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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 27 Apr 1995.
Line: Zoo Art

Line: Zoo Art

I run a talk server at 192.138.161.228 4000 called The Zoo.  I have filled
it with many original ascii art pictures.  Others I borrowed and modified
into collages.  Each is posted below with appropriate comments.  I hope
you all enjoy them.  :)

From the Aquarium:

               .                                 .                   .
               :                :                :        :           :
           .   `.      '.       :  :             :    .    '.     O    :
     .'   .'  .  :  :   : .'   .'  :        o   .'   .O   .  :         '.
    .'   .'  .'O : .'   '.'   .'  .'  .       .'    .'  .' .'      .'   :
   .'   .'  .'  .' :    .'   .'O .'  ..   o  ./    .'  .' .'  .  O.'   .'
   :    :   . O.'  '.   ::   :   .' ..    ,,//;  ,/:O .' .'  :    :    :
   :   .'   :  :    :   '::  'O  :  :    o:333:://.'  :  :   '. O  :,/.'
  .'   :    :O '.  .'  '. ::'    :  '.  >:33333:\\:  :   '.   :  ,,//;  ,/
  :   . '.  '.  '. :    :  :: O  '.  ''   ''\\\' \'O '.   :  :  o:333:://
  :   '. :    :  '.'.   .' ::     ,   :  :    \  :    ::  :  : >:33333:\\
   .   : :  O ::  :  : .'  :O   .:/   :  '.   :  O    ::   :  '. ''\\\':\
   :    ::     ::.' .' :  :: ,,///;,  ,/  :   '.:   .:/    '.  :  '. \  :
   `.  :'.O     ,:  :  :  :'o:33333::// . :    ::,,///;   ,/'. :   :  .:'
    ::.' ::   .:/: :'  '. :>:3333333:\\ ::     :o:33333:://  ::'   :. :' .'
     ::   :,,///;, :,/  : :: ''\\\\\" '\ :     >:3333333:\\  ::    ::'  .'
     ::   o:33333:://   '.::  : ';\  .  :'     ::''\\\\\" '\.:'    ::  .:
     ':..>:3333333:\\     ':.:'  '.,.:'' :     ':.. ';\ ,:' ':     '::.:'
      :::  ''\\\\\" '\     :::    .'',  ::      :::    .::.  ::      :::'
      :::  .: ';\ :'        :::  .:' . .:'       :::  .:' :.::'       :::
      ::: :::  ::::         ::: :::  ::::        ::: :::  ::::        ::::
o0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0
0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0
o0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0O0oo0Oo0OOo0

I borrowed this picture and modified it.  I would like to know the original
artist's name so I can credit him/her appropriately.

From the Arboretum:

                          ...oOO

 ...o           :       |       :       |                      ...oOO
        |      : :     | |     : :     | | 
       | |    : : :   | | |   : : :   | | |       ...o
      | | |  :   : : | |   | : :   : |   | |
     | |   |:  :  : :    |  | :  :  : | | | |
    |    |  | :  :   : |  |  | :   : : | |  |
   |   |  |  |  :   : :      |:  :   :  |  | |
   |  |      | :  :   :  |  | | :  :  :|  |  |
  |      |  | |    :   :      |  :  : : |  | /
  | |  |      | :    : : |  | | :  :  :___.-~
_|         |   |   :   :   |  |:  :  /_| |__________________________________
 |   |  |    | | :   : : |  | /___.-~ /   \  v _@-'@_.@'          _.'@_.'@
 | |      |    |   :   :___.-~ | | v   v   _@-'@_.@-'          _.'@_.'@    v
 |     |     | | :  : /| |  v /   \    _@-'@_.@'            _.'@_.'@        
 \  |      |   /___.-~ | |    v    _@-'@_.@'             _.'@_.'@      v
v \   |  |    /| |    /   \    _@-'@_.@'              _.'@_.'@     v      v
   ~-._____.-~ | | v       _@-'@_.@'               _.'@_.'@           v
       | | v  /   \    _@-'@_.@'                _.'@_.'@         v        v
    v  | |         _@-'@_.@'                 _.'@_.'@       v
v     /   \ v  _@-'@_.@'                  .-'@.-'@    v            v     chs

This is an original I drew.

From the Bears Den:

        ...o              ..oO            ..ooO             ..ooO        _.-"
                                               _.-"~"-.              _.-" _.-
                  ...o                     _.-"        "~-._.-"-._.-" _.-"
  ...o                         _.-"~"-._.-"           _.--"      _.-"~
         _.-"~"-.__       _.-""     .-"           _.-'      __.-~
     _.-"          ~"-..-"        .'          _.-"    ___.-"             ___.
_.-~"             _.-~         .-'          .'_______:.....-------~~~~~~~
        _.-"-._.-"           .'  ____...---~~~        v          v       v
    _.-"            ____..--~~~~~ v      v                                 __
_.-"   ____..----~~~~      v                      v        v   ____..--_.-~
_..--~~ v    v        v    ____.--..__ v     ___..----~~~---~~~    _.-~   v
 v ___   __..--..---~~--~~~           ~~~--~~                   .-~
~~'   ~~~                                                     .'      v
                        .-~~~~-.                             .'  v
                      .'   _00._'.                         .'             v
                     :   /o       :                       .'
                     : o~         :                     .'   v       v
                     :  `-'--'\   :                     :
                     `.        Y .'                   .'          v       v
                       `-.____.-'                   .'    v
                                                 .-'           v      v
                                              .-'    v                    chs

Another original I drew.

From the Concession Stand:




                    _____  _  _    _    ____  _  _  _____
                   /  ___/| \| |  / \  |  __|| |/ //  ___/ 
       ____________\___  \| .` | / D \ | |__ |   < \___  \____________
      /____________/_____/|_|\_|/_/-\_\|____||_|\_\/_____/____________\_
     /_________________________________________________________________\
    /___________________________________________________________________\
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       |  _________________________________________________________  |
       |  |       | | | | | |   :            :  \___________/  ___|  |
       |  | _-~-_ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   :  ________  :                /___|  |
       |  |=|   |_______________: /________\ :  ______________|   |  |
       |  | |   |               : |^^^^^^^^| :  |      |      |   |  |
       |=============================================================|
       |  [  ]   [  ]   [  ]   [  ]        [  ]  [  ]   [  ]   [  ]  |
       |   ||     ||     ||     ||          ||    ||     ||     ||   |
       |   ||     ||     ||     ||          ||    ||     ||     ||   |chs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Another original I drew.

From the Depot:

o        o      o    o   o   o   oo  oo  oo  oo}
    o     o  oo  ooo  oo  ooo ooo  ooo ooo ooo oooooo}
                   oo  oo   oo  oo  ooo ooo ooo oooo ooooo}
                         o    o   o   oo  oo  oo  oooo oooooo}
                                        o   o   o   ooo  oo ooooo}
                                                             o ooo}
                                _________            \|/         ++
                    ___________ |_______|______/-\___|-|_^_/-\___||_n
             n_____/    OOO    \_ |[][] |----------------------|----|\
             |          (_)      ||     |______________________|_|| ||P
             |          ZOO      | -----/====+______|| _---====--||- /
            q|===================|_|=_/o====+|=====[__]o====+|==[__]-p\
_______________(_)(_)______(_)(_)_____\__/_\__/_\__/__\__/_\__/_(_)____\____

I modifed a shorter version of this train.  I lengthened it and added the
smoke.  I'd like to find out this artist's name so I can credit him/her
appropriately.

From the Elephants:



                         _____
         .-~---..._--~~~~     ~~~~---..__
        /       .  ~~-._                 ~-.
       /            .   |                   Y
       |        .       |                    \
       |  O        .   .|                     K
       |         .   . /                      |\
       /       Y       |                      | \_
      (   ( /  |.  .  /                       | ()\   .-~~-.-~-.___
      (   |/-^.\     |             :          j  \ \ /    /    Y   ~~-.
      /  /     \\___/    :          :        ."   | || o       !       \
     (  )       `\       j           :       |    \ \j         |        k
     (  )        |      /_        ___.Y      :     \__.   |   /         j\
     j  j        /    ."  ~~---~~~ /   \     \         ~~\\__/   :      !
  __/  /        /    / \    ".    /    .`\    ".         /".   Y__Y   ."\
  >__.~        |    |   `\    \  |    /   `\    \       /  /\  |  (  /\  \
               [nn  ]     [nn  ] [nn  ]     [nn  ]     [n ] [n ]  [n ] [n ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                                                          chs
An original I drew.  I borrowed from Row's style to do the small one.

From the Lions Den:

                                                              .oOOOOo.
              ...oO                                 .oOOOo.oOOOOOOOOOOOo
                                          .oOOOo.oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
                                 .oOOOo.oOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
                                """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
    ...oO
                 ...oO                ...o
                                                                       __
        ...o                \|\||             |\          __      _.--"  "-.
                            -- |||/         -' | \    _.-"  ""-.-"
                           /7   |||/    __./7     \.-"
             __..--._  _.-/    |||||/.-"  /        `-_
..--""--.--'"        ""   \-' |||||||/`-._\-'_        `-._____________   
___________________________-|||||||||      -- \                   /   \_____
               V     v       |/||||           /                  /     \ 
 V    \|/             _______/    /_  _______/    /_       _____|_______|-,
                     /,__________/  `/,__________/__`-.___/,__(____________)
         \|/   v           |\      _,,,---,,_           v
  \/                       /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_             \|/       V
            \/       v    |,4-  ) )-,_..;\ (  `'-'   \/
      V         \|/      '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)  v          v       \/      v
\|/       \/          v            \|/            \/          V       \|/ chs

I made the collage.  I borrowed the two lions and the cub.  I'd like to find
out who drew the cats so I can credit them appropriately.

From the Main Gate (entrance to The Zoo):


        ...oO                _.--X~~OO~~X--._                       ...oOO
                         _.-~   / \ II / \   ~-._
                    [].-~  \   /   \||/   \   /  ~-.[]    ...o
 ...o           _   ||/     \ /     ||     \ /     \||   _
               (_)  |X       X \/\/E||LCOME X       X|  (_)
              _-~-_ ||\     / \     ||     / \     /|| _-~-_
              ||||| || \   /   \   /||\   /   \   / || |||||
              |   |_||  \ /     \ / || \ /     \ /  ||_|   |
              |   |~||   X       X T||O X       X   ||~|   |
==============|   | ||  / \     / \ || / \     / \  || |   |==============
______________|   | || /   \   /   \||/   \   /   \ || |   |______________
    .     .   |   | ||/     \ /     ||     \ /     \|| |   |  .       .   
       /      |   | |X       X  THE || ZOO  X       X| |   |    /        /
  /   .       |   | ||\     / \     ||     / \     /|| |   | .      /   . 
.          /  |   | || \   /   \   /||\   /   \   / || |   |   .  .       
    .    .    |   | ||  \ /     \ / || \ /     \ /  || |   |          .   
      /       |   | ||   X       X  ||  X       X   || |   | . / .      / 
  /        .  |   | ||  / \     / \ || / \     / \  || |   |        /     
         /    |   | || /   \   /   \||/   \   /   \ || |   |   .         /
.    .    .   |   | ||/     \ /    /||\    \ /     \|| |   |     /.    .  
              |   |_|X       X    / II \    X       X|_|   |  .     .   / 
==============|   |~II~~~~~~~~~~~~~~OO~~~~~~~~~~~~~~II~|   |==============
                                                                       chs
An original I drew.

From the Marsh:


                                                                     # #
                                                                     # #
                       __                                         #  : : # 
                     .^o ~\                                       #  : : #
                    Y /'~) }      _____                        #. ':': : : #
                    l/  / /    ,-~     ~~--.,_              #.  #  : :': : #
                       ( (    /  ~-._         ^.             #  ':.: : :': :  
                        \ "--'--.    "-._       \            ':  ': :: : :':
                         "-.________     ~--.,__ ^.           ':. ':::.:': :
                                   \"~r-.,___.-'-. ^.          ':.. ::::.:.:
                                    YI    \\      ~-.\       ..::..'::::::::
                                    ||     \\        `\    .'  ':. '::::::::
                                    ||     //                   '::.::::::::
                                    ||    //                  .. :::::::::::  
                                    ()   //                 .'  '::::::::::: 
                                    ||  //                       .::::::::::
                                    || ( c                      ' ::::::::::
___ __  __   ___ _ __  ___._ __  ___I|__`--__._ __  ___ __  _   _'::::::::::
   ~  ~~  ~~"   ~ ~  "~     ~  "~   ::  ~~"    ~  ~~   ~  ~~ "~~  ~~--~"---~
                                    ::   ::                             -Row
                                    .:    .:                             chs

A collage I made.  I borrowed the flamingo from Row and added the reeds.

From the Petting Zoo:

   ___,A.A_  __
   \   ,   7"_/
    ~"T(  r r)
      | \    Y
      |  ~\ .|
      |   |`-'
      |   |
      |   |
      |   |
      j   l
     /     \                                           ___     _,.--.,_
    Y       Y        .--._                         .-~   ~--"~-.   ._ "-.
    l   \ : |      .q p  -~-_                     /      ./_    Y    "-. \
    /\   )( (     /      T~~         ___         Y       :~     !         Y
   /  \  I| |\    | '/-  |         .~   ~-.      l q p   |     /         .|
  Y    I l| | Y   `-' |  |       .~        ~. _   \. .-, l    /          |j
  j    ( )( ) l       |  |     .~            ()\___) |/   \_/";          !
 / .    \ | | |\      |  |   .~               \._____.-~\  .  ~\.      ./
Y   \    i  | ! Y     l  Y._/                       \    Y_ Y_. "vr"~  T
l   .\_  I  |/  |     j  _____________ _____________ j   (  (    |L    j -Row
 \ /   [\[][]/] j      \(             (             )\   [nn[nn..][nn..]  chs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

For this picture, I borrowed the giraffe and elephant from Row.  I had to 
shorten the giraffe's neck a little so he would fit within 22 lines.  The
camel is my own original artwork.

From the Polar Zone:

     /\                                                    _
    /  \      ...o                        ...o            (_)     /\
   /    \                    ...o                                /  \_
  /      \_           /\                                /\     _/     \_
 /         \   /\    /  \__      /\          /\   _    /  \   /         \_
/ # ## # #\#\_/  \  /# ## #\____/  \___    _/  \_/ \__/  _ \_/ #/ ### #\# \
##/\###\###\#\####\/###/#\#####/#/\####\__/###/\\#######/#\#\##/##/#\##/\##
#/#\#\######\##\/\##\#/###/\\#/##/\#\/#\\####//#\##\#//#/\#\##/######//#\##
##/\##\#\#####//##\######//#\###/##\/###\###/######/###/##\###\#/#\#/###/## 
/###\##\##\#/########\#/#######/###/#####\#/#####//##/#######\##\######/###
__-
    .--~~~~~~~----~~-.__.00_     ____---                 ____---       __
   d                        o\              ____---
  :       .                   ~o                              --
  :       |         '   ._'--`-'   ___--                             --
  9      l          l    j                                 .--.
  }     j            \   Y                 ____---      o-" o  \
  |   _/~~T-...---~" -.  \   __--                       _'.     \___   
  |  / \  |      |  /  \  \                            "._ `\    \_."  ___-
  \_;,, \_;,,    \_;,,  "-,;,                 ____..---~~ ~~~~~~~~     chs 

Another original I drew.

From the Pond:

                                          .-~~-.
                                        o"    ' b.
                                       d   _______Boo
                                      (   (
                                       \  Y
              ___..                     \  \
            __\    ~~--..                \  \
         ___\__          ~~--..           \  \
       __\_____~~~             ~-..        \  \
       \_____   ~~--               \.       \  \
        _\___~~~---..                \.      \  \
        \,____~~~~----...             \.      Y  Y
          \,___~~~~~----...             \     )   |
            \___'~~~~~~~----....         '---~    j
            \____~~"---.......                   ;
____    ___   _\                               .Y__   ___   ___   __  __  __
    ~~~"   ~~" "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"  ~~"   ~~"   ~~"  ~"  ~"
    '  '   '    ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::'  ''    '      '        chs 
       . '   ' :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::,    .  '     '
          . ':::''::"':'":::':':':":"::::'"::':":'       .
          ':':: ::":':':': : :":'.:.'.":'     ' ":'
         ':' '' : ': :"'' : ': :: ':": :      ':":

Another original I drew.  It started out as a duck.  Go figure.

From the Reptiles:

                /||\
                ||||
                ||||                      _____.-..-.  
                |||| /|\               .-~@@/ / q  p \
           /|\  |||| |||             .'@ _@/..\-.__.-/
           |||  |||| |||            /@.-~/|~~~`\|__|/ 
           |||  |||| |||            |'--<||     '~~'
           |||  |||| d||            |>--<\@\          
           |||  |||||||/            \>---<\@`\.
           ||b._||||~~'              `\>---<`\@`\.
           \||||||||                   `\>----<`\@`\.
            `~~~||||               _     `\>-----<`\@`\.
                ||||              (_)      `\>-----<`\.@`\.
                ||||              (_)        `\>------<`\.@`\.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(__)~~~~~~~~~`\>-------<`\.@`\~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  \/..__..--  . |||| \/  .  ..____( _)@@@--..____\..--\@@@/~`\@@>-._   \/ .
\/         \/ \/    \/     / - -\@@@@--@/- - \@@@/ - - \@/- -@@@@/- \.   --._
   .   \/    _..\/-...--.. |- - -\@@/ - -\@@@@/~~~~\@@@@/- - \@@/- - |   .\/
        .  \/              | - - -@@ - - -\@@/- - - \@@/- - - @@- - -|      .
. \/             .   \/     ~-.__ - - - - -@@- - - - @@- - - - -__.-~  . \/  
   __...--..__..__       .  \/   ~~~--..____- - - - -____..--~~~    \/_..--..
\/  .   .    \/     \/    __..--... \/      ~~~~~~~~~     \/ . \/  .      chs

Another original I drew.  Still can't figure out if I like this one or the
Arboretum better.  :)

These are all I have drawn so far, but I have plans to add an Aviary,
Primates, Lost and Found, Butterfly House, Alligator Pit, and will try
to do some artwork involving zebras and tigers also.  If anyone has art
they would like to submit to me for possible inclusion to the talker,
please email them to me.

Scarecrow, if you are reading this, I do not mind you adding my work to your 
collection as long as you leave my initials attached to original work.

I hope everyone enjoyed these pictures.  :)  More to come!  And if you get a
chance, drop by The Zoo via telnet to 192.138.161.228 4000


                              Craig H. Smith
                           (user name:  Kodiak)
                             sti...@bga.com

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