![]() ![]() A small sized ASCII art picture is easier to see as a whole when you begin working on how all those keyboard characters will fit together to shape a whole, finished picture.The widespread usage of ASCII art can be traced to the computer bulletin board systems of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Mainly, it’s just easier to work with something that isn’t sprawling across the whole screen. You can make an ASCII art picture in all sizes, from tiny to huge. When you begin typing in the next row of your picture start by moving the cursor to the spot that matches up with the work you have already done. You will need typed spaces in your work to line things up right. % & # you type above and below your original work use the space bar and your mouse to move the cursor. The Shapes of Keyboard Charactersĭoes it go straight up and down or does it lean? Pick a place on your drawing/ sketch to start from. A fresh coffee is nice, but that’s a personal touch. You don’t need any extra supplies like paper or pens or guide books or whatever else you may imagine. You get the idea, or you soon will once you start working with all those characters.Īctually getting started is easy. Also, of course, you are working with the keyboard characters as they are. So you work with this and sometimes you can even make it work for you. It has to be where the keyboard types it in. For instance, you can’t put a line or a space exactly where you want one to appear. When you create art with the keyboard some things have to change in order to fit in with the text medium which you are using. Trust me, my finished creation may not look much like the original once I’m done. I am not copying it – but using a different medium to create my own vision, my own point of view of the original drawing. ![]() I don’t see it as stealing art when I have a drawing from someone else. Having the drawing is a great help when it comes to actually creating a picture. I often make my own doodle/ sketch if the idea has come from out of the blue, inspiration from my own mind. I like to have a simple line drawing or clip art to work with. If you want to start making ASCII art this could be a good reason to get a new keyboard, treat yourself.īefore you begin, have an idea of the picture you want to create. Still, it is easier to work with a keyboard that shows all the characters. My own keyboard is a bit faded and worn for most of the letter characters – I’ve done a lot of touch typing. Unless you have an old (faded and worn) keyboard (or use a language other than English) your keyboard should display everything you need right there. Consider this blank text file to be your canvas. This time you’re going to make art and you want some space over and under your cursor. This gives you a little working space above and to the side, so you don’t start typing on the first line, as if you were going to write. Then use the space bar to move the cursor out towards the middle of the page/ screen. Go down a few lines, use carriage returns. When you open this file you can tap your mouse on the empty space to set your keyboard cursor in the right place. Start with an empty (clean, untouched) Notepad on your computer. Open Notepad by clicking it.Īctually making ASCII art is simple and straight forward. Then go to Accessories and find Notepad on that list. Select All Programs, so you can see everything. ![]() Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> NotepadĬlick Start or the Windows graphic at the bottom left on your computer. Making art is a nice change from using the keyboard to type out word and sentences. Usually, the holidays inspire me to get creative with the keyboard. I started in 1998 and I still take time to type out a picture now and then. ![]()
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