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From: timothy@morgan.com (Tim Maggio)
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Subject: Re: Line: Spider and/or mantis
Date: 5 Sep 1994 16:27:39 -0500
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> Well, here's a spider that I drew:
>   ((((
>  ( )(:[
>   ((((

Umm...  I always liked: *
but depending on the machine, you get a 5 or six leg 'spider'.

Dunno, pretty difficult at this size..

>
> Now let's see if I can come up with a mantis...
>       ..
>      ( =/X\
>     ,' )'
>    / ,'
>   /,\\
>  '/ //

Jurasic Park, maybe? (confirmed below :)

> 
> Hmm...I dunno...the basic idea is there, but I haven't looked at a mantis in a
> while...this might end up being a group project, like Pooh was on alt.ascii-
> art...
> 
> Here's a bird that came to be while I was trying to turn the mantis into a T
> Rex...the T Rex looked even worse than the mantis!
> 
>   ('<
>  ,',)
> ''||
> --""---

Very nice bird.  Stick to birds.. (May I use the bird? ;)
-- 
Tim Maggio
timothy@morgan.com