ASCII art tutorial

How to create that breath-taking ASCII art, which characters to use where, ANiti-aliasing (yes, its here too )
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EDIT: lol looks like no one is interested.

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sometime ago i posted asking about how ascii art is made(at that time i did'nt even know what it is called).there somepeople told about certain sftwrs and sites which make it very easy for new users to create ascii art.
hope it helps here's the link
how r the desings in .nfo files made???

Creating ASCII art from images or using jave like s/w can be a good thing but the link I posted actually teaches you how to create one.

i.e., how to sit and create ASCII art from scratch