Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 20 Sep 2000.
.sig sized critters
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· 6 messages · 20 Sep 2000 - 22 Sep 2000
--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(Darcy Boese said it like only they can.)-- $</lurk> $ $ $PS. MAN but doing .sig sized critters in ANY style is hard! where were you a couple of months ago when i asked people to post 4 line animals? thanks dood -- ._______. ._______. | <> <> | GUI's are for slackers. | <> <> | \-|o|-/ ibpconf.sh on freshmeat.net \-|o|-/ /___\ the easiest way to personalize /___\ (MMM) the command line. By Faux_Pseudo (MMM)
Faux_Pseudo <Fau...@home.com> wrote: > where were you a couple of months ago when i asked people to post > 4 line animals? I hadn't even subscribed to this group yet, let alone started playing with ASCII art full-out. It's only been the past week or two that I'd been sufficiently bored to play.. > thanks dood That's what (what's left of) Usenet is for eh: sharing! BTW, I've already re-diddled my Saint Bernard.. I realized that with their big heads it would work better with a larger snout, which also happens to fix his casket.. /\_/\ | Saint prs / "_o | Bernard _ | ()_) | \\/ || | -- / / | Why you say you no bunny rabbit when you have little ____,, " " ,,____ | powder-puff tail? -- The Tasmanian Devil
On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 01:24:05 GMT, Darcy Boese <pos...@newsfeed.niagara.com> provoked the following text: >prs // | Schnauzer > / ". | > \/ || | I love 'em all! However, i think this looks more like a schnauzer: prs // | Schnauzer / "m | \/ || | -- Peter Punk \ / ---\\\\--- / \ Draai je SETI@home en ben je lid van HetNet? Ga dan naar http://home.hetnet.nl/~setiathomegroep/index.html voor tips, antwoorden, discussies. links, downloads en meer. Watson's Law: The reliability of machinery is inversely proportional to the number and significance of any persons watching it.
</lurk>
After spending far too much time playing with my new .sig art, I
figured I'd share it with the people who might best appreciate it.
I've got it all on a (private) web page, and the text below is a
dump from Lynx's "print" command.
I'd be happy if anybody could take any of my "sitting" or my
"standing" critters and make some genuinely new animals in the
same style. Only the ones that are a maximum of 4 characters tall
get to go on my web page though..
PS. MAN but doing .sig sized critters in ANY style is hard!
<lurk>
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.sig art by prs
All the following ASCII figures are 100% original creations. Permission
is granted to copy freely, so long as my initials remain intact.
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Index
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Miscellaneous .sig-sized art
Sigmonster, Skull, Pacman, 3 Smiles, Skydiver,
Mouse Head, Honeycomb, Bee, Worm, Hugs and Kisses
Sitting critters
Mouse, Rat, Kitty, Fox, German Shepard,
Labrador Retriever, Schnauzer, Mutt, Bunny, Squirrel,
Piggy, Monkey, Seal, Male Lion, Female Lion,
Saint Bernard, Beaver, Raccoon
Standing critters
Deer, Reindeer, Elk, Moose, Horse, Donkey,
Mule, Goat, Billy Goat, Ram, Bull, Cow, Camel,
Sheep, Llama, Two Sheep
1-line art
Octopus, Spider, Goldfish, "Peekaboo!", Puppy,
Porcupine, Beaver, Possum, Rabbit, Bee, Eyes
Squid, Rabbit, Giraffe, Cow
Too big for .sigs
The Finger, Birthday Cake, Keyboard and Mouse, A Night Out,
Light Bulb, Bad Reception
Miscellaneous
-------------
First, the .sig creations. Creating ASCII art for .signature files
takes special care, because the whole signature is limited to 4
characters in height, and you have to leave plenty of room for quotes
or other text.
--
prs / / | My original sigmonster
____,, " " ,,____ |
--
/ \ _ _\ | Skull
( . ( )( ) |
\__ ^^ \ |
prs \ \\\\\ |
--
prs __ | wakawakawakawaka
- ,-. - /..\ |
- ( < - |~~| |
- `-' - l__l |
--
___ Smile! |
/". ."\ / |
| \___/ | |
\.___./ prs |
--
,---, Smile! |
/ . . \ / |
| \___/ | |
\.___./ prs |
--
__ Smile! |
/".."\ / |
| \__/ | |
\.__./ prs |
--
\v/
>X< <- Why I don't skydive
/^\ prs
--
_ | Say cheese!
O. .O |
=.= prs |
--
\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/prs | Buzzy as a bee..
/ \__/ \__/E8\__/ \__/ |
\__/83\__/ \__/ \__/ \ |
/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ |
--
_ _ _ prs | Bzzzzzzz...
(*) \\// |
| 9||)- --""-__- |
\|/ |
--
prs _ _ _ | Worm
/ \_/ \_/.\ |
/_/\__/\__/ |
--
/\/\ /\ /\/\ /\ /\/\ /\ | Hugs and kisses!
\ // \\ // \\ // \ |
/ \\ // \\ // \\ / |
\/\/ \/ \/\/ \/ \/\/ \/prs|
Sitting Critters
----------------
The next grouping is of sitting critters. The first one I did was
the Fox, and the rest are from diddling around with it, mostly to the
tails and ears. But you'll notice little changes to the shoulders
and such too..
--
prs OO | Mouse
/ ". |
\__/ || |
--
prs oo | Rat
|". |
\_ / | |
\_/ || |
--
prs // | Kitty
= ".= |
))/ \ |
((/ || |
--
prs |/ | Fox
_ < ". |
\\ | \ |
\\/ || |
--
prs // | German
/ ". | Shepard
_ | \ |
\\/ || |
--
prs /\/\ | Labrador
/ ". | Retriever
_ | \ |
\\/ || |
--
prs // | Schnauzer
/ ". |
\/ || |
--
prs rr | Mutt
/ ". |
_ | \ |
\\/ || |
--
prs lf | Bunny
|". |
/ | |
c/ || |
--
prs ^^ | Squirrel
(\ |". |
))/ | |
((/ || |
--
prs rr | Piggy
( "e |
/ | |
&/ || |
--
prs _ | Monkey
c ". |
\_ / \ |
\_| || |
--
prs _ | Seal
/ ". |
| \ |
_/ \\ |
--
prs mmm | Lion
{{c ". | (male)
*_ | \ |
\_/ || |
--
mmm prs | Lion
{{c ". | (with friend)
*_ | \ |
\_/ | \<"\_) |
--
prs _ | Lion
c ". | (female)
_ | \ |
\_/ || |
--
/\_/\ | Saint
prs / ". | Bernard
_ | ()_) |
\\/ || |
--
prs _ | Beaver
/ ". |
_/ \" |
(_| || |
--
prs // | Raccoon
/ m. |
__| \ |
(//| || |
Standing Critters
-----------------
And now for the standing critters. The deer was first, but the moose
is my favorite.. There's not really much room for variety in here
though, basically all you've got to work with are the antlers and the
tails.
--
prs YY | Deer
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs << | Reindeer
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs FF | Elk
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs \\_// | Moose
__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs // | Horse
___/". |
//__ | |
|| || |
--
prs \_/ | Donkey
___/". |
//__ | |
|| || |
--
prs || | Mule
___/". |
//__ | |
|| || |
--
prs (( | Goat
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs }} | Billy Goat
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs ?? | Ram
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs (__) | Bull
__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs ,, | Cow
__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs _ | Camel
/\/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs _ | Sheep
\__/". |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs |". | Llama
\__|| |
/__ | |
|| || |
--
prs |". | Two sheep
/ \_/". |
/| /\\ | |
|||| || |
1-line Art
----------
Following are 1-line ASCII figures, mostly critters. I give these ones
away freely for any use you feel fit, so long as you give credit.
(_/\_(O O)_/\_) Octopus
/\/\(88)/\/\ Spider
<>< Goldfish
_,,/"-"\,,_ "Peekaboo!"
`nP Puppy
c//_ Porcupine
c/D_ Beaver
__________ Possum (roadkill)
X<8(//)--- Possum (top view)
c<8(//)--- Possum (top view) II
!! Rabbit
-83)- --""-__- Bee
<(|)> <(|)> The eyes have it
And a few that are viewed sideways, like a smiley.
-<<8>< Squid
=:X Rabbit
]:8=======( Giraffe
}:8 Cow
Big Art
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And OK OK I know, there's no way in hell these ones are small enough
to use for your .signature, but I don't really have anywhere else to
put them anyway..
.-.
| | prs
.-| |-.-. "The Finger"
.-| | | | |
| | |
\ /
\ |
_*__*_
/ | | \
( | | ) Happy Birthday!
|\______/|
| |
\______/prs
// ))
// //
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| |__| |__|_____________|__| |__||_|_|_||___|_|_| | \____/
|_________________________________________________| prs
|\_____/| ////\
|/// \\\| /// \\\
|/O O\| |/o o\|
d ^ .b C ) D "A Night Out On The Town"
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(_/\||/\_) (___/ \___)
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____________\/____________
/ ____________________ \
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\_________________________/
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-- -- | | \ /_ |_/ / \ /_ /_ | | |\/|
| | / \_ | \_/ _/ _/ \_/ | |
Why 'prs' for my initials you ask? Hearken waaaaay back to about 1988
when I was still using local BBS's regularly, a local BBS operator wrote
his own BBS software called "Black Cat BBS", that allowed users to use
3-letter shortcuts to log in and send local mail, and 'prs' was short
for my Nick. And I've used those initials ever since..
-- Darcy Boese (possum at road dot kill dot com)
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|_/ / \ /_ /_ | | |\/| ((_/ |_/ / \ _| / | |< | | | | / \ |\/|
| \_/ _/ _/ \_/ | | \_/ | \ \_/ \_\ \_| o | \ | | | o \_/ \_/ | |
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--
/ / | There is no time like the present for postponing
____,, " " ,,____ | what you ought to be doing.
Peter Punk <ppu...@damnthatspam.chello.nl> wrote:
> I love 'em all!
Thanks! this one is new, still .sig sized..
prs _ _ _ _ | See No Evil +
c -. { ". c "} c ". | Hear No Evil +
\_ / \ + \_ /\\ + \_ / \/ = \_ / \^ | Speak No Evil =
\_| || \_| | \_| | \_| || | One Bored Monkey
--
/ / | Television has proved that people will look at
____,, " " ,,____ | anything rather than each other. -- Ann Landers
I just thought I'd do a quickie follow up.. I don't know how many of you bothered to scroll all the way through my "gallery", but I just finished doing a sequel to this (not .sig sized) picture: >> |\_____/| ////\ >> |/// \\\| /// \\\ >> |/O O\| |/o o\| >> d ^ .b C ) D "A Night Out On The Town" >> \\m// | \_/ | >> \_/ \___/ >> __ooo__ _/<|_|>\_ >> /_ _\ / |/\_/\| \ >> | \_v_/ | | |\| | >> || _/ _/\\| | |\| | | >> ||) ( \| | |\| | | >> || \ | \\ |\| | | >> || -- | (())\_/ | | >> (( | |___|___|_| >> |______| | Y |)) >> |-||-| | | | >> | || | | | | >> | || | | | | >> | || | |___|___|prs >> /u\||/u\ /qp| |qp\ >> (_/\||/\_) (___/ \___) -(|)- /\\ \ /\|||/\ / \ |-O_O-| |-o-o-| d ^ b C V D "30 Years Later" O\-=-/O | ___ | \_/ \___/ __| |__ _/<|_|>\_ / \_/ \ / |/\_/\| \ / o o | |\| | |/ __o__ \| | |\| | | |\ o o /| | |\| | | ||)=====( \ \\ |\| | | || o o \ (())\_/__| | (( o | | | |_| | o o | | Y |))\ | o | | | | || | o o | | | | || |_______| | | | || prs|_|_| |___|___| || /X|X\ /qp| |qp\ || (__|__) (___/ \___)|| -- / / | You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of ___,, " " ,,___ | you if you could know how seldom they do. -- Olin Miller
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