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Differs from ASCII art in that they're (all?) constructed of single letters repeated, and not always in a line, and not always complete letters. See the first e
by kbutler 10y ago
Differs from ASCII art in that they're (all?) constructed of single letters repeated, and not always in a line, and not always complete letters. See the first example - all Bs, with erased areas, and even some curved rows of Bs.
ASCII art uses various characters in precise typographical lines and ideally uses the shapes of the various characters to represent the shape and shading of the desired image.
- dcacaac 10y agoIt does qualify for me as ASCII art, since I often see the term used loosely to encompass any art made from typographic characters. I am a huge fan of these two experimental pieces from 'ASCII' artist Raquel Meyers and chiptune/electronica musician Goto80: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y82QTBMBX4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y82QTBMBX4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=054vq9Sd8Ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=054vq9Sd8Ow