But again, there’s no way to prove it one way or the other. Just because we have the technology to do it easily now doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to. That’s like saying we can’t use Photoshop filters or plug-ins because that’s cheating…we used to have to do that the hard way too. Or saying that people who use a tablet instead of a mouse are cheating.
The hard part should be coming up with a unique and original idea that makes sense with the theme. Not to mention creating something that people would actually want to wear.
I am not sure if a generator would produce the desired results that most people want anyway… and then there is the hassle of coloring (because if you want it colored it is in HTML but that won’t copy paste into Photoshop or Gimp.) And trying to hack edit the screen shot will look pretty bad too. Anyways here is what I will be entering…
I think a generator is fine; if the results don’t look like ASCII art (due to the generator working too good), it will not likely get too many votes. Kerning won’t be possible with a monospaced font. So if you run a detailed design thru a generator, it won’t look like ASCII art.
I like making ASCII art but I’m new to this site and the derby. I found it while looking for ASCII art (I curate a feed on Scoop.it). Anyway, I don’t know what the rules are for size of the image, etc.
Usually you can tell if ASCII art was made with automation. It tends to be in block or grey scale versus line art and it uses the same set of characters rather than the more random assortment you use when creating ASCII art manually.
FixedSys font is my favourite but there are other monospaced fonts out there. Consolas (not sure on spelling) is nice and dependable too.
It has most the info you need and ask away if you don’t understand something. The derby starts tomorrow at noon and typically the sooner you post your design, the better off you are.
Thanks for the link. I have a few ASCII pictures I wanted to do this week so this is great timing. I don’t make massive images so I wanted to know rules for size.
My 6th grade teacher had a huge ASCII art of Spock holding the Enterprise on his wall. This was back in the days when the computer in the classroom was a Trash-80 model 1 with a cassette drive!
This derby is gonna be hell on the rejectorator- it’s really hard to come up with good ASCII art without cheating.
Fun though, in a tedious accomplishment way.
(I’m thinking it’s a typo.)