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-= Where should I create my logos? =-
Good question. Many logo artists use one of three choices. There are:
- Wordpad
- Notepad
- The message box directly from forums
Most Logo Artists these days use Wordpad. It is very organized, and easy to work with.
When using Wordpad, however, you should make sure you have:
Font Size: 9
Font: Arial
Some Logo Artists also use Notepad. Like Wordpad, it is very organized, and easy to work with.
It would also be best if you have:
Font Size: 9
Font: Arial
While working with Notepad.
The last location where logos are often made, are directly from the message box on forums. The only down part to that is if your logo is longer than the ammount of spaces provided per line, it will be hard to work with. Also, your page will expire while making your logo, and 90% of the time, you will lose your work.

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-= How Do I Use Alt Codes? =-
This is a commonly asked question, becasue using alt codes CAN be confusing.
Well, it really is very simple. When using a desktop, there are a few things to remember:
• Make sure you have Num Lock "on".
• When using alt codes, be sure to use your number pad, located to the far right of your keyboard.
• To use alt codes, hold down the alt key, type in the number code, realease alt.
When using a laptop:
1. Find the "Fn" key. For me its a blue key between teh ctrl key and the windows key on the lower left part of the keyboard
2. Hold "Fn", while pressing the "Num Lock" key (For me its
in the upper right hand corner, between F12 and The "Pause/Break" key. It says "Scroll in white letters, and "Num lk" in blue letters
3. Now, the right side of your keyboard should have become a number pad.
4. For me, the letter/ number correspondence is as follows
M=0, J=1, K=2, L=3, U=4, I=5, O=6, 7=7, 8=8, and 9=9
5. If you have done it correctly, when you type the word "LOL" with Num lock on, it should come out as "363"
6. Now, hold down the alt key and press the numbers for the alt code character you would like to use. MAKE SURE YOU USE THE NUMBER PAD YOU JUST CREATED, NOT THE ONES ACROSS THE TOP!!!
7. To turn Num Lock off, Simply repeat Step 2.
How to use Alt codes on a labtop made by: Brendansllvn

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•¥• Alt Codes! •¥•
Note: Anyone can use this list as they see fit.
Hand checked by BrendanSllvn
Disclaimer: All of the characters shown are merely for my computer. They may be different on yours. Any numbers not shown are noncoding for my computer.

ALT + 0008— Backspace
ALT + 0013— Enter
ALT + 0022— Paste
ALT + 0026— Undo
ALT + 0032— Space
ALT + 0033— !
ALT + 0034— "
ALT + 0035— #
ALT + 0036— $
ALT + 0037— %
ALT + 0038— &
ALT + 0039— '
ALT + 0040— (
ALT + 0041— )
ALT + 0042— *
ALT + 0043— +
ALT + 0044— ,
ALT + 0045— -
ALT + 0046— .
ALT + 0047— /
ALT + 0048— 0
ALT + 0049— 1
ALT + 0050— 2
ALT + 0051— 3
ALT + 0052— 4
ALT + 0053— 5
ALT + 0054— 6
ALT + 0055— 7
ALT + 0056— 8
ALT + 0057— 9
ALT + 0058— :
ALT + 0059— ;
ALT + 0060— <
ALT + 0061— =
ALT + 0062— >
ALT + 0063— ?
ALT + 0064— @
ALT + 0065-ALT + 0090 are the capital letters in alphabetical order
ALT + 0091— [
ALT + 0092— \
ALT + 0093— ]
ALT + 0094— ^
ALT + 0095— _
ALT + 0096— `
ALT + 0097-ALT + 0122 are the lowercase letters in alphabetical order
ALT + 0123— {
ALT + 0124— |
ALT + 0125— }
ALT + 0126— ~
ALT + 0127—
ALT + 0128— €
ALT + 0129— ?
ALT + 0130— ‚
ALT + 0131— ƒ
ALT + 0132— „
ALT + 0133— …
ALT + 0134— †
ALT + 0135— ‡
ALT + 0136— ˆ
ALT + 0137— ‰
ALT + 0138— Š
ALT + 0139— ‹
ALT + 0140— Œ
ALT + 0141— ?
ALT + 0142— Ž
ALT + 0143— ?
ALT + 0144— ?
ALT + 0145— ‘
ALT + 0146— ’
ALT + 0147— “
ALT + 0148— ”
ALT + 0149— •
ALT + 0150— –

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•¥• Continued! •¥•
ALT + 0151— —
ALT + 0152— ˜
ALT + 0153— ™
ALT + 0154— š
ALT + 0155— ›
ALT + 0156— œ
ALT + 0157— ?
ALT + 0158— ž
ALT + 0159— Ÿ
ALT + 0160— <--- Anticopy, which, sadly, is missing At the moment
ALT + 0161— ¡
ALT + 0162— ¢
ALT + 0163— £
ALT + 0164— ¤
ALT + 0165— ¥
ALT + 0166— ¦
ALT + 0167— §
ALT + 0168— ¨
ALT + 0169— ©
ALT + 0170— ª
ALT + 0171— «
ALT + 0172— ¬
ALT + 0173— <--- A 0 pixel character.
ALT + 0174— ®
ALT + 0175— ¯
ALT + 0176— °
ALT + 0177— ±
ALT + 0178— ²
ALT + 0179— ³
ALT + 0180— ´
ALT + 0181— µ
ALT + 0182— ¶
ALT + 0183— ·
ALT + 0184— ¸
ALT + 0185— ¹
ALT + 0186— º
ALT + 0187— »
ALT + 0188— ¼
ALT + 0189— ½
ALT + 0190— ¾
ALT + 0191— ¿
ALT + 0192— À
ALT + 0193— Á
ALT + 0194— Â
ALT + 0195— Ã
ALT + 0196— Ä
ALT + 0197— Å
ALT + 0198— Æ
ALT + 0199— Ç
ALT + 0200— È
ALT + 0201— É
ALT + 0202— Ê
ALT + 0203— Ë
ALT + 0204— Ì
ALT + 0205— Í
ALT + 0206— Î
ALT + 0207— Ï
ALT + 0208— Ð
ALT + 0209— Ñ
ALT + 0210— Ò
ALT + 0211— Ó
ALT + 0212— Ô
ALT + 0213— Õ
ALT + 0214— Ö
ALT + 0215— ×
ALT + 0216— Ø
ALT + 0217— Ù
ALT + 0218— Ú
ALT + 0219— Û
ALT + 0220— Ü
ALT + 0221— Ý
ALT + 0222— Þ
ALT + 0223— ß
ALT + 0224— à
ALT + 0225— á
ALT + 0226— â
ALT + 0227— ã
ALT + 0228— ä
ALT + 0229— å
ALT + 0230— æ
ALT + 0231— ç
ALT + 0232— è
ALT + 0233— é
ALT + 0234— ê
ALT + 0235— ë
ALT + 0236— ì
ALT + 0237— í
ALT + 0238— î
ALT + 0239— ï
ALT + 0240— ð
ALT + 0241— ñ
ALT + 0242— ò
ALT + 0243— ó
ALT + 0244— ô
ALT + 0245— õ
ALT + 0246— ö
ALT + 0247— ÷
ALT + 0248— ø
ALT + 0249— ù
ALT + 0250— ú
ALT + 0251— û
ALT + 0252— ü
ALT + 0253— ý
ALT + 0254— þ
ALT + 0255— ÿ
At Alt code ALT + 0256, the sequence repeats.
~~~
Thanks, Brendan, for going through all those!

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Note: Multi-spacing does NOT work on Mozilla Firefox!
Note²: Currently, Alt+0160 and Alt+255 are disabled on the Runescape forums! They won't work!
Spacing? Simple!
There are 3 ALT codes for multi spacing
1.ALT+0173
2.ALT+0160
3.Alt+255
ALT+0173 is to make copiable spaces. Try and copy the foloowing
| |
It is copiable! Since it is only a spacer you will have to do Space, 0173, space, 0173, etc (be warned, for this ALT code, every space uses 2 characters since it is just and invisible spacer)
ALT+0160 is to make UN-copiable spacing. This is the most commonly use of the three. Try and copy the following
|.....|
Didn't work did it? Unlike ALT+0173, You only need to do the alt code
ALT+255 is the least common of them all. It is just another way to do ALT+0160
|.....|
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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
---<Realism>---
Ever wondered why your picture just doesn't look real, even though you've got all the details, everything down to a 't'?
Well, many artists struggle in this part of ascii drawing.
Here's some simple guidelines to follow, when trying to recreate a realistic drawing:
1) Remember, shading can make outlines less visable.
2) Shading is still important though, as it gives the drawing a 3D effect.
3) Never forget the right curvature. If you draw a hexagon and call it a ball, no one will believe you, because it uses straight lines, not curves.
4) Use a model. Some drawings, if based on realistic things, can be drawn using a model or photograph, which can more than likely be found somewhere online, a photo is easy to reference to and will also give you an idea as to how close your picture looks to the realistic thing.
5) Keep a consistant use of keys. If you use every key on the keyboard in a drawing, it'll look messed up. Try to keep it simple. Find a nice set of gradient keys. Two good examples I use are .,:;`'"¯–_ and s5$§_š
6) Patience. No drawing will come out perfectly on your first try. It'll take a couple revisions to certain points in the picture.
7) Practice. The more you draw, the better you'll get, if you learn to apply techniques differently.
8) Don't open your mouth. You might swallow a bug.
If these 8 simple guidelines can't improve your ascii, then I'm not trying hard enough.
By: Mashpotato55

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

Drawing words
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
¯|¯ |¯| # /¯/
_|_ |_| # /_/
When wanting to draw words, there are many things to consider. First of all, do you want it single lined, block, or shaded (alligned symbols)?
Next thing is CAPITALS or small case lettering. Then when you get really adventurous, Italic or Straight?
Once you have chosen, you can begin to make your grid. When writing words especially with alligned symbols, it is best to use 5 lines deep.
If you are a beginner, stick to straight, CAPITALS alligned symbol '#' and make ur grid from '_'s
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Then practiec with the word CHEESE
######__##__##__
##___#__##__##__
##______######__
##___#__##__##__
######__##__##__
I have started it here for you. Carry it on and finish the word.
When you become more experienced you can start using different grids (ie. .... or even . . . . ) and different symbols with alligned (ie # $ ? ¥ § £ € )
Play around with different words and start to add Italics. You can do this using / or bye adding extra characters before the word.
..........######......##.....##
.........##........#.....##.....##
........##...............######
......##........#.....##.....##
.....######.....##.....##
Once you have mastered this, you can start to use the multispace.
This symbol which is 0pixels big, allows the use of more than one space at a time, so eliminating the need for a grid. To see how to use the multispace, see above.
Once you get the hang of it you can start making words with great ease and in no time at all.
###### ## ##
## # ## ##
## ######
## # ## ##
###### ## ##

Made By: Beng92

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Hello, and I am going to teach you the wonderful strategy of visualality.
Visualality is where you look at an item down to the details and get it. No matter if it is an ancient staff, full torags, Veracs, you need to get the details in unalligned and alligned. To get all the details without being incorrect. If it is a fictional object, such as a Penguin with an ancient staff, look at a penguin, and an ancient staff. Try to find out what would happen if a penguin wielded one. Just try to get all the details once again, exept for its un-real.
If you are making something exotic, like a tiger, search the internet, find a good picture, and make a picture containing the exact same details.
If you are a beginning Ascii artist, and you are a good real life drawing artist, draw a picture, and grab all the details from the paper like I did with this picture.
............................/\
.........................../..\
.........................'/.....\
......................../........\
......................./..........\
'...................../.............\
..................../_______\
'................../\:::::::::::::::::/\
................./...\::::::::::::::/...\
................/.....'\:::::::::::/......\
.....'........./........\:::::::::/........\
´............/...........\::::::/.........`\
............/´............'\:::/.............\
.........../_______\/_______\
I drew this Zelda Signal, then made it into great Ascii Art. This strategy is perferred for unaligned, for ANY time I use Unaligned art, I draw the picture before i post it. Even simple Drawings like this:
........,-'''''"'''-,
.....,"::::::::::::",
...,"::::::::::::::::",
...¯¯¯|..|¯¯¯¯
..........|..|
..........|_|©
Well, this is My Guide to Visualality. Enjoy!
By: Robert Nick1
PLEASE NOTE: All drawings made By Robert Nick1 in this post, copies will be hidden.

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For unaligned, my favorite borders are these , . ; : ' " _ - ~ ¬ — ¯ and / \ | sometimes its fun to use a combination for an edge such as
,'
,"
,/"
,;'
etc.
For shading.... the darkest color would be farthest from the light source and the darkest character is obviously a space, and the lightest for unaligned you should use this ; however for aligned it would be this #, this is a scale for shading ranges.
. ..,. ., ..,,:;::;;:; :;:!;;!;!!!;!!!???:;:$$;;$$;##$#$###%%#%$##%
I would recomend to start out by doing shapes as you dont have to trace anything to make them and they are quite easy and good for practicing.
example:
'.....,-'-,
...,". . . ",
.,'. . . . . .",
..`¬~-~¬´
Also lots of great pics are made up of various shapes take this for example.
next post.
Continued Below...

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Continued From Above...
'……………………. ,.-~•*"'*•~-., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .',º`*¬~~•-,._¸_
…………………... ,':::::::::::::::;;;;;;', . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ',. ,~,._,.,__.`,
…………………... ',:::::::::::::::;;;;;;,' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,' ,'
…………………… '.,::::::::::::;;;;;,' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,' ,'
……………………... `'"*•~~•*'´. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,' ,'
…….¸_,.-~•¬*´º,`„.-~•^*~. „ .-~*^•~-., _.-•~¬*º*~-_. . ,' ,'
…. , '…………… ,' :::: ::: ;;:::;;;; ;;;:;;;::', . . . . . . . . . . . ,' ,'
….. ' , ………… ,' ::::::::: ;;::::::;;:: :::;;;:;'', . . . . . . . . . ,' ,'
……..' ~-„._.„„..,' ::;;;::;;;; ;::::;::::::;:;;: :::;;',..,,„_.,„-~,'' ,'
'……………... ,' :::::::,' ;;::::;::::::;:::: ', :::;:'', . . . . . ,' ,'
…………….. ,' ::::;;:,'' ;;::::;:::;::;:::;:: ', ;;::::', . . . ,' ,'
…………… ,' ;;;;:::,' ;;;:;:::;::::::;;:::;:': ', ;;::::', . ,' .,'
………….. ,'', ::., ;,' ;;::::;:::;::::::;;:::;::; ', ;;:::::,' .,'
…………... ,':;:::;'', ;:;:::;;;;::::::::::::::::;; ,'; ::,' .,'
……………` '¨ ' ´ ;.::::;:::;:::;:::;:::;:::::: . . ,' .,'
………………… ;..:;;;;;:::;;;;::;;;::::::;: . ,' .,'
………………... ;..,,:::;;;;;:::::;;;;;::::::::' .,'
………………... ; …:::;;;;;;:::;;;;;;:::::::;
……………….. ; ...,,::::;;;;;::::;;;;:::;;;;::
……………….. ; ...,,..,.::::;;;;:::::::;;;:;::
……………….. ; .,..,::::;;;;;:;;;::;;::;;:::;;
………………. ,' .,..::::;;;;;::;;;;:::;;;:::::.';
…………….. , ' ...,.:::;;;;:::::;;;;::::;;;;;;:: '' ,
Notice the circle for the head?
Any characteristics in a picture should be made after the base is made.
example:
'….,-'-,
...,". . . ",
.,'. . . . . .",
..`¬~-~¬´
If I were to add...say a face to this triangle I would do that after I made the boundary's.
….,-'-,
...,"OO ,
.,' |___| ",
..`¬~-~¬´
This is a very poor example but it helps adding it after i have finished making the rest.
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