Beginner art (repost)

My ISP's Usenet server seems to totally suck, so I'm reposting
this from Google Groups:

Hey all. Someone got the crazy idea that I could post my doodles
here. So blame him, not me! :) Also, I just managed to find my
ISP's Usenet/News server, so this posting is highly experimental.
Read at your own risk. Testing, testing... Here are some of my
very first doodles.

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    /_____\ 
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  '.       .'
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      '     jg


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   \ \    ___'     '
    \ \  /-- /   - By the power of GreyChip!
     \ `-|O|/-.    I HAVE THE POWEEEER!!
      `/     `-|   AND A KICK-ASS GLITTERY SWORD!
       |  |  | |   AND A WAY COOL ROCKET INSTEAD OF LEGS!
        \ - /|-|   AND, AND... DID I MENTION I'M A ROBOT!?
        | - |'))   AND, UM...
       /_____\ 
      .' ::: '.
     :   :::  '.
     '    :    :
     '.       .'
      '.     .'
        ' '.'   jg
         '  
There's more of him at http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii/robo.html

And here's episode one of Nerd Boy.

                    c< -.                            |\|
         I got it,       ,|                          | |  |\ 
           I got it!   ,::|      Good luck,          |\|  |/.
              `      ,:::,|       ,    nerd boy.          |_/
            O  OO   |::,' |     ..~ O                ||'
             \-||-  |:'   |    ,<<-/                 ||-  |\ 
               bb   |           ||                   ||.  | |
                    |                                      \|
                                                     ||\ 
                                                     ||/  | /
                                                     | \  ||
         Crap, missed    ,|                               ||
           again.      ,::|      Told ya,            |\ 
              `      ,:::,|       ,    nerd boy.     | |
            O  OO   |::,' |     ..~ O                |/
             \-||.  |:'   |    ,<<-/
 c<            bb   |           ||
                    |



         I have a name,  ,|
          you know.    ,::|      Sure you do;
              `      ,:::,|       ,    "nerd boy".
               OO   |::,' |     ..~ O
             /-||.  |:'   |    ,<<-/
 c<         O  bb   |           ||
                    |                   jg


There's more on my homepage. I'd like to "officially" thank
David for diddling my head. (llizard wouldn't like that sentence,
hee hee)

http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii  ___
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