Ever wondered what people are doing when you see the sort of thing shown below in feedback comments?

Well, it's called ASCII Art, ASCII being an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, and these are some of the simpler examples, which are an ideal size for placing in the feedback space.

In it's most basic form, ASCII art is a means of expression using only a couple of characters to form an image.

For example, the quite commonly known :-)  :-(   ;-)  and many many more....

Taking it a step further, and creating images from several lines of these characters, it is quite remarkable what some ASCII artists can achieve.

You may copy and paste any of these if you wish!

‹(•¿•)›

: - (¯`'·.¸(¯`'·.¸¸.·'´¯)¸.·'´¯) - :

ø¤ºº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºº¤ø

º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸

‹(•¿•)› .·:*¨¨*:·. .·:*¨¨*:·‹(•¿•)›

<//ô¿ô\\>

-:¦:-•:*'""*:•.-:¦:-

º¤ø,¸*¸,ø¤ºº¤ø,¸*¸,ø¤º

(¯`'·¸¤ø¸¸ ¸¸ø¤.·''´¯)

*´¯`* .. ¥ .. ¸.*´¯`* .. ¥ .. ¸.*´¯`*

Merry Christmas!

                 *                
                /:\               
              \:/"./-             
             ,\o:/.::/'           
           _":'*"'|"\:"_          
          _:W"_:'_:""w;/_         
          ,-\w::--/\:|:/-,        
         /;;":\:.|\::W \::\-      
       -:|:-+-_::_:|_\:/':_/_     
       ,"_:+-_O_:::|:""_\_:__     
     \_:/::\___|:"W ::/"__::/\/   
   -\:\_:/:\::_|:::/::/\/\::/\::, 
    /::0/:/"\:|__/:W/__:\__o:\:/-/
  :; -o:\::/\:\|\:W/:::\_:: /-::\_
\_:o"_/:\__/::\"_:\_"/\_/\:::\_w 
   _:\__/::\_:":_"__/:\_\_::\_/:_.
     '";:\_:_:\ /_:_\"/o:Ww:"'    
           '";:|""|/ ""           
               |""|               
            __/|""|\__            
            \_::::::_/            
             \______/