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Illusions (large)

Illusions (large)

alt.ascii-art · 17 messages · 23 Jan 1998 - 29 Mar 1998
JEZ <JE...@post9.tele.dk.nospam> ASCII art 23 Jan 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

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 _|_|||_|_>|(_)| |_> (_X _|_| | ||_)(_)_>_>||_)|(/_  || ||| |(_|_>
                                |                            _|    ..In ASCII
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This is a collection of obscure creations and optical illusions made in
ASCII. Some of these drawings may not be practically impossible just bizarre
and intriguing. Sometimes looking closely can reveal a new perspective :)

Please send additions to jez(at)post9.tele.dk.

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Escher
           _____
          /    /\
         /    /  \
        /    /    \
       /    /  /\  \
      /    /  /  \  \
     /    /  /\   \  \ 
    /    /  /  \   \  \
   /    /__/____\   \  \
  /              \   \  \
 /________________\   \  \
 \_____________________\ / Jugg and Grim


               ____
              /.../\
             /.../--\
            /.../----\
           /.../------\
          /.../---/\---\
         /.../---/\\\---\
        /.../---/\\\\\---\
       /.../===/__\\\\\---\
      /............\\\\\---\
     /..............\\\\\---\
     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--/
      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/  -Shimrod


          __
         / /\
        / /  \
       / / /\ \
      / / /\ \ \
     / /_/__\ \ \
    /________\ \ \
    \___________\/  ja


                        ______
                       /\     \
                      /  \     \
                     /    \_____\
                    _\    / ____/_
                   /\ \  / /\     \
                  /  \ \/_/  \     \
                 /    \__/    \_____\
                _\    /  \    / ____/_
               /\ \  /    \  / /\     \
              /  \ \/_____/\/_/  \     \
             /    \_____\    /    \_____\
            _\    /     /    \    / ____/_
           /\ \  /     /      \  / /\     \
          /  \ \/_____/        \/_/  \     \
         /    \_____\            /    \_____\
        _\    /     /            \    / ____/_
       /\ \  /     /              \  / /\     \
      /  \ \/_____/                \/_/  \     \
     /    \_____\                    /    \_____\
    _\    /     /_  ______  ______  _\____/ ____/_
   /\ \  /     /  \/\     \/\     \/\     \/\     \
  /  \ \/_____/    \ \     \ \     \ \     \ \     \
 /    \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\
 \    /     / /     / /     / /     / /     / /     /
  \  /     / /     / /     / /     / /     / /     /
   \/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/ axiac


                   _____
                 /`\    `\
               /'   `\_____\
              _\     /  ___/_
            /`\ `\ /__/`\    `\
          /    `\__ /'   `\_____\
         _\     /  `\     /  ___/_
       /`\ `\ /_____/`\ /__/`\    `\
     /'   `\_____\       /'   `\_____\
    _\     /     /_     _\___  /  ___/_
  /`\ `\ /_____/   `\./'\    `\ /`\    `\
/'   `\_____\  `\_____\  `\_____\  `\_____\
\     /     /   /     /   /     /   /     /
 `\ /_____/'\ /_____/'\ /_____/'\ /_____/'  Paul Wilkins

                ____
              / \   \
             /   \___\
            _\   /   /__
          / \ \ /_/ \   \
         /   \___/   \___\
        _\   /   \   /   /__
      / \ \ /___/ \ /_/ \   \
     /   \___\       /   \___\
    _\   /   /__     \__ /  _/__
  / \ \ /___/   \ / \   \ / \   \
 /   \___\   \___\   \___\   \___\
 \   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /
  \ /___/ \ /___/ \ /___/ \ /___/   Paul Wilkins

           ____
          /\   \
         /  \___\
        _\  / __/_
       /\ \/_/\   \
      /  \__/  \___\
     _\  /  \  / __/_
    /\ \/___/\/_/\   \
   /  \___\    /  \___\
  _\  /   /_  _\__/ __/_
 /\ \/___/  \/\   \/\   \
/  \___\ \___\ \___\ \___\
\  /   / /   / /   / /   /
 \/___/\/___/\/___/\/___/  Veronica Karlsson


                       .
                    .-` :-
                 .-` .-` :
              .-` .-` .: :
           .-` .-` .-: : :
         -:  -: .-`  : : :
         : `-. `-.   : : :
         '-.  `-. '-.: : :
            `-.  `-. : : :
               `-.  `- : :
                  `-.  : :
                     `-:-`  mic



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                      .   ..   xXXXX+.-   ..   .   
                .   ..  ... ..xXXXX+. --.. ...  ..   .
            .   ..  ... .....xXXXX+.  -.-..... ...  ..   .
          .   ..  ... ......xXXXX+.  . .--...... ...  ..   . 
         .   ..  ... ......xXXXX+.    -.- -...... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... ......xXXXX+.   .-+-.-.-...... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... .....xXXXX+. . --xx+.-.--..... ...  ..   .
       .   ..  ... .....xXXXX+. - .-xxxx+- .-- .... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... ...xXXXX+.  -.-xxxxxx+ .---... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... ..xXXXX+. .---..xxxxxx+-..--.. ...  ..   .
         .   ..  ... xXXXX+. . --....xxxxxx+  -.- ...  ..   .
          .   ..  ..xXXXX+. . .-......xxxxxx+-. --..  ..   .
            .   .. xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxx+. .-- ..   .
                . xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxx+.  -- .
                  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx+.--
                   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx+-



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              /             \
             |               |
             |               |
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             _.`.         .'.                            .'         `.
            |`-._`-.._..-'_.-|                          /             \
            |  _ `-._ _.-'   |                         |               |
            | | `-._ " _.-'| |                         |               |
            | |    || |    | |                         |               |
            | |    || |    | |                          \             /
            | |    || |    | |                          _`.         .'.
            | |    || |    | |                         |`-.`-.._..-'.-'|
            | |    || |    | |                         |    `-._.-'    |
            | | _.-'| |_   | |                         | |`-._   _.-'| |
            | |'_.-'| |_`-.| |                         | |   || |    | |
           |_.-'    | | `-._ `._|`-._                  | |   || |    | |
          /    /    | |     ``---._  `-._              | |   || |    | |
         | / /    .-' `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._          | |   || |    | |
        || ||  / /|-| |-._     `-._     `--._`-._|`-._ | |   || |    | |
           | |   ' || |\  `-._     `-._      ``---._  `| |   || |    | |
        | - | | |  || | \  | |`-._     `-._|`-._    ``-| |`-.|| |    | |
    _.-'    |   |  || |  \ | |    `-._          `-._   | |-._ | |._  | |
_.-'     |     |   || |   \| |        `-._          `-.| |   `| |_ `-| |
        |    |  |  || |    | |            `-._       _.| |    | | `.-| |
        |   |  ||  || |    | |              _.-'|_.-'_.-'     | |_.-'  |
         | | |  .  || |    | |          _.-' __.---''       _.| '      |
        |   |  ||  || |    | |\_.-'|_.-'_.-''      _.-'|_.-'        _. |
         | |  |    || |    | |'      _-        _.-'             _.-' | |
        ||    ||   || |_.-'| |_.---''      _.-'             _  |     | |
\          | |  |  || |_.-'| |    _.-'|_.-'             _.-'|| |     | |
 \      |  ||    .'_| |    | |_.-'                  _.-'| | || |     | |
  \     | |     |._ | |    | `-._               _.-'    | | || |     | |
   \    ||  |  |   `| |    ```-._`-._|`-._  _.-'        | | || |     | |
   |\_.-|       |      `-._      ``---._  `-._          | | || |     | |
   |     |                 `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._      | | || |     | |
   |    || ||  |                    `-._     `--._`-._|`| | || |     | |
   |       | |  |                       `-._      ``---.| |`|| |     | |
   |    |   | | |`-._                       `-._|`-._   | |-.| |-._  | |
   |        |      ||`-._                            `-.| |  | |._ `-| |
   |    |    |  |  || |  `-._                         _.| |  | |  `-_| |
   |    |   |  ||__ | |    | `-._            _.-'|_.-'_.-'   | |_.-'   |
   |     | | |  ._.-| |.   | |   `-._    _.-' __.---''      _|         |
   |    |   |  ||/  | | \  | |  _.-'|_.-'_.-''     _.-'|_.-'           |
   |    ||    ||    | |  .'| |-' __.---''      _.-'                    |
   |       | |  |   |.|   '| |-''     _.-'|_.-'                        |
   |    |  ||  _.   | |  | | |    _.-'                                 |
   |    | |  '  |   | |    | |_.-'                                     |
   |    ||  |  | \  | | / _| '                                      _.-'
   |_.-'     |   _`.| |'-'                                      _.-'
   |`-._          _.|                                       _.-'
   |    `-._  _.-'                                      _.-'
   |        |'                                      _.-'
   |        |                                   _.-'
   |        |                               _.-'
   |        |                           _.-'
   |        |                       _.-'
   |        |                   _.-'            Veronica Karlsson
   |        |               _.-'
_  |        |           _.-'
 `-|_       |       _.-'
     `-._   |   _.-'
         `-.|.-'




Impossible Forks

 __________________         __________________
()_________________\       /_________________()
 ________________  |       |  ________________
()____________| |  |       |  | |____________()
 ______________\|  |       |  |/______________
()_________________|       |_________________() Unknown artist



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                "8ggg8"         ,ad8""          ,ad8""   Normand
                            ,gPPR8,         ,ad8""       Veilleux
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           /  \ \/ / /
          /    \/ / /
          \      / /
          /     / /
         / /\  / /
        / / /\/_/
       / / /pjl
       \/_/

    _____________________________
   /___________________________(_)
   \   ___________________________
    \  \ \______________________(_)
     \  \/_________________________
      \__________________________(_)
                      pjl
 
                _______
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Slinky's Dream (wraps)
                                                     _.-`-._
                                             _.-`-._'       `-._
                                     _.-`-._'       `-._     _.-'|
                             _.-`-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'_.-'`-._
                     _.-`-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'_.-|_.-'        `-._
             _.-`-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|-._         _.-|
     _.-'-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|-._`-._ _.-'_.-`-._
 _.-'       `_.-'-._ _.-|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|-._`-._|_.-'       `-._
|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|-._`-._`-._         _.-|
|-._`-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|-._`_.-'-._`-._ _.-'_.-|
|-._`-._`-._`-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._'_.-'_.-'_.-|_.-'       `-._|_.-'_.-|
|-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._'_.-|-._         _.-'_.-'_.-|
|-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._`-._ _.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
 -._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|-._     _.-'       `-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
    `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|-._         _.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
        `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._ _.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
            `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
                `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
                    `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
                        `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
                            `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-|
                                `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'
                                    `-._`-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'
                                        `-._`-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'_.-'
                                            `-._`-._`-._|_.-'_.-'_.-'
                                                `-._`-._|_.-'_.-'
                                                    `-._|_.-'   Randy Gardner


                                                     _.-"-._
                                             _.-"-._'       `-._
                                     _.-"-._'       `-._     _.-'|
                             _.-"-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'_.-'`-._
                     _.-"-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'   |_.-'        `-._
             _.-"-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'           `-._         _.-|
     _.-"-._'       `-._     _.-|_.-'                       `-._ _.-'_.-`-._
 _.-'       `_.-"-._ _.-|_.-'                                   |_.-'       `-._
`-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._                                    |-._         _.-'
    `-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._                         _.-'-._`-._ _.-'
            `-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._             _.-'       `-._|
                    `-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._    |-._         _.-'
                            `-._|-._     _.-'       `_.-'-._`-._ _.-'
                                    `-._|-._     _.-'       `-._|
                                            `-._|-._         _.-'
                                                    `-._ _.-'   Randy Gardner
                                                        "


                                                     _.-|-._
                                             _.-|\.-'_.-"-._`-._
                                     _.-|\.-'_.-"-._'       `-._|\
                             _.-|\.-'_.-"-._'       `_.-|    _.-|`-._
                     _.-|\.-'_.-"-._'       `_.-|\.-'_.-|\.-'_.-'`-._`-. 
             _.-|\.-'_.-"-._'       `_.-|\.-'_.-|_.-'   |`._'        `-.|\
     _.-|\.-'_.-"-._'       `_.-|\.-'_.-|_.-'           `-._`-._     _.-|`-._
 _.-'_.-"-._'   |-._`_.-|\.-'_.-|_.-'                       `-._|_.-'_.-`-._ `-.
|-._'       `_.-"-._`-./|-._'                                  /|_.-'       `_.-|
`-._`-./|-._'       `_.-'-._`-./|-._                         _.'|-._     _.-'_.-'
    `-._|-._`-./|-._'       `_.-'-._`-./|-._             _.-'_.-'-._`-./|_.-'
            `-._|-._`-./|-._'       `_.-'-._`-./|-._    |_.-'       `_.'|
                    `-._|-._`-./|-._'       `_.-'-._`-./|-._     _.-'_.-'
                            `-._|-._`-./|-._'       `_.-'-._`-./|_.-'
                                    `-._|-._`-./|-._'       `_.'|
                                            `-._|-._`-._ _.-'_.-'
                                                    `-._|_.-'
                                                        "     Randy Gardner

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            ._        .'      `-.'`-._
            |_`-._  .'        .'      `-.'`-._
          .'  `-._`|`-._    .'        .'      `-.'`-._
        .'        .|    `-.|`-._    .'        .'      `-.'`-._
      .'        .' |            `-.|`-._    .'        .'      `-.
      |_`-._   /   |                    `-.|`-._   ..'          /
    .'  `-._`-'    |                            `.' `-._      .'|
  .'        `-|    |                            /       `-.  /  |
.'          .'|    |                        .'`-._        /|'   |
|`-._      / .'`-._|                       /      `-._  .'      |
|    `-._.' /       `-._.                .'          .|/        |
|        |.'         .' |_            .'`-._        /           |
|         `-._      / .'  `-.__      /      `-._  .'            |
|             `-._.' /         .'| .'          .|/              |
|                 |.'         / .'`-._        /                 |
|                  `-._     .' /      `-._  .'                  |
|                      `-._/ .'          .|/                    |
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         `-.                        |              /
            `-.                     |            .'
               `-.                  |          .'
                  `-.               |         /
                     `-.            |       .'
                        `-.         |     .'   Veronica Karlsson
                           `-.      |    /
                              `-.   |  .'
                                 `-.|.'

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           _.-'       `-,-"-._
          |-._     _.-'"      `-,-"-._
       _.-"-._`-._|-._     _.-'"      `-,-"-._
   _.-'       `-._|   `-._|-._ _.-"-,-'"      `-._
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  |   `-._ _.-'_.-"-,-'      "`-._     _.-|_.-'   |
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                  "     Ilmari Karonen




The Lady And The Old Hag

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2-Dimensional Representation Of A 3-Dimensional Cross-Section Of A
4-Dimensional Cube

          +___________+
         /:\         ,:\
        / : \       , : \
       /  :  \     ,  :  \
      /   :   +-----------+
     +....:../:...+   :  /|
     |\   +./.:...`...+ / |
     | \ ,`/  :   :` ,`/  |
     |  \ /`. :   : ` /`  |
     | , +-----------+  ` |
     |,  |   `+...:,.|...`+
     +...|...,'...+  |   /
      \  |  ,     `  |  /
       \ | ,       ` | /
        \|,         `|/      mn, 7/97
         +___________+




Impossible Chess Board
                                           +
                                           ()
                                           )(
                _____                    __)(_
               /\    \                  /\/__\\
        _____ /  \____\          ____()/  \____[]
        \    \  /`\    \         \   )(  /`\   )(
         \____\/___\____\         \__)(\/___\__)(\
          \    \    \    \         \/__\\    \/XX\\
           \____\____\____\         \____\____\____\  dr



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                        ,
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  \',         +  \    / '
   \ ',       '   \  / +
    \  ',    +     \/  '
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        \  +    /    ' \
         \ '   /    +   \
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          '  /     +',    \
         +  /\     '  ',   \
         ' /  \   +     ',  \
        + /    \  '       ', \
        '/      \+          ',\
        '                     ''  Krogg?



Misc
                 __
                / /\
               / / /\
              / / /\ \
             / / /\ \ \
  __________/_/_/__\ \ \__________
 /\ \_______________\ \ \_________\
 \ \ \_______________\ \ \________/
  \ \ \  / / /        \ \ \  / / /
   \ \ \/ / /          \ \ \/ / /
    \ \/ / /            \ \/ / /
     \/ / /              \/ / /
     / / /\              / / /\
    / / /\ \            / / /\ \
   / / /\ \ \          / / /\ \ \
  /_/_/__\ \ \________/_/_/__\ \ \
 /________\ \ \_______________\ \ \
 \_________\ \ \_______________\_\/      
            \ \ \  / / /
             \ \ \/ / /
              \ \/ / /
               \/ / /
                \/_/  Neil Smith
      
     .--..--. 
    / .. \.. \
    \ \/\ \/ /
     \/ /\/ /
     / /\/ /\
    / /\ \/) \
    \ `'\ `' /
     `--'`--' seal

     ____________________
   /_________________    |
  |    ____________ /|   |
  |   | |__________|_|   |
  |   |/_________________|
  |_____________________/ unknown artist


                 ______________________
                /_____________________/\
         _______\ \________          / /
        /________\ \_______\        / /
   _____\ \_______\_\____/ /_______/_/_         
  /______\ \____________/ /___________/\  
  \ \     \ \       \ \/ /       / / / /
   \ \     \ \       \ \/       / / / /
    \ \     \ \      /\ \      / / / /
     \ \    _\_\____/ /\_\____/ /_/_/_
      \ \  /\______/ /_______/ /_____/\
       \ \ \ \ \ \/ /    \ \/ / / / / /
        \ \ \ \ \ \/      \ \/ / / / /
         \ \ \ \/\ \      /\ \/ / / /
          \ \ \/ /\ \    / /\_\/ / /
           \ \/ /\ \ \  / /     / /
            \_\/\ \ \ \/ /     / /
                 \ \ \/ /     / /
                  \ \/ /\    / /
                   \_\/\ \  / /
                        \ \/ /
                         \_\/    Michael

               ________
              /\       \
             /  \       \
            /    \       \
           /      \       \
          /       /\       \
         /       /  \       \
        /       /   /\       \
       /       /___/  \       \
      /       /    \   \       \
     /       /______\___\_______\
     \      /                   /
      \    /                   /
       \  /                   /
        \/___________________/ TH


      ____________
     /\  ________ \
    /  \ \______/\ \
   / /\ \ \  / /\ \ \
  / / /\ \ \/ / /\ \ \
 / / /__\_\/ / /__\_\ \
/ / /______\/ /________\
\/_____________________/



       /\
  ____/_ \____
  \  ___\ \  /
   \/ /  \/ /
   / /\__/_/\
  /__\ \_____\
      \  /
       \/



/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
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/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/
/|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ \|\ /|/ (PS)


                     _______________
                    /               /|
                   /               / |
                  /               /  |
                 /               /   /
                /               /   /
               /_______________/   /
              /|               |  /
             / |               | /
            /  |____       ____|/
           /  /    /|     |    /
          /  /    / |     |   /
         |  /    /  |     |  /
         | /    /   | pjl | /
         |/___ /    |_____|/
              |    /      /
              |   /      /
              |  /      /
              | /      /
              |/______/



                      ,-"~"-.
                     /  ._.  \
                    :  /   \  :
                    !  !    : !
                    ;  !    ; ;
                   /    \  / /
                  /      \/ /
                 /       /`/
                /       / /\
                |     .`-'  |
                |    .'.'   |
                |    : :    |
                |  ..: :..  |
                |.' .' `. '.|
                `\ '     ` /'
                  `--___--'  mn


              ________
             /\       \
            /  \       \
           /    \       \
          /      \_______\
          \      /       /
        ___\    /   ____/___
       /\   \  /   /\       \
      /  \   \/___/  \       \
     /    \       \   \       \
    /      \_______\   \_______\
    \      /       /   /       /
     \    /       /   /       /
      \  /       /\  /       /
       \/_______/  \/_______/ logicko


               ________
              /\       \
             /  \       \
            /    \       \
           /      \_______\ 
           \      / ___   /
         ___\    / / __\_/___
        /\   \  /  \/\       \
       /  \  /\/___/  \       \
      /    \ \___/ \__ \       \
     /      \_______\ \ \_______\
     \      /       /_/ /       /
      \    /       /   /       /
       \  /       /\  /       /
        \/_______/  \/_______/ Martin



         ___         ____
      .'|   |      .'\  /
    .'  |___|    .'   \/
  .'  .'   .'  .'    .'
.'__.'   .'  .'    .'
|   |  .'   /\   .'
|___|.'    /__\.'    (PS)



Plane Tesselation
-----------------


  O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-'           \ O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-
     \_.' |    `.  \           __    |   \_.' |    `.  \
  \#_/     `-._/        .     / _`.   \#_/     `-._/
  -'           \ O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-'           \ O     .
          __    |   \_.' |    `.  \ '         __    |   \_/
   .     / _`.   \#_/     `-._/        .     / _`.   \#_/
   ))   ( ( \ \_.-'           \ O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-'
  ' |    `.  \ '         __    |   \_.' |    `.  \ '
     `-._/        .     / _`.   \#_/     `-._/        .
         \ O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-'           \ O      ))   (
    __    |   \_.' |    `.  \ '         __    |   \_.' |
   / _`.   \#_/     `-._/        .     / _`.   \#_/     `-._
  ( ( \ \_.-'           \ O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-'
   `.  \ '         __    |   \_.' |    `.  \ '         __
  _/        .     / _`.   \#_/     `-._/        .     / _`.
   \ O      ))   ( ( \ \_.-'           \ O      ))   ( ( \ \
    |   \_.' |    `.  \ '         __    |   \_.' |    `.  \  
     \#_/     `-._/        .     /  `.   \#_/     `-._/  (FL)



Impossible Font 'Crazy3D'
-------------------------

     ______         _____          ______         _____          ______
    /::::::\       /:::::\        /::::::\       /:::::\        /::::::\
   /::::::::\     /:::::::\      /::::::::\     /:::::::\      /::::::::\
   \  ____  /     \  _____ \     \  ______/     \  _____ \     \  ______/
   /\ \::/ /\     /\ \:::/ /\    /\ \           /\ \   / /\    /\ \::::/\
  /::\ \/ /::\   /::\ \:/ /::\  /::\ \______   /::\ \_/ /::\  /::\ \::/:/_
 /:::/ __ \:::\ /:::/ ___ \::/ /:::/ /:::::/\ /:::/ /:\ \::/ /:::/ ___\/:/\
 \::/ /  \ \::/ \::/ /:::\ \/  \::/ /:::::/:/ \::/ /:::\ \/  \::/ /:::::/:/
  \/_/    \_\/   \/________/    \/________\/   \/________/    \/________\/
     ______       ______         __   __        _____          _____
    /::::::\     /::::::\       /:/| |\:\      /:::::\        /:::::\
   /::::::::\   /::::::::\     /:/:|_|:\:\    /:::::::\      /:::::::\
   \  ______/   \  ______/     \ \/:::\/ /    \__   __/      \__   __/
   /\ \::::/\   /\ \    __     /\ \:::/ /\      /| |\      ____ | |
  /::\ \::/:/  /::\ \__/:/\   /::\ \:/ /::\   _/:| |:\_   /\::/\| |\
 /:::/ ___\/  /:::/ /:/:/::\ /:::/ ___ \:::\ /\\:| |://\ /::\/:/| |:\
 \::/ /       \::/ /::\ \::/ \::/ /   \ \::/ \:\\| |//:/ \::/ /:| |:/
  \/_/         \/________\/   \/_/     \_\/   \/_____\/   \/______|/
     __  __         __             _______         _______
    /:/\/\:\       /:/\           /:::::::\       /:::::::\
   /:/::::\:\     /:/::\         /:::::::::\     /:::::::::\
   \ \::::/ /     \ \:::\        \  _   _  /     \  _____  /
   /\ \::/ /\     /\ \::/        /\ \| |/ /\     /\ \   / /\
  /::\ \/ /::\   /::\ \/_____   /::\ \ / /::\   /::\ \ / /::\
 /:::/ __ \:::\ /:::/ /:::::/\ /:::/ / \ \:::\ /:::/ / \ \:::\
 \::/ /  \ \::/ \::/ /:::::/ / \::/ /| |\ \::/ \::/ /   \ \::/
  \/_/    \_\/   \/________\/   \/_/\|_|/\_\/   \/_/     \_\/
     _______         _______     _______         ______       ______
    /:::::::\       /:::::::\   /:::::::\       /::::::\     /::::::\
   /:::::::::\     /:::::::::\ /:::::::::\     /::::::::\   /::::::::\
   \  _____  /     \  _____  / \  _____  /     \  ______/   \  ______/
   /\ \   / /\     /\ \:::/ /\ /\ \:::/ /\     /\ \         /\ \::::/\
  /::\ \_/ /::\   /::\ \:/ /:/ \:\ \:/ /::\   /::\ \       _\:\ \::/::\
 /:::/ /:\ \:::\ /:::/ ____\/   \/____ \:::\ /:::/ /      /\:\/___ \:::\
 \::/ /:::\ \::/ \::/ /               \ \::/ \::/ /       \:\:::::\ \::/
  \/_________\/   \/_/                 \_\/   \/_/         \/________\/
   _______       __   __        __   __        __ _ __         __  __
  /:::::::\     /:/\ /\:\      /:/\ /\:\      /:/|:|\:\       /:/\/\:\
 /:::::::::\   /:/::|::\:\    /:/::|::\:\    /:/:|:|:\:\     /:/::::\:\
 \___   ___/   \ \::|::/ /    \ \::|::/ /    \ \:| |:/ /     \ \::::/ /
     | |       /\ \:|:/ /\    /\ \:|:/ /\    /\ \| |/ /\     /\ \::/ /\
    /| |\     /::\ \|/ /::\  /::\ \|/ /::\  /::\ \ / /::\   /::\ `' /::\
   /:| |:\   /:::/ /:\ \:::\ \::/ /:\ \::/ /:::/ / \ \:::\ /:::/ /\ \:::\
   \:| |:/   \::/ /:::\ \::/  \/ /:::\ \/  \::/ /| |\ \::/ \::/ /  \ \::/
    \|_|/     \/_________\/    \_______/    \/_________\/   \/_/    \_\/
   __  __       ______         __          ____           ______
  /:/\/\:\     /::::::\       /::|        /::::\         /::::::\
 /:/::::\:\   /::::::::\     /:::|       /::::::\       /::::::::\
 \ \::::/ /   \______  /    /__  |       \______ \      \______  /
  \ \::/ /    _\::::/ /        | |       /\::::/ /\     /\::::/ /\
  /\ \/ /    /\:\::/ /___   ___| |___   /::\::/ /:/_   _\:\::/ /::\
 /::\  /    /::\/ __/:::/\ /\::| |::/\ /:::/ ___\/:/\ /\:\/___ \:::\
 \::/ /     \::/ /:::::/:/ \:\:| |:/:/ \::/ /:::::/:/ \:\:::::\ \::/
  \/_/       \/________\/   \/_____\/   \/________\/   \/________\/
   __   __         ______        ______       ______         _______
  /:/\ /\:\       /::::::\      /::::::\     /::::::\       /:::::::\
 /:/::|::\:\     /::::::::\    /::::::::\   /::::::::\     /:::::::::\
 \ \::|::/ /     \  ______/    \  ______/   \______  /     \  _____  /
 /\ \:|:/ /\     /\ \::::/\    /\ \::::/\         / /\     /\ \:::/ /\
 \:\ \|/ /::\   _\:\ \::/::\  /::\ \::/::\       / /::\   /::\ \:/ /::\
  \/____ \:::\ /\:\/___ \::/ /:::/ __ \:::\      \ \:::\ /:::/ ___ \:::\
        \ \::/ \:\:::::\ \/  \::/ /::\ \::/       \ \::/ \::/ /:::\ \::/
         \_\/   \/_______/    \/________\/         \_\/   \/_________\/
     _______         _______        _      _______  LS   __ _ __
    /:::::::\       /:::::::\      |:|    /:::::::\     /:/|:|\:\
   /:::::::::\     /:::::::::\     |:|   /:::::::::\   /:/:|:|:\:\
   \  _____  /     \  ____   /    /| |\  \_______  /   \ \:| |:/ /
   /\ \:::/ /\     /\ \  // /\   /:| |:\   /::::/ /\   /\ \| |/ /\
  _\:\ \:/ /::\   /::\ \// /::\  \:| |:/   \:::/ /:/  //:\     /:\\
 /\:\/____ \:::\ /:::/ //\ \:::\ /\|_|/\   /\|___\/  /:|_       _|:\
 \:\::::::\ \::/ \::/ //::\ \::/ \:::::/   \:::::/   \::/ /| |\ \::/
  \/_________\/   \/_________\/   \|_|/     \|_|/     \/_/\|_|/\_\/



             ____
            /\   \                                ____  ____  ____
           /  \___\                   ____       /\   \/\   \/\   \
          _\  / __/_                 /\   \     /  \___\ \__/  \___\
         /\ \/_/\   \               /  \___\    \  /   / /  \  /   /
        /  \__/  \___\             _\  / __/_    \/___/\/___/\/___/
       _\  /  \__/ __/_           /\ \/_/\   \           /  \___\
      /\ \/___/  \/\   \         /  \__/  \___\         _\  /   /
     /  \___\ \___\ \___\       _\  /  \__/ __/_       /\ \/___/     mic
    _\  /   / /   / / __/_     /\ \/___/  \/\   \     /  \___\
   /\ \/___/\/___/\/_/\   \   /  \___\ \___\ \___\   _\  / __/_  ____  ____
  /  \___\          /  \___\  \  /   / /   / /   /  /\ \/_/\   \/\   \/\   \
  \  /   /          \  /   /   \/___/\/___/\/___/  /  \___\ \___\ \___\ \___\
   \/___/            \/___/                        \  /   / /   / /   / /   /
                                                    \/___/\/___/\/___/\/___/


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JEZ wrote:

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  ___                     ___                        ___
>   | ||    _o _ ._  _ ()   | ._ _ ._  _  _ _o|_ | _   ||_ o._  _  _
>  _|_|||_|_>|(_)| |_> (_X _|_| | ||_)(_)_>_>||_)|(/_  || ||| |(_|_>
>                                 |                            _|    ..In ASCII
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is a collection of obscure creations and optical illusions made in
> ASCII. Some of these drawings may not be practically impossible just bizarre
> and intriguing. Sometimes looking closely can reveal a new perspective :)
>
> Please send additions to jez(at)post9.tele.dk.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Escher
>            _____
>           /    /\
>          /    /  \
>         /    /    \
>        /    /  /\  \
>       /    /  /  \  \
>      /    /  /\   \  \
>     /    /  /  \   \  \
>    /    /__/____\   \  \
>   /              \   \  \
>  /________________\   \  \
>  \_____________________\ / Jugg and Grim
>
>

Escher didn't create this triangle, Roger Penrose did.Escher used Penrose's triangle
to make the following print.

>
>
>                  _.-"""-._
>                .'         `.
>               /             \
>              |               |
>              |               |
>              |               |
>               \             /                              _.-"""-._
>              _.`.         .'.                            .'         `.
>             |`-._`-.._..-'_.-|                          /             \
>             |  _ `-._ _.-'   |                         |               |
>             | | `-._ " _.-'| |                         |               |
>             | |    || |    | |                         |               |
>             | |    || |    | |                          \             /
>             | |    || |    | |                          _`.         .'.
>             | |    || |    | |                         |`-.`-.._..-'.-'|
>             | |    || |    | |                         |    `-._.-'    |
>             | | _.-'| |_   | |                         | |`-._   _.-'| |
>             | |'_.-'| |_`-.| |                         | |   || |    | |
>            |_.-'    | | `-._ `._|`-._                  | |   || |    | |
>           /    /    | |     ``---._  `-._              | |   || |    | |
>          | / /    .-' `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._          | |   || |    | |
>         || ||  / /|-| |-._     `-._     `--._`-._|`-._ | |   || |    | |
>            | |   ' || |\  `-._     `-._      ``---._  `| |   || |    | |
>         | - | | |  || | \  | |`-._     `-._|`-._    ``-| |`-.|| |    | |
>     _.-'    |   |  || |  \ | |    `-._          `-._   | |-._ | |._  | |
> _.-'     |     |   || |   \| |        `-._          `-.| |   `| |_ `-| |
>         |    |  |  || |    | |            `-._       _.| |    | | `.-| |
>         |   |  ||  || |    | |              _.-'|_.-'_.-'     | |_.-'  |
>          | | |  .  || |    | |          _.-' __.---''       _.| '      |
>         |   |  ||  || |    | |\_.-'|_.-'_.-''      _.-'|_.-'        _. |
>          | |  |    || |    | |'      _-        _.-'             _.-' | |
>         ||    ||   || |_.-'| |_.---''      _.-'             _  |     | |
> \          | |  |  || |_.-'| |    _.-'|_.-'             _.-'|| |     | |
>  \      |  ||    .'_| |    | |_.-'                  _.-'| | || |     | |
>   \     | |     |._ | |    | `-._               _.-'    | | || |     | |
>    \    ||  |  |   `| |    ```-._`-._|`-._  _.-'        | | || |     | |
>    |\_.-|       |      `-._      ``---._  `-._          | | || |     | |
>    |     |                 `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._      | | || |     | |
>    |    || ||  |                    `-._     `--._`-._|`| | || |     | |
>    |       | |  |                       `-._      ``---.| |`|| |     | |
>    |    |   | | |`-._                       `-._|`-._   | |-.| |-._  | |
>    |        |      ||`-._                            `-.| |  | |._ `-| |
>    |    |    |  |  || |  `-._                         _.| |  | |  `-_| |
>    |    |   |  ||__ | |    | `-._            _.-'|_.-'_.-'   | |_.-'   |
>    |     | | |  ._.-| |.   | |   `-._    _.-' __.---''      _|         |
>    |    |   |  ||/  | | \  | |  _.-'|_.-'_.-''     _.-'|_.-'           |
>    |    ||    ||    | |  .'| |-' __.---''      _.-'                    |
>    |       | |  |   |.|   '| |-''     _.-'|_.-'                        |
>    |    |  ||  _.   | |  | | |    _.-'                                 |
>    |    | |  '  |   | |    | |_.-'                                     |
>    |    ||  |  | \  | | / _| '                                      _.-'
>    |_.-'     |   _`.| |'-'                                      _.-'
>    |`-._          _.|                                       _.-'
>    |    `-._  _.-'                                      _.-'
>    |        |'                                      _.-'
>    |        |                                   _.-'
>    |        |                               _.-'
>    |        |                           _.-'
>    |        |                       _.-'
>    |        |                   _.-'            Veronica Karlsson
>    |        |               _.-'
> _  |        |           _.-'
>  `-|_       |       _.-'
>      `-._   |   _.-'
>          `-.|.-'
>
>
>
>

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       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
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joris bellenger wrote:

To learn more about Roger Penrose:
http://rysy.msm.cam.ac.uk/~msms/penrose.html

a sample from this page:
- Roger and his father are the creators of the famous Penrose staircase
  and the impossible triangle known as the tribar.
  Both of these impossible figures were used in the work of Dutch graphic
  artist Maurits Cornelis Escher to create structures such as a waterfall
  where the water appears to flow uphill and a building with an impossible
  staircase which rises or falls endlessly yet returns to the same level.

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miK <mmi...@dataweb.nl> ASCII art 24 Jan 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>joris bellenger wrote:

>To learn more about Roger Penrose:
>http://rysy.msm.cam.ac.uk/~msms/penrose.html


Hi b'ger,

Here's some additional info on this subject to be found. (URL dug up by
Andreas)

http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~seckel/triangle.html

On this page the first "impossible triangle" is ascribed to the French
artist Marcel Duchamp. In 1917 he made a pastiche on an ad in which the
wooden frame of the bed shows some "impossible" features.

       _   ()
  () .'_`'.||
  ||/.| ||\ |
  | /|| || ||         _   ()
  || || || ||    () .'_`'.||
  || || || ||    ||/.| ||\ |
  || || |I-'`-._ | /|| || ||
  ||_I'`_.-||-._`'| || || ||
  m._ <'_  ||   `|| || || ||
  i| `-._`-'|    || || |I-'|
  c)     `-._`-._||_I'`_.-||
             `-._` _.-'   ()
                 ||       `
                 ()
                 `

dada :)
mic
btw splendid picture of the Four Horsemen!!

    _ 
 /\//_
 `7/\/
__T_\_________________________________________ mic at dataweb dot nl



miK wrote:

> joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> >joris bellenger wrote:
>
> >To learn more about Roger Penrose:
> >http://rysy.msm.cam.ac.uk/~msms/penrose.html
>
> Hi b'ger,
>
> Here's some additional info on this subject to be found. (URL dug up by
> Andreas)
>
> http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~seckel/triangle.html
>
> On this page the first "impossible triangle" is ascribed to the French
> artist Marcel Duchamp. In 1917 he made a pastiche on an ad in which the
> wooden frame of the bed shows some "impossible" features.
>
>        _   ()
>   () .'_`'.||
>   ||/.| ||\ |
>   | /|| || ||         _   ()
>   || || || ||    () .'_`'.||
>   || || || ||    ||/.| ||\ |
>   || || |I-'`-._ | /|| || ||
>   ||_I'`_.-||-._`'| || || ||
>   m._ <'_  ||   `|| || || ||
>   i| `-._`-'|    || || |I-'|
>   c)     `-._`-._||_I'`_.-||
>              `-._` _.-'   ()
>                  ||       `
>                  ()
>                  `
>
> dada :)
> mic
> btw splendid picture of the Four Horsemen!!
>
>     _
>  /\//_
>  `7/\/
> __T_\_________________________________________ mic at dataweb dot nl



Hello mik,

Thanks for your additional info.
The joke from Marcel Duchamp is wel known: He changed the
name of some paint -Sapolin- into -Apollinaire- which was a friend of his.
But damn... I never noticed that he made something funny with the bed!
I'll have to look at it carefully next time.   :)

Thanks again

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       _   ()
  () .'_`'.||
  ||/.| ||\ |
  | /|| || ||         _   ()
  || || || ||    () .'_`'.||
  || || || ||    ||/.| ||\ |
  || || |I-'`-._ | /|| || ||
  ||_I'`_.-||-._`'| || || ||
  m._ <'_  ||   `|| || || ||
  i| `-._`-'|    || || |I-'|
  c)     `-._`-._||_I'`_.-||
             `-._` _.-'   ()
                 ||       `
                 ()
                 `

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>Hello mik,

>Thanks for your additional info.
>The joke from Marcel Duchamp is wel known: He changed the
>name of some paint -Sapolin- into -Apollinaire- which was a friend of his.
>But damn... I never noticed that he made something funny with the bed!
>I'll have to look at it carefully next time.   :)

Never noticed it myself until I'd read that webpage. :)

Well, I know this is not exactly the right forum to post these, but I am so
excited you allready knew about D. and A...
So, for art's sake it is -- buttoned up my flame-proof coat, and... "Beam me
up, dada" ;)


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

  I       c'     e        ,      ,
  l        e      t       e      e
           s                c     c
   p       t      c          o     o
   l              e          u     u
    e        v     s         t      t
   u        o                e     e
    t        u      n
            s      u             s     t
   d               a             i       o
    e         a      g             l       m
    s         u      e                     b
               s      s              p      e
    v         s                     l       r
    o         i       c             e
    i                 a              u        l
     x          q      b               t       e
                u      r_                      s
    d         i         e                t
     e         l        s                a        l
                                         n       i
     f          p        s                d        e
     e          l        e               i        n
     m          e                        s         s
      m          u       p
     e          t        r                q        q
      s                  e                u        u
                        n                e        i
     c           m       n
     o           e       e                 l        t
      m           r       n                 e        e
     m           v       t
     e           e                         r           r
                  i       ,                 e          e
      s           l       a                 g          t
      i            l                       r            i
                    e       h                 e          e
     e            u        e                  t          n
     l            s         n                             n
      l            e         n                e            e
     e            s          i                t            n
      s                     r                              t
                                              l
      ,            r        t                  e           e
      e            e        o                              n
       t            n        u                 d
      a            c         t                  e           h
       i            o                            d           a
      e            n         u                   a           u
       n            t         n                   i           t
       t            r                             n
                   e          u                               e
       m            s          n                   p           t
       o                        i                   l
        r             d          v                   e           e
        t             e          e                   u           n
       e                         r                   r
        s                         s                 e            b
                      m                              n            a
        m             a            d                  t           s
        e                           e
         m               v                                u
         e               i             v                  n
         s               e             i                   e
                                       l
         d               ,              l                 a
         a              o               e                   n
          n                              s                   c
          s                                                 i
                          g             a                    e
          l               o              u                    n
          e              u               r                   n
                          t               i                   e
            s              e              c
            o               l              u                   m
            u              e              l                   u
           v               t             a                    s
            e               t            i                    i
            n               e              r                    q
            i               s             e                    u
             r                              s                    e

---Il pleut -- Guillaume Apollinaire -------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------mic


------------------------------------------------------------------8<
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>APOLINERE ENAMELED</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<CENTER><TABLE CELLPADDING=10 BGCOLOR="#000000">
	<TR>
		<TD>
<FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#000000">S</FONT><FONT SIZE="7"
COLOR="#0000FF">APOLIN</FONT><FONT SIZE="7"
COLOR="#FF0000">&#200;RE</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FF0000">ENAMEL</FONT><FONT SIZE="7"
COLOR="#0000FF">ED</FONT>
		</TD>
	<TR>
</TABLE></CENTER>

</BODY>
</HTML>
>8-------------------APOLINAIRE ENAMELED -- Marcel Duchamp ---------
-----------------------------------------------------------------mic

    _ 
 /\//_
 `7/\/
__T_\_________________________________________ mic at dataweb dot nl



miK wrote:
[snip]

>
>
> Well, I know this is not exactly the right forum to post these, but I am so
> excited you allready knew about D. and A...
> So, for art's sake it is -- buttoned up my flame-proof coat, and... "Beam me
> up, dada" ;)
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>   I       c'     e        ,      ,
>   l        e      t       e      e
>            s                c     c
>    p       t      c          o     o
>    l              e          u     u
>     e        v     s         t      t
>    u        o                e     e
>     t        u      n
>             s      u             s     t
>    d               a             i       o
>     e         a      g             l       m
>     s         u      e                     b
>                s      s              p      e
>     v         s                     l       r
>     o         i       c             e
>     i                 a              u        l
>      x          q      b               t       e
>                 u      r_                      s
>     d         i         e                t
>      e         l        s                a        l
>                                          n       i
>      f          p        s                d        e
>      e          l        e               i        n
>      m          e                        s         s
>       m          u       p
>      e          t        r                q        q
>       s                  e                u        u
>                         n                e        i
>      c           m       n
>      o           e       e                 l        t
>       m           r       n                 e        e
>      m           v       t
>      e           e                         r           r
>                   i       ,                 e          e
>       s           l       a                 g          t
>       i            l                       r            i
>                     e       h                 e          e
>      e            u        e                  t          n
>      l            s         n                             n
>       l            e         n                e            e
>      e            s          i                t            n
>       s                     r                              t
>                                               l
>       ,            r        t                  e           e
>       e            e        o                              n
>        t            n        u                 d
>       a            c         t                  e           h
>        i            o                            d           a
>       e            n         u                   a           u
>        n            t         n                   i           t
>        t            r                             n
>                    e          u                               e
>        m            s          n                   p           t
>        o                        i                   l
>         r             d          v                   e           e
>         t             e          e                   u           n
>        e                         r                   r
>         s                         s                 e            b
>                       m                              n            a
>         m             a            d                  t           s
>         e                           e
>          m               v                                u
>          e               i             v                  n
>          s               e             i                   e
>                                        l
>          d               ,              l                 a
>          a              o               e                   n
>           n                              s                   c
>           s                                                 i
>                           g             a                    e
>           l               o              u                    n
>           e              u               r                   n
>                           t               i                   e
>             s              e              c
>             o               l              u                   m
>             u              e              l                   u
>            v               t             a                    s
>             e               t            i                    i
>             n               e              r                    q
>             i               s             e                    u
>              r                              s                    e
>
> ---Il pleut -- Guillaume Apollinaire -------------------------------
> -----------------------------------------------------------------mic
>


HHAAaaaaaa great! You're not off topic at all.
Thanks for posting it.

For the ones who don't know this (and/or don't speak French)
this is a poem called 'it rains' published at the begining
of this century but as you can see it's also an amazing piece
of typography: some kind of ascii art "avant la lettre".

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ___                     ___                        ___
  | ||    _o _ ._  _ ()   | ._ _ ._  _  _ _o|_ | _   ||_ o._  _  _
 _|_|||_|_>|(_)| |_> (_X _|_| | ||_)(_)_>_>||_)|(/_  || ||| |(_|_>
                                |                            _|    ..In ASCII
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a collection of obscure creations and optical illusions made in ASCII.
Some of these drawings may not be practically impossible alas just bizarre and
intriguing. Sometimes looking closely can reveal a new perspective :)

Please send additions to jez(at)post9.tele.dk.
                                                                          v1.7
------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Penrose's Impossible Triangle (Tribar)
           _____
          /    /\
         /    /  \
        /    /    \
       /    /  /\  \
      /    /  /  \  \
     /    /  /\   \  \ 
    /    /  /  \   \  \
   /    /__/____\   \  \
  /              \   \  \
 /________________\   \  \
 \_____________________\ / Jugg and Grim

                       ____
                      /\   \
                     /  \   \
                    /    \   \
                   /      \   \
                  /   /\   \   \
                 /   /  \   \   \
                /   /    \   \   \
               /   /    / \   \   \
              /   /    /   \   \   \
             /   /    /---------'   \
            /   /    /_______________\
            \  /                     /
             \/_____________________/   Michael Naylor

               ____
              /.../\
             /.../--\
            /.../----\
           /.../------\
          /.../---/\---\
         /.../---/\\\---\
        /.../---/\\\\\---\
       /.../===/__\\\\\---\
      /............\\\\\---\
     /..............\\\\\---\
     \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\--/
      \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/  -Shimrod

          __
         / /\
        / /  \
       / / /\ \
      / / /\ \ \
     / /_/__\ \ \
    /________\ \ \
    \___________\/  ja

                        ______
                       /\     \
                      /  \     \
                     /    \_____\
                    _\    / ____/_
                   /\ \  / /\     \
                  /  \ \/_/  \     \
                 /    \__/    \_____\
                _\    /  \    / ____/_
               /\ \  /    \  / /\     \
              /  \ \/_____/\/_/  \     \
             /    \_____\    /    \_____\
            _\    /     /    \    / ____/_
           /\ \  /     /      \  / /\     \
          /  \ \/_____/        \/_/  \     \
         /    \_____\            /    \_____\
        _\    /     /            \    / ____/_
       /\ \  /     /              \  / /\     \
      /  \ \/_____/                \/_/  \     \
     /    \_____\                    /    \_____\
    _\    /     /_  ______  ______  _\____/ ____/_
   /\ \  /     /  \/\     \/\     \/\     \/\     \
  /  \ \/_____/    \ \     \ \     \ \     \ \     \
 /    \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\ \_____\
 \    /     / /     / /     / /     / /     / /     /
  \  /     / /     / /     / /     / /     / /     /
   \/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/\/_____/ axiac

                   _____
                 /`\    `\
               /'   `\_____\
              _\     /  ___/_
            /`\ `\ /__/`\    `\
          /    `\__ /'   `\_____\
         _\     /  `\     /  ___/_
       /`\ `\ /_____/`\ /__/`\    `\
     /'   `\_____\       /'   `\_____\
    _\     /     /_     _\___  /  ___/_
  /`\ `\ /_____/   `\./'\    `\ /`\    `\
/'   `\_____\  `\_____\  `\_____\  `\_____\
\     /     /   /     /   /     /   /     /
 `\ /_____/'\ /_____/'\ /_____/'\ /_____/'  Paul Wilkins

                ____
              / \   \
             /   \___\
            _\   /   /__
          / \ \ /_/ \   \
         /   \___/   \___\
        _\   /   \   /   /__
      / \ \ /___/ \ /_/ \   \
     /   \___\       /   \___\
    _\   /   /__     \__ /  _/__
  / \ \ /___/   \ / \   \ / \   \
 /   \___\   \___\   \___\   \___\
 \   /   /   /   /   /   /   /   /
  \ /___/ \ /___/ \ /___/ \ /___/   Paul Wilkins

           ____
          /\   \
         /  \___\
        _\  / __/_
       /\ \/_/\   \
      /  \__/  \___\
     _\  /  \  / __/_
    /\ \/___/\/_/\   \
   /  \___\    /  \___\
  _\  /   /_  _\__/ __/_
 /\ \/___/  \/\   \/\   \
/  \___\ \___\ \___\ \___\
\  /   / /   / /   / /   /
 \/___/\/___/\/___/\/___/  Veronica Karlsson

                       .
                    .-` :-
                 .-` .-` :
              .-` .-` .: :
           .-` .-` .-: : :
         -:  -: .-`  : : :
         : `-. `-.   : : :
         '-.  `-. '-.: : :
            `-.  `-. : : :
               `-.  `- : :
                  `-.  : :
                     `-:-`  mic


                           .   .xXXXX+.   .
                      .   ..   xXXXX+.-   ..   .   
                .   ..  ... ..xXXXX+. --.. ...  ..   .
            .   ..  ... .....xXXXX+.  -.-..... ...  ..   .
          .   ..  ... ......xXXXX+.  . .--...... ...  ..   . 
         .   ..  ... ......xXXXX+.    -.- -...... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... ......xXXXX+.   .-+-.-.-...... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... .....xXXXX+. . --xx+.-.--..... ...  ..   .
       .   ..  ... .....xXXXX+. - .-xxxx+- .-- .... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... ...xXXXX+.  -.-xxxxxx+ .---... ...  ..   .
        .   ..  ... ..xXXXX+. .---..xxxxxx+-..--.. ...  ..   .
         .   ..  ... xXXXX+. . --....xxxxxx+  -.- ...  ..   .
          .   ..  ..xXXXX+. . .-......xxxxxx+-. --..  ..   .
            .   .. xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxx+. .-- ..   .
                . xXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxx+.  -- .
                  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx+.--
                   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx+-   Ojosh!ro


Escher's Waterfall

                 _.-"""-._
               .'         `.
              /             \
             |               |
             |               |
             |               |
              \             /                              _.-"""-._
             _.`.         .'.                            .'         `.
            |`-._`-.._..-'_.-|                          /             \
            |  _ `-._ _.-'   |                         |               |
            | | `-._ " _.-'| |                         |               |
            | |    || |    | |                         |               |
            | |    || |    | |                          \             /
            | |    || |    | |                          _`.         .'.
            | |    || |    | |                         |`-.`-.._..-'.-'|
            | |    || |    | |                         |    `-._.-'    |
            | | _.-'| |_   | |                         | |`-._   _.-'| |
            | |'_.-'| |_`-.| |                         | |   || |    | |
           |_.-'    | | `-._ `._|`-._                  | |   || |    | |
          /    /    | |     ``---._  `-._              | |   || |    | |
         | / /    .-' `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._          | |   || |    | |
        || ||  / /|-| |-._     `-._     `--._`-._|`-._ | |   || |    | |
           | |   ' || |\  `-._     `-._      ``---._  `| |   || |    | |
        | - | | |  || | \  | |`-._     `-._|`-._    ``-| |`-.|| |    | |
    _.-'    |   |  || |  \ | |    `-._          `-._   | |-._ | |._  | |
_.-'     |     |   || |   \| |        `-._          `-.| |   `| |_ `-| |
        |    |  |  || |    | |            `-._       _.| |    | | `.-| |
        |   |  ||  || |    | |              _.-'|_.-'_.-'     | |_.-'  |
         | | |  .  || |    | |          _.-' __.---''       _.| '      |
        |   |  ||  || |    | |\_.-'|_.-'_.-''      _.-'|_.-'        _. |
         | |  |    || |    | |'      _-        _.-'             _.-' | |
        ||    ||   || |_.-'| |_.---''      _.-'             _  |     | |
\          | |  |  || |_.-'| |    _.-'|_.-'             _.-'|| |     | |
 \      |  ||    .'_| |    | |_.-'                  _.-'| | || |     | |
  \     | |     |._ | |    | `-._               _.-'    | | || |     | |
   \    ||  |  |   `| |    ```-._`-._|`-._  _.-'        | | || |     | |
   |\_.-|       |      `-._      ``---._  `-._          | | || |     | |
   |     |                 `-._|`-._    ``-._ `-._      | | || |     | |
   |    || ||  |                    `-._     `--._`-._|`| | || |     | |
   |       | |  |                       `-._      ``---.| |`|| |     | |
   |    |   | | |`-._                       `-._|`-._   | |-.| |-._  | |
   |        |      ||`-._                            `-.| |  | |._ `-| |
   |    |    |  |  || |  `-._                         _.| |  | |  `-_| |
   |    |   |  ||__ | |    | `-._            _.-'|_.-'_.-'   | |_.-'   |
   |     | | |  ._.-| |.   | |   `-._    _.-' __.---''      _|         |
   |    |   |  ||/  | | \  | |  _.-'|_.-'_.-''     _.-'|_.-'           |
   |    ||    ||    | |  .'| |-' __.---''      _.-'                    |
   |       | |  |   |.|   '| |-''     _.-'|_.-'                        |
   |    |  ||  _.   | |  | | |    _.-'                                 |
   |    | |  '  |   | |    | |_.-'                                     |
   |    ||  |  | \  | | / _| '                                      _.-'
   |_.-'     |   _`.| |'-'                                      _.-'
   |`-._          _.|                                       _.-'
   |    `-._  _.-'                                      _.-'
   |        |'                                      _.-'
   |        |                                   _.-'
   |        |                               _.-'
   |        |                           _.-'
   |        |                       _.-'
   |        |                   _.-'            Veronica Karlsson
   |        |               _.-'
_  |        |           _.-'
 `-|_       |       _.-'
     `-._   |   _.-'
         `-.|.-'



Duchamp's Wooden Bed

       _   ()
  () .'_`'.||
  ||/.| ||\ |
  | /|| || ||         _   ()
  || || || ||    () .'_`'.||
  || || || ||    ||/.| ||\ |
  || || |I-'`-._ | /|| || ||
  ||_I'`_.-||-._`'| || || ||
  m._ <'_  ||   `|| || || ||
  i| `-._`-'|    || || |I-'|
  c)     `-._`-._||_I'`_.-||
             `-._` _.-'   ()
                 ||       `
                 ()
                 `

Impossible Forks

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()_________________\       /_________________()
 ________________  |       |  ________________
()____________| |  |       |  | |____________()
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                         \_\/    Michael

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   \  ____  /     \  _____ \     \  ______/     \  _____ \     \  ______/
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  \/_/    \_\/   \/________/    \/________\/   \/________/    \/________\/
     ______       ______         __   __        _____          _____
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   /::::::::\   /::::::::\     /:/:|_|:\:\    /:::::::\      /:::::::\
   \  ______/   \  ______/     \ \/:::\/ /    \__   __/      \__   __/
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 /:::/ ___\/  /:::/ /:/:/::\ /:::/ ___ \:::\ /\\:| |://\ /::\/:/| |:\
 \::/ /       \::/ /::\ \::/ \::/ /   \ \::/ \:\\| |//:/ \::/ /:| |:/
  \/_/         \/________\/   \/_/     \_\/   \/_____\/   \/______|/
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     | |       /\ \:|:/ /\    /\ \:|:/ /\    /\ \| |/ /\     /\ \::/ /\
    /| |\     /::\ \|/ /::\  /::\ \|/ /::\  /::\ \ / /::\   /::\ `' /::\
   /:| |:\   /:::/ /:\ \:::\ \::/ /:\ \::/ /:::/ / \ \:::\ /:::/ /\ \:::\
   \:| |:/   \::/ /:::\ \::/  \/ /:::\ \/  \::/ /| |\ \::/ \::/ /  \ \::/
    \|_|/     \/_________\/    \_______/    \/_________\/   \/_/    \_\/
   __  __       ______         __          ____           ______
  /:/\/\:\     /::::::\       /::|        /::::\         /::::::\
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  /:/\ /\:\       /::::::\      /::::::\     /::::::\       /:::::::\
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 \ \::|::/ /     \  ______/    \  ______/   \______  /     \  _____  /
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        \ \::/ \:\:::::\ \/  \::/ /::\ \::/       \ \::/ \::/ /:::\ \::/
         \_\/   \/_______/    \/________\/         \_\/   \/_________\/
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   /:::::::::\     /:::::::::\     |:|   /:::::::::\   /:/:|:|:\:\
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    _\  /   / /   / / __/_     /\ \/___/  \/\   \     /  \___\
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Krogg <kro...@inspace.net> ASCII art 19 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
JEZwrote:
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Wow,lots of cool stuff.
Ive seen most of this b4 but
it is a cool compilation.

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                                        A
As far as this--------------------------'
Yes,its mine.
Here is another i thing i made,I dont know if ya want to include it
Though.Its called a Truchet tiling.

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>

Hi, does anyone mind if I use this for my sig? Initials included of course!
As you can see, I've had trouble thinking of one myself. I'm new BTW and
have yet to produce any ASCII art. Still, watch this space.

Bye, Jen  

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 jen...@argonet.co.uk      I'll think of a new sig when I have
 bob...@argonet.co.uk      more brain power. All suggestions  
 ros...@argonet.co.uk     gratefully accepted!!!  
 gar...@argonet.co.uk                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

|> Eeks-- it isn't mine... I'm pretty sure I stated that...

Yep, sure, you did say that.

Meanwhile, if anyone can tweak it as I suggested, that would be great!

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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <rdj...@post9.tele.dk.nospam>

Here is another-- although it is an obvious GIFssci, it is
pretty nice...  No,  I do not, know who created it.
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   ,\\i\c(e)WX@WKKZKDKWMZ8(b5/ZK8]Z7%ffVM,   -.Y!bNMi
   /-iit5N)KWG%%8%%%%W8%ZWM(8YZvD)XN(@.  [   \]!/GXW[
  / ))G8\NMN%W%%%%%%%%%%8KK@WZKYK*ZG5KMi,-   vi[NZGM[
 i\!(44Y8K%8%%%**~YZYZ@%%%%%4KWZ/PKN)ZDZ7   c=//WZK%!
,\v\YtMZW8W%%f`,`.t/bNZZK%%W%%ZXb*K(K5DZ   -c\\/KM48
-|c5PbM4DDW%f  v./c\[tMY8W%PMW%D@KW)Gbf   -/(=ZZKM8[
2(N8YXWK85@K   -'c|K4/KKK%@  V%@@WD8e~  .//ct)8ZK%8`
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!KKW4ZK/W7)Z. '/cttbY)DKW%     -`  .',\v)K(5KW%%f
'W)KWKZZg)Z2/,!/L(-DYYb54%  ,,`, -\-/v(((KK5WW%f
 \M4NDDKZZ(e!/\7vNTtZd)8\Mi!\-,-/i-v((tKNGN%W%%
 'M8M88(Zd))///((|D\tDY\\KK-`/-i(=)KtNNN@W%%%@%[
  !8%@KW5KKN4///s(\Pd!ROBY8/=2(/4ZdzKD%K%%%M8@%%
   '%%%W%dGNtPK(c\/2\[Z(ttNYZ2NZW8W8K%%%%YKM%M%%.
     *%%W%GW5@/%!e]_tZdY()v)ZXMZW%W%%%*5Y]K%ZK%8[
      '*%%%%8%8WK\)[/ZmZ/Zi]!/M%%%%@f\ \Y/NNMK%%!
        'VM%%%%W%WN5Z/Gt5/b)((cV@f`  - |cZbMKW%%|
           'V*M%%%WZ/ZG\t5((+)L\'-,,/  -)X(NWW%%
                `~`MZ/DZGNZG5(((\,    ,t\\Z)KW%@
                   'M8K%8GN8\5(5///]i!v\K)85W%%f
                     YWWKKKKWZ8G54X/GGMeK@WM8%@
                      !M8%8%48WG@KWYbW%WWW%%%@
                        VM%WKWK%8K%%8WWWW%%%@`
                          ~*%%%%%%W%%%%%%%@~
                             ~*MM%%%%%%@f`
                                  '''''

-joan
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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <rdj...@post9.tele.dk.nospam>

I just found another that wasn't in the big file...
(not made by me...)
  _ _               _   _
 ' V `               `v' _ _    ,-. ,-.
        ,-.-.   `'      ' " `      ~
         ,_______________________. ,-.,-.
'"v"`  ,' ' ,   '    ,  '   ,  ,'|
     ,' ,    ,  '  ,  '  ' , ,'  |-. ,-.
   ,_______________________,'    |  V
   |                       | <o/ |
,-.|     ,___________.     |  \  |-.
   |     |     | _ _ |     | .'|\|
   |     |     |' " `|     | :   | -v-
   |     |     |     |     | :   |
   |     |     |`'   |     | :   |
   |     |     |     |     |  `, |
   |     |     |     |     |    ;|
   |     |     |     |     |   ; |
   |     |     |     |     |  ;  |
   |     |     |     |     | ;   | ,?
~^~|     |~^~^~|     |~^~^~|;    |~^\</^~^
~ ^|     |^  ~ |     | ~  ^| `.  |^  ~  ^
 ~ |     |  /^\|     |  ^  |   `.|\_  ^
   |     |~  //|    |-._ ~ |    :|_/     ~
 ~ |     |   \<|    |  _>-'|    :| /| ~
   `._ _,' ~  ~`._ _|-'_,-'`._. |o/ |      ^
^ _/ \_^          `.,-'      | `-<  |
  \___/     ~    ^~     ~    `-.  `-|.  ^
   ^   |-._   _, ^         /^\  `-.,'    ~
       |  _>-'/         ___\\
 ~    _|-'_,-'     ~    \ ">/   .^
     `.,-'              ~~~~   / \      ~
    ~~     ^                __/___\__
  ^             ~          ~\Parerga/^

-joan
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 /       joan stark                ASCII ART GALLERY           \
 \   spu...@juno.com    http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ /
  "+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"+.+"

miK <mmi...@dataweb.nl> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) wrote:

>>Message-id: <rdj...@post9.tele.dk.nospam>

>Here is another-- although it is an obvious GIFssci, it is
>pretty nice...  No,  I do not, know who created it.
>                                ,_-=(!7(7/zs_.
>                             .='  ' .`/,/!(=)Zm.
>               .._,,._..  ,-`- `,\ ` -` -`\\7//WW.
>          ,v=~/.-,-\- -!|V-s.)iT-|s|\-.'   `///mK%.
>        v!`i!-.e]-g`bT/i(/[=.Z/m)K(YNYi..   /-]i44M.
>      v`/,`|v]-DvLcfZ/eV/iDLN\D/ZK@%8W[Z..   `/d!Z8m
>     //,c\(2(X/NYNY8]ZZ/bZd\()/\7WY%WKKW)   -'|(][%4.
>   ,\\i\c(e)WX@WKKZKDKWMZ8(b5/ZK8]Z7%ffVM,   -.Y!bNMi
>   /-iit5N)KWG%%8%%%%W8%ZWM(8YZvD)XN(@.  [   \]!/GXW[
>  / ))G8\NMN%W%%%%%%%%%%8KK@WZKYK*ZG5KMi,-   vi[NZGM[
> i\!(44Y8K%8%%%**~YZYZ@%%%%%4KWZ/PKN)ZDZ7   c=//WZK%!
>,\v\YtMZW8W%%f`,`.t/bNZZK%%W%%ZXb*K(K5DZ   -c\\/KM48
>-|c5PbM4DDW%f  v./c\[tMY8W%PMW%D@KW)Gbf   -/(=ZZKM8[
>2(N8YXWK85@K   -'c|K4/KKK%@  V%@@WD8e~  .//ct)8ZK%8`
>=)b%]Nd)@KM[  !'\cG!iWYK%%|   !M@KZf    -c\))ZDKW%`
>YYKWZGNM4/Pb  '-VscP4]b@W%     'Mf`   -L\///KM(%W!
>!KKW4ZK/W7)Z. '/cttbY)DKW%     -`  .',\v)K(5KW%%f
>'W)KWKZZg)Z2/,!/L(-DYYb54%  ,,`, -\-/v(((KK5WW%f
> \M4NDDKZZ(e!/\7vNTtZd)8\Mi!\-,-/i-v((tKNGN%W%%
> 'M8M88(Zd))///((|D\tDY\\KK-`/-i(=)KtNNN@W%%%@%[
>  !8%@KW5KKN4///s(\Pd!ROBY8/=2(/4ZdzKD%K%%%M8@%%
>   '%%%W%dGNtPK(c\/2\[Z(ttNYZ2NZW8W8K%%%%YKM%M%%.
>     *%%W%GW5@/%!e]_tZdY()v)ZXMZW%W%%%*5Y]K%ZK%8[
>      '*%%%%8%8WK\)[/ZmZ/Zi]!/M%%%%@f\ \Y/NNMK%%!
>        'VM%%%%W%WN5Z/Gt5/b)((cV@f`  - |cZbMKW%%|
>           'V*M%%%WZ/ZG\t5((+)L\'-,,/  -)X(NWW%%
>                `~`MZ/DZGNZG5(((\,    ,t\\Z)KW%@
>                   'M8K%8GN8\5(5///]i!v\K)85W%%f
>                     YWWKKKKWZ8G54X/GGMeK@WM8%@
>                      !M8%8%48WG@KWYbW%WWW%%%@
>                        VM%WKWK%8K%%8WWWW%%%@`
>                          ~*%%%%%%W%%%%%%%@~
>                             ~*MM%%%%%%@f`
>                                  '''''

>-joan
>--


Looks a lot like this one by Normand Veilleux. It could have been the template
for this masterpiece...


                                             _____________
                                         ,ad8PP"""""""""YY8ba,
                                      ad8P"'               `"Y8b,
                                   ,d8P"                      `Y8b,
                  ______________ ,d8P'                          `Y8b,
              ,ad8PPP"""""""""YYY888ba,                           "8b,
           ,adP""'                 `""Y8ba                         `8b,
        ,d8P"                           `"Yb,                       `8b
      ,dP"                                 `Y8a   ____               `8,
    ,dP"                                     `Y8bdP""Yb,              8I
   ,8P'                                        "Y8,  `8b              Ib
  ,8P'                                           "8b  I8              8I
 ,dP'                   ______                    `8b d8              I8
 d8'                ,ad8P"""""Yba,                 `8b8I              8I
,8I               ,dP"IP'       "Yb,                 d8'              I8
I8'              dP" ,8'          `Yb,              d8'               dI
I8              dP'  dP             d8b,          ,8P'                8'
I8             ,8I  ,8'            ,8"`Yb        d8"                 dP
I8             I8'  dP             I8  `Yb     ,8P'                 j8'
I8             I8   8I             8P   `Yb, ,d8"                  jP'
I8             I8   8I             8I    `Y8a8"                   j8'
I8,            Y8,  8I             8I    ,d8"                    jP'
`8I            `Yb, 8I             8I  ,d8"                     j8'
 Y8,             "8b8I             I8ad8"                     ,dP'
 `8b               "8I             88P'                     ,d88'
  `Yb,              Y8             Yb                     ,dP" Yb
   `Yb,             I8,            `8,                  ,dP'   `8,
    `Y8,            `8I             Yb,               ,dP'      Ib
     `Y8,            Yb,            `Yb,            ,dP'        8I
       "8b,          `8I             `Yb,         ,dP'          I8
        `Y8b,         Yb,             `Yb,     ,d88'            8I
          `Y8ba,      `8a              `Y8a,,dP"'I8             I8
            `"Y8ba,    I8,               "Y8P'   dI             f8
                ""Y8baa,8b,               `Y8a,,d8'             dP
                    `""Y88b,                `"YYP'              8'
                         "Y8,                                  dP
           Normand        `Y8,                                j8'
           Veilleux        `Y8,                              j8'
                            `Y8b,                           j8'
                              `Y8b,                       ,d8'
                                `"Yba,                  ,dP"
                                   `"Yba,            ,adP"
                                      `"Y8bbaaaaaadd8P"
                                           `"""""""'


There's more on Allen Mullen's site (well you know that of course :).
    _ 
 /\//_
 `7/\/
 _T_\__o-,_o-,_o-,___-^__._____________________ mic at dataweb dot nl
       /<  /<  /< 

Bill Taylor <mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) writes:
|>   _ _               _   _
|>  ' V `               `v' _ _    ,-. ,-.
|>         ,-.-.   `'      ' " `      ~
|>          ,_______________________. ,-.,-.
|> '"v"`  ,' ' ,   '    ,  '   ,  ,'|
|>      ,' ,    ,  '  ,  '  ' , ,'  |-. ,-.
|>    ,_______________________,'    |  V
|>    |                       | <o/ |
|> ,-.|     ,___________.     |  \  |-.
|>    |     |     | _ _ |     | .'|\|
|>    |     |     |' " `|     | :   | -v-
|>    |     |     |     |     | :   |
|>    |     |     |`'   |     | :   |
|>    |     |     |     |     |  `, |
|>    |     |     |     |     |    ;|
|>    |     |     |     |     |   ; |
|>    |     |     |     |     |  ;  |
|>    |     |     |     |     | ;   | ,?
|> ~^~|     |~^~^~|     |~^~^~|;    |~^\</^~^
|> ~ ^|     |^  ~ |     | ~  ^| `.  |^  ~  ^
|>  ~ |     |  /^\|     |  ^  |   `.|\_  ^
|>    |     |~  //|    |-._ ~ |    :|_/     ~
|>  ~ |     |   \<|    |  _>-'|    :| /| ~
|>    `._ _,' ~  ~`._ _|-'_,-'`._. |o/ |      ^
|> ^ _/ \_^          `.,-'      | `-<  |
|>   \___/     ~    ^~     ~    `-.  `-|.  ^
|>    ^   |-._   _, ^         /^\  `-.,'    ~
|>        |  _>-'/         ___\\
|>  ~    _|-'_,-'     ~    \ ">/   .^
|>      `.,-'              ~~~~   / \      ~
|>     ~~     ^                __/___\__
|>   ^             ~          ~\Parerga/^
|> 
|> -joan

This is great, like all your stuff, Joan, but may I make a suggestion.

Howbout putting some sitting gulls on the top, or maybe a hellicopter.

That would show up more fully the math-paradoxical nature of it.
Maybe we could lose the windy-path thingy up the right-hand leg as well?

Cheers,  
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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>From: mmi...@dataweb.nl (miK)
>Date: Sun, Mar 29, 1998 00:12 EST
>Message-id: <6fkgk9$lqp$1...@news.Leiden.NL.net>

>
>Looks a lot like this one by Normand Veilleux. It could have been the
>template
>for this masterpiece...

 I think you are right-- dimensions are the same!
The pic I posted though doesn't really look like a Veillieux...
but I could be wrong... too bad Normand isn't around the
list right now.. we could ask him!
-joan
--
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      \/   ((`-)(-`))                                   (\/)
            \\    //      (\/)     I LOVE ASCII ART!     \/
             \\  //        \/
      .="""=._))((_.="""=.
     /  .,   .'  '.   ,.  \            joan stark
    /__(,_.-'      '-._,)__\      <spu...@juno.com>
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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 29 Mar 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>From: mat...@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor)
>Date: Sat, Mar 28, 1998 22:43 EST
>Message-id: <6fkg05$8qt$1...@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz>

>This is great, like all your stuff, Joan, but may I make a suggestion.

Eeks-- it isn't mine... I'm pretty sure I stated that...
  look at the boat- it is signed "Parerga"-
I'm not sure who that is... I believe I saved it from the 
ASCIIart mailing list last summer or the summer before.

-joan
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                )   / \=    /O o\     _
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                `-|   )_  /o_O_'_(  \'    _ `\    ) 
   jgs            `""""`            =`---<___/---'
                                        "`
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