ASCII art and ACII conversion is both a new and familiar
concept to me. In the past I have seen
ASCII art, but sometimes on an e-mail signature, or on a discussion board
forum. The process that is occurring on
GlassGiant.com or Picascii.com is a lot more detailed than things that I have
seen before.
My first instinct when testing out images was to see what
some of the limitations are for conversion and representation. I utilized a copy of van Gogh’s “Starry Night”
from The Beauty of Transport (n.d.). I
quickly found a limitation for ASCII conversion, as “Starry Night,” especially
without color, does not convert well. This
makes sense because much of “Starry Night” is an image that relies on perception
of texture and depth to create an image.
However, utilizing the examples that are present on Chris.com/ascii, one
can see that images appear stronger if they have more straight lines or clear
level of definition. An artistic term
for this would be a still life, as it is still life portraits that seem to
convert the best.
An aside thought is that Chris.com, the website, is pretty
unique based on its URL, which would seem highly coveted on the internet. The author indicates an original date of 1994
for the website, which is pretty cool.
The image that I created using the GlassGiant.com tools is shown below. The original image of "Starry Night" was taken from "Beauty of Transport" (n.d.).
https://thebeautyoftransport.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/vincent-van-gogh-transport-artist/
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