Introduction to Mingchan ASCII Art Volume 1 Starting from Scratch 2004.07.16 Outline: Ⅰ ASCII special symbols Ⅱ Emoticons Ⅲ Stickman Origin from: Tolo Note Ⅰ ASCII special symbols Bulletin Board System Can a world inhabited only by words be as colorful as WWW? The answer is yes, although it seems unlikely at first glance There are no beautiful JPEG images here, nor interesting GIF images, let alone dazzling FLASH animations. However, the number of people browsing BBS has not decreased because of this, but has become increasingly prosperous. The reason is that in addition to practical functions such as discussion boards, chatting, throwing water balls, etc. Artists can also make a note of the list of contributors to BBS’s popularity. BBS Art Where did it come from? What kind of pictures can be drawn in an environment with only text? Mainly relying on special characters who usually don’t attract much attention in articles. ASCII special symbols will become drawing tools, so how to use them In the English world, the half-width special symbols that we are familiar with can be easily typed using the keyboard. Half-width special symbols ?! The exclamation mark bar is actually the bottom line of the previous line @ at sign [] brackets # number sign {} braces $ dollar sign : colon % percent; semicolon ^ caret, hat slash & ampersand, and backslash * asterisk, star, comma parentheses. period, dot plus? question mark minus, hyphen, dash ' apostrophe horizontal bar, underscore '' signle quote equals sign "" double quote grave accent > greater than tilde < less than vertical bar The above mentioned are half-width special symbols in English. What about the full-width special symbols in Chinese? Commonly used punctuation marks. Some Chinese input methods will provide shortcut keys to allow users to type directly on the keyboard. For example, Microsoft's new phonetic notation can be typed in first and then the punctuation marks to become full-width. There are two ways to obtain the special symbols in other parts. The first is the internal code table. We can use the internal code input method to type some very special full-width special symbols. full width special symbols A140 A141 A142 A143 A144 A145 A146 A147 A148 A149 A14A A14B A14C A14D A14E A14F﹒ A150 A151 A152 A153 A154 A155 A156 A157 A158 A159 A15A A15B A15C A15D A15E A15F A160 A161 A162 A163 A164 A165 A166 A167 A168 A169 A16A A16B A16C A16D A16E A16F A170 A171 A172 A173 A174 A175 A176 A177 A178 A179 A17A A17B A17C A17D ﹙ A17E A1A1 ﹛ A1A2 ﹜ A1A3 A1A4 A1A5 A1A6 A1A7 A1A8 A1A9 A1AA A1AB A1AC A1AD A1AE A1AF A1B0 A1B1 A1B2 A1B3 A1B4 A1B5 A1B6 A1B7 A1B8 A1B9 A1BA A1BB A1BC A1BD A1BE A1BF A1C0 ㊣ A1C1 A1C2 A1C3 A1C4 A1C5 A1C6 A1C7 A1C8 A1C9 A1CA A1CB A1CC ﹟ A1CD ﹠ A1CE ﹡ A1CF A1D0 A1D1 A1D2 A1D3 A1D4 A1D5 A1D6 A1D7 A1D8 A1D9 A1DA A1DB A1DC A1DD A1DE A1DF A1E0 A1E1 A1E2 A1E3 A1E4 A1E5 A1E6 A1E7 A1E8 A1E9 A1EA ㏒ A1EB ㏑ A1EC A1ED A1EE A1EF A1F0 A1F1 A1F2 A1F3 A1F4 A1F5 A1F6 A1F7 A1F8 A1F9 A1FA A1FB A1FC A1FD A1FE A240 A241 A242 A243 A244 A245 A246 A247 A248 A249 A24A A24B A24C ﹩ A24D ﹪ A24E ﹫ A24F ㏕ A250 ㎜ A251 ㎝ A252 ㎞ A253 ㏎ A254 ㎡ A255 ㎎ A256 ㎏ A257 ㏄ A258 A259 兙 A25A 兛 A25B 兞 A25C 兝 A25D 兡 A25E 兣 A25F 嗧 A260 瓩 A261 玳 A262 A263 A264 A265 A266 A267 A268 A269 A26A A26B A26C A26D A26E A26F A270 A271 A272 A273 A274 A275 A276 A277 A278 A279 A27A A27B A27C A27D A27E A2A1 A2A2 A2A3 A2A4 A2A5 A2A6 A2A7 A2A8 A2A9 A2AA A2AB A2AC A2AD A2AE A2AF A2B0 A2B1 A2B2 A2B3 A2B4 A2B5 A2B6 A2B7 A2B8 A2B9 Ⅰ A2BA Ⅱ A2BB Ⅲ A2BC IV A2BD Ⅴ A2BE Ⅵ A2BF Ⅶ A2C0 Ⅷ A2C1 Ⅸ A2C2 Ⅹ A2C3 A2C4 A2C5 A2C6 A2C7 A2C8 A2C9 A2CA A2CB A2CC ten A2CD卄 A2CE卅 A2CF A2D0 A2D1 A2D2 A2D3 A2D4 A2D5 A2D6 A2D7 A2D8 A2D9 A2DA A2DB A2DC A2DD A2DE A2DF A2E0 A2E1 A2E2 A2E3 A2E4 A2E5 A2E6 A2E7 A2E8 A2E9 A2EA A2EB A2EC A2ED A2EE A2EF A2F0 A2F1 A2F2 A2F3 A2F4 A2F5 A2F6 A2F7 A2F8 A2F9 A2FA A2FB A2FC A2FD A2FE A340 A341 A342 A343 A344 Α A345 Β A346 Γ A347 Δ A348 Ε A349 Ζ A34A Η A34B Θ A34C Ι A34D Κ A34E Λ A34F Μ A350 Ν A351 Ξ A352 Ο A353 A354 Ρ A355 A356 Τ A357 Υ A358 Φ A359 Χ A35A Ψ A35B Ω A35C α A35D β A35E γ A35F δ A360 ε A361 ζ A362 η A363 θ A364 ι A365 κ A366 λ A367 μ A368 ν A369 ξ A36A ο A36B π A36C ρ A36D σ A36E τ A36F υ A370 φ A371 χ A372 ψ A373 ω A374 ㄅ A375 ㄆ A376 ㄇ A377 ㄈ A378 ㄉ A379 ㄊ A37A ㄋ A37B ㄌ A37C ㄍ A37D ㄎ A37E ㄏ A3A1 ㄐ A3A2 ㄑ A3A3 ㄒ A3A4 ㄓ A3A5 ㄔ A3A6 ㄕ A3A7 ㄖ A3A8 ㄗ A3A9 ㄘ A3AA ㄙ A3AB ㄚ A3AC ㄛ A3AD ㄜ A3AE ㄝ A3AF ㄞ A3B0 ㄟ A3B1 ㄠ A3B2 ㄡ A3B3 ㄢ A3B4 ㄣ A3B5 ㄤ A3B6 ㄥ A3B7 ㄦ A3B8 ㄧ A3B9 ㄨ A3BA ㄩ A3BB A3BC A3BD A3BE F9D6 Chess F9D7 Rust F9D8 Li F9D9 Wall F9DA Heng F9DB Makeup F9DC Xian F9DD F9DE F9DF F9E0 F9E1 F9E2 F9E3 F9E4 F9E5 F9E6 F9E7 F9E8 F9E9 F9EA F9EB F9EC F9ED F9EE F9EF F9F0 F9F1 F9F2 F9F3 F9F4 F9F5 F9F6 F9F7 F9F8 F9F9 F9FA F9FB F9FC F9FD F9FE Another way is copy & paste which I often use. When we see enthusiasts providing the above internal code table, in fact its number is not important. The point is, now that I have seen many ready-made special symbols that have been typed So why not just take it off and use it? Take KKman as an example. Drag the mouse to highlight the target you want to remove. Press Alt c to copy. Then move the cursor to the position where you want to put it, press Alt p and paste it. Therefore, the author here recommends that you keep a list of special symbols and place it in a place that is easily accessible. For example, the highlight area on your own BBS personal board or a plain text file on your desktop When special symbols are needed, they can be used directly by copy & paste. These special symbols are important components for drawing BBS pictures, and this table can be said to be a box of BBS art materials. Ⅱ Emoticons Now that we know how to obtain special symbols, we can try to use them. The easiest way to use it is with emoticons. Emoticons are called smiley in English. They use a series of special symbols to draw images that look like expressions. They are often placed at the end of a sentence to allow readers to understand the literal meaning of the sentence. You can also understand the other person's tone and attitude to avoid some misunderstandings in tone, joking or serious. Basic Smiley Examples The original classic Smile : I believe many people have seen this combination of colon, hyphen, right parenthesis As long as you rotate it 90 degrees clockwise, you will have a very simple smiling face. Next, let’s take a look at some of the more common emoticons. : standard smiley : simple smiley ; winking : sad :D laughing :O mouth full : * kissing :P tongue sticking out :p another tongue sticking out XD laughing hilariously is a very popular expression recently XDDD laughing wildly Laughing so hard that your mouth is about to fall off No Turning Smiley Examples Another smiley symbol that I like very much. It doesn’t need to be rotated ^^ This set of emoticons that don’t require rotation is also very practical. Here are some basic emoticons. ^ ^ standard happy smiley ^ ^ another happy smiley ^^ simple happy smiley ^^" feel embarrassed @@ eyes open ^ <winking O O surprised with eyes open > < ouch mad .another mad . bored T T crying ^.^ cat face >^.^< another cat face Full-width Chinese emoticon examples This set of emoticons is ever-changing, but Some symbols cannot be typed out quickly using the keyboard. This is probably its shortcoming. I often see people using it in nicknames, tweets, etc. where it can be solved in one line. basic smile Turn over the table So touched My mind is blank Hey, it’s hopeless. I’m helpless. Convex than middle finger # f Explode the veins and blow the gas whistle Phew, come on, gather energy Haha, you’re surprised. This is indeed a picture. It’s an ASCII picture composed of text :p In short, the pictures in BBS are all made up of symbols like this. The transparent background of KKman does not count. Maybe a single box, an equal sign, or a bracket represents just a symbol. But when you combine them properly, it becomes a very simple ASCII diagram. Next, please use your creativity to think of some interesting emoticons. Maybe in the future we can see the emoticons you designed become a popular buzzword on the Internet XDDD Ⅲ match person Stickman What is a stickman? This is a strange match. Hello everyone Actually, I don’t know where this word comes from. Anyway, it just refers to the one on the left with a round head. He has a square body and thin limbs and looks a bit clumsy. protest I'm not stupid Because it doesn’t take much effort to draw him and the number of symbols required is not large. Very suitable for beginners to practice Here, the author directly draws some simple examples to demonstrate Me, I surrender. Over there, I am Chi. What do you want? < > Walking around, standing on my head, I'm about to slip. How could this happen? Actually, I don’t like stick figures very much ^^" Especially the stick figures that think of the body Watching him dance, I somehow felt that he was very weak, and I had the urge to beat him; Then change your style θ < >Z * z badminton z Run quickly, get ready to hit the ball, drink, smash the ball, completely sleep to death θ * pass catch hit hit If you look closely at one of the figures alone, you can see that there are no more than ten symbols used to draw him. Some relatively simple ones can even be solved within ten symbols. By drawing stick figures, the main purpose is to make readers feel that drawing ASCII pictures is not too difficult. In other words, you don’t have to constantly ask others for pictures, ask for pictures, and flatter others. In the process of flattery, sometimes you have to look at the faces of those masters ^^" Try it and see if you can draw it. Maybe others will ask you for pictures in the future. No matter what kind of picture you draw, trial and error is the only way to go. It is unlikely that you will find the most suitable symbol the first time. Like the badminton racket surface above, I searched for a while before choosing the right lower case theta. In addition, for baseball gloves, choose a special symbol shaped like a right triangle. Try to go through this loop several times before completing a picture. Only when I feel dizzy can the work be satisfying Check: As you gain more experience, the number of transfers will become less and less. Well, that’s the introductory part. Come on, do your best. National Taiwan University Asset Management Mingchan Station Level 90 Artist Huang Shuchun