Recently many people have started using special chat symbols in their MSN and Facebook chats, and also in blog comments. These special symbols are free to use for everyone, and you don’t need to download anything or pay for anything – just copy and paste them from websites!
Some people, however, have taken this even further – to the next level! They have begun to combine symbols to create new pictures, larger images which can then be put into Web 2.0 comments sections and on Myspace pages and Facebook walls. The creativity of these individuals is amazing – and you can see from the example below that there are some really amazing pictures!
Home Simpson ascii art
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So what would you put into your Facebook chat or on your website if you could make a picture of anything? Here are some ideas:
- Make a special character image of yourself, using an old photograph! It will look really cool in black and white!
- Draw the robot from Wall-E! He’s really cool and obviously would fit very well in any technology blog or website.
- The Windows 7 logo in special characters – this might be good to show to people who made the mistake of installing Windows 7 before it was properly tested what they really should have done instead – copied some special characters or symbols from here!
If you know of any other special characters or symbols that can be made into cool faces, paste them in the comments section here!