PETSCII – An ASCII Game With a Virtual Pet
PETSCII – Try the game. I didn’t get all the way through. A lack of success at the cooking stage.
Ideas
Karen Guise Makes Watercolour Text Art
Karen Guise writes about saving wildlife, especially birds and bugs. Her art is unique. I’ve posted three, screen captures from a shop on CafePress. There are other animals: a turtle, a dragonfly which I saw on Pinterest, faces of wolves and bears, and probably others if you can manage to find them posted somewhere. I remember seeing these years ago.… Read the rest
Fun With Keyboards
Found on an old site. Link via the Wayback Machine.
ASCII Font Fights
Before I read the post I thought it was going to be about trying different fonts for ASCII art. I still like my version. I can imagine making the same one line text art using endless varieties of fonts and then picking the best from them. It would make an interesting project, maybe just a bit too time consuming.… Read the rest
Tracing Images to Make ASCII Art
Some ideas are complicated to work out where to start, how to get the angle right, and then how big the image/ picture will end up being. I try to think of ways to make it easier. Less science, more art.
How to Make ASCII Art by Tracing Digital Images
I got the idea to try making ASCII art by tracing an image.… Read the rest
Two WordPress Plugins to Add ASCII Art to Source Code
Adding ASCII art to the source code (the HTML files) may not interest people who don’t look at source code.
The source code is an easy place to add ASCII art because those files open in plain text, no formatting or fancy fonts. So, the ASCII art shows up without much extra work, almost none in fact.… Read the rest
WordPress Plugin to Add ASCII Art to your Footer
I looked at 3 plugins to add ASCII art to your WordPress blog. This is the first one, Kilroy Was Here, which I loaded up and experimented with. It does work but may not be the results you wanted.
There are no options to add the ASCII art to the bottom of your posts or pages.… Read the rest
ASCII Art Hidden in Source Code
Now and then if you look at the source code (the HTML code) of websites you can find ASCII art. Its like a secret surprise for those who dig a little deeper. Have a look at – ASCII Art Signatures in the Wild.
You can add ASCII art to the source code for your own site or blog.… Read the rest
Another Look at Formatting Code for Posting ASCII Art
I found a blog posting ASCII art in small text files, cleanly. Quite a nice achievement. I took a look at the code and copied it, but it did not work the same way for me. So, I am looking into it. There may be more to the code than shows on the blog post HTML code.… Read the rest