Gecko please

Andrea Lachner

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Mar 29, 2002, 12:11:25 PM3/29/02

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Hi all

Please could someone draw a gecko in ASCII_art for me????
Not too big, rather the size similar to the teddy below!
Thanks

Andrea

()"""()
( ' (;)' )
(,,) (,,)
(""),,,("")

Andrea Lachner

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Mar 29, 2002, 4:39:16 PM3/29/02

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> > ()"""()
> > ( ' (;)' )
> > (,,) (,,)
> >(""),,,("")
>

> That's a teddy????

Yes, it is. A teddybear!
Simple, I know, but cute!

What is this below?

> '. .' . .
> '. : : .''
> : : : .'
> : : : : .'
> : : : : : : :
> : :' ' ' . : : : : :
> : : : : : :
> : .'''. : . .:
> : : ` : : . :
> '.'...'.' :
> :''''' ' :
> : . :
> : : :
> '.....:......'

b

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Mar 29, 2002, 4:46:07 PM3/29/02

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 23:39:16 +0200, "Andrea Lachner"
<dr...@worldno.spamonline.co.za> wrote in message
<a82mue$ih7$1...@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net>:

>> > ()"""()
>> > ( ' (;)' )
>> > (,,) (,,)
>> >(""),,,("")
>> That's a teddy????
>Yes, it is. A teddybear!
>Simple, I know, but cute!
>What is this below?

take a guess...

>
>> '. .' . .
>> '. : : .''
>> : : : .'
>> : : : : .'
>> : : : : : : :
>> : :' ' ' . : : : : :
>> : : : : : :
>> : .'''. : . .:
>> : : ` : : . :
>> '.'...'.' :
>> :''''' ' :
>> : . :
>> : : :
>> '.....:......'

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Mar 30, 2002, 2:13:56 PM3/30/02

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On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 19:11:25 +0200, "Andrea Lachner"
<dr...@worldno.spamonline.co.za> wrote:

>Please could someone draw a gecko in ASCII_art for me????
>Not too big

Sure! Here's a oneline gecko as seen from a bird:

-)-(o

the kat

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Mar 30, 2002, 2:21:05 PM3/30/02

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In article <a8279f$eub$1...@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net>, Andrea Lachner wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Please could someone draw a gecko in ASCII_art for me????
> Not too big, rather the size similar to the teddy below!
> Thanks

well, here's my attempt at a gecko
i think its a bit larger than you want (at least, its a bit larger than
the teddy bear was) but hopefully thatll be ok
diddles welcome

___
)/_ ,@ /
|(_,' _@/
| /
\)/ / (_)/
((_/ ,----~
\ (_)/
/ ,-----~
((' _,-.
\\=// kat

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Phydeaux

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Mar 31, 2002, 2:08:14 AM3/31/02

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"the kat" <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:slrnaac410...@ryoko.CNS.cwru.edu...

> In article <a8279f$eub$1...@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net>, Andrea Lachner wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > Please could someone draw a gecko in ASCII_art for me????
> > Not too big, rather the size similar to the teddy below!
> > Thanks
> <snip small teddy bear>
>
> well, here's my attempt at a gecko
> i think its a bit larger than you want (at least, its a bit larger than
> the teddy bear was) but hopefully thatll be ok
> diddles welcome
>
>
> ___
> )/_ ,@ /
> |(_,' _@/
> | /
> \)/ / (_)/
> ((_/ ,----~
> \ (_)/
> / ,-----~
> ((' _,-.
> \\=// kat
>

Sorry for the mutilation...
Tried to fit it in four lines:

., )/_ ,@`-,
'\\_____)\_.'__@/
(_,-==( ______ .'
'/, 7(,

.)/ )/,
/`-._,-'`._,@`-,
, _,-=\,-.__,-.-.__@/
(_,' )\` '(`

kat/dew

-Phydeaux

Andrea Lachner

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Mar 31, 2002, 7:14:28 AM3/31/02

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"Phydeaux" <dwe...@kornet.com> wrote in message news:a86bge$jnf$1...@news1.kornet.net...

> "the kat" <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:slrnaac410...@ryoko.CNS.cwru.edu...
> > In article <a8279f$eub$1...@ctb-nnrp1.saix.net>, Andrea Lachner wrote:
> > >

snip) but hopefully thatll be ok

> > diddles welcome
> >
> >
> >               ___
> >        )/_ ,@ /
> >        |(_,' _@/
> >        |    /
> >   \)/ /    (_)/
> >   ((_/   ,----~
> >    \    (_)/
> >    / ,-----~
> >   ((' _,-.
> >    \\=//    kat
> >
>
> Sorry for the mutilation...
> Tried to fit it in four lines:
>
>
>          .,     )/_ ,@`-,
>         '\\_____)\_.'__@/
>    (_,-==( ______ .'
>         '/,      7(,
>
>
>
>         .)/     )/,
>          /`-._,-'`._,@`-,
> , _,-=\,-.__,-.-.__@/
> (_,'    )\`    '(`
>
> kat/dew
>
> -Phydeaux

Thanks, but I can't really see the Gecko! Sorry, perhaps you used a certain font?

Sorry, for my ignorance!!! <ggg>

Thanks for the contribution though!

Andrea

the kat

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Mar 31, 2002, 3:46:27 PM3/31/02

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In article <a86v3j$6rb$1...@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>, Andrea Lachner wrote:
<snipped lots of scary mime stuff>
> Thanks, but I can't really see the Gecko! Sorry, perhaps you used a =

> certain font?
> Sorry, for my ignorance!!! <ggg>

any fixed width font should work
i drew it using courier

obascii:
another bad attempt at a gecko... this time stick figure gecko ;)

, %
\(_,
)_,
./\_,-

the kat

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Mar 31, 2002, 4:01:28 PM3/31/02

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here's another attempt, slightly smaller than my first (can you tell im
procrastinating? *grin*)
drawn in courier
diddles welcome

* *\ __,==.
)_,-' /' )
__/__,--; (
/%/ ) (
* * kat

MJP

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Mar 31, 2002, 4:49:06 PM3/31/02

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On 31 Mar 2002 20:46:27 GMT, the kat <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>In article <a86v3j$6rb$1...@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>, Andrea Lachner wrote:
><snipped lots of scary mime stuff>
>> Thanks, but I can't really see the Gecko! Sorry, perhaps you used a =
>> certain font?
>> Sorry, for my ignorance!!! <ggg>
><snipped more scary mime stuff... icky mime format>
>
>any fixed width font should work
>i drew it using courier
>
>obascii:
>another bad attempt at a gecko... this time stick figure gecko ;)
>
> , %
> \(_,
> )_,
> ./\_,-
>

Diddle:

. ,
\.._.
()_.
./`._,-

Andrea Lachner

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Mar 31, 2002, 5:17:27 PM3/31/02

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"the kat" <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:slrnaaeu97...@ryoko.CNS.cwru.edu...

> here's another attempt, slightly smaller than my first (can you tell im
> procrastinating? *grin*)
> drawn in courier
> diddles welcome
>
>
>    * *\ __,==.
>     )_,-' /'   )
> __/__,--;    (
> /%/ ) (
>     *    * kat
>

Hi kat

I really appreciate your drawings, I liked the previous one, but must be honest, I struggle to clearly see it.

I am very new to this art form and am expecting something simple like the teddy.

This one above I really can't see! :)

OK, feeling Really stoooopid!

Is there something I am missing here?

Here are examples of ascii I am used to:

=^..^= very simple cat

                 ,
                / )
               ( (
                ) )
               / /
             (_(
        _,-""   ""-._
       /_ /\     /\ _\
      (/ $/\\-~-//$/ \)
      {   "         "   }
      \ { <T> _ <T> } /
      ,--.>_ .:Y:. _<,--.
      `''' '--^--' `'''         more complicated cat

<\__~

/ \ verrry basic horse (would love a nicer one!)

()"""()
( ' (;)' )
(,,) (,,)

(""),,,("") my favourite teddy

These are all ones that were sent to me - I have no idea how to do this artform (except for the obvious ones! :)) and am impressed with all you guys that come up with these things!

Aaahhaaa, I have just had a breakthrough in the above gecko drawing - looked at it in courier, carefully, staring and yessss, I see it! Very clever!!!!!

Thanks soooo much!

Andrea

Philip Newton

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Apr 1, 2002, 1:22:08 AM4/1/02

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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 00:17:27 +0200, "Andrea Lachner"
<dr...@worldno.spamonline.co.za> wrote:

> Aaahhaaa, I have just had a breakthrough in the above gecko drawing -
> looked at it in courier, carefully, staring and yessss, I see it!

That's the way to do it.

ASCII art should (IMO) only be done in a monospace (constant-width) font
such as Courier, Topaz, Lucida Console[*], ... since that ensures that
all letters are the same width and the art will look (more or less) the
same for everybody.

With proportional fonts, you can never be sure whether your image will
look the same... if you're making art in Arial and the receiver has
Times New Roman, or Palatino, or whatever, then perhaps his space
character will be wider but his semicolon is narrower or whatever, and
things won't line up properly. Your horse and teddy, for example, looked
rather strange when viewed in a monospace font (Courier New for me)
since it didn't line up properly.

Cheers,
Philip

[*] different people have different preferences... sometimes artists
will indicate which font they used to make a picture as their preferred
font; it sometimes matters in things such as whether lower-case letter
ell (l) has serifs or not or whether a tilde (~) is in the middle or at
the top. Things like that. But in general, you can view most pictures in
any monospace font.
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Andrea Lachner

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Apr 1, 2002, 2:37:15 AM4/1/02

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"Philip Newton" <pne-news...@newton.digitalspace.net> wrote in
message news:mtufau0e1nn2jv3rr...@4ax.com...

> On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 00:17:27 +0200, "Andrea Lachner"
> <dr...@worldno.spamonline.co.za> wrote:
>
> > Aaahhaaa, I have just had a breakthrough in the above gecko
drawing -
> > looked at it in courier, carefully, staring and yessss, I see it!
>
> That's the way to do it.
>
> ASCII art should (IMO) only be done in a monospace (constant-width)
font
> such as Courier, Topaz, Lucida Console[*], ... since that ensures that
> all letters are the same width and the art will look (more or less)
the
> same for everybody.
>
> With proportional fonts, you can never be sure whether your image will
> look the same... if you're making art in Arial and the receiver has
> Times New Roman, or Palatino, or whatever, then perhaps his space
> character will be wider but his semicolon is narrower or whatever, and
> things won't line up properly. Your horse and teddy, for example,
looked
> rather strange when viewed in a monospace font (Courier New for me)
> since it didn't line up properly.

Thanks Philip

I have now set my messages to read in Courier and amazing I can see all
the drawings properly!
And yes, the teddy does go weird!
Learn something new every day!

Thanks
Andrea

Kevertje

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Apr 1, 2002, 2:06:04 PM4/1/02

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"MJP" <mikecha...@bluedwarf.spam.net> schreef in bericht
news:3ca78421...@205.158.27.245...

Hmmz, looks like a NB style superhero to me :)

Greetz,
Tim.

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Apr 1, 2002, 7:31:12 PM4/1/02

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Apr 1, 2002, 8:31:13 PM4/1/02

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On 31 Mar 2002 20:46:27 GMT, the kat <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>In article <a86v3j$6rb$1...@ctb-nnrp2.saix.net>, Andrea Lachner wrote:
><snipped lots of scary mime stuff>
>> Thanks, but I can't really see the Gecko! Sorry, perhaps you used a =
>> certain font?
>> Sorry, for my ignorance!!! <ggg>
><snipped more scary mime stuff... icky mime format>
>
>any fixed width font should work
>i drew it using courier
>
>obascii:
>another bad attempt at a gecko... this time stick figure gecko ;)
>
> , %
> \(_,
> )_,
> ./\_,-
>

diddled -- A gecko in serious trouble

.-----.
> <)
'._ .'/
` )_,
(

lgbeard

LGB

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Apr 1, 2002, 10:10:17 PM4/1/02

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On 31 Mar 2002 21:01:28 GMT, the kat <nos...@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>here's another attempt, slightly smaller than my first (can you tell im
>procrastinating? *grin*)
>drawn in courier
>diddles welcome
>
>
> * *\ __,==.
> )_,-' /' )
> __/__,--; (
>/%/ ) (
> * * kat

completely mutilated the first couple attempts :(
out of the mess it slowly showed itself

_..-===-.._.-._
.-`, `_.'
_.`.-`\|`-._.-'\|-'\
`/ `/ '"` Kat/LGB
'"` '"`

lgbeard

LGB

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Apr 2, 2002, 8:52:39 PM4/2/02

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took another look at it. made a few changes

_..---.._.-._
_.-` `_.'
_.`.-`\|`-...-'\|`\
`/ "` `/'"`
'"` '"` Kat/LGB

lgbeard

Andreas Freise

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Apr 2, 2002, 10:30:44 PM4/2/02

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LGB schrieb im Artikel <3caa5f08...@news.charter.net>:
[...]

>>out of the mess it slowly showed itself
>>
>> _..-===-.._.-._
>> .-`, `_.'
>> _.`.-`\|`-._.-'\|-'\
>> `/ `/ '"` Kat/LGB
>> '"` '"`
> took another look at it. made a few changes
>
> _..---.._.-._
> _.-` `_.'
> _.`.-`\|`-...-'\|`\
> `/ "` `/'"`
> '"` '"` Kat/LGB
>

Hm, I like the upper one a wee bit better.

Since everybody is doing Geckos I wanted to do some kind of lizard myself:

)/_
_.--..---"-,--c_
\L..' ._O__)_
,-. _.+ _ \..--( / a:f
`\.-''__.-' \ ( \_
`''' `\__ /\
')

:)
Andreas

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Andrea Lachner

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Apr 3, 2002, 12:48:56 PM4/3/02

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> Hm, I like the upper one a wee bit better.
>
> Since everybody is doing Geckos I wanted to do some kind of lizard
myself:
>
>
>
> )/_
> _.--..---"-,--c_
> \L..' ._O__)_
> ,-. _.+ _ \..--( / a:f
> `\.-''__.-' \ ( \_
> `''' `\__ /\
> ')
>
>

Hey Andreas

I like it! I like it a lot!!!!
Thanks!

Andrea

SuperSonic

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Mar 29, 2002, 1:49:07 PM3/29/02

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/ ___ __ ____7
(__/ // / \\ \
'' """ """

-Sonic

Hello from Spain!
Hope u like it...

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