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mrgame · 03-17-2006, 12:10 PM

here is part 1

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1.

Length of symbols

the ones that i use are

_ ? £ $

as you can see they take up almost equal space

_____
?????
£££££
$$$$$

2.

The first picture

ok here is how to make a letter

K

step 1: make a border
_____________________

ok here is just a simple 35x35 border

###################################
#____________________________________________#
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but that looks a bit plain

you can easily add shadow to it

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#____________________________________________?
#____________________________________________?
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buy the detail isn't quite there

you can double the lines if you want

###################################
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##___________________________________________??
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???????????????????????????????????????????????

then you add the letter K

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##___________________________________________??
##___________________________________________??
##___________________________________________??
##_____####??__________####??______________??
##_____####??_________####??_______________??
##_____####??________####??________________??
##_____####??_______####??_________________??
##_____####??______####??__________________??
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##_____####??####??________________________??
##_____####?####??_________________________??
##_____########??__________________________??
##_____####?####??_________________________??
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???????????????????????????????????????????????

? can often be used for shadows

part 1 of tutorial over
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mrgame · 03-17-2006, 12:11 PM

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PART 2
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This is a more advanced tutorial

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At the bottom is a scythe that we are doing

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First make a 35x35 blank canvas

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Now we add the main shape of the image with '$

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___________________________________
_______$_$__$$_____________________
___$_$_________$___________________
_$$___________$$___________________
__$__________$$____________________
_$$$$________$$____________________
_$$$$________$_____________________
_$$$$$_______$$____________________
_$$$$$________$____________________
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__$$$$$_________$$_____________$___
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___$$$$$___________$$$$$$$_$_______
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Now change the detail to the lighter areas, using the magnify tool in photoshop you can see them. Use '?'

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_______?_$__$?_____________________
___???________??___________________
_?$??_________$$___________________
__?__________$?____________________
_$$$$________$$____________________
_$$$$?_______?_____________________
_?$$$?_______$??___________________
__$?$$?_______$?___________________
__$?$?$________?___________________
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__???$$?_________$?___??_____$?____
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Now add the final detail by magnifying the image, identifying the middle tones and using '£'

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___________?_______________________
_______£_£__$$_____________________
___£?£________£?___________________
_££??_________$£___________________
__£__________$£____________________
_£$$£?_______$£____________________
_£$£$£_______$_____________________
_££$$£_______$£?___________________
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__$££££________?££_____________?£__
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___£££$£___________$£$$$£££$?______
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___££?£$£__________$£$$$$$££???____
____$$$££___?£££??_$$£$$$£$£_______
____$£$££?_______?$$$$£$$$£_?£_____
____£$£$££_______?$$££$$£$$$£______
_____££$££______$?___£££££____?____
______$£$£_____________£___________
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______£?$£$?_______________________
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VOILA, a flail.

mrgame · 03-17-2006, 12:12 PM

You can try out these techniques here.

jtmcpherson · 04-18-2006, 09:58 PM

my lousy attempt is here

rsrikanth05 · 04-19-2006, 02:31 AM

nice tutorial, thank you mrgame...

Adam · 04-19-2006, 02:50 AM

Ty mr Game @)

rsrikanth05 · 04-19-2006, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by age321

Ty mr Game @)

nice...

mrgame · 04-19-2006, 08:40 AM

Thanks for the feedback ppl

.

I will try to work on part 3.

Gameforit · 04-19-2006, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtmcpherson

my lousy attempt is here

wow thats very nice

rsrikanth05 · 04-19-2006, 09:59 AM

thanks mrgame...

mrgame · 04-19-2006, 10:07 AM

If someone can send me an email with the picture you want in the tutorial then send it to - ascii.mrgame@gmail.com

carnagescfc · 04-22-2006, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtmcpherson

my lousy attempt is here

lol lousey did u make that or not

.Steve · 04-22-2006, 12:24 PM

I do mine way different from mrgame, and I made that in September^

mrgame · 04-22-2006, 01:32 PM

I cant see it

How long have you been doing it for?

carnagescfc · 04-22-2006, 01:49 PM

i think ill av a bash at it yeah y not i will

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The first picture ok here is how to make a letter K step 1: make a border _____________________ ok here is just a simple 35x35 border ################################### #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# #____________________________________________# ################################### but that looks a bit plain you can easily add shadow to it ################################### #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? #____________________________________________? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? buy the detail isn't quite there you can double the lines if you want ################################### ################################### ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? 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then you add the letter K ################################### ################################### ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##_____####??__________####??______________?? ##_____####??_________####??_______________?? ##_____####??________####??________________?? ##_____####??_______####??_________________?? ##_____####??______####??__________________?? ##_____####??_____####??___________________?? ##_____####??____####??____________________?? ##_____####??___####??_____________________?? ##_____####??__####??______________________?? ##_____####??_####??_______________________?? ##_____####??####??________________________?? ##_____####?####??_________________________?? ##_____########??__________________________?? ##_____####?####??_________________________?? ##_____####??####??________________________?? ##_____####??_####??_______________________?? ##_____####??__####??______________________?? ##_____####??___####??_____________________?? ##_____####??____####??____________________?? ##_____####??_____####??___________________?? ##_____####??______####??__________________?? ##_____####??_______####??_________________?? ##_____####??________####??________________?? ##_____####??_________####??_______________?? ##_____####??__________####??______________?? ##___________________________________________?? ##___________________________________________?? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? ? can often be used for shadows part 1 of tutorial over ???????????????????????????????????????????????
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In a house Posts: 3,018 Rep Power: 6 fTrader: (34) fBuck$: 1,711.5 Bank: 0.5 Total fBuck$: 1,712.0 Send fBuck$ » My Forumer My Country:	Re: ascii art tutorial --------------- PART 2 --------------- -------------------------------- This is a more advanced tutorial -------------------------------- At the bottom is a scythe that we are doing -------------------------------- First make a 35x35 blank canvas -------------------------------- ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ---------------------------- Now we add the main shape of the image with '$ ---------------------------- ___________________________________ _______$_$__$$_____________________ ___$_$_________$___________________ _$$___________$$___________________ __$__________$$____________________ _$$$$________$$____________________ _$$$$________$_____________________ _$$$$$_______$$____________________ _$$$$$________$____________________ __$$$$$________$___________________ __$$$$$_________$$_____________$___ ___$$$$$__________$___$$_____$_____ ___$$$$$___________$$$$$$_$$$______ ___$$$$$___________$$$$$$$_$_______ ____$$$$$__________$$$$$$$$________ ____$$$$$___$$$$_$_$$_$$$_$$_______ ____$$$$$________$$$$$$$$$$________ ____$$$$$$________$$$$$$$$$$$______ _____$$$$_______$$___$$$$$_________ ______$$$$_____________$___________ ______$$$$_____________$___________ _______$$$$____________$___________ ________$$$________________________ _______$$$$$_______________________ ________$$$$_______________________ _______$$$$$_______________________ ________$$$$_______________________ _________$_$_______________________ ________$$$$$______________________ _________$$$$______________________ __________$$$______________________ __________$$$______________________ __________$$$$_____________________ __________$$$$$____________________ __________$$$$$____________________ ------------------------- Now change the detail to the lighter areas, using the magnify tool in photoshop you can see them. Use '?' ------------------------- ___________________________________ _______?_$__$?_____________________ ___???________??___________________ _?$??_________$$___________________ __?__________$?____________________ _$$$$________$$____________________ _$$$$?_______?_____________________ _?$$$?_______$??___________________ __$?$$?_______$?___________________ __$?$?$________?___________________ __?$?$$________?$?______________?__ __???$$?_________$?___??_____$?____ ___$?$?$___________$?$$$$??$?______ ___$$?$?___________$$$$$$???_______ ___?$?$$?__________?$$$$$$$??______ ____$?$$$____$?????$$$$$?$$?_______ ____?$$$$?_______?$$$$$$?$$_??_____ ____$$$$$$________$$$?$$?$$$?______ _____$$$$$______??___?$$??_________ ______$$$$_____________?___________ ______$$$$?____________?___________ _______$?$_____________$___________ _______$??$____________?___________ _______$$$$?_______________________ ______???$$?_______________________ _______??$$?_______________________ ________$$$?_______________________ _________?$?_______________________ ________?$???______________________ _________$$$?______________________ _________?$??______________________ __________$$$$_____________________ __________$$$$?____________________ __________$$$$$____________________ __________$$$$$____________________ --------------------- Now add the final detail by magnifying the image, identifying the middle tones and using '£' --------------------- ___________?_______________________ _______£_£__$$_____________________ ___£?£________£?___________________ _££??_________$£___________________ __£__________$£____________________ _£$$£?_______$£____________________ _£$£$£_______$_____________________ _££$$£_______$£?___________________ _?$£$$?_______$£___________________ __$££$£_______?£___________________ __$££££________?££_____________?£__ __?$££££_________££___?$_____$£____ ___£££$£___________$£$$$£££$?______ ___£££$$___________£$£$$£$?£_______ ___££?£$£__________$£$$$$$££???____ ____$$$££___?£££??_$$£$$$£$£_______ ____$£$££?_______?$$$$£$$$£_?£_____ ____£$£$££_______?$$££$$£$$$£______ _____££$££______$?___£££££____?____ ______$£$£_____________£___________ ______$£$$£____________£___________ ______?$£$?____________£___________ _______£?££____________?___________ _______£$£$?_______________________ ______£?$£$?_______________________ _______££££$_______________________ ________££$$_______________________ ________?£££_______________________ ________?£?££______________________ _________$£$$______________________ _________?££$______________________ __________$$££_____________________ _________?$$$$?____________________ __________$$$$£____________________ __________$$£$$____________________ VOILA, a flail.
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