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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 15 Sep 1996.
[Pictures] Spunk (Joan Stark) collected works (Part 1)

[Pictures] Spunk (Joan Stark) collected works (Part 1)

I am posting this for Joan Stark who has difficulty posting to this 
newsgroup.  Joan has very kindly agreed to post some of her early work 
(some of the stuff she now hates!).  I wanted all the people who haven't 
had the courage to try their hand at ascii art to get a look at the 
development of an ascii artist.  I think you will be surprised to find 
out what short time she's been doing it.

Diane

________________________________________________________
|                                            .,,,.     |
|  Diane Wenner           Silicon Valley    ((~~~?)    |
| <pix...@netcom.com>   California USA   ))(@ @())   !
|                                          (() ^ (((   |
|________________________________________...._\~/_...._|

From: spu...@juno.com
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	id MAB20958; Sat, 14 Sep 1996 12:56:07 EDT
Cc: spu...@juno.com
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 12:50:50 PST
Subject: SPUNK GALLERY OF ASCII ART (1)
Message-ID: <199...@juno.com>



	~*~ SPUNK GALLERY OF ASCII ART ~*~
		 september 1996
		  part 1 of 2


Who is "Spunk"?

         ____________________/%%*%%*%%*%%*%%*%\____________________
        //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    I\  |  ___ | ~~````~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\
       I:      (((((())       | I \ | (__  |     O f f i c i a l    :I
       I:    (((((((())))     | I  \| ___) |__ Net Surfer's License :I
       I:   ((((((((  ))))    | <-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><-><->:I
       I:  )))) ^   ^ ((((    |                               /     :I
       I: (((( <6> <6> ))))   |Name:     *Joan G. Stark*     /\     :I
       I:  ))))  c     b(((   |            (aka "Mom")      <')=<   :I
       I: ((((\  ___,  /))))  |E-mail:   Spu...@juno.com  \/`    :I
       I:  ))))\_`-' _/((((   |          Spu...@aol.com    \     :I
       I: (((((( `--' ))))))  |Degree:  MSEd in Exercise Science    :I
       I:  ))))))    ((((((   |Interests:  Masters Swimming         :I
       I:                     |         Arts & Crafts, Ascii Art    :I
        *____________________ |_____________________________________*
                         \%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%/

Believe it or not, I "discovered" ascii art in winter of 1995, started
collecting as much of it as I could, then found out that there was too
much to save, and decided that I would try to make it instead.  I began
diddling around with the keyboard in spring of 1996 by doing fonts and
then "discovered" figlets.   And I went on to the pictures...  I have 
about a half of a year under my belt and am looking forward to improving. 
I've included some of my early works in this gallery so you can see how
my artwork has evolved.  Perhaps I may inspire other budding ascii
artists.... BTW, I still collect ascii!  :)   

<the first three are what I consider to be my present "masterpieces")
~ALLIGATOR~ 

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~HORNED DRAGON~
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(now to some of my most recent art work- most of which I have done in the
past two months...)

~WIZARD~
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~WIZARD .SIG~

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    :::::              
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jgs`':::'' 

 

~A PRINCESS~
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  /                           \ jgs
 |                             |
  `-----......_____......-----'

   

~A MERMAID~
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                `~~~`  

   

~MERMAID PRINCESS~
  
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      ~  (   `\^^^^^^/ jgs      \    ~
  ~            ``~~~`       ~
           ~       ~                      ~
  

~KING NEPTUNE~

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~CONFUCIOUS~
                                 .
                               .:::.
                             .:::::::.
                            V^V^V^V^V^V 
                             (| ^ ^ |)      
                              | (_) | 
                              `//=\\'      
                              (((()))
                               )))((
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                                 ( jgs

 
(These next two are categorized together because I made them in the same
manner.  I drew a picture on a piece of paper and traced the picture on
a
plastic sandwich bag (a Ziplock, to be exact).  I taped the bag to my
monitor and made a rough outline with ascii characters.  I took down the
baggie and cleaned up the picture a bit.)

~TWEETY BIRD~

                    ___                 
                _.-'   ```'--.._               
              .'                `-._
             /                      `.
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          :       (                       \
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            :       -'........'-       `.
             `.        `''''`           ;
               `'-.__                  ,'
                     ``--.   :'-------'
                         :   :jgs
                        .'   '.
 


~ZIGGY~
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                      .--         --.      
                    ./               \.
                   /      o            \
                  /      ..       o     |        
                 |     ;`         '.     |          
                |      :           :      |      
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           :                ---               _.'
           `-._              ~~/   \____...-'  `\
           :_. `----./        /       |``   . ._:
             :_:_:_: |__     ~~~   _.-`._:._:-'
                       /``````---``` \
                      /       |       \jgs
                 ____/        |        \___
          __.--''             |            ```---..__
         `\                  _|                    _.'
           `\           _.-''  `-._             _.'
             `\      .-'           `-._      _.'
               `\  .'                  `-._.'
                 `'
 

(these are what I would call "mini-doodles")

~a grasshopper~

   /\ ,, 
  /\OOOO()=  jgs
 `    ``


~camcorder~
               .
              <:
          ____|`
        )=     \__
         |  [I  (_O   jgs
          \_____|


~a director's chair~
  ____
 |____|
 |\___|\.
 \|____\| 
   \  /
    \/
    /\
   /  \ jgs


~a spool of thread and a needle~

             \
              \
  ___          \ 
:` o `:         \ 
|`---`|          \
|MmmmM|  .--.    ()
|MMMMM| /    \   /\  jgs
|mMMMm|/      `.'  '.__.
 `---`  
 

~scissors~

   O./
   O'\   jgs

 

		~*~ end of part 1 ~*~
 


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From: pix...@netcom.com (Diane Wenner)
Subject: [Pictures] Spunk (Joan Stark) collected works (Part 1)
Date: 1996/09/15
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