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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 13 Dec 2002.
Re: Paschimottanasana

Re: Paschimottanasana

Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:
> [David Reis]:
> >   - removed the question marks from the bottom of the left
> >     foot - to ... well... looked strange :) I think it depends
> >     on how you watch the pic : if you "blur" your eyes, the
> >     "?"s will appear "rounder" and you wont see the dots, if
> >     you look at it normally the dot style looks IMHO better as
> >     dots are smaller.
> 
> this must be a case of using different fonts.  I use Lucida
> Typewriter, where the dot of the question mark is offset slightly to
> the right.  this fits Veronica's use very well.

I usually use 'V' or 'Y' for this, but the original conversion had '?'
and I kept it as an experiment.

> I went back to the original, elongated it and reduced the shading.  it
> is supposed to be a sock or ballet shoe, not barefoot.  I think.

I thought he was barefoot (but yes, my version of that foot was a bit
clumsy and didn't match the rest of the body). Hands and feet are
difficult. Here's a recent hand I'm very pleased with:

    .-.  _
    | | / )
    | |/ /
   _|__ /_
  / __)-' )
  \  `(.-')
   > ._>-'
  / \/


-- 
         /||   /\   /\     ***    iii   |          _  o   _
 *<c    ( @@   OO * #]] *  ||%<  ||..   |__  (_|  (_  |  (_\
  /|\ (  > <  .||/  .||/   |>+i ||.PP.     Evil Veronica
  / \  \(_||   bb   /_|  ^./_|   /__|   www.ludd.luth.se/~vk

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Subject: Re: Paschimottanasana
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