Re: HAL-9000 ascii art

On 4 Aug 2003 18:35:11 -0700, g_p...@yahoo.com (gimpy) wrote:

>I have not found any ascii art for HAL-9000's face. I have come up
>with a 'rough draft' of HAL-9000, but I was never that good with
>ascii. Could one of you artists maybe help make it look better, and
>finish it? Or just start from scratch and do your own. It would be a
>someone fun kindof project to say the least, since we all love
>HAL-9000 :). I would imagin that his eye would be the hardest part to
>make look good. But I have total trust in you artists, I have seen
>some amazing things done by ya'll.
>
>If you don't know what HAL-9000 looks like, here are some links to a
>few pictures of him.. http://hal9000.inetstrat.com/hal/hal.jpg ,
>http://www.webthing.net/settingsun/images/hal9000.jpg ,
>http://www.wind.dk/images/hal.gif ,
>http://orbita.starmedia.com/fernandoschuh/prv/prv_hal9000.jpg .

Thanks for pointing the way to the pictures of Hal9000
>
>Here is my rough draft of the ascii art. As you can tell, it's not
>that great, but it's an idea.

It is a great start. Diddle a bit from your draft. The only thing
not liking is the nameplate somewhat unbalanced but when it is
evened up it throws everything else out. HAL9000 will work but looks
odd in the picture to me.

> ================
> |  HAL-9000    |
> |              |
> |              | 
> |              |
> |              |
> |              |
> |              |
> |      __      |
> |              |
> |      _       |
> | (   (o)    ) |
> |              |
> |              |
> |      __      |
> |==============|
> |*%*%*%*%*%*%*%|         
> |%*%*%*%*%*%*%*|            
> |*%*%*%*%*%*%*%|             
> |%*%*%*%*%*%*%*|
> ================
>
 _______________
|===============|
|: .---------. :|
|: | HAL-9000| :|
|: '---------' :|
|:             :|
|:             :|
|:             :|
|:             :|
|:      _      :|
|:   ,`   `.   :|
|:   : (o) :   :|
|:   `. _ ,`   :|
|:             :|
|:_____________:|
|:=============:|
|:*%*%*%*%*%*%*:|
|:%*%*%*%*%*%*%:|
|:*%*%*%*%*%*%*:|
|:%*%*%*%*%*%*%:|
'==============='
 _____________
|=============|
| .---------. |
| | HAL-9000| |
| '---------' |
|             |
|             |
|             |
|             |
|      _      |
|   ,`   `.   |
|   : (o) :   |
|   `. _ ,`   |
|             |
|_____________|
|=============|
|*%*%*%*%*%*%*|
|%*%*%*%*%*%*%|
|*%*%*%*%*%*%*|
|%*%*%*%*%*%*%|
'============='
 _____________
|=============|
| .---------. |
| | HAL-9000| |
| '---------' |
|             |
|             |
|             |
|             |
|      _      |
|   ,`   `.   |
|   : (o) :   |
|   `. _ ,`   |
|             |
|_____________|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
'============='

lgbeard

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