REQ: Sig art like Iron Maiden's "Eddie"

Well, since all my friends have cool sigs with ascii art that go along
with their handles, I thought I should get one as well.  Problem is,
my handle is "The Cybernaut" (cheesy, huh?  A variation on my old one,
"The Supernaut")  So I was wondering if anyone could either find or
create an ascii drawing of a character similar to the Eddie on the
cover of the Iron Maiden album "Somewhere in Time."

Thanx a million.

The Cybernaut wrote:
> 
> Well, since all my friends have cool sigs with ascii art that go along
> with their handles, I thought I should get one as well.  Problem is,
> my handle is "The Cybernaut" (cheesy, huh?  A variation on my old one,
> "The Supernaut")  So I was wondering if anyone could either find or
> create an ascii drawing of a character similar to the Eddie on the
> cover of the Iron Maiden album "Somewhere in Time."
> 
> Thanx a million.

I found that cover here:
http://www.castleus.com/metalmill/imc108.html

but I don't think I could make something like that. I did however have a 
go at making a name sign with that font that "Iron Maiden" is written in. 
I am not completely happy with the result (It was so much easier to make 
the letters that already appeared in "Iron Maiden" and the other ones 
look kind of tame...)


                                              
  __ __        _     ____  _    ___    _      _  _    _  _______ 
 /  \\ \    /\| |/\ | ___|| |/\ \  \  | |    / || |  | ||__   __| 
| |\ \\ \  / /|    \| |__ |    \ |  \ | |   /  || |  | |   | |  
| | \/ \ \/ / | /\ /| ___||  /\ \|   \| |/\/ / || |  | |   | |  
| |     \  /  |   \ | |   |     /| |\   |\  /| || |  | |   | |  
| |____ / /   | \/ \| |__ | |\ \ | | \  |/  \| || |__| |   | |  
 \____// /    |____/ \___||_| \ \|_|  | |\/\___| \____/    |_|  
       \/                      \/      \|bla...@uvaix.uvic.ca
        


:)
Veronica
(  e93...@sm.luth.se   http://jota.sm.luth.se:80/~e93-vkn  )

Veronica Karlsson <e93...@sm.luth.se> wrote:

> The Cybernaut wrote:
>> 
>> Well, since all my friends have cool sigs with ascii art that go along
>> with their handles, I thought I should get one as well.  Problem is,
>> my handle is "The Cybernaut" (cheesy, huh?  A variation on my old one,
>> "The Supernaut")  So I was wondering if anyone could either find or
>> create an ascii drawing of a character similar to the Eddie on the
>> cover of the Iron Maiden album "Somewhere in Time."
>
> I found that cover here:
> http://www.castleus.com/metalmill/imc108.html
>
> but I don't think I could make something like that. I did however have a 
> go at making a name sign with that font that "Iron Maiden" is written in. 
> I am not completely happy with the result (It was so much easier to make 
> the letters that already appeared in "Iron Maiden" and the other ones 
> look kind of tame...)
>
>   __ __        _     ____  _    ___    _      _  _    _  _______
>  /  \\ \    /\| |/\ | ___|| |/\ \  \  | |    / || |  | ||__   __|
> | |\ \\ \  / /|    \| |__ |    \ |  \ | |   /  || |  | |   | |
> | | \/ \ \/ / | /\ /| ___||  /\ \|   \| |/\/ / || |  | |   | |
> | |     \  /  |   \ | |   |     /| |\   |\  /| || |  | |   | |
> | |____ / /   | \/ \| |__ | |\ \ | | \  |/  \| || |__| |   | |
>  \____// /    |____/ \___||_| \ \|_|  | |\/\___| \____/    |_|
>        \/                      \/      \|bla...@uvaix.uvic.ca

"Somewhere in Time" is a damn good album (not better than
"Seventh Son of Seventh Son" however) so I couldn't resist
to accept the challenge. So here's Eddie, ready to trigger
the gun!
           , ; .
     []  ;'  ,. '.
     ||  () / '///
     ()   \/ ` ,/
     ||   |`\_/
     ||].'    i-;
   ,////\~~--. .-~~\
  ( \''/()   ,V    ;`
  (  | |=====_|~=== )
  |  | |====/_ \=== |
   \ | |===/__)_`=//
    (  |=='___)__/\
     --'   ___)_|\ \

I didn't draw the bottom 'cos the sig would be too big.
If you could combine Vero's figlet (which is very well
done btw) with my chest, your sig would look terrific!
I'm not very satisfied with the head however. Eddie
doesn't look very nasty! If someone could improve the
face, especially the right eye, the Cybernaut would
be more than happy. =)

Tran

|\  , |\   /,|\ |\   ,|\ |\   "If there was no slang language,
| \/__|_  //_|_\|_\ /||_\| \  there would be no rock 'n' roll"
| /\  |  / \ |  |  /-||\ | /                     -Joe Elliott
|/  ` | '-- `'  ' '  '' `|/   Tran Vo  tui...@step.polymtl.ca

> > I found that cover here:
> > http://www.castleus.com/metalmill/imc108.html
> >   __ __        _     ____  _    ___    _      _  _    _  _______
> >  /  \\ \    /\| |/\ | ___|| |/\ \  \  | |    / || |  | ||__   __|
> > | |\ \\ \  / /|    \| |__ |    \ |  \ | |   /  || |  | |   | |
> > | | \/ \ \/ / | /\ /| ___||  /\ \|   \| |/\/ / || |  | |   | |
> > | |     \  /  |   \ | |   |     /| |\   |\  /| || |  | |   | |
> > | |____ / /   | \/ \| |__ | |\ \ | | \  |/  \| || |__| |   | |
> >  \____// /    |____/ \___||_| \ \|_|  | |\/\___| \____/    |_|
> >        \/                      \/      \|bla...@uvaix.uvic.ca
>            , ; .
>      []  ;'  ,. '.
>      ||  () / '///
>      ()   \/ ` ,/
>      ||   |`\_/
>      ||].'    i-;
>    ,////\~~--. .-~~\
>   ( \''/()   ,V    ;`
>   (  | |=====_|~=== )
>   |  | |====/_ \=== |
>    \ | |===/__)_`=//
>     (  |=='___)__/\
>      --'   ___)_|\ \
> 
> I didn't draw the bottom 'cos the sig would be too big.
> If you could combine Vero's figlet (which is very well
> done btw) with my chest, your sig would look terrific!

Thank you :)

> I'm not very satisfied with the head however. Eddie
> doesn't look very nasty! If someone could improve the
> face, especially the right eye, the Cybernaut would
> be more than happy. =)

hmm...
The obvious idea is to put the figure to the left and the
text to the right:

          , ; .
   []  ;'  ,. '.
   ||  () / '///
   ()   \/ ` ,/     
   ||   |`\_/       
   ||].'    i-;       __ __        _     ____  _    ___    _      _  _    _
_______
 ,////\~~--. .-~~\   /  \\ \    /\| |/\ | ___|| |/\ \  \  | |    / || |  |
||__   __| 
( \''/()   ,V    ;` | |\ \\ \  / /|    \| |__ |    \ |  \ | |   /  || |  | |
| |
(  | |=====_|~=== ) | | \/ \ \/ / | /\ /| ___||  /\ \|   \| |/\/ / || |  | |
| |
|  | |====/_ \=== | | |     \  /  |   \ | |   |     /| |\   |\  /| || |  | |
| |
 \ | |===/__)_`=//  | |____ / /   | \/ \| |__ | |\ \ | | \  |/  \| || |__| |
| |
  (  |=='___)__/\    \____// /    |____/ \___||_| \ \|_|  | |\/\___| \____/
|_|
   --'   ___)_|\ \         \/                      \/
\|bla...@uvaix.uvic.ca

but as you see this gets too wide :(

One possible alternative would be to put the text on two lines:

          , ; .         __ __        _     ____  _   
    []  ;'  ,. '.      /  \\ \    /\| |/\ | ___|| |/\ 
    ||  () / '///     | |\ \\ \  / /|    \| |__ |    \
    ()   \/ ` ,/      | | \/ \ \/ / | /\ /| ___||  /\ \
    ||   |`\_/        | |     \  /  |   \ | |   |     /
    ||].'    i-;      | |____ / /   | \/ \| |__ | |\ \
  ,////\~~--. .-~~\    \____// /    |____/ \___||_| \ \
 ( \''/()   ,V    ;`   ___   \ |     _  _    _  _____\ |
 (  | |=====_|~=== )   \  \  | |    / || |  | ||__   __|
 |  | |====/_ \=== |    |  \ | |   /  || |  | |   | |
 |  | |===/__)_`=//     |   \| |/\/ / || |  | |   | |
  \ | |=='___)__/\      | |\   |\  /| || |  | |   | |
   (  |   ___)_|\ \     | | \  |/  \| || |__| |   | |
    \_'   ___)_| \ \    |_|  | |\/\___| \____/    |_|
          ___)_|  \ \         \| bla...@uvaix.uvic.ca
  
better, but this one gets a little too high to look good :(

I give up, someone else can play with it now.

:|
Veronica
(  e93...@sm.luth.se   http://jota.sm.luth.se:80/~e93-vkn  )