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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #10 on: October 27, 2010, 12:08:31 am
I felt kind of bad only using the solid/dither tiles and not taking advantage of the plethora of others, but there's a strange kind of inconsistency (the resolution-mixing kind) between the two if you use the dither patterns for mixing in places and still use the symbols for shape...

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #11 on: October 27, 2010, 08:48:40 am
I like it because the pixels are HUGE but still the actual pixel is *tiny* and ordered. What I posted above looks like regular pixel art, but it actually behaves differently. Banding's not as an important issue as in real pixel art, and though good pixel clusters are still a must, I find myself shading more just so there's texture to large areas. Super-close colors have a point at this size too.

I'm only scratching the surface, however.

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #12 on: October 27, 2010, 10:06:45 am
Impressive work but isn't this like leaving your computer and wacom tablet, picking up a couple of stones, going to some cave and carving on the wall?

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #13 on: October 27, 2010, 11:50:03 am
EvilEye: The same thing could be said about pixelart. It is pretty archaic nowadays.
There are no ugly colours, only ugly combinations of colours.

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #14 on: October 27, 2010, 02:10:14 pm
Impressive work but isn't this like leaving your computer and wacom tablet, picking up a couple of stones, going to some cave and carving on the wall?

some UI niggles aside, this is pretty much the same workflow of low res pixelling, so I don't see what you mean.

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #15 on: October 27, 2010, 07:28:36 pm
Quick fat Yus Bird just to try it out. Not bad apart from the clunky interface.

There are no ugly colours, only ugly combinations of colours.

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #16 on: November 02, 2010, 10:28:49 pm
OMG this reminds me so much of ZZT! I loved that game. Also: Nice art everyone!

Helm: Based on experiences with these types of games/programs, I'd say no. There isn't. Sorry.  :(
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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #17 on: November 03, 2010, 01:08:00 pm
Just scratching the surface, here. Nice tool. I don't know how to put symbols on top of the dither patterns yet, is there a way? Using layers, I guess?
You can't, it's a limitation in ascii/ansi. The dither patterns are separate characters and only one character can occupy a space at a time, and since there's no transparent background colour layers won't help you in this matter - only the character in the top layer will be visible.

edit: I love the tool btw, keep up the good work.
« Last Edit: November 03, 2010, 01:12:54 pm by Lee N »

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #18 on: November 03, 2010, 03:22:35 pm
Thanks for the info, it's kinda been conveyed to me many times so far.


Looking forward for at least some hotkey updates in the future.

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Re: ASCIIPaint

Reply #19 on: November 04, 2010, 04:11:32 am
ach, some dither pattern flickers on my new laptop screen. is there a free tool out there to fix this up? great program, btw.