My Beautiful B

Well, after reading this group for a few days and being absolutely amazed 
at the ability to make curves and recognizable objects out of letters, I 
was inspired to attempt it myself. My choice was to try to imitate the B 
that my physics professor writes; he has the most ridiculously beautiful, 
flowing handwriting. Here's my attempt:


               ___
             d88888.
       .__. d88" 'YA
     d88888888b.   Y
   ,8P 88 "888988b.
   88  88  888 "Y88b. 
   88  88  888   '88b.
   88  88  888    '88b
   88  88  888     888
   '8b 8P  888    ,88l
    '988"  888   ,88]
           888 ,888"
           888888b
           888'"Y88b
           888    "88b.
           888     '88b
           888      888
           888     ,88l
      b, ,d888.   ,88]
      '88888P7888888P
        """    """"


I'm pretty proud of it, but it's not complete; at the bottom it should 
curl back up into the middle of the bottom loop, so that the bottom half 
looks roughly like this, if you see what I'm trying to draw:

    |\
   -+\\
  / |  |
  | | /
   \+-

Anyone out there who can help me? I'm pretty proud of what I've done so 
far, but I can't figure out how to finish it off.

Eric

In article <2rp0ol$1o...@scunix2.harvard.edu> egt...@husc9.harvard.edu
 I wrote:
>           888888b
>           888'"Y88b
>           888    "88b.
>           888     '88b
>           888      888
>           888     ,88l
>      b, ,d888.   ,88]
>      '88888P7888888P
>        """    """"
>
>
>I'm pretty proud of it, but it's not complete; at the bottom it should 
>curl back up into the middle of the bottom loop, so that the bottom half 
>looks roughly like this, if you see what I'm trying to draw:
>
>    |\
>   -+\\
>  / |  |
>  | | /
>   \+-
>
>Anyone out there who can help me? I'm pretty proud of what I've done so 
>far, but I can't figure out how to finish it off.
>
>Eric
>

Oops, I just noticed that isn't quite right; the tail at the bottom is 
not what's curling up; that should stay where it is. 
>           888888b
>           888'"Y88b
>           888    "88b.
>           888     '88b
>           888      888
>           888     ,88l
>      b, ,d888.   ,88]
>      '88888P7888888P
>        """    """"

The part that is forming the lower loop is supposed to curl up above that 
tail and into the middle of the lower loop. Hope you guys know what I'm 
trying to say. And hope you can help.

Eric

Eric Tulsky (egt...@husc9.harvard.edu) wrote:
: Oops, I just noticed that isn't quite right; the tail at the bottom is 
: not what's curling up; that should stay where it is. 
: >           888888b
: >           888'"Y88b
: >           888    "88b.
: >           888     '88b
: >           888      888
: >           888     ,88l
: >      b, ,d888.   ,88]
: >      '88888P7888888P
: >        """    """"

: The part that is forming the lower loop is supposed to curl up above that 
: tail and into the middle of the lower loop. Hope you guys know what I'm 
: trying to say. And hope you can help.

: Eric

Like this, you mean?

           888888b
           888'"Y88b
         __888    "88b.
        /  888     '88b
       |   888      888
        \  888     ,88l
      b, ,d888.   ,88]
      '88888P7888888P
        """    """"     ?
If so, how about:

           888888b
           888'"Y88b
         .d888    "88b.
        d88888     `88b
       d8' 888      888
       V8. 888     ,88l
      b,V8o888.   ,88]
      `8888888888888P
        """  `"""""

Hmm.. looks reasonable but it's not perfect.  Perhaps the loop should be 
thicker.  It might be easier to draw if the 'B' as a whole were wider.

Well, I hope this inpires you further.

Namarie,

--

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    d8
 .d888oo oooo  oooo   .ooooo.  oooo d8b
   888   `888  `888  d88' `88b `888""8P
   888    888   888  888   888  888
   888 .  888   888  888   888  888
   "888"  "8888"88P" `V8bod8V' d888b

                N.M...@durham.ac.uk