>>      disconnected vowels and consonants (a scream reaching for the center
>>      of the Earth), but as the illustration of a face, you're able to see
>>      ASCII art.
>> Later in the tutorial there are multiple iterations of a cat image,
>> showing refinements and different styles.
>> Elijah
>> ------
>> aaaAAAAHHHHHHHHa..
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>    Thank you.  I had thought           .' |  | |/  /      \
>    to pick up ASCII art again,         | .' /| /  /|_______\_
>    and while my art style is diff-    .' | | (// | |  \xxxxxxx.
>    erent, this tutorial is at least   |  | |  `--'Y|   :  \x| |
>    an inspiration for something I     |  | `  '''\.'   :   /  /
>    want to do.                       .' .'` \     |    : _/ _/
>        I am completely out of ASCII  |  | |  \  / |    :/   /
>    art shape, and will have to re-   |  | `.  . m |    :|  /
>    fine my art, seen to the right,  .'  |  |  | v |=====|=/
>    again.                           |  .' .|  | /  \xxxx|/
>        Happy ASCII arting!          |  |  ||  `.    |xxx|
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>                                                 `--`            \/

This is a brilliant piece of art by the way. If this is an example of
rust, then I can't wait to see what you're really capable of.

--
Daniel
sysop  | air & wave bbs
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