Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 11 Sep 1998.
The White Tower
alt.ascii-art
· 12 messages · 11 Sep 1998 - 18 Sep 1998
I have started a big ASCII project. The White Tower at a bigger size.
Here is the left Section (that's as far as I got so far!):
Should I carry on and try to do the whole thing or does it look too
unrecognisable and not worth it.
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/ ,/ | ;;_,-;-','-;-;=,_; ;;|/_/ /####;_;##;_;
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|"|#####|\(/ (/)/ (/) (/\) _|| || | |
|"|H H H|| |=|#|=|#|=|#|=|#||| || | |
|"|H H H|| | |#| |#| |#| |#||| || | |
|_|H H H|| | |'| |'| |'| |'||| ||, | |
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'---------------'-''
>Message-id: <Pin...@leofric.coventry.ac.uk> >Should I carry on and try to do the whole thing or does it look too >unrecognisable and not worth it. > > | > _._,;;)| > " | > ,;, > .;;;. > '|||' > ,-'"'-, > / _,.,_ \ > /-' '-\ > |_________| > [_________] > . ' ' . > ,' / \ ', > | ' | ,.;., | ' | > ;'_.-||=========||-._'| > |' ,,||,, ,, ,, ||, || > |;;''|| ' ' ' ||';.|| > | || # # # || '|| > I/|# I/|| # # # ||\I || > I |# I || # # # || I ||\I > ,_I_|__I_||_________||,I_|| I > ;/_____________________\;_''-I..\| > , | _ _ _ _ _ _ | ''--.._| > ;__|((| ((| ((| ((| ((| ((|| /"/'\| > |__/ | .. .. .. .. .. ..| / / /"" > / / | '' ''_.=;=,_' '' ''| / / / _ _ >/ ,/ | ;;_,-;-','-;-;=,_; ;;|/_/ /####;_;##;_; >\#/ |,-',-'__(_;'_'-,'=;-,_ | | | >|"|#####|\(/ (/)/ (/) (/\) _|| || | | >|"|H H H|| |=|#|=|#|=|#|=|#||| || | | >|"|H H H|| | |#| |#| |#| |#||| || | | >|_|H H H|| | |'| |'| |'| |'||| ||, | | > |_____||,===-===-===-===,|.'"" >-" _.-" _-"];' > '---------------'-'' Finish it!!! it is wonderful so far! I can't wait to see it complete! Nice work! -joan spu...@juno.com http://www.ascii-art.com/
Phil wrote:
[...]
]
] |
] _._,;;)|
] " |
] ,;,
] .;;;.
] '|||'
] ,-'"'-,
] / _,.,_ \
] /-' '-\
] |_________|
] [_________]
] . ' ' .
] ,' / \ ',
] | ' | ,.;., | ' |
] ;'_.-||=========||-._'|
] |' ,,||,, ,, ,, ||, ||
] |;;''|| ' ' ' ||';.||
] | || # # # || '||
] I/|# I/|| # # # ||\I ||
] I |# I || # # # || I ||\I
] ,_I_|__I_||_________||,I_|| I
] ;/_____________________\;_''-I..\|
] , | _ _ _ _ _ _ | ''--.._|
] ;__|((| ((| ((| ((| ((| ((|| /"/'\|
] |__/ | .. .. .. .. .. ..| / / /""
] / / | '' ''_.=;=,_' '' ''| / / / _ _
] / ,/ | ;;_,-;-','-;-;=,_; ;;|/_/ /####;_;##;_;
] \#/ |,-',-'__(_;'_'-,'=;-,_ | | |
] |"|#####|\(/ (/)/ (/) (/\) _|| || | |
] |"|H H H|| |=|#|=|#|=|#|=|#||| || | |
] |"|H H H|| | |#| |#| |#| |#||| || | |
] |_|H H H|| | |'| |'| |'| |'||| ||, | |
] |_____||,===-===-===-===,|.'""
] -" _.-" _-"];'
] '---------------'-''
Please go on and finish it. It's great! Even unfinished it's
already a beauty.
:)
Andreas
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<snip of beautiful picture>
I have one word for you: WOW!
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| ________________ | |=== | I'm sorry. After
||`, .' '-. .'|| | ____ | attempting a
|| `-' `.__.-',-' || ||____|| good sig, I
|| .'-._.' `-._ || | = | had to bang my
|| .-' '. .-' '-.|| |O . | head on the monitor.
___ ||_.______'_______|| ___ | |
| | |__________________| | || | Sarah Day
| | _|__________|_ | || | med...@micron.net
|___| /______________\ |___||______|
Hello there
Impressive!!! I dont know what the others will say but I give
you a full green! Remember to send me a copy of the finished work...
Thanks (in advance)
Impressive...
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"Is it?" Lady Crysania was asking him. " Is it eradicating evil? Or are we
like children, left alone in the house at night, who light candle after
candel to keep away the darkness. We dont see that the darkness has a
purpose - though we may not understand it - and so, in our terror, we end
up burning down the house!"
---Legends Vol#1.
Syed Karim.
keep going it looks great so far
Andreas Freise wrote: > > Phil wrote: > [...] > ] > ] | > ] _._,;;)| > ] " | > ] ,;, > ] .;;;. > ] '|||' > ] ,-'"'-, > ] / _,.,_ \ > ] /-' '-\ > ] |_________| > ] [_________] > ] . ' ' . > ] ,' / \ ', > ] | ' | ,.;., | ' | > ] ;'_.-||=========||-._'| > ] |' ,,||,, ,, ,, ||, || > ] |;;''|| ' ' ' ||';.|| > ] | || # # # || '|| > ] I/|# I/|| # # # ||\I || > ] I |# I || # # # || I ||\I > ] ,_I_|__I_||_________||,I_|| I > ] ;/_____________________\;_''-I..\| > ] , | _ _ _ _ _ _ | ''--.._| > ] ;__|((| ((| ((| ((| ((| ((|| /"/'\| > ] |__/ | .. .. .. .. .. ..| / / /"" > ] / / | '' ''_.=;=,_' '' ''| / / / _ _ > ] / ,/ | ;;_,-;-','-;-;=,_; ;;|/_/ /####;_;##;_; > ] \#/ |,-',-'__(_;'_'-,'=;-,_ | | | > ] |"|#####|\(/ (/)/ (/) (/\) _|| || | | > ] |"|H H H|| |=|#|=|#|=|#|=|#||| || | | > ] |"|H H H|| | |#| |#| |#| |#||| || | | > ] |_|H H H|| | |'| |'| |'| |'||| ||, | | > ] |_____||,===-===-===-===,|.'"" > ] -" _.-" _-"];' > ] '---------------'-'' > > Please go on and finish it. It's great! Even unfinished it's > already a beauty. Sure, make no mention of the guy that actually _drew it_. :) (1) Although, I shall say I am very very flattered and amazed. -- Richard M. Boye' * wal...@webspan.net * http://www.webspan.net/~waldo/ UIN:9021244 * tPoD "The Path of Plots" Contest -!NOW OPEN FOR VOTING!- * http://tpod.angband.org * "Of course I did it in cold blood, you idiot! I'm a reptile!" 1) Although I normally loathe smileys, I figured that I should include one so that you guys know I'm kidding. My presence here is very light, so you guys wouldn't know if I was teasing or not.
Phil wrote: > > I have started a big ASCII project. The White Tower at a bigger size. > > Here is the left Section (that's as far as I got so far!): > > Should I carry on and try to do the whole thing or does it look too > unrecognisable and not worth it. I must tell you that it looks extraordinary. If you finish it I'll proudly host it alongside the actual drawing. -- Richard M. Boye' * wal...@webspan.net * http://www.webspan.net/~waldo/ UIN:9021244 * tPoD "The Path of Plots" Contest -!NOW OPEN FOR VOTING!- * http://tpod.angband.org * "Of course I did it in cold blood, you idiot! I'm a reptile!"
I will attempt to complete The White Tower. It looks like it will take a lot of time. The piece I did (which is a small part of the main picture) took about an hour. I only get an hour for lunch, which is when I do most of my pics. The picture will be huge, so will not be viewable in it's entirety unless you have a very tiny font or print it out and stick the pieces of paper together. Thanks to all who said I should continue. I will do my best to. PS This is the first huge ASCII I have tried. As you all probably know I tend to do the small pics more than big ones. In fact the last big ASCII (for me anyway) was the one about "silly cows" hiding in trees,toescape from the lions. It had a diagram of how the monkeys helped them get into the trees. (Unfortunately, I lost it). Anyway, better get on with my work. Phil
In article <Pin...@leofric.coventry.ac.uk>, Phil <ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> wrote: > > I will attempt to complete The White Tower. It looks like it will take a > lot of time. The piece I did (which is a small part of the main picture) > took about an hour. I only get an hour for lunch, which is when I do most > of my pics. The picture will be huge, so will not be viewable in it's > entirety unless you have a very tiny font or print it out and stick the > pieces of paper together. Thanks to all who said I should continue. I > will do my best to. > > PS This is the first huge ASCII I have tried. As you all probably know > I tend to do the small pics more than big ones. In fact the last big > ASCII (for me anyway) was the one about "silly cows" hiding in > trees,toescape from the lions. It had a diagram of how the monkeys helped > them get into the trees. (Unfortunately, I lost it). > > Anyway, better get on with my work. > > Phil Phil, I went to Dejanews Power Search http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml to fetch your other large drawing. (I put your name as the author and the keyword 'lions' and your drawing came up as the only hit. The whole operation took 2 minutes.) ----------------start quote Subject: Re: the Five---Cornered COW Date: 1998/05/05 Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.980505132141.14611B-100000@leofric> [snip] Here is a blueprint of one of the cows ideas. As you can see it's not bad. Of course it had to get the chimp to draw it (due to not having hands) so it's not completely accurate. Chimps are not very good at coming up with ideas or drawing in general, but they can pull ropes and climb trees which is why the cows enlist their help. Also Chimps work for very little pay. A couple of bananas and they'll do anything. ';~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pulley ------> /@~~~~~~~~~'; ___________ /' | /uuuuuuuuuuu\ <------ Cow hide. /' | /\ |~~~~|~~~~~~| /' | || |----|[] [] | /' | Lift goes | | | /' | up. -------------,;~~~~~~~m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~';, ~~~~~~ ,--~~~;;~~~~~~~~~~~~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~' ---~~~-, ,' {oo};;' /' /\ | =====; ; (o); /' || ___|___ /\ ', ; ;;. .;; /' Branch | ( ) | || ; ; ;;';,' ;;m /' extended | uu | || '; ; m- ;; /' |--oo---| Tie rope ; ; \ m /' <----Monkey pulls |L I F T| here until; ; \ /' rope | | lion gone;' '; @/' '~~~~~~~' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /\ || Pulley There we go. An ASCII representation of the blueprint. Hope it comes out OK. Hope ya like it. Sorry, can't draw lions. Phil MOOO! ccx...@coventry.ac.uk ( ) / Trainee Programmer==========m==================== Computing Services {oo};; oo Coventry University (o);; /\ ;;. .;; || ;; ;;' ;; Cow-mouflaged as a branch m ;; m m end quote------------------------------- I'm very much looking forward to seeing the White Tower in Ascii. What you have done so far is excellent. NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ Dejanews is so handy! --- == >/ [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
> Sure, make no mention of the guy that actually _drew it_. :) (1)
Wow! Even the original artist recognizes the ascii copy!
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Sarah Day <med...@micron.net> wrote: ><snip of beautiful picture> >I have one word for you: WOW! yeaH, ME 2. Bye,
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