REQ: Improvements in Fokker triplane sig

Hello Ascii artists out there!

I was trying to make a "Red Baron" sig for a friend (An Internet
newbie), including the Fokker triplane. Although I have been trying to
draw ascii stuff for some time now, this is the first time I got
something I am minimally proud of. (the letters I made with Figlet,
"slant" font)

__________|__________  ____           __   ____
 _\____--.A.--____/_  / __ \___  ____/ /  / __ )____ __________  ____
  _\____(^@^)____/_  / /_/ / _ \/ __  /  / __  / __ `/ ___/ __ \/ __ \
        /"v"\       / _, _/  __/ /_/ /  / /_/ / /_/ / /  / /_/ / / / /
 jm    I-----I     /_/ |_|\___/\__,_/  /_____/\__,_/_/   \____/_/ /_/

I borrowed a little (but not too much, I think) from this drawing
(don't know whose) my friend found somewhere (I like mine better).
   _________
   _|__o__|_
   _|_(\)_|_
      d-b
Any improvement on the triplane (or a new drawing from scratch) would
be welcome.

Thanks in advance (and please, don't laugh too loud at my plane).

And, Joan, if you are reading this, I really liked that airliner among
the clouds you posted some time ago. But it wouldn't do for this sig!

       .---. "Friends come and go but enemies accumulate"
      _\___/_   __________      .__  
jgs    )\_/(    \______   \____ |__| __________   ____  
jm    /~~~~~\    |     ___/  _ \|  |/  ___/  _ \ /    \ 
     /  .-.  \   |    |  (  (_) )  |\___ (  (_) )   |  \
    /  (@.@)  \  |____|   \____/|__/______>____/|___|__/
   / 8=.|m|.=8 \ 
  (  8=�`"�`=8  )              <jmp...@idecnet.com>
   `-----------�

jmp...@idecnet.com (Poison):
>    _________
>    _|__o__|_
>    _|_(\)_|_
>       d-b

Hey - soccer on Usenet!

"The ball is coming towards the goal...
 the keeper raises his hands..."

>     _______ 
>     |o_o_o| 
>     |_(\)_| 
>       d-b

"The ball is passed over to the right..."

>     _______ 
>     |_o_o_o 
>     |__(\)| 
>        d-b

".. and back to the left..."

>     _______ 
>     o_o_o_| 
>     |(\)__| 
>      d-b

".. and Pele kicks it high..
 .. the keeper jumps.."

>     _o_o_o_
>     |_(\)_| 
>     |_d-b_|

".. but he comes down and the
    keeper jumps - but misses!"

>     _______
>     \o/*__|
>     |()___|
>     |_\\__|

"  GOOOOAAAALLLLL!
   GOOOOAAAALLLLL!
   GOOOOAAAALLLLL!"

Are there still people who "watch" football (soccer) on radio?  Or Usenet?

Sven

-- 
Support the League for Animated ASCII Soccer
And remember you saw it on alt.ascii-art first!

In article <5ftht8$leu$1...@diana.ibernet.es>, jmp...@idecnet.com (Poison) writes:
>And, Joan, if you are reading this, I really liked that airliner among
>the clouds you posted some time ago. But it wouldn't do for this sig!

:(  I guess that means I ought to try a new one...  I love a challenge.  I think most of you know that!  Here is my attempt... it's a little bigger than your two- perhaps you can use it sometime...

-=[ biplane ]=-  3/97

               __/\__
              `==/\==`
    ____________/__\____________
   /____________________________\
     __||__||__/.--.\__||__||__
    /__|___|___( >< )___|___|__\
              _/`==`\_
   jgs       (/------\)

=joan
-- 
       _     _
       \`\ /`/
        \ V /               |_  _ ,_   -|-_   '-|-
        /. .\       o o o   | |(_)|_)   |(_)  | |
       =\ T /=                    |
        / ^ \      joan stark  <spu...@juno.com>
     {}/\\ //\
     __\ " " /__           ASCII art gallery:
jgs (____/^\____) http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/

In article <slr...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de>, 
guc...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de says...
>
>jmp...@idecnet.com (Poison):
>>    _________
>>    _|__o__|_
>>    _|_(\)_|_
>>       d-b
>
>Hey - soccer on Usenet!

[snip]

>".. and Pele kicks it high..
> .. the keeper jumps.."
>
>>     _o_o_o_
>>     |_(\)_| 
>>     |_d-b_|
>
>".. but he comes down and the
>    keeper jumps - but misses!"
>
>>     _______
>>     \o/*__|
>>     |()___|
>>     |_\\__|
>
>"  GOOOOAAAALLLLL!
>   GOOOOAAAALLLLL!
>   GOOOOAAAALLLLL!"
>
>Are there still people who "watch" football (soccer) on radio?  Or Usenet?
>
>Sven
>Support the League for Animated ASCII Soccer
>And remember you saw it on alt.ascii-art first!

I see that your last frame got distorted, making the keeper look like he lost 
a lot of weight while making that jump. Here is how it should look:

     _______
     \o/*__|
     |(\)__|
     |_\\__|

"  GOOOOAAAALLLLL!
   GOOOOAAAALLLLL!
   GOOOOAAAALLLLL!"

(This also explains why the clearly unfit keeper was unable to block the ball 
successfully.)

--
                                                 ,^
             ha                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               ha  -----%^           "    "
                 ha ha /  (oops. I laughed my head off.)
                      /   
                llizard aka ejm  cq5...@torfree.net

cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca (llizard):
> I see that your last frame got distorted, making the keeper look like he
> lost a lot of weight while making that jump. Here is how it should look:
>      _______
>      \o/*__|   "  GOOOOAAAALLLLL! 
>      |(\)__|      GOOOOAAAALLLLL! 
>      |_\\__|      GOOOOAAAALLLLL!"
> This also explains why the clearly unfit keeper
> was unable to block the ball successfully.

Well, the "fit" keeper seems to fail, too.  ;-)

One thing I like about soccer is that people
keep the names of the keepers in memory...

       _______
 ___   |..o..|
/   \  |=(+)=|  <- new keeper
|RIP|  |./.\.|

I wonder when PeteCasso will animate soccer for us..

Sven  [come on - I dare ya!]