Tracing Images to Make ASCII Art

How to Make ASCII Art by Tracing Digital Images

I got the idea to try making ASCII art by tracing an image. To do so I had to find a way to make my Notepad transparent on the screen. I ended up using Transparent Notepad. The two text editors have some interesting features, but I didn’t explore them. I may yet. At the time I just wanted to try tracing an image. Tracing an image did not actually work out as well as I thought it could. For me it was better to stick with using an image (usually several different images) as inspiration for my own creation. I found tracing difficult to work with because the font was smaller, in Transparent Notepad. Most of all – I just didn’t want to work with the image exactly as-is. When tracing I lose the ability to adapt as I go along. It was too much like making a copy than making my own art.]]>

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