Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Apr 1997.
First Ascii compilation
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 21 Apr 1997
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[___] [___] b'ger
In Honour of B'gers first Ascii......
(from Joan Stark)
>>Happy birthday! little drawing.
,,,,,
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{~*~*~*~}
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jgs `-------------`
(From llizard)
Happy birthday to all first little asciis! If I'd known, I'd have baked
a cake But I only know how to bake a pie:
~^^~~~~~^^^~~^^~~^
<vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv>
ejm96 \________________/
and hired a band!
_*_ _*_ _*_ _*_
\ / _*_ \ / !\ / \ /
)>==O \ / )>==O \ O )>===O
\/ )>==O \/ ___ \| :======== |
| \/ | / \/| \/|
| | | | ./|| |
/ \ |\ / \ \___/ /\ / \
ejm97 / \ | \ \ \ / \ \ \
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And now, as a number of artists cringe and moan ..... here is
a small compilation of peoples first or early ascii-pictures :)
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:)
Veronica Karlsson
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"-._ .(_() ' ' ' /%)
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` "(_()__ ' ' ' ' /%/
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/"-._ ` / ) / )\/ \ / /| /(@)/ // ) /|
"-._ "-^/ /\ A \A )^.-"\ / | (@)(@)// //) / |
"-._( () () /\ )/ __.-" / /(@)(@)(@)// /--/ j
.'\,_.A \( ) /" / /()(@)(@)()()/ / /
,' ,'" \ \"\ \ |><---------------Y /
(),' \') `O) | Shimrod '96 | /
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ooooooooooooooo/ __/ _ \ | | \| | |/ /| | | | |SPUNK1111 / \
~~ ~~ ~/\O ~^ \__ \ _/ | | .` | . < | | | | |@juno.com <')_=<
~^~ ^~"~ ~~ ~~/___/_| \___/_|\_|_|\_\|_|_|_|_| @aol.com \_/
ooooooooooooooo *****joan*stark***** \
I did this rabbit (I cringe looking at it now) sometime last July I think...
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| (o) (o) |
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( >o< )
(/ \)jgs
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reICareI reICareIC
ICareICareICar ICareICareICare
reICareICareICareI reICareICareICareIC
CareICareICareICareICa reICareICareICareICareI
ICarICareICareICareICareI ICareICareICareICareICareI
ICarICareICareICareICareICare CareICareICareICareICareICare
ICareICareICareICareICareICareI CareICareICareICareICareICareICa
ICaICareICareICareICareICareICareI ICareICareICareICareICareICareICar
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ICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICar
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reICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareICareIc
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reICareICareICareIICareICareICareICareIca
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reICareICareICareICareICarICare
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eICareICareI -ekv
CareICar
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I made this because, I got a request for a heart which said
'I care' I didn't have one, so I just created one...
Here's my first line-art:
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i ii i
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| II |
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\ _II_ /
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\ \/ /
\ /
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/ /-\ \
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| i i. i |
|:I. I I |
| I I :I | STEP 3
| I. I I |
|,I I .I |
| ! .! ! | -ekv
\________/
Taken from 'Disinfect your computer' by me (ekv) and Dan Strychalski:
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- o /- - o /- __
/~.---.~\ /~.---.~\_ /__\_
/_ |'o o`|_ \ /_ |'o o`|__D(| |/
(U | | U) (u | | |__|
_|_ _|_ |_____|_
( )-( ) (___)___)
Hello Kitty
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- o _/-
/ \ixi/(_)
/__ (. .)|__
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o-o
cuj...@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jeffrey Davi Verzak)
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(Nov. 95)
lizard
===%^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/\ /\
EJM
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rhino
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/ * ^--/
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EJM
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house and tree
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@ /\ #### ### ####
@ / \ ## \ ##|## / ##
]/ \ ##_\ | /_##
/ \ ## \EJM/ ##
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house, tree and dog
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]/ [] \ ###EJM###
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| |! | # }|{ # >&@___?
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>
> /\ /\
> ( - - )
> \_^_/.-*-._
> / \
> ( ) ) __..~)
> m/^\m -^-m-m_.---~~
>
Jim
Hamp <jkh...@deimos.frii.com>
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And my first Ascii....
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|___|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|
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| Shanaka Dias | "A chicken is an eggs way |
| edi...@alpha1.curtin.edu.au | of making more eggs" |
| Curtin University _|___________________________|___
| Perth Western Australia | www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka |
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