In The office (US) season 5 episode 2 “Weight Loss: Part 2”, Jim is chatting on his computer with Pam who is at the time studying in her Art school in New York City.
During their conversation she tells her soon to be engaged boyfriend that she just finished her “summer project” and sends a link. Jim clics on the link sent and gets this beautiful ASCII portrait of Dwight Shrute.
For those who want to print it out or play with it here it is ready to copy and paste.
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I’ve always thought this illustration was beautiful! The ASCII style gives it a sort of pixellised feeling but more accurate than 8bits. Its graphic style makes me think of Fatal Fury 2. An arcade fighting video game released in 1992 by SNK Corporation.
