Talk Line: Comments on my sig

I've been subsribed to this news group for quite a while now, and only 
today did I decide to create myself a proper ASCII Art Sig.  I ended 
up creating two, below is the first one I did.

  \ /
~=-X-Rick-Moynihan--=~'`^`'~=-.,,.
  / \  IRC NICK: FLOATEEE __    /:\ 
 ______   _______ _______|  |  /  |  
|    _  \|__   __|   ____|   /   /   
|   |_) / __| |__|  |____|   __  \   
|___|\___\_______|_______|__|  \  |  
  \ / Ric...@rik-m.demon.co.uk    \;/ 
~=-X-=~'`^`'~=-.,_,.-=~'`^`'~=~`^`
  / \

However I thought that it looked a little bit plain and decided to *TRY*
and liven it up.  In the process I created this:

      \ /
,.-=~=-X-Rick-Moynihan--=~'`^`;=~-.,,.
,.-=~=/-\=~IRC NICK: Floateee`__~-.,/`\ 
,.-='=======  ======= =======|  |-./  |  
,.-=|    _  \|__   __|   ____|   /   /   
^`'~|   |_) / __| |__|  |____|   __  \   
^`'~|___|\___\_______|_______|__|~`\  |  
^`'~=\-/=~Ric...@rik-m.demon.co.uk=~`^\,/ 
^`'~=-X-=~'`^`'~=-.,_,.-=~'`^`'~=~`^`
     / \

And well firstly are they any good???  And secondly which is the best? as 
I can't quite make my mind up :(  I think I prefer the second one, although
im not quite sure...any comments ideas or improvements would be greatly
appreciated...thanks muchly...RiK