Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 19 Mar 1995.
Line: Spirals
rec.arts.ascii
· 1 message · 19 Mar 1995
Here's Colin Douthwaite's collection of spirals.
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SPIRALS
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_.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._
@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@/@
_;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;__;'`;_
-Christopher Beattie-
~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~\.,/~~;.,/~~;.,/~~;.,/~
-Christopher Beattie-
_/~\_ _/~\_ _/~\_ _/~\_ _/~\_ _/~\_ _/~\_ _/~\_
~\_/ \_/ \ _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \
-Christopher Beattie-
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./ \./ -Christopher Beattie-
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_/ \_/
. \_ -Christopher Beattie-
/ \./
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___________ ___________ ___________
/ __ / __ / __ / __ / __ / __
/ /\ \ / /\ \ / /\ \ / /\ \ / /\ \ / /\ \
\_\/ / \_\/ / \_\/ / \_\/ / \_\/ / \_\/ /
_____/ /__________/ /__________/ /_____
-Phil Gibbs-
/ __
/ /\ \
\_\/ /
/
/ __
/ /\ \
\_\/ /
/
/ __
/ /\ \
\_\/ /
/
/ __
/ /\ \
\_\/ /
/
/ __
/ /\ \
\_\/ / -Phil Gibbs-
/
/ __
/ /\ \
\_\/ /
/
\\\\\\\\\\\ /XXXXXXXXXXXX\ /XXXXXXXXXXXX\
\\\\\\\\\\\\ ///XXXXXXXXXXXX\ ///XXXXXXXXXXX\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\ /////XXXXXXXXX\\\\ /////XXXXXXXXX\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ///////XXXXXXX\\\\\\ ///////XXXXXXX\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\ /////////XXXXX\\\\\\\\ /////////XXXXX\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ///////////XXX\\\\\\\\\\ ///////////XXX\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\X////////////X\\\\\\\\\\\X////////////X\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\XXX/////////// \\\\\\\\\\XXX/////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\XXXXX///////// \\\\\\\\XXXXX///////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\XXXXXXX/////// \\\\\\XXXXXXX/////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\XXXXXXXXX///// \\\\XXXXXXXXX///// \\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\XXXXXXXXXXX/// \\XXXXXXXXXXX/// \\\\\\\\\\\\\
\XXXXXXXXXXXX/ \XXXXXXXXXXXX/ \\\\\\\\\\\\\
-Brian R. Talty-
--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--/\/--
___ ___ ___ ___
/ \___ / \___ / \___ / \___
\___ \ \___ \ \___ \ \___ \ \___
\___/ \___/ \___/ \___/
.-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-.
`._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `._.' `.
-MJ-
.-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-. .-.-
/ \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \
/ `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-' `-`-'
-Richard Kirk-
[ Most of the above are variants on originals by the people credited ]
______
-~~` `~~~~---,__
`~-.
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_/~~ `~-,_ `\
_/~ `\ `.
/' _,--~~~~~--,_ `\ `\
/' /~~ ~\ | |
/' /' __,---,_ `\ `| `|
.' ,' /~ ~~\ `. | |
| | | /~~\ | | `| |
| | | | ' | | | |
| | | `\.__,-' .' | |
`| \ `\_ / .' .'
`| `\ `--,_____,--' / |
\ `\ /' /
`\ `-,__ _,--' _/'
`\_ ~~~------~~~ _,-~
~~--_ ___,-~ --Chev
`~~~~~------'~~~~~'
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,adP"""' `""Yb,_
,adP' `"Yb,
,dP' ,aadPP"""""YYba,_ `"Y,
,P' ,aP"' `""Ya, "Y,
,P' aP' _________ `"Ya `Yb,
,P' d" ,adP""""""""Yba, `Y, "Y,
,d' ,d' ,dP" `Yb, `Y, `Y,
d' ,d' ,d' ,dP""Yb, `Y, `Y, `b
8 d' d' ,d" "b, `Y, `8, Y,
8 8 8 d' _ `Y, `8 `8 `b
8 8 8 8 8 `8 8 8 8
8 Y, Y, `b, ,aP P 8 ,P 8
I, `Y, `Ya """" d' ,P d" ,P
`Y, `8, `Ya ,8" ,P' ,P' d'
`Y, `Ya, `Ya,,__,,d"' ,P' ,P" ,P
`Y, `Ya, `""""' ,P' ,d" ,P'
`Yb, `"Ya,_ ,d" ,P' ,P'
`Yb, ""YbaaaaaadP" ,P' ,P' Normand
`Yba, ,d' ,dP' Veilleux
`"Yba,__ __,adP" dP"
`"""""""""""""'
_=-=. _..._
j' `\ /',---.~.
! *~\ ] : : *~; ; !
`\_ _/ 7 ',`-^_.' ;
" ~~~ _,'
-Roberto De Feo-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`-._
_,-~-. \
,' _ `. `
| /~ ~\ \ `
| | /~ | | |
| \ \_/ / ,
`. ~-__-~ /
~`-.__,-'~ -Dewi Morgan-
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Logarithmic Spirals
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A logarithmic spiral in a 2x2 area.
~\
@/
-Nick Haines-
_._
,',-.`.
( ( @_) )
`.`-.-' -Randy Ransom-
`-
... .....xxxxxxxxxx.....x##****#x..x#***#x..x#**#
... .....xxxxxxx####****##x....x#***#x..x#**#x..x#**
... ...................xx#****#x...x#***#...x#**#...x#
... ... .....xxxxxxxx....x#****#x..x#**#x..x#**#...x
. .... .. .....xxxx###*****#x...x#***#...x#*#x...###x...
.. ...... .... ............xx#****#x..x#**#x..x#*#x...x##x..
. ..... ..... .... ...xxxxx....x#***x...x#*#x..x###x..xx##x.
. ...... ..... ..... .. ...xx##****#x..x#**#...x###...x##x...x##x.
...xx......x.. ...... ..... .....xx#***x...###x...x##x...x##x...x##.
...xx.....xx.....xx........ .... ..xx...x###x...x#x....xxx....xxx...xxx.
..xxxx...xxx....xxx....xx.....xx.. .. .**#x...xxx....xx....xxx....xxx....xx.
..xxxx...x#x....x#x...x##x...x##x..x#**.......xxx...x##x...x##x..x##x...x##x
..x##x...x##x...x##x..x###x..x#*#x...xx. ........xxx....xxx...xx#x...x#xx
..x###...x##x...x##x...#**#x..x***#x.... .. .........xx....xxx....xxx.
...x##x..x#*#x..x#**x..x#**#x..x#***##xx... ..... ...x.....xxx....xxx.
x..x#*#x..x#*#x..x#**#...#***#x....xxxx... . ..... ..x......xx..
#...x**#x..x**#x..x#**#x..x#****#xx...... ..... ...... ......
*x...#**#x..x***x...#***#x...x##**###xxx...... ..... ...... .
**x..x#**#x..x#**#x..x#****#x.....xxxxx..... .... ...... ..
#**#...#***x..x#***#x...x#****#xx......... .... ..... ..
x#**# x..x***#x..x#***#x....x########xxxxx........ ... ..
.x#***x..x#***#x..x#****#xx......xxxxxxx...... ....
-Lord Mhoram-
I have also been out hunting snails in the Quest of the Logarithmic
Spiral:
_ _ _ _
/ \
/ ____ \
/ / \ \
( \__/ ) )
\ _ _ _ _/ /
/
_ _ _ _ _ _ /
/\ /\ /\
/\ /\
/\ /\ /\ /\
/\ /\ @_/ /\
/\ /\ /\ /\ /\
/\ /\ /\
/\ /\ /\
/\ /\
/\ /\ /\ /\
/\ /\ @_/ /\
/\ /\ /\ /\ /\
/\ /\ /\
_ -- ~~~ -- _
-~ ~-
/ \
/ .---. \
| / \ |
| | | |
| \__/ | |
\ / /
\ / /
'-.______.-~
_------_
./~ ~-_
/ \
/ _---_ ~-
/~ ~\ |
| :~~\ | |
| \___-~ |
\. ./ -Jurcy-
~-______-~
___
// __`\
ll ( .) l
\\ \__/
___------___
./" "\
/ ".
./ ___----___ ".
/ /" \ ".
./ /" ". :
/ / .""""".. ; :
/ / ." ". : :
/ : : : ; :
: : --___..: : :
: \ .: :
\ ---_____---" ." -Varian-
\ ."
\............./"
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