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From: dwyer@hal.oit.uwplatt.edu (dwyer howard)
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Subject: Re: The Making of an ASCII Mona Lisa
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Normand Veilleux (nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca) wrote:

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: I also wanted to take this opportunity to give a concrete example
: of how the special grid technique that I use, accelerates and
: simplifies the creation of many ASCII drawings.  I wanted to
: explain, as much as possible, what was involved in drawing by
: "hand" the ASCII version of a relatively complex picture while
: starting from scratch.

: I have described the grid technique in a previous post (in Jan.
: '94), but a recapitulation is necessary before going any further. 
: Basically, the grid was nothing more than a series of characters
: that filled up the area taken by the drawing.  I realized that the
: characters composing the grid would be more useful if they were
: chosen to help pinpoint where a particular portion of the drawing
: was located within the grid.

I really enjoyed the summary of this technique, and found the example
extremely helpful.

It looks to me like you have "re-invented" the counted cross-stitch.
This is a type of needlework in which the image is composed of
squares which are "colored in" by a cross of colored thread.  The
patterns for these things look very much like the picture which you
have generated; these patterns are produced using the same method
which you describe (an overlay).

The overlay is just a simple square grid, with the size adjusted
to match the thread count of the base fabric.  The grid is not
indexed, as you have done; the needleworker must count squares to
find a specific location.

It might be that the patterns for cross-stitch might be converted
to ascii art rather easily ... has anyone tried this ?