LINE,REQUEST: Artiste

Hello ascii-artists!  My name is sarah smiley and I publish on-line a 
monthly update on a project I am doing called The Virtual Beret.  Check
it out at http://www.rp.csiro.au/~pjordan/Virtual_Beret/

I'm preparing my next update now, to be out by November 1st. Below are
some Variations on an Artiste.  If you care to{alter these to make any of
your own, I will include them in my publication, crediting you. I 
will also post any work submitted to the Virtual Beret web site.

You can submit any ascii-artwork about art and artists to 
smi...@world.std.com

Also, if anyone has any info about the origins and history of ascii-art,
I'd be glad to hear from you...

-sarah smiley

 

       VARIATIONS ON AN ARTIST


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             {| 0---0 |
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              (_______)                                                                

    ARTIST SORELY MISSING ONE
    EAR, WHICH WAS CHOPPED OFF
    IN A FIT OF ANGST




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               |     | 
              {| 0-0 |}
               |  ^  |
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               (_____)                                             

         STARVING ARTIST 
     (WITH BOTH EARS, SAME BERET)





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               | X-X |
               |  ^  |
               | ___ |  
               (_____)                                         

         STARVED ARTIST
       (MISSING BOTH EARS)



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              | /   \ | 
             {| 0---0 |
              |   ^   |
              |   O   | 
              (_______)                                                                
       
       DISMAYED ARTIST WITH
         ONLY ONE EAR AND
          A SQUARE HEAD
   

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           |      ^      |
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    WELL-FED ARTIST (NOT TOO
    MANY OF THOSE.)  ALSO, IF
    YOU TAKE OFF THE HAT AND
    GLASSES IT LOOKS LIKE 
    TED KENNEDY.

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                  ?       -"Walk softly and carry a large beret"
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