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[I]ndex [O]ldschool Ascii N[F]O art |
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[W]hat's textmode art? [N]ewschool Ascii [A]NSI art |
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[E]xplore A[m]iga Ascii |
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IN THE BEGINNING, there were 128
characters. Since those
characters were all we had, we
used them to make Graphical User
Interfaces (GUI) displayed in
text.
The first 32 characters were
control codes, and if you exclude
the numbers and the letters, we
end up with
!"\#$%&'()\*+,-./:;\<=\>?@{|}~ and a
space.
On the PC, this also usually
meant an interface which was 80
characters wide and 24 characters
tall.
"Old School" Ascii Characters
+--------------------------------------+
The original 7 bit character set:
!"#$%&'()*+,-./
0123456789:;<=>?@
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
[\]^_`
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
{|}~
But, for most people term, the
term oldschool ascii soon came to
include the full ascii set of
256 characters which made it
possible to include some
'shading' and embellishments but
the logos were still based on the
line characters such as / | - \_
, \\
Let's draw a small old school logo
+--------------------------------------+
╓ Step #1
----------------------------------
Start with a basic form you like,
or a character you're happy with.
_,/\______
__\_ \
\__ _/_
_/ \_
\_______ _/
|______/
╓ Step #2
----------------------------------
Turn the shape into characters,
here we go with 'B', 'Z', and 'R'
_,/\______
__\_ __ \
\__ |/ _/_
_/ |/ \_
\_______ _/
|______/
_,/\______
__\_____ \
\__ ______/_
_/ | \_
\_______ _/
|______/
_,/\______
__\_ __ \
\__ |/ __/_
_/ \_
\______| _/
|______/
╓ Step #3
----------------------------------
Combine the characters into a word,
either by overlapping (where the
next character overlaps the prev-
ious one), joining them, or by
letting the first letter dictate
the shape.
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\______
__\_ __ \_\_____ \_\_ __ \
\__ |/ _/__ ______/\_ |/ __/_
_/ |/ \ | \ \_
\_______ _/____ _/___| _/
|______/ |______/ |______/
╓ Step #4
----------------------------------
Finally, you could add some
irregularities and some shading.
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\______
__\_ __ \_\_____ \:\_ __ \
\__ |/ _//_ ______/\_ |/ __/_
_/ |/ \ | \ \_
\\_______ ╓_/____ ╓_/___| ╓_//
|______/ |______/ |______/
Artwork
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Examples of what I believe is
exceptional ascii art.
1997/comic-01/SPN-COMC.ASC
<comic>
Collections (aka 'Collys')
+--------------------------------------+
A collection of art, and
sometimes text, in one long text
file with a .txt extension.
Usually, it was from one artist,
but could also be collabs. An
artist could represent more than
one group, but each colly was
usually released with one of the
groups specifically.
"a moment in time, a moment o...
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/...>
to serve man - ©hP!
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/...>
"drd" - hP!
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/...>
"in the mouth of madness" - h...
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/...>
IN THE BEGINNING, there were 128 characters. Since those characters
were all we had, we used them to make Graphical User Interfaces
(GUI) displayed in text.
The first 32 characters were control codes, and if you exclude the
numbers and the letters, we end up with !"\#$%&'()\*+,-./:;\<=\>?@{|}~
and a space.
On the PC, this also usually meant an interface which was 80
characters wide and 24 characters tall.
"Old School" Ascii Characters
+---------------------------------------------------------------++----------+
The original 7 bit character set:
!"#$%&'()*+,-./
0123456789:;<=>?@
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
[\]^_`
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
{|}~
Characters turned into logos
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Soon GUIs turned into logos and art.
This one says 'Razor':
__/\__________/\__________/\__________/\__________/\_______
\________ _______ ___\_______ ______________________ \
_/ ________/_/ !__/ ______/__/ \| !__/ ________/
\ | \_ \| \_ \_ \_ | \_
bzr\____| /\____| /\_____ /\_____ /\____| /ops
,---------|____/------|____/------|____/------|____/------|____/-----,
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`--------------------------------------------------------------------'
But, for most people term, the term oldschool ascii soon came to
include the full ascii set of 256 characters which made it possible
to include some 'shading' and embellishments but the logos were
still based on the line characters such as / | - \_ , \\
Here is a similar logo, this one for RBS (short for 'Rebels') with
the addition of the ░ character.
__)\________ __)\________ _________)\_
\_________ \_\_________ \_/ _________/
,-/ ________/ ░| ________/░\________ ░\-,
| \_____| ______ ' ______ / |
`---bzr-|______/-----\______/-ops-\_____/---'
Adding more and more extended characters, then, turned into
another form of ASCII called newschool ASCII, where the `$$$$`
was used frequently.
Let's draw a small old school logo
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
╓ Step #1
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Start with a basic form you like, or a character you're happy with.
_,/\______
__\_ \
\__ _/_
_/ \_
\_______ _/
|______/
╓ Step #2
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Turn the shape into characters, here we go with 'B', 'Z', and 'R'
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\______
__\_ __ \ __\_____ \ __\_ __ \
\__ |/ _/_ \__ ______/_ \__ |/ __/_
_/ |/ \_ _/ | \_ _/ \_
\_______ _/ \_______ _/ \______| _/
|______/ |______/ |______/
╓ Step #3
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Combine the characters into a word, either by overlapping (where
the next character overlaps the previous one), joining them, or by
letting the first letter dictate the shape.
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\______
__\_ __ \__\_____ \__\_ __ \
\__ |/ _/\__ ______/\__ |/ __/_
_/ |/ | \_
\_______ _/_____ _/____| _/
|______/ |______/ |______/
╓ Step #4
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Finally, you could add some irregularities and some shading.
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\______
__\_ __ \._\_____ \._\_ __ \
\__ |/ _/_// ______/_// |/ __/_
_/ |/ \_ | \_ \_
\_______ ╓_/_____ ╓_/____| ╓_/
|______/ |______/ |______/
Artwork
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A few examples of really great old school ascii art.
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__/\\______ __/\\______ __/\\______ __/\\___ __/\\______
____\__ __ ___/__\__ __ ___/__\___ ___/__\______/__\__ __ ___/_____
\\___ |_____/_ | _/_ \_/ _/_ _/_ |________//
_/ | \_ | \_ | \_ \_ | \_
\_______ _/____ _/___| _/____ _/____ _/
<spn>|_______/. |_______/ |______/ |____/ |_______/
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- -*-(╙)-*- c o m i c ! a s c i i -*-(╜)-*- -
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Collections (aka 'Collys')
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
A collection of art, and sometimes text, in one long text file with
a .txt extension. Usually, it was from one artist, but could also
be collabs. An artist could represent more than one group, but each
colly was usually released with one of the groups specifically.
"a moment in time, a moment of money" - hiro protagonist
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/remorse_collies/r-money.txt>
to serve man - ©hP!
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/remorse_collies/r-tsm.txt>
"drd" - hP!
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/remorse_collies/r-drd.txt>
"in the mouth of madness" - hiro protagonist
<artscene.textfiles.com/ascii/remorse_collies/r-itmom.txt>
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