Re: Evolution -- how to improve it?

In article <36C...@gladstone.uoregon.edu>,
atr...@shoggoth.uoregon.edu wrote:
> 
> Alex Schroeder wrote:
> > http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6120/       %o  /             _
> >                          %o         _%o_/       <b--+    \  %O    ! \
> >            %o     .oodMMp'         / M           M /      \dB--+__!_/__
> >    ..oooOOO/       /\   /\         \ >>         /`L        `L\_   __|__
> 
> Howdy.  I like the concept of the art, but the first two are too big, I
> think.  The worm/snake looks like a sea monster, and the four-legged
> animal is really confusing.
> 
> I realize part of the idea is that the creatures all have the same head
> (%0), but, to my mind, it looks better like this:
[snip]
>                             )       %o   /             _
>                         _0_/        <b--+    \  %O    ! \
>              .oOo`o'   / M           M /      \dB--+__!_/__
>    .oOV     |\  |\    (  >>         J`L        `L\_   __|__
> 
> maybe?  I'm trying to go for the "lower mammal" look.
> 
> Ehh.  It was worth a shot.
> 
> Annnna

I think Annnna is right about the first too creatures. And now that ape
is great. 

How about using 7s for legs. Here is a suggestion:

(Alex, your exclamation point as a solution for the monitor screen was a
good one.)

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6120/  %o  /             _
                                _O_/       <b--+    \  %O    ! \
                      %o       / M          M /      \dB--+__!_/__
    ...%o        *7**7        (  >>        / >        `L7\   __|__

I have to say that I find the percent sign a little confusing on the
head. How about this?


http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/6120/  ,c  /             _
                                _O_/       <b--+    \  ,O    ! \
                       ,o      / M          M /      \dB--+__!_/__
    ....o         *7**7       (  >>        / >        `L7\   __|__


And speaking of incomprehensible signatures...


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