ASCII Art has been around since 1966 in one form or another. Well, now there’s CSS Art. Román Cortés has created a portrait of Homer Simpson done entirely with CSS. Here’s an animated version (courtesy of Ned Batchelder) so that you can see how it’s done piece-by-piece. More recently, Román made a portrait of George Bush using the same technique. Very creative (and time consuming!) use of the medium. As it catches on, I’d wager that programs will be created to help automate the process, much like a rasterbator or ASCII generator.

Tags: CSS