Settings

The page will reload to apply your changes.
Theme

ASCII Art Font

ASCII Art Menu

Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Aug 1999.
 _   _                     _        _             _     _           
| | | |___  ___ _ __   ___| |_     / \   _ __ ___| |__ (_)_   _____ 
| | | / __|/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ __|   / _ \ | '__/ __| '_ \| \ \ / / _ \
| |_| \__ \  __/ | | |  __/ |_   / ___ \| | | (__| | | | |\ V /  __/
 \___/|___/\___|_| |_|\___|\__| /_/   \_\_|  \___|_| |_|_| \_/ \___|
pushing the envelope

pushing the envelope

alt.ascii-art · 6 messages · 17 Aug 1999 - 23 Aug 1999
b.knox <b.k...@latrobe.edu.au> ASCII art 17 Aug 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
hi there... 

can anyone help me with a pic of someone literally pushing an envelope?
i think i can almost 
do the envelope... 

  _________________
 |\               /|
 | \             / | 
 |  \           /  | 
 |   \         /   | 
 |  / \       / \  | 
 | /   \     /   \ | 
 |/     -----     \|
 -------------------

hmmm maybe not.. 

         _________________
       O \` .             .\
       \__\   ` . _    _.'  \ 
       /\  \      , ~~~ `.   \
      /  \  \    ,        `.  \ 
     /   /   \__/____________`_\

well.. looks like i can't even do the envelope... (bloody fun though,
this ascii art)

thanks v. much guys (love your work...) 
 
brad

Nate / DAC <nat...@southwind.net> ASCII art 18 Aug 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
Someone asked about pushing the proverbial envelope..

How about this?

(A C64 running a fairly old yet kick ass demo)
                                                    _
                                                  _/ \
              .------.                           [ |  `------------
         .---'--------`---.    .-----------------=||
         |.--------------.|   /    .-------------=||
         || \~~~~~~~~~~/ ||  /    /  .-. .-------=||
         ||   )######(   || /  __/  / _|_|__      `'
         || /__________\ ||/  /_/| / /======\
         ||   DAWNFALL   ||.  |_|// /        \
         || -- - --- nad |||  _) | /----------\
         |`-.------.-----#||.(---' [.---==--- ]
         `--`------'------'|| \    `----------'    
                   .-------'|  )  
                .-'.--------' /
                n  n         (                _
       .--------------------. \              / \__O
      / .::::::::::::::::. = \='            /  |\ |\
     / ::::;;;;;;;;;;;;:::: = \=-----.OOOOOO   \ \__\
    (__________________________)                \|__|

-- 
  ___________________________________________________________________
 /   _  _ _|_  _  _| _  _  Specializing in Commodore 64/128 Material \
 ) |/ \`_| |  /_)/ |`_|/ ' AT southwind DOT net                      (
 \_|__j(_|_\_.\_.\_|(_|\_. http://www2.southwind.net/~natedac _______/

Nate / DAC <nat...@southwind.net> wrote in message news:Pin...@onyx.southwind.net...
>
> Someone asked about pushing the proverbial envelope..
>
> How about this?
>
> (A C64 running a fairly old yet kick ass demo)
>                                                     _
>                                                   _/ \
>               .------.                           [ |  `------------
>          .---'--------`---.    .-----------------=||
>          |.--------------.|   /    .-------------=||
>          || \~~~~~~~~~~/ ||  /    /  .-. .-------=||
>          ||   )######(   || /  __/  / _|_|__      `'
>          || /__________\ ||/  /_/| / /======\
>          ||   DAWNFALL   ||.  |_|// /        \
>          || -- - --- nad |||  _) | /----------\
>          |`-.------.-----#||.(---' [.---==--- ]
>          `--`------'------'|| \    `----------'
>                    .-------'|  )
>                 .-'.--------' /
>                 n  n         (                _
>        .--------------------. \              / \__O
>       / .::::::::::::::::. = \='            /  |\ |\
>      / ::::;;;;;;;;;;;;:::: = \=-----.OOOOOO   \ \__\
>     (__________________________)                \|__|
>
> --
It are true. Nate haff pushed 'er more than jus' about anybody else.

JRO

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 19 Aug 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <37B...@latrobe.edu.au>, "b.knox"
<b.k...@latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> hi there...
> 
> can anyone help me with a pic of someone literally pushing an envelope?
> i think i can almost
> do the envelope...
> 
>   _________________
>  |\               /|
>  | \             / |
>  |  \           /  |
>  |   \         /   |
>  |  / \       / \  |
>  | /   \     /   \ |
>  |/     -----     \|
>  -------------------
> 
> hmmm maybe not..
> 
>          _________________
>        O \` .             .\
>        \__\   ` . _    _.'  \
>        /\  \      , ~~~ `.   \
>       /  \  \    ,        `.  \
>      /   /   \__/____________`_\
> 
> well.. looks like i can't even do the envelope... (bloody fun though,
> this ascii art)
> 
> thanks v. much guys (love your work...)
> 
> brad

Yours looks like the envelope is pushing the figure; here's just a
little alteration...

             _________________
         O__,\` .             .\
        /\_,  \   ` .       .'  \ 
       (       \      ,` , `.    \
      / \       \    ,        `.  \ 
     /  /        \__/____________`_\

or
               _________________
          O__,\` .             .\
        ,'\_,  \  ` .        .'  \ 
       (        \     ,` , ` .    \
     ,' `,       \   ,        `.   \ 
   ,'   /         \_/___________`___\

or
               __________________
         O__, /`.              .'/
        /\_, /   `.        .'   / 
       (    /      ,` , .'     /
      / \  /    ,        `.   / 
     /  / /__,_____________`_/

or
               __________________
          O__,/`.              .'/
        ,'\_,/   `.        .'   / 
       (    /      ,` , .'     /
     ,' `, /    ,        `.   / 
   ,'   / /__,_____________`_/



NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you
are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca  ha             ,^
http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/         ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions               ha  /   "    "

llizard wrote:
> 
> 
>                __________________
>           O__,/`.              .'/
>         ,'\_,/   `.        .'   /
>        (    /      ,` , .'     /
>      ,' `, /    ,        `.   /
>    ,'   / /__,_____________`_/
> 
> 
> --
> llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca  ha             ,^
> http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/         ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
> ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions               ha  /   "    "

thanks very much llizard man... thats exactly what i was after !

brad

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 23 Aug 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <37C...@latrobe.edu.au>, "b.knox"
<b.k...@latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> >                __________________
> >           O__,/`.              .'/
> >         ,'\_,/   `.        .'   /
> >        (    /      ,` , .'     /
> >      ,' `, /    ,        `.   /
> >    ,'   / /__,_____________`_/
> >

> thanks very much llizard man... thats exactly what i was after !
> 
> brad

You're very welcome, brad.  Here it is in reverse:

       ________________
       \`             /\,__O.
        \  `    ejm  /  \ ,_/\
         \    /`    /`   \    )
          \  /    `    `  \  / \
           \/____________`_\ \  `,

       ________________
       \`             /\,__O,
        \  `    ejm  /  \,_/ \
         \    /`    /`   \    )
          \  /    `    `  \  / \
           \/____________`_\ \  \



NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you
are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent";
its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca  ha             ,^
http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/         ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions               ha  /   "    "

Related ASCII art in the Gallery

Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:

About this thread. These messages were posted publicly to the newsgroup alt.ascii-art in 1999 and are mirrored here unchanged as part of the Historic Archives – only email addresses are masked. The artwork and text belong to their original authors: if you copy a piece, keep the artist's initials or signature intact and credit them where you can. Are you one of the authors? Contact us to get your posts attributed, connected to your artist profile, or removed.

Report this message

Help us keep the archive clean and accurate. Reports are reviewed by a person – nothing is changed automatically.

Help classify this post