Draw something!

Subject: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:09 pm

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This guide only teaches you how to draw without your picture messing up. It won't exactly make you an expert.

1. The size of the character you use determines how much you can put on one line. These characters are recommended for drawing: _ $ ? #. You can put 76 of those on one line.

1 1/2. When you get finished with one line, press Enter; don't let it go to the next line automatically.

2. No matter how many times you press the space bar in a row, it will only show as one space.
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I pressed the space bar 10 times there, and it only showed as one. It's good to use periods as spaces.
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For bigger drawings, you can use bigger symbols for bigger spaces.
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**Usually people put periods for the middle of an object, and the line for the top and bottom of an object.

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2 1/2. Again, it's best to avoid using characters that are different sizes if you're a beginner. If you want to try drawing this way, go on a Word document and set the font to Arial, then draw your picture. When you're done, copy it (highlight it and press Ctrl+C), then paste it (Ctrl+V) in the Reply screen.

3. Some symbols are bigger than others. Before you press Post, it looks like it's all the same length. After you hit Post, you'll notice that some symbols are bigger than others.
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There are 10 of each of those symbols. They looked the same length before I pressed Post.
So try to use symbols that are the same size if you want your drawing to come out right.
If you want to find out what symbols are the same size, use this method:
Press Shift+\ to make |
Make two of them together, then press enter and make another two together, like this:
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Put the symbols you want to measure in between the lines. If I wanted to measure + and *, this is how I would put it:
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I put 5 pluses+ and 5 asterisks* in between the lines.
The lines at the end aren't even. The five asterisks* doesn't take as much space as five pluses+, so if I try to use those together in a drawing, it's going to mess up.
You can tell that these next two are the same size because the last | are lined up:
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3 1\2. Ignore the last part of Tip #3 if it's too confusing. Just use $ _ # ? because they don't censor and they're the same size.

4. Shapes are a good start for beginners.
Here's a circle.
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5. Shading is a nice little technique that can make your picture look more realistic. Example:
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Obviously I used _ to shade my circle.
There are other ways to shade, but this is my way.

Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:13 pm

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I did this on another forum a while back hope you like it Very Happy

Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:20 pm

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/. . .| Meet Joe
|. . O Joe did not like DoD. .
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|. . / \. . . Joe had to die. .
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quick and easy

Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 7:35 pm

I hate to be a dick deadrock, but what is that a picture of?

Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:12 pm

The first one is a Reaper.
The second one is "Average Joe" not like DoD and getting hung.

here is another easy one

alien

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Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:18 pm

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Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:56 pm

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Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:47 pm

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Nice Job, is this your first try?

PokéMaster Posts : 114 Join date : 2009-03-02 Age : 32

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EDIT: aww it gets all crooked when i post =[

Subject: Re: Draw something! Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:54 pm

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EDIT: aww it gets all crooked when i post =[

Look good to me keep it up Very Happy

Subject: Re: Draw something! Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:37 am

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Awesome thread deadrock Smile

Subject: Re: Draw something! Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:46 am

Dang dude that must of taken forever!

Thanks i thought this would be a cool tread!

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Posts : 47 Join date : 2009-03-05 Age : 27

What kinda art is this called??

Posts : 47 Join date : 2009-03-05 Age : 27

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Posts : 47 Join date : 2009-03-05 Age : 27

Damn sry wen i added it it went crooked Sad

Subject: Re: Draw something! Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:41 pm

Slayer_boy wrote:: What kinda art is this called??

ascii art, in the old days. I'm not sure if they still call it that or not.

Subject: Re: Draw something! Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:38 pm

The old days... Ah, yes.. those old days about five years ago..
I mean, its such a LONG LONG time ago. Suspect

PokéMaster Posts : 114 Join date : 2009-03-02 Age : 32

ohh sexy picture =]

Subject: Re: Draw something! Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:56 pm

yeah that is a good picture.

Subject: Re: Draw something! Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:18 am

Orbital... did you do that or just copy+paste from a site? lol!

Subject: Re: Draw something! Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:34 pm

EnglishBoB wrote:: The old days... Ah, yes.. those old days about five years ago..
I mean, its such a LONG LONG time ago.

LOL, well the last time I was interested in ascii art was the early nineties, not exactly the old days, but probably a little before the time of many of my clan mates Very Happy

Ne0: heh, you caught me, as you have guessed I did not spend hours of my life creating that picture. There are many programs that exist that will turn a jpeg into ascii art.