Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 13 Jul 1994.
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LINE: Original pictures from folks at IU...
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 13 Jul 1994
Here are a few ascii pictures created by various people I know here at
Indiana University. As far as I know, none of these have been posted before,
but I could be wrong.
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Smiley by Mimi Tzeng (I think)
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***** *****
***** *****
*** ***
*** ***
*** ***
*** ***
*** ***
*** ***
*** ***
*** ***
**********************
****************
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Spying eyes by Frances Schuetz
\ | / \ | /
. . . .
. 0 . . 0 . *spy*
. . . . . .
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Cat by Frances Schuetz
,
|\____
/ o\
| ===:
| * /
/ * * | Mmmmmmmr?
/ * \
/ .. |
| * ::::|
| * * *\ ::||
/ * * | ||
/ $ / ||
* * * * * * $$$ /____ ||
* * * * * * * ____________)WW
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Hotdog by David Salo
___________________________
/ ' . . ' , , ' . \
/_____________________________\
(~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)
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\___________________________/
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Satan downstairs by Jim Sizemore
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^ ^ ^
| | |
| | |
\___|___/
| THUMP!
| THUMP!
| THUMP!
|
|
|
@8---------
|
|
YOU KIDS BE QUIET UP THERE!
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Harp by Frances Schuetz and Iskandar Taib
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^`. ...'' |
/ ``` - --- ''''' |
{ ,,,--/ /--
\ \```/ / / ++' / / / / / / /+++
\ \ / / / / / / / / / / / /++++
\ .\/ / / / / / / / / / / ++++
\ \/ / / / / / / / / / ++++
\ .\./ / / / / / / / ++++
\ \./ / / / / / / ++++
\ .\/ / / / / / +++
\ ..\/ / / / / +++
\ .\. / / / +++
\ ..\. / / +++
\ ..\ / ++++
\ ..\ ++++
\ ..\+++++
===========++
/ / \ \
/ / \ \
--- ---
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Note by Frances Schuetz
.
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|\\ ___________________
|\\| / \
|\\| / \
| |----/ A Little Note For \
| / \ YOU /
|/ \ /
|` \___________________/
OOO|
OOOOO
OOOOO
OOO
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"Up yours" by David Warner
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\ \
| \
| |
| |_______
| |
| __|
______________________/ |
__| UP
| YOURS!
__|
|
___________________________________/
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Tribbles by George Starkey
Dumping tribbles down your reactor shaft!
.
* **
* ****
.
.
* * ** * *
* * *
* ** *
* * *
* * * *
* * * *
* *
.
* *
.
*
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Grenade *possibly* by Jonathan Bolte
xxxx
x xx___
YOU xxxx L |
HAVE _______L |
10 / _________I
SECONDS. / /H HHH HHH HHH
/ /HH HHH HHH HHHH
I I###############
I IHH HHH HHH HHHH
I/ HH HHH HHH HHHH
/ ###############
HH HHH HHH HHHH
HH HHH HHH HHHH
###############
H HHH HHH HHH
###########
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"STOP!" by Stephanie Eikenberry (Used to silence flames by moderators)
SSSSSSSSS TTTTTTTTTT OOOOOOOO PPPPPPPP !!!!!
SSSSSSSSSS TTTTTTTTTT OOOOOOOOOO PPPPPPPPPP !!!!!
SSS TTTT OOO OOO PPP PPP !!!!!
SSS TTTT OOO OOO PPP PPP !!!!!
SSSSSSSSSS TTTT OOO OOO PPPPPPPPPP !!!!!
SSSSSSSSSS TTTT OOO OOO PPPPPPPPP !!!!!
SSS TTTT OOO OOO PPP
SSS TTTT OOO OOO PPP
SSSSSSSSSS TTTT OOOOOOOOOO PPP !!!!!
SSSSSSSSS TTTT OOOOOOOO PPP !!!!!
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Swat! by Don Slusher or David Bradford (can't remember which)
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/ \
/ |
| \ / |
\ \ / | |
\ \ / ____|____ |
\ \ /\ / _ _ | |
\ \ / \ / / \| | |
| \ / \ / | | | |
| | \ / \ / | | |
\ _ _ _ / \/ \/ \ _ _ / \ | O
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Oft-used *yawn* by Frances Schuetz
* * * Y Y A W W N N * * *
*** Y Y A A W W W NN N ***
******* YYY AAAAAAA W W W W N N N *******
*** Y A A WW WW N NN ***
* * * Y A A W W N N * * *
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"Wassup?" by Frances Schuetz
|| // /| /\ /\ // // /\ /\
|| // / | //\\ //\\ // // //\\ //\\
|| , // //|| // // // // // \\ // \\
|| /| // //_|| //____ //____ // // //____\\ \\ //
|| //| // / -- | \ --- \ \ --- \ // // //------- //
||//||// // || // // // // // ||
||/ ||/ // || \\// \\// //__// // ||
|/ |/ // || \/ \/ /____/ // ()
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Thimble by Frances Schuetz
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/%%%%\
/%%%%%%\
/%%%%%%%%\
/%%%%%%%%%%\
|____________|
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Zeppelin by David Salo
____________ ________
----------------------------- / /
-------------------------------------------- /
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------- \
------------------------------ \______\
| () () |
-------
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Pounce by Frances Schuetz
PPPPPP OOOOO U U N N CCCCC EEEEEEE
P P O O U U NN N C C E
P P O O U U N N N C E
PPPPPP O O U U N N N C EEEEEE
P O O U U N N N C E
P O O U U N NN C C E
P OOOOO UUUUU N N CCCCC EEEEEEE
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Kaboom by Frances Schuetz
K K A BBBBBB OOOOO OOOOO M M
K K A A B B O O O O MM MM
K K A A B B O O O O M M M M
KKKK AAAAAAA BBBBBB O O O O M M M M
K K A A B B O O O O M M M
K K A A B B O O O O M M
K K A A BBBBBB OOOOO OOOOO M M
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Genie by Dan Julian and unknown
_________
( )
( ))
( )
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* *
* o o *
* *
* U * - "Your wish is my command."
* _____ *
* *
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# #
/#### ####\
# #
# / \ #
# # # #
# # # #
----- -----
! ! ! !
!!!! ^^^^^ !!!!
! ! ! !
!!! !!!
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
()
__ __ __
__ __ __
________
_____
___
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Happy Eggster by Frances Schuetz
* *
* * * *
* * * *
* * *
* * * *
* * * * * * * * * *
* * * *'* * * * * * * *
* * * * * * `** * `* * * *
** ** **
* * * * * *
* * *
**
* * * *
* * * * *
* * * * *
* ,, ***** * *
* * * * * * * * **
* '' * * * * * * * * * * * **
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * ** *** * * * * * * * * **
** **
* * * *
* *
.
* *
*~~~~~*
*~~~~~~~* * *
*~~~~~~~* *^^^^^*
* * *~~~~~* * * *^^^^^^^*
*+++++* * * * * * *|||||* *^^^^^^^*
*+++++++++* * * *|||||||* *^^^^^*
*+++++++++++* * ~~~~~~~~~ * *|||||||* * *
*+++++++++++* * * *|||||*
*+++++++++++* * %%%%%%%%%%%%% * * * * *
*+++++++++++* * ------------- * *{{{{{*
*+++++++++* * $$$$$$$$$$$$$ * *{{{{{{{{{*
*+++++* * ............. * *{{{{{{{{{{{*
* * * * * &&&&&&&&&&&&& * *{{{{{{{{{{{*
*`````* * * *}}}}}}}}}}}*
*```````* * ^^^^^^^^^ * *}}}}}}}}}}}*
*```````* * * *}}}}}}}}}*
*`````* * * * *}}}}}*
* * * *
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Spaceship by David Salo
. |0_0_0_0_||||_0_0_0_0| . .
. .________ .__________. .
\ ._______.________. .
. \----._____.______. .
\ .___.____. \ O . .
. ._.__. O .
. . . o
. . . .
. . . . .
*************** .
******************************************* .
******************* *******
********* *****
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Chinese pictograph for "Dragon" by David Salo (at least that is what he told me
it meant)
\
____ |____
\ / |____
---- ____|
__ |___
|__| |___
|__| |___
| | |____/
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"Squidcapades" by David Salo
SSS QQ U U I DDD CCC AAA PPPP AAA DDD EEEE SSS
S Q Q U U I D D C C A A P P A A D D E S
SS Q Q U U I D D C AAAAA PPPP AAAAA D D EEEE SS
S Q Q U U I D D C C A A P A A D D E S
SSS QQ UU I DDD CCC A A P A A DDD EEEE SSS
X X X X X X X X XX X X X XX
X X X X X X XX X XXX X X X X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
X0XXXX0X
XXXXXXXX
XXXXXX
XXXX
XXXXXX
XX
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Fantasy map by David Salo
/\_ /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Z I Y A /~~~| /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^ /~~~~| \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^ \~~~~~\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ PIRATE \_/\~~~~~~~~~_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^ ^^^ \~~~___/ \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^ ^^^ STRONGHOLDS / __\ |~~~~~~__~~~~~~~
^^^^^^ / / /~~~~~~/ \~~~~~~
Mts. of Mizna ^^^ / / | / \~~\__/~~~~~~
^^^^ ^^^^^^ I |_| / / \~~__~~~~~~~
^^^^ ^^^^^^^ \ M | | ^ \/ \___~~~
^^^^^ \ O /_/ ^^ ^^ \~~
^^^^^ \ \ N ^^^ \~
^^^^^ \ A ^^ ____/~
^ ^^ \ /~~~~~~
\ /~~~~~~~
EMPTY LANDS \ Plateau|~~~~~~~
^^^ x Ruins \ /~~~~~~~~
\ \~~~~~~~~
Western *City of the Dead \ \~~~~~~~
Mountains ___ \ \~~~~~~
___/\_/ \ \ \~~~~~
/ \__ \ x |~~~~
Yavlena River ____/ \__+___ Haliburg |~~~~
_________/ x Ruins Falls\_ _/~~~~
/ \ \_____ /~~~~~~
A / R S H A \ N \_\~~~~~~
___/ \ Yavlemport>#~~~~~~
\\\\\\ \ \~~~~~
^^\\ \\\\\\\\\\\| \\ \ |~~~~
^ \\\ \ \\\\\ Nathrim#|~~~~
\_____ \\\\\ /~~~~~
\_________ C O A S T C I T I E S #/~~~~~~~
Southmarch R. \ __ #Ibliske' Ravna Merk\~~~~~~~
/~~\_ Adzur #_____ _ \~~~~~~
\~~~~\_______# /~~~~~\ /~\ __\ ~~~~
^^^ |~~~~~~~~~~~~\___ _|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^ ___/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
^^^ /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\~~~/\_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
___ \~| /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~\_ _/~ \/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~_~~| Urand/~_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/_\~~\__# /~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~GULF~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
____~~~ \/~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~___/\~~~~~~~~~~
\/\_/\~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ^ /~~~~~~~~~~
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OF~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ^ /~~~~~~~~~~~
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ^^ |~~~~~~~~~~~
\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ ^ /~~~~~~~~~~~~
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~AMBACIR~~~~~~~~~~~~| |~~~~~~~~~~~~
\__~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ^ |~~~~~~~~~~~~
\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ^^ /~~~~~~~~~~~~
\_____~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ ^^ \~~~~~~~~~~~~
E M N Y R I A N |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~____/ \_~~~~~~~~~~
\________/\___/ \_~~~~~~~~
\~~~~~~~
E M P I R E P A R G E L I A N ^^^ ^^ |~~~~~~
PENINSULA _/~~~~~~~
_ /\_/~~~~~~~~~
__ _ / | _____/~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| \_/ \/~~~\_ \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_/\_____/~~~~~~~~~~~~\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
_/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~___~~~~~~~~~
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ |~~~~~~~~
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ \~~~~~~~
\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/\/ |~~~~~~~
T E R R A \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ \ ____/\/~~~~~~~~
\_____~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I N C O G N I T A \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"Nyquil beggar" by Jim Sizemore
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/ \
| |
| (o) (o)
C .----_)
| |.___|
| \____/
/ __________ \
/ __________/ \
|________________|
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| |
| |
| WILL |
| WORK |
| FOR |
| NYQUIL! |
| |
| |
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