Kana in ASCII-art

Does anyone have any kana in ASCII-art?  Or, better still, a "mizu" in
kanji?  I'm not sure if there's more than one "mizu" or not.  I mean
"sui" or "water."  It look kind of like this:    |  )
                                              __ | /
                                               / | \
                                              / .|  \.
If you can do that--or if you have a really good one, I'd love to see it.
Of course, I'd like a sig-sized one.  ;)
--            __                        `--`
     '       |__) (__| |~~ |~~ |_/ | /| | /|   iampara----------
  ' ' ' '    |    .__| |__ |__ | \ |/ | |/ |    graph-----------
    ' '      -Donnie Lee Waters  UofL            175------------
   '   '     -dlw...@homer.louisville.edu       !-------------

Donnie Lee Waters wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have any kana in ASCII-art?  Or, better still, a "mizu" in
> kanji?  I'm not sure if there's more than one "mizu" or not.  I mean
> "sui" or "water."  It look kind of like this:    |  )
>                                               __ | /
>                                                / | \
>                                               / .|  \.
> If you can do that--or if you have a really good one, I'd love to see 
> it. Of course, I'd like a sig-sized one.  ;)

Here's one in a "how-to" guide I did on Chinese Ascii artwork:

From: dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Au)
Subject: Line/talk: Chinese Characters Tips
Date: 12 Nov 1994 00:27:14 -0600

This article began as a reply I made to a friend who asked me how to
make
Chinese characters using ASCII. (Hi Amy!)  She asked me if it was
natural
talent or whether anyone can do it.  I think everyone can do it! 

I learned how to do it myself when I saw two characters someone had made
in their sig.  I liked the style of it so I tried making some of my own
art (beginning with my name), using the same technique, and eventually
creating my own style of making characters.  Hopefully the Chinese
Characters List will be able to help you and others to have a reference
of characters so that can you learn how to make your own characters,
borrowing styles and creating your own way of making them.  It's really
fun (and easy!) once you begin and get used to making it.  

I guess one of the tricks I use is to first have an idea of what I'm
going to do before I attempt to draw it.  Sometimes the hardest part of
it is knowing where to begin :) Once I know how I'm going to go about
it, I begin by making a rough outline or skeleton of my character.  For
example, if I wanted to draw the charcter for water:  (Mandarin: shui3)


				||
				||   || 
			  ||||| || || 
			       ||||
			     || || ||
			   ||   ||   ||
			 ||     ||     ||
			       |||


Then I smooth it out, and add finer details to it using , ' and |  (the
sig below with my name, I used , ' : and ; for a different effect.)

				
				||,
				||  ,|, 
			  '||,,,||,|''
			      ,||||
			     ,| ||'|, 
			   ,|'  ||  '|, 
			,||''   ||    '||, 
			      ''||


And that's all there is to it!  If it seems like a giant leap from step
one to step two, it's really not that difficult.  Trial and error at
first, and then later you'll have an idea of what to do.  Personally, I
like to do my creating and editing using the DOS editor and then upload
into my account to post or mail.  Having a dictionary around will be
helpful so you can check for strokes and stylistics.

So those of you who know Chinese, try making your own characters!  If
you need help, don't hesitate in sending samples to me.  I can try to
help.  Please send your art to me so I can also include it in my
collection.  Mail me to be put on the list and to receive a copy if you
haven't gotten it yet.  (Note: This technique can work with Japanese and
Korean too!)

Mail me if you have any questions or suggestions or would just like to
chat. Create on!

Daniel
-- 
Daniel C. Au
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.   USA
dca...@nwu.edu

Here's someone holding a katana(I think):

                                    /)
                                   //
                 __*_             //
              /-(____)           //
             ////- -|\          //
          ,____o% -,_          //
         /  \\   |||  ;       //
        /____\....::./\      //
       _/__/#\_ _,,_/--\    //
       /___/######## \/""-(\</
      _/__/ '#######  ""^(/</
    __/ /   ,)))=:=(,    //.
   |,--\   /Q...... /.  (/
   /       .Q....../..\
          /.Q ..../...\
         /......./.....\
         /...../  \.....\
         /_.._./   \..._\
          (` )      (` )
          | /        \ |
          '(          )'
         /+|          |+\
         |,/          \,/  b'ger

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