Drawing with ASCII characters is an extraordinary and unusual, but popular entertainment and hobby of many people who own a computer. At first glance, it may seem that creating drawings from ordinary Windows character sets is very difficult, but if you know the rules for constructing baselines and shapes from various characters, you can learn to draw in such an unusual way rather quickly.
Instructions
Step 1
We can say that all shapes drawn in ASCII consist of a rough outline, a smooth outline and a fill that creates the volume of the picture. Start by drawing a simple rough outline using the / / | - _ () ~.
Step 2
Select a simple drawing on which you will train, and try to repeat its outline in any text editor, using these icons, the keys "Space" and Enter.
Step 3
To make the path look solid and neat, use additional symbols to smooth the path, for example, the following:,. ~ ^ V X T Y I l L:` '! J J 7.
Step 4
The smaller the characters added between the rough outline characters, the better the anti-aliasing will be. The above characters are convenient to use for smoothing vertical contour lines, and for horizontal ones it is convenient to use the following characters: ~ -., _.
Step 5
No drawing can consist only of straight and oblique lines - each drawing has smooth and rounded curved lines, which can also be drawn using ASCII characters using these characters: / / - _ ~ ., '`! I l Y.
Step 6
If lines intersect in your drawing, add Z X T Y K r L j J I symbols at the intersection. They will make the intersection effect more accurate.
Step 7
To draw the eyes and nose of an animal in symbolic drawing, use single characters and numbers (for example, 6 ~ 6). Also, attention to small details and symbolic forms is important if you want to create a symbolic thumbnail.
Step 8
The most difficult stage in drawing for many is the solid fill of the symbolic image, where you can use different letters, signs and numbers for different fill textures. The most dense filling is provided by the symbols W M H 8, which fill the prepared silhouette.
Step 9
Use the d b P F 9 V T Y A U _, signs to smooth a fill with sharp outlines. - * ^ ~ "` 'naol L j J k (): / / |!. If you need to smooth a convex and rounded shape, use the symbols _,.aomdAHAbmon., _. If, on the contrary, you need to smooth a concave curved line, use the symbols "~ ^ * YUHUP * ^ ~".
