ASCII generator
Lovers, ahoy! Take a photo of your darling’s face (or your own if it’s prettier) and put it into an ASCII generator for an old-school arty gift. Because, let’s face it, every day is love day.
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A brick of any other kind would look as sweet, believes artist Jan Vormann. She began filling crumbling walls with multi-coloured Lego bricks in Bocchignano, a little village close to Rome, and was then invited to continue her rainbow reparations in Tel Aviv and Yaffo. Beautiful appropriation or ugly sacrilege?
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Gary said | 10 March, 2008
This is soooo cool. I’ve always wanted to have a portrait of myself in that style. Hehe.
Julia said | 10 March, 2008
Self-love is the best kind, Gary.
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Tim said | 8 March, 2008
This is an interesting idea! Ｈｅｙ，thanks!!
My wife will definitely love it.
Tim