have you always wanted to draw cool  ascii's like those guys who hang in #asnii? well look no further! this tutorial holds all the answers ... and then some!! just look at what these top artists had to say:  i followed these steps and look at me now!  so THAT'S how he does it!  i found step #2 a little complicated, but after bugging sd for days he finally took me step by step through it. i owe ya big guy!  dum dum dee da dum de da ascii? dum da da dee dum oh ASCII!  without this tutorial, i'd be nothing! THANKS SD!  it was amazing! i went from a clueless no skilled newbie to fullfledged (clueless) ascii artist .. IN ONLY 10 MINUTES! -- - [ STEP #1 ] --- --- - - -  this is the most complicated step of all, so if you mess this up your ascii will suck. don't get discouraged though if you don't  succeed first time, it took black jack 11 tries! all you have  to do is put random characters all over the screen. don't go too crazy though, you don't want it to look too cluttered. let me try an example .....   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IN OUR  BARE FEET!" so i'd just like to say, thanks gramps, i owe you,  too bad you're dead. SAUCE00become an ASCII MASTER! fast! Sudden Death cia 19970822R&P