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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 11 Jun 1999.
Re: ACII-art on nokia phones??

Re: ACII-art on nokia phones??

Thank you, although I don't think it's so great a pic. Also, it seems
like nobody would notice it without these 'disturbing' things. 

Thank you,
Valery S-v: http://www.angelfire.com/ab/ascii

Ilmari Karonen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:49:20 +0400, Valery Silivanov (sil...@mtu-net.ru) wrote:
> : (nothing to do with phones)
> : this inspired me to draw an ancient statue:
 :  .    _   _
 :      (. )_')
 :       \ _(
 :       /  ')
 :      |  \/ \
 :       \_ | /
> 
> That's a great picture, but there's something disturbing about it. I think
> it's the nipples. They're so asymmetric that, together with the curves,
> they give an almost ridiculously dynamic appearance. It's as if the statue
> were made of wobbling Jell-o. Or as if the sculptor had been on drugs. Or
> both.
> 
> Someone really needs to diddle in the missing bodyparts, though. I'd do it
> myself, but that's a particular drawing style I've never really mastered.
> Despite seeing it here nearly every day, it never ceases to amaze me that
> someone can get organic shapes out of just slashes and parentheses.
> 
> --
> Ilmari Karonen (ilt...@sci.fi)  |  Core War isn't dead!
> http://www.sci.fi/~iltzu/      |  http://www.koth.org/

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