ascii picture designer3.0

If you have an artistic spirit and are among those who see various objects hidden in plain text, you can get on the creative side and generate your own artworks.One way to express yourself using text-art is by using an Ascii-based software tool, such as Ascii Picture Designer. This is an easy-to-use application which can help you create Ascii pictures with its IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

Getting started with word art

Installing the program goes on without issue, and the first thing you will notice when looking at the main menu is the simplicity of the GUI (Graphical User Interface).One thing worth mentioning is that, despite the fact that everything in the GUI looks outdated due to the poor choice of fonts, the program redeems itself through the use of skins (four in total), each having its unique feeling and charm brought by nicely-chosen color palettes.

Drawing by hand is a thing again

As for the drawing experience per se, you're only given a brush and eraser tool, so everything you create is done by hand, which is a drawback since a software tool of such an artistic nature could have easily had many other options (editable brush size, font color changing etc.).Of course, to help you out, the entire background is covered in a grid pattern to be used as reference, as a piece of art can easily be ruined by shaky curves that look like they were hand-drawn by a five-year-old.

Simple tool for creating Ascii-based art

After creating the art, the program allows you to either keep the file in a proprietary format (.asc) or export it to an editable format (.txt) for use in other text editing tools. The simple design and non-pretentious GUI allows the application to run even on older operating system versions, while presenting no issues on current ones.If you want to add a surprise element to a text document you send to a loved one, or just want to draw but don't have the hardware to cope with high-end image editing software, Ascii Picture Designer is a good solution.