What are they? (WAS: Re: modern art)

Veronica Karlsson wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to recognise something in my crashed zip file:
> 
> http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/problem/disaster.problem
> 
> I find some really weird looking things in that file.... Maybe I'm just
> tired but some of these things still look like _something_, I just don't
> know what.... (hehe, giant "wotsit" competition...?)
> 
> Enjoy!
> 

No reaction? Oh, well, I guess there are too many of them... but I do
like this distorted llizard...


> 
> %    /       `o
>  -      `.
>    o    ha
>       %  o  ,^^%--- ha
>           \_<_o=  ha
>      [] | |__>] | |,~    I don't know    ___
>            \ /^^ ~/(\     \    /| |  /\  __
>    /    ~ ___\_~/___`      \/\/%|  -/--\ __
>    /  ~~~( )   (               you mean..-
> %%%%    /|/    `/| ejm98%%%  \    /%%%
> ccess.com
> 

And this "fairly accurate self portrait" (I wouldn't have guessed it if
that comment hadn't been readable...):

> 
> Zipper %%%____  ==> [ unzip here ] (PKZIP won't work with THIS one)%%____)8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-[] %%Paularoid% ccess.com
> 
> Here's a self portrait,<<|. that's fairly accurate too I must
> say.  <chuckle>%
> %%%%%______     ______
>    \/       \\/       \
>   \/        \_/        \
>   //_     / \_/        \\%
> %%%%%//\\\/ \_/  ///\\
>  / |-------.   .-------. \  \   ](o)----     (o)----/
> _ \ \.   ./     \.   ./_/%%%%%%%%%%%%%(o_o |         ////:\\\\
>         // ----- \\       \     /^\ --  /   \/ ]]]\\\//:\\///
> %%%%%%%%%%%\\://
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%" %%Paularoid% ccess.com
> 

I just recognised this one:

> Viking ship%
>      ,   /(  (
> ~~`===='~~
>  ~~~~~~~~~
> % ccess.com
> 

I suspect that is because I made it. I am guessing that it originally
looked something like this:

      ,
    (  (
 ~~`===='~~
  ~~~~~~~~~


And here I saw a dragon or a crocodile, or possibly a dog, but now I 
see that it is actually a number of unrelated one-liners:

> 
>    /( * )( * )      (sorry, couldn't resist)%%or, for those less endowed.
>     (.)(.)
> 
> i know you didn't want smileys, but i like this one.  :Pd:   french kiss%%o/~  - person waving?%
> h--| _<- bed%%
>  very old one.  i know    @}-,-'--%%   *<|:o)---- <- clown..  does this count as a smiley?% ~~~~~\=>___     <- house in california?? (okay, bad joke)%%%(_,_)---<- butt%
>    /(o,o)----<- owl?
>    /(o,O)----<- drunken owl?
> 
> /^\.,./^\ --<- bat? (ok, a BAD bat  do bats have noses?)%%
>  --mm-(o,o)-mm------<- one-line version of dude looking over wall%%
>  ok, these are getting really bad. gimme a break, i'm tired. hehe.%%amylou
> ccess.com
> 

Hmmm... What cherry?

> my 8yo daughter insisted on the cherry on top of the
> second cone...%        .-"`'"-    /    / ]]]]]]]\   /    | ]] %]]]|
>        /'-- '- `\   \/ ]| ]] %]]]]]|%%%%%%%\.--.---.-./
>       (_.--|_.-|_)   \/ ]]]\=-=-=-/   \/ ]]]]\=-=-/   \/ ]]]]]\=-/   \/jgs ]]]\/%%            ()%        .-"`'"-    /    / ]]]]]]]\   /    \        /
>        /'-- '- `\   \/ ]| ]] %]]]]]|%%%%%%%\_.--|__.-./
>       (_._ .._ ._)   \/ ]]][=-=-=-]          |=-=-|%         |-=-=|   \/jgs ]'-== '%
> 
> %ccess.com

Can anybody else see that this is supposed to be "Baby Matthew"?

> 
>         ,  !%%,   ,-=?,   _ _ '%%%_%%-%%_                  _,  c , _,)  ({_}) =-_    [_)]%_ ~T~_   \    (_,  ( =-@=)   / ]|      -\| \ /_) |  7~- \,-'%\_,  /^~=-~^~=E}   '%%%%%%%%%%(  (   /
> (m/    )="^      '
>  ~%%This is Baby Matthew with his dummy in (that's Pacifier for all you
> Yankee-speaking folk) and he's playing with his favorite toy.% :nathaN%%ccess.com
> 

The quality of the images got better further down in the file, but here's
another one that I don't think I would have been able to guess without the
comments... (is that a llizard I think I spot at the bottom?)

> mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor) wrote:
> >
> > spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) writes:
> >
> > |>                        T~~ > |>                        | > |>                       /"\
> > |>               T~~     |'| T~~ > |>           T~~ |    T~ WWWW|%> |>           |%%/"\ \%|  | ]|/\T~~ > |>          /"\ WWW  /"\ |' |WW|%> |>         WWWWW/\| / ]]\|'/\|/"\
> > |>         | %%/__\/]WWW[\/||\WWWW
> > |>         |"  WWWW'|I_I|'WWWW' ]| > |>         | %%|' |/%%-%%\|' |' ]| > |>         |'  |\ |LI=H=LI|  |  \| > |>         | %%|' | |[_]| |  |' ]| > |>     jgs | \%|  |_|###|_|  |   | > |>         '-- '- '-/  _\ '- '-- '%> |> > |> -joan
> >
> > That's nice!%%It is indeed. It reminds me of the Friendly Giant's castle. I feel
> compelled to put a cow jumping over the moon above it.%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,,%%%%%%%%%%~----~\/~          /|w--\\
>              .-|       T~~             (   )      |
>              `-'%%%%%%/"\
>               T~~     |'| T~~           T~~ |    T~ WWWW|%          |%%/"\ \%|  | ]|/\T~~          /"\ WWW  /"\ |' |WW|%        WWWWW/\| / ]]\|'/\|/"\
>         | %%/__\/]WWW[\/||\WWWW
>         |"  WWWW'|I_I|'WWWW' ]|   \/ ]]]|   |' |/%%-%%\|' |' ]|   \/ ]  |'  |\ |LI=H=LI|  |  \|   \/ ]]]|   |' | |[_]| |  |' ]|   \/jgs | \%|  |_|###|_|  |   |   \/ ]]]'-- '- '-/  _\ '- '-- '%
> There must be a few people around who were addicted to watching
> Friendly.%My favourite was when the cats came to play music.%%
> -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%ha-------www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
>       _ _ ,^^%--- ha-...@freenet.toronto.on.ca   =#-(_X_)<\  \ ha-----------------------------llizard aka ejm%      \/]]> \,%%%%%%%%%-----#----------Who knows? Maybe          /|^^--------------those cats inspired me...|
> ejm98   / \% ccess.com
> 

-- 
              _                                         _
  __   ___.--'_`.  __   __                _           .'_`--.___   __
 ( _`.'. -   'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _  ( 'o`   - .`.'_ )
 _\.'_'      _.-'   \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` |  `-._      `_`./_
( \`. )    //\`      \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|    '/\\    ( .'/ )
 \_`-'`---'\\__,                                       ,__//`---'`-'_/
  \`        `-\    uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/    /-'        '/
   ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ '
        LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/

Related ASCII art in the Gallery

Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:

    \\__  o
|\/    o\  o
>       < o
|/\   __/
    //

 |\__/,|   (`\
 |_ _  |.--.) )
 ( T   )     /
(((^_(((/(((_/

  , _ ,
 ( o o )
/'` ' `'\
|'''''''|
|\\'''//|
   """

 ,~~--~~-.
+      | |\
|| |~ |`,/-\
*\_) \_) `-'

 __
 \  \     _ _
  \**\ ___\/ \
X*#####*+^^\_\
  o/\  \
     \__\

.------------.
|\\//\\//\\//|
|//\\//\\//\\|
|\\//\\//\\//|
|//\\//\\//\\|
'------------'

Make your own ASCII art

Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.