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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 23 Nov 1997.
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more xmas stuff. :)

more xmas stuff. :)

alt.ascii-art · 11 messages · 23 Nov 1997 - 27 Nov 1997
More Christmas ascii.... :-) Thanks and credit to Morfina
whose work finally showed me how to do ascii faces. :)
.......................................................
:      .` \    !    / '.          .` \  !  / '.        :
:        __ ,-"""-. __            __ ,-"""-. __        :
:           `-...-'                  `-...-'           :
:       ' / '____ ` \ `           ' / ,---. \ `        :
:           /  ))))                  /=====\           :
:          (  /'e(                   )a` \  \          :
:          ) /  _/                   \_   )  \         :
:         ( /  (_                     _) _\__ \        :
:         )/ \`-`\ _ /\          /\ _/'-' ,-.\/        :
:         '|  \___)_| /          \ |_|jj_/,  )         :
:          |        |/            \|-----','/          :
:           \       |       ,-"-.  |-----' /           :
:          / `--.___|       `-.-'  `-----'=<\          :
:         /       |          ,-.    ||||||||\          :
:         |       |  \""""""""""""/ ||||||||           :
:       __/       |   \__________/  |||||||\_          :
:    __/          |    / /    \ \   |\\\\\\\\\__.-.    :
: .-'_/___________/   /_/      \_\  \\\\\\\\\/_____`-, :
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:          `' `' `'  `--' `'   `'    `-' ||            :
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:  ,--. ||,.  ,.,-. ,.   ,--.||-. ,.,-.,-.  ,-.    ,--.:
: //`-' ||/\\ ||/`' ||  ((`-'||`' ||/||/|| //-\\  ((`-':
:||     || || ||    ||   \\  ||   || || || || ||   \\  :
: \\,-. || || ||    || ,-.)) ||   || || || \\-|| ,-.)) :
:  `--' `' `' `'    `' `--'  `'   `' `' `'  `-^-``--'  : hjw
:......................................................:

~@~ VISIT FLUMP"S ASCII COLLECTION!! ~@~
      http://www.xs4all.nl/~klr

lem...@frednwilma.com 24 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
On Sunday, 23 Nov 97 17:01:39, flu...@quadrant.xs4all.nl.spambgone (Hayley
Jane Wakenshaw) wrote:

>More Christmas ascii.... :-) Thanks and credit to Morfina
>whose work finally showed me how to do ascii faces. :)
>.......................................................
>:      .` \    !    / '.          .` \  !  / '.        :
>:        __ ,-"""-. __            __ ,-"""-. __        :
>:           `-...-'                  `-...-'           :
>:       ' / '____ ` \ `           ' / ,---. \ `        :
>:           /  ))))                  /=====\           :
>:          (  /'e(                   )a` \  \          :
>:          ) /  _/                   \_   )  \         :
>:         ( /  (_                     _) _\__ \        :

I really hate this. Just when I got to where I figured I could recognize
Joan's work without even seeing the sig, along comes Haley and confuses the
issue for me all over again.

Great stuff Haley

Alan

My real address is alan @ netcom.ca 
(with a 'p' on 'alan' making it 'alanp',
and no spaces). I'm sick of email spam.

lem...@frednwilma.com writes:

>>More Christmas ascii.... :-) Thanks and credit to Morfina
>>whose work finally showed me how to do ascii faces. :)
>>.......................................................
>>:      .` \    !    / '.          .` \  !  / '.        :
>>:        __ ,-"""-. __            __ ,-"""-. __        :
>>:           `-...-'                  `-...-'           :
>>:       ' / '____ ` \ `           ' / ,---. \ `        :
>>:           /  ))))                  /=====\           :
>>:          (  /'e(                   )a` \  \          :
>>:          ) /  _/                   \_   )  \         :
>>:         ( /  (_                     _) _\__ \        :
>
>I really hate this. Just when I got to where I figured I could recognize
>Joan's work without even seeing the sig, along comes Haley and confuses the
>issue for me all over again.
>
>Great stuff Haley
>
>Alan

Eek! I hope this doesn't mean that my stuff looks _too_ much like
Joan's!?  I admit I look at Joan's page whn I'm 'stuck'... and I know
some of my work does look too much like it should have a 'jgs' on it. :-) I think this piece looks more like shanaka's or morfina's though -
I honestly couldn't draw faces until I looked at their stuff. :) I 
guess I'm a bloody copycat. :)

-hayley
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    `--.____,     \          ,  ;  be apart so long. If we're in each
    ((_ ,----' ,---'      _,'_,'    other's dreams then we can play
        (((_,- (((______,-'       together all night." - Calvin & Hobbes

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 24 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
>I really hate this. Just when I got to where I figured I could recognize
>Joan's work without even seeing the sig, along comes Haley and confuses the
>issue for me all over again.
>Great stuff Haley

Isn't she good?  ;)  I'm flattered that she looks to me
for inspiration...
I'm working on Christmas pics as well:  here's my version
of the 'Holy Family':

                      .-""```""-.
       ,-"```````"-, ;   .-"-.   ;
      ;    .-=-.    ; '=/=====\='
      ',  /=====\  ,'   |/"""\|
        "=|/"""\|="     \ ^ ^ /
          |\^ ^/|       /'._.'\
          ||'-'||      /   _   \
         / | _ | \    /   /|\   \
        /\/ /|\ \/\  | \_/ | \_/ |
       | \_/ | \_/ | |   |/ \|   |
       |   |/ \|   |  \__|   |__/
        \__|   |__/    >=;=====<
         |       |  |  | |     |
         |       | \'/ | |     |
         |       |-=*=-| |     |
         |       | /.\ | |     |
         |       |  |  | |     |
         |       |     | |     |
         |   .-------------,   |
         |  < ~-_~-_=`|( :) >  |
         |   \`"""""""""""`/   |
         |    \           /____|
     jgs |;,;,;>         <_/\_/
              /           \
              `"""""""""""`

-joan

     .-. <*****> .-.                               .-. <*****> .-.
    / _ \.-----./ _ \  I believe...               / _ \.-----./ _ \
   | /:\((())))))/ \ | there are angels among us | / \((())))))/ \ |
   ||' :(( '_' )): `|| sent down to us           ||: :(( '_' )): `||
   ||:   \`---'/   :|| from somewhere above up.  || : )))---((( : ||
   ||  :/'  )  `\:  || They come to you and me   ||  (((  _  ))) :||
   ||: /   (,)   \  || and all that is ours,     ||: :/  /|\  \:  ||
   || / ,__[_]__, \:|| To show us how to live,   ||  / ,/\|/\, \ :||
   ||:\___)_=_(___/ || To teach us how to give,  ||: \___/ \___/  ||
   || : ||     ||:  || To guide us               || : ||     || : ||
   ||  / |     | \  || through the light of love.||  / |     | \  ||
   ||:|  |     |  |:||                           ||:|  |     |  |:||
   |'/   |     |   \'|    spu...@juno.com     |'/   |     |   \'|
   |/    |     |    \|                           |/    |     |    \|
         |     |          ascii art gallery            |     |
         |     |  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/  |     |
   jgs   |~~~~~|                                       |*****|
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

lem...@frednwilma.com 25 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
On Monday, 24 Nov 97 14:52:52, flu...@quadrant.xs4all.nl.spambgone (Hayley
Jane Wakenshaw) wrote:

>>I really hate this. Just when I got to where I figured I could recognize
>>Joan's work without even seeing the sig, along comes Haley and confuses the
>>issue for me all over again.
>>
>>Great stuff Haley
>>
>>Alan
>
>Eek! I hope this doesn't mean that my stuff looks _too_ much like
>Joan's!?  I admit I look at Joan's page whn I'm 'stuck'... and I know
>some of my work does look too much like it should have a 'jgs' on it. :-)

I doubt there's much you can do about it. It's the talent for outline
drawing. Joan has taken it to immense heights. I feel like I want to say
that you are very close behind, but that's an unfair understatement. When
outline drawing gets this good, it does become hard to tell apart -
especially when your subject matter is similar. Good is good.

>guess I'm a bloody copycat. :)

Don't I wish. I could cut and paste Joan's work, and it would end up crap.
The best I can hope to do is make the period at the end of this sentence
actually look like a period, and even that's chancy.

Alan

My real address is alan @ netcom.ca 
(with a 'p' on 'alan' making it 'alanp',
and no spaces). I'm sick of email spam.

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 25 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
>Eek! I hope this doesn't mean that my stuff looks _too_ much like
>Joan's!?  I admit I look at Joan's page whn I'm 'stuck'... and I know
>some of my work does look too much like it should have a 'jgs' on it. 

Actually Hayley, we just have similar styles....  I'm flattered--
you create great ASCII pics--  I have just started my second
folder of your work...  ah, another 'mutual admiration'
fan club in the making!  teehee....  keep making them!!!
-joan
--
                     *  .  *            joan stark
                   . _\/ \/_ .      spu...@juno.com
                    \  \ /  /             .      .   
      ..    ..    -==>: X :<==-           _\/  \/_
      '\    /'      / _/ \_ \              _\/\/_
        \\//       '  /\ /\  '         _\_\_\/\/_/_/_
   _.__\\\///__._    *  '  *            / /_/\/\_\ \
    '  ///\\\  '                           _/\/\_
        //\\                               /\  /\ 
      ./    \.     ASCII Art Gallery:     '      '
      ''    ''  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ 

llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca> ASCII art 25 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <726...@hugbear.NL.net>,
flu...@quadrant.xs4all.nl.spambgone (Hayley Jane Wakenshaw) wrote:
> 
> lem...@frednwilma.com writes:
> 
> >>More Christmas ascii.... :-) Thanks and credit to Morfina
> >>whose work finally showed me how to do ascii faces. :)
> >>.......................................................
> >>:      .` \    !    / '.          .` \  !  / '.        :
> >>:        __ ,-"""-. __            __ ,-"""-. __        :
> >>:           `-...-'                  `-...-'           :
> >>:       ' / '____ ` \ `           ' / ,---. \ `        :
> >>:           /  ))))                  /=====\           :
> >>:          (  /'e(                   )a` \  \          :
> >>:          ) /  _/                   \_   )  \         :
> >>:         ( /  (_                     _) _\__ \        :
> >
> >I really hate this. Just when I got to where I figured I could recognize
> >Joan's work without even seeing the sig, along comes Haley and confuses the
> >issue for me all over again.
> >
> >Great stuff Haley
> >
> >Alan
> 
> Eek! I hope this doesn't mean that my stuff looks _too_ much like
> Joan's!?
[snip]
> I guess I'm a bloody copycat. :)
> 
> --
> oOoOo **Hayley Jane Wakenshaw oOoOo
> -=-  FLUMP  -=-
> Visit Flump's Ascii Collection HTTP://WWW.XS4ALL.NL/~KLR

No, No, No, fear not, Hayley. Yours and Joan's work are quite different.
Don't be dejected and keep posting your wonderful creations.

And to keep this post on topic, here are some wise men:

Andrew Newman drew the hill and the star;
I added the wisemen and their camels.


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          -   -          .|_\.-/ / / |'.,o..(_/^\.-|_\/ / / |'-._.
           / \          .              @-|\  /|~|\
            |       _.-'                 |_\/ / / |
                  .'
              _.-'
-._      __.-'        Andrew Newman & ejm97 
   ''-.-'


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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 26 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
What me copy?  Shanaka, shame on you...  ;)
Admitted, the surfin santa was a little dotty--
that happens when I force the characters to fit the
pic... I found a similar picture in a book and thought
that it would make a good ASCII...  well, if you can
the shorts on him, that is...  :P

Here's a new Christmas pic (popped out tonite,
in fact!)... is this one more "my style"?
                                  _
                               .-(_)
                              / _/
                           .-'   \
                          /       '.
                        ,-~--~-~-~-~-,
                       {__.._...__..._}             ,888,
       ,888,          /\##"  6  6  "##/\          ,88' `88,
     ,88' '88,__     |(\`    (__)    `/)|     __,88'     `88
    ,88'   .8(_ \_____\_    '----'    _/_____/ _)8.       8'
    88    (___)\ \      '-.__    __.-'      / /(___)
    88    (___)88 |          '--'          | 88(___)
    8'      (__)88,___/                \___,88(__)
              __`88,_/__________________\_,88`__
             /    `88,       |88|       ,88'    \
            /        `88,    |88|    ,88'        \
           /____________`88,_\88/_,88`____________\
          /88888888888888888;8888;88888888888888888\
         /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^`/88\\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
   jgs  /                    |88| \============,     \
       /_  __  __  __   _ __ |88|_|^  MERRY    | _ ___\
       |;:.                  |88| | CHRISTMAS! |      |
       |;;:.                 |88| '============'      |
       |;;:.                 |88|                     |
       |::.                  |88|                     |
       |;;:'                 |88|                     |
       |:;,                  |88|                     |
       '---------------------""""---------------------'

-joan
--       ____
      .-" +' "-.
     /.'.'A_'*`.\
    |:.*'/\-\. ':|
    |:.'.||"|.'*:|             joan stark
     \:~^~^~^~^:/          spu...@juno.com
      /`-....-'\
 jgs /          \      visit my ascii art gallery:
     `-.,____,.-'  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/

Shanaka Dias <edi...@cc.curtin.edu.au> ASCII art 26 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report
flu...@quadrant.xs4all.nl.spambgone (Hayley Jane Wakenshaw) wrote:

>lem...@frednwilma.com writes:


>>I really hate this. Just when I got to where I figured I could recognize
>>Joan's work without even seeing the sig, along comes Haley and confuses the
>>issue for me all over again.
>>
>>Great stuff Haley
>>
>>Alan

>Eek! I hope this doesn't mean that my stuff looks _too_ much like
>Joan's!?  I admit I look at Joan's page whn I'm 'stuck'... and I know
>some of my work does look too much like it should have a 'jgs' on it. :-)
>I think this piece looks more like shanaka's or morfina's though -
>I honestly couldn't draw faces until I looked at their stuff. :) I 
>guess I'm a bloody copycat. :)

Well, I think Haley has a different style. There may be similarities,
but Haley draws things differently enough to be able to differentiate
from Joan's work. One day I'll have to sit down and work out what 
makes peoples work distinctive.


I wasn't able to spot the JGS warm weather santa
as being Joan's style though :(
Maybe she stole it! ;)




                                                       ____     _____
               _.                                     /  \  _.-'_.-'
            ;=',_   _____________________________     \  _\/   _/
           S" .--` |      Shanaka Dias           |  ___)/   __<
          sS  \__  |      Curtin University      | <'-;:\_  _\
       __.' ( \--> |      Western Australia      |     '; \_\
    _=/    _./-\/  |email:edi...@cc.curtin.edu.au |      >/-,\
   ((\( /-'   -'l  |_____________________________|    ""`  |_\
    ) |/ \\
  snd  \\  \    http://www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka
        `~ `~

Shanaka Dias <edi...@cc.curtin.edu.au> ASCII art 26 Nov 1997 00:00 · permalink · report

For a very distinctive style and great ideas
for drawing people, I would recommend taking a
look at Joris's work as well. There is
a collection here:

http://www.afn.org/~afn39695/bger.htm
and
http://www.afn.org/~afn39695/bger97.htm

Hopefully Joris will post he URL of his
own Web page soon! (hint, hint!)


                 |\_/|                 D\___/\
                 (0_0)                  (0_o)
                ==(Y)==                  (V)
   -----snd----(u)---(u)-------------oOo--U--oOo--------------
  |___|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|______|_______|
  |                              |                           |
  |  Shanaka Dias                | "A chicken is an eggs way |
  |  edi...@alpha2.curtin.edu.au  |    of making more eggs"   |
  |  Curtin University          _|___________________________|___
  |  Perth Western Australia    | www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka |
  --------------------------------------------------------------- 

Spunk1111 (spu...@aol.com) wrote:
>What me copy?  Shanaka, shame on you...  ;)
>Admitted, the surfin santa was a little dotty--
>that happens when I force the characters to fit the
>pic... I found a similar picture in a book and thought
>that it would make a good ASCII...  well, if you can
>the shorts on him, that is...  :P

>Here's a new Christmas pic (popped out tonite,
>in fact!)... is this one more "my style"?
>                                  _
>                               .-(_)
>                              / _/
>                           .-'   \
>                          /       '.
>                        ,-~--~-~-~-~-,
>                       {__.._...__..._}             ,888,
>       ,888,          /\##"  6  6  "##/\          ,88' `88,
>     ,88' '88,__     |(\`    (__)    `/)|     __,88'     `88
>    ,88'   .8(_ \_____\_    '----'    _/_____/ _)8.       8'
>    88    (___)\ \      '-.__    __.-'      / /(___)
>    88    (___)88 |          '--'          | 88(___)
>    8'      (__)88,___/                \___,88(__)
>              __`88,_/__________________\_,88`__
>             /    `88,       |88|       ,88'    \
>            /        `88,    |88|    ,88'        \
>           /____________`88,_\88/_,88`____________\
>          /88888888888888888;8888;88888888888888888\
>         /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^`/88\\^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
>   jgs  /                    |88| \============,     \
>       /_  __  __  __   _ __ |88|_|^  MERRY    | _ ___\
>       |;:.                  |88| | CHRISTMAS! |      |
>       |;;:.                 |88| '============'      |
>       |;;:.                 |88|                     |
>       |::.                  |88|                     |
>       |;;:'                 |88|                     |
>       |:;,                  |88|                     |
>       '---------------------""""---------------------'


Oh yikes...now it looks like we've got _Mother Christmas_ adjusting 
the sash of her maternity gown !   What next ?   *8-)

Bye,

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