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September 29, 2014

Analog ASCII portraits of famous writers

by Laura Domela

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Álvaro Franca uses manual typewriters to create ASCII portraits of famous literary figures like Jack Kerouac (above), Charles Bukowski, and Jose Saramago. Here’s a time-lapse video of the process.
via Boing Boing

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Typewritten Portraits from Álvaro Franca on Vimeo.

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