Experimenting - Cross Stitch and ASCII

Cross Stitch - RESEARCH

I wanted to recreate a flower as this is the basis of all my imagery, and I wanted something that was bold enough to then be translated into digital pixel art. The image also had to call for a single coloured thread as I don't have multiple colours, and want to approach all my processes in a monochromatic colour scheme as a way of keeping it focused on the process rather than the imagery.

I like the rose in this image I found as it's bold and can be recreated using just one thread.

Cross Stitch - TEST

I noticed really fast that the thread I was using was too thin and did not cover up the white AIDA cloth however the "x" being visible brings focus to the process by showing how the pattern was created, and also that it could be clearly generated into ASCII

ASCII - Generators
https://www.text-image.com/convert/pic2ascii.cgi

https://asciiart.club

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