It is called ASCII art.
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that consists of pictures pieced together from printable characters; or basically, a text based art.
I just found out about it the other day while browsing for letters.
This is another example of ASCII art. The Yin Yang on the right is actually made of the words ‘yin yang’. You can zoom in to see it.
There are two forms or ASCII art. The black and white, and the colored one.
The black and white is harder to build, while the colored one takes more time. This is of course if you use the traditional way. The traditional way involves inserting a picture in a word document, putting a transparent text box on top of it, meticulously placing characters inside, and changing the colors (if you want to build a colored one).
Nowadays, there are programs to easily do that. One of them is the ASCII Art Generator. The program is quite good. It has various output options, and even provides a tool to manually draw an ASCII art sketch. [you can try searching it at http://www.dl4all.com/. Just beware of viruses or spywares]
Anyway, this is a picture I made using the program. Yep, it’s once again a scene from my-favorite-movie-of-all-time-nothing-comes-close-Before-Sunrise. If you look at it closely, you’ll find that it is actually made of the words ‘before sunrise’. Beautiful, isn’t it?
looks as if you are watching it from the back of an anti-mosquito net...hahaha..
ReplyDeleteah...
ReplyDeletenothing can hide the beauty of before sunrise. not even a net.
mm...
I should have added the contrast.
where's Wong anyway?
humm..surprised that he hasn't post any sarcastic comment?haha..
ReplyDeleteanyway..how do you make your posts displayed partially?I want to do the same to my blog, so you guys and me doesn't have to open the whole page and images every time.
yeah. there isn't much fun defending and loving something if there's no one to offend and challenge the love.
ReplyDeletemm... sounds like something that came out from a bumper sticker.
anyway...
next time you write your post, when you're done, change the tab to 'edit html', and add these codes (LOSE EVERY DOTS YOU SEE!!! THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS COMMENT CANNOT BE POSTED):
<.s.p.a.n. id="full post">
<./.s.p.a.n.>
you have to put them in this order (LOSE EVERY DOTS YOU SEE!!! THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS COMMENT CANNOT BE POSTED):
THE FIRST PART OF THE POST/SUMMARY
<.s.p.a.n. id="full post">
THE REST OF THE POST
<./.s.p.a.n.>
and you're done.
unfortunately, you have to do this manually the whole time though. I don't know a way to do this automatically, prospectively or retrospectively.
well, the good side is that deciding where to cut your post yourself can be fun sometimes.
anyway, that's why I've only edited my posts from 2010. didn't feel like doing it for the 2009s. if you check them out, you'll see that they're not expandable yet.