ascii art
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Just a few samples of an interesting art form that uses a very restricted tool set - ASCII characters. It's amazing what people can do with this. (i didn't create these)
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(___) Pegasus by Y.Emre Kocabasoglu (line drawing)
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check out this solid drawing (squint just a little) - anyone you know??
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