Animals (And "hey-guys-love-your-work" :)

Okay, this should cheer people up

My first attempt at an ASCII cat:
     _/\                /|
   _/.  \              | |
  @      \____________/ /
  \__                  |
     \            \    |
      |  /_________\__ \
      / / \ \     / / \ \
     /_/   \_\   /_/   \_\  

Well, okay when I saw that it definitely _wasn't_ a cat, I did alter it
slightly to turn it into a terrier...

Anyway, I _really_ wanted to draw one of our cats, so I tried again:
            _____________
         .-'             `-.
        /                   \ 
       |        |      __    |
       |  |    /      /   >  |
        \  -._|______|      / 
         `-._________>\___.' 

I used parts of the circles in the new FAQ to smooth the curves out a
bit, but I'm still not too happy with the head. I'll work on it. I
really want to draw both of the cats asleep in a box, like they used to
when they were little... I just need to change this pic a bit and put
another one in upside down.

Actually, I've been aware of ASCII art for a long time now, and seen the
odd pic here and there, but it's only since joining this ng (about a
month ago) and seen all of your fantastic artwork that I feel I really
would like to be able to do pics like that. I also like the relaxed,
good-humoured feel here (especially when threads get side tracked onto
calculus [I don't study maths now, but it was always my fav subject at
school:] etc.), and even if I don't ever post very often, I'll enjoy
reading everyone else's posts - there are a few people whose work I like
best, but naming them would probably be unfair to everyone else who does
very good work. 

Ooops! I didn't mean to say so much, I hope I haven't bored anyone too
much...
   __
  /  \   
 | oo | \/ "Help! I'm being bored!"
 |  > | || 
  \__/  || 
 __HH__//
/      /  ___
||  O----<__ \  <-- Supposed to be a drill
||    |     \_|

Sorry, couldn't resist that one :)

MAtt.

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>My first attempt at an ASCII cat:
>     _/\                /|
>   _/.  \              | |
>  @      \____________/ /
>  \__                  |
>     \            \    |
>      |  /_________\__ \
>      / / \ \     / / \ \
>     /_/   \_\   /_/   \_\  
>
>            _____________
>         .-'             `-.
>        /                   \ 
>       |        |      __    |
>       |  |    /      /   >  |
>        \  -._|______|      / 
>         `-._________>\___.' 
>
>

Welcome Matt!
Clever use of a circle to create a cat!
Keep posting!
-joan
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