The first ASCII art I can remember was about 1983 when one day a boy at school was showing off a banner that his Dad had made. It said 'Happy Birthday' with each letter made up of characters on continuous tractor-feed paper - quite the nerd. However it was a man called Ken Knowlton who is famed for being the pioneer for computer generated ASCII art, and computer graphics alike in the mid 60's. His study of photomosaics involved taking a photograph and interpreting it into halftone shades by using typographic symbols.
Here's what all the hype was about... Reclining Nude by Ken Knowlton and Leon Harmon, c1966:
Even earlier than this was 'typewriter art' which made an appearance in the late 1800's. Flora Stacey made this image called 'Butterfly' in 1898...
ASCII art can be seen as signatures for hackers, programmers and geeks alike as retro is the new cool, and in places where actual images cannot be embedded.
Here's one I made/generated earlier. 10 seconds earlier to be precise...
Enough of this, time for me to sign off...
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