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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 Sep 1998.
Re: ASCII, do I stand a chance?

Re: ASCII, do I stand a chance?

HandT <bhs...@aspire.cs.uah.edu> wrote:

>I can't draw IRL, do I even stand a chance drawing in ASCII?  BTW: I got
>the pic below from a friend that thought it was cool....

>                      .'\ _ _ /`.
>                     |           |		**************************
>                    |             |             *"Father said to me one  *
>                    |             |	  	*day 'Son be hard working*
>                    |             |		*man.'  Mother said to me*
>                    |             |		*one day 'Son do the best*
>                    |_  _  _  _  _|		*you can.'  But then one *
>                    |             |		*day I met a man who came*
>                \= = = = = = = = = = =/		*to me and said: 'Hard   *
>                ..._:   .-. .-.   :_...		*work good, and hard work*
>              .'    '-.(o ) (o ).-'    `. 	*fine; but first take    *
>             :  _    _ _`~(_)~`_ _    _  :	*care of head...'"       *
>            :  /:   ' .-=_   _=-. `   ;\  :     *********sUbLiMe**********
>            :   :|-.._  '     `  _..-|:   :	T. Hand           Buckhorn
>             :   `:| |`:-:-.-:-:'| |:'   :        bhs...@aspire.cs.uah.edu
>              `.   `.| | | | | | |.'   .'
>                `.   `-:_| | |_:-'   .'
>                  `-._   ````    _.-'
>                      ``- - - -''
>                  _____/  ()  \_____
>                 /       /  \       \
>                 |  ^    |  |    ^  |  /~';,.
>                 |  |    |  |    |  |/\.;`
>                 |  |     \/     |    /
>                 |__|            |\__/
>                 :,,`=====[]====='
>                  '' :    /\    :
>                     :_ _:  :_ _:
>                      | |_   | |__
>                      ((__)  (_- _)



It's cooler still with the author's intitials still attached:


                      .'\ _ _ /`.
                     |           |
                    |             |
                    |             |
                    |             |
                    |             |
                    |_  _  _  _  _|
                    |             |
                \= = = = = = = = = = =/
                ..._:   .-. .-.   :_...
              .'    '-.(o ) (o ).-'    `.
             :  _    _ _`~(_)~`_ _    _  :
            :  /:   ' .-=_   _=-. `   ;\  :
            :   :|-.._  '     `  _..-|:   :
             :   `:| |`:-:-.-:-:'| |:'   :
              `.   `.| | | | | | |.'   .'
                `.   `-:_| | |_:-'   .'
                  `-._   ````    _.-'
                      ``- - - -''
                  _____/  ()  \_____
                 /       /  \       \
                 |  ^    |  |    ^  |  /~';,.
                 |  |    |  |    |  |/\.;`
                 |  |     \/     |    /
                 |__|            |\__/
                 :,,`=====[]====='
                  '' :    /\    :
                     :_ _:  :_ _:
         -cfbd-       | |_   | |__
                      ((__)  (_- _)


============================================================================


   -------The ASCII ART FAQ Ten Commandments.---------

           \\\\`///
           /  _  _|                  1/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
          (\'('\/')                  2/ Thou shalt not remove the
    ______/(    >(__                     Signature from any ASCII ART.
   /`-    \ \_=__| `\                3/ Thou shalt not claim the Ownership
  /       /__(  _____\  _____            of someone else's ASCII ART.
 /_ \.____    ,"     "."     ",__    4/ Thou shalt read the FAQ.
|    /   _\__/_       -       /  \   5/ Thou shalt ask permission
\/      /____  \ASCII ART FAQ  ///       before using Someone else's
 )     / /   \__\     -        |         ASCII ART.
 '-.__|_/    ///| I      VI    |     6/ Thou shalt not sell Someone
      \_     |        |        |         else's ASCII ART.
        |    |   II      VII   |     7/ Thou shalt read the darn FAQ.
         \   |        |        |     8/ Thou shalt not post
         /   |  III      VIII  |         unaccredited ASCII ART without
         \   |        |        |         mentioning that you didn't make it.
          \_ |   IV      IX    |     9/ Thou shalt not assume that
            \|        |        |         ASCII ART isn't ART at all.
             |    V      X     |     10/ Thou shalt read the FAQing FAQ.
             |______b'ger______|

      a copy of the FAQ can be found at:
  http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/faq.htm
       tutorials also available there!


============================================================================


I have also just posted a copy of the FAQ to this newsgroup...so...
read, mark, learn and inwardly digest and there may be hope for you yet!

Bye for now,

Bye,

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From: Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
Subject: Re: ASCII, do I stand a chance?
Date: 1998/09/03
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