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From: m-balzer@ux5.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Anthony Balzer)
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Date: 1996/01/14
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sender: boba@sashimi.wwa.com
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organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii


lyle@madvax.mo.ti.com (Lyle Murphy) writes:
>The following is an ascii cartoon picture I made ... if you have some please
>post them!
>
>     ,-,_-,
>    { / /__\                      ,-_,-.
>   { `}'- -/                     /__\ \`}
>   {_}/\ o/                      \- -`{' }
>     __}  {__                     \o /\{_}
>   / #\  "/ #\                  __}  {__
>  / /###\/### \               / # \"  /#\
> / / \##/\##/\ \             / /###\/### \
>{ !   }    {  ! }           / / \##/\##/\ \
> \ \  }  . { / /           { !   }    {  ! }
>  \ \/______\ /             \ \  }  . { / /
>   j{########}t              \ \/______\ /
>    {  \`##/ }                j{\######/}t
>     \    \ /                 /  \#HH#/  \
>      \    Y                 /    )'`(    \
>       `,   \               ;  / /    \ \  ;
>        {`_  }             (   /'      `\   )
>        {'  /              & //          \\ &
>        ;=//              / /'            `\ \
>       ;  /              /\ )              ( /\
>      ,  ,              / .'                `. \
>     (, \             ,y_,'                  `,_y,
>     |\__;           ==' ||                  || `==
>
>

Lyle, I recognize your style.
How much of that ascii woman did you make?

In Spring '95, in alt.fan.warlord, someone reposted this .sig after an ad
for an obscene 900  phone-sex number:

>      ,-,__,
>    { / ,__\  <h0tluv@aol.com>
>   { `}'-_-/
>   {`}'\ _/
>     __/Y/__
>    /       \ \
>   / /\ o } o} \
>  / / \`~' `  } }
> { {   }    l/ /
>  \ \  j   .] /
>   \ \/     }/
>    \{   \ /}
>     {    Y l
>      1    \l
>       \    \
>        1,   \
>         l\   \
>         l }   }
>         1/   /
>         {   /
>        /  /|
>       /  / ~-_,
>      (, \-~`'~
>        \ \_,
>         `'~

I thought it was about the right size for a project I wanted to to, so as
visions of Meriday danced in my head I restyled this mini-net-goddess as
follows:

     .,,-~&,
    { / ,__\`.
   { `}'-_-/\ \
   {`}'\__/  ) }
     __/ l_,' /
    /  ~   ~ f
   / ^  o } o}
  / / \`-'`-'
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  `.`. j    {
    `,`-, . l
     f^' \ /}
     t    Y }
      Y    \l
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        `.   \
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         l /   }
         l/   /
         /  ,'
        /  /!
       / ,f l
      (. \l. `_.
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Then, on to the final goal: My dance club could use a personalized ascii
graphic (hey - couldn't everyone?), so on went some (admittedly tight!)
clothes, in went a partner, and Voila'  A couple going into step 1 of a
West Coast Swing figure!


Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 19:19:51 -0600
Mime-Version: 1.0
To: Mark Balzer <mabg9646>
From: Mark Balzer <mabg9646>
Subject: Dancer Pictures

Here's some West Coast Swing ASCII-art I designed: good for all kinds of
uses, like FAQ's, WWW Dance Pages, Dancers' Archives, annoyingly long
.sig's, etc.


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   {  `.__.' (          /         }
    \ \    )  )        /          !
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        `.   \           }    |
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         l/   /         !l   ,l
         /  ,'          ! \    \
        /  /!           !  \    \
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      (_ \l_ `_     ,.-'`--(  `.,'`.
       Y\__Y`--'    `-'~x__J    j'  >
                              ,/ ,^'
                             f__J   mab'95



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    `.`.  Y\__Y`--'   `-'~x__J    j'  >
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                               f__J   mab'95


you can have all sorts of fun with these things - like:


the disco version:
_________________________________________________________________
                      |
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                  \   |   /
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                  d888888b
      --     --  (88888888)  --
                  Y888888Y
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                  /       \
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                               f__J   mab'95



the frou-frou "ballroom" swing version...   :-)    :-)    :-)


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            l /   }       ,1    |
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                                ,/ ,^'
                               f__J   mab'95


Please don't let this version get out!


     .,,-~&,               ,~"~.
    { /`,__\`.             > ::::
   { `}'~.~/\ \           <, ?::;
   {`}'\._/  ) }           l_  f
    ,__/ l_,' /          ,__}--{_.
   {   ~   ~ (          /         }
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     \ \`-'`-'        /  ,    1  J;
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         l /   }        ,1    |
         l/   /         !l   ,l
         /  ,'          ! \    \
        /  /!           !  \    \
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      (. \l. `_.    ,.-'`--(  `.,'`.
        \ \_`~~'    `-'~x__J    j'  >
         `''                  ,/ ,^'
                             f__J


now the  _REALLY_  X-RAYted version...  (good for haloween dances)


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                                   f__J   mab'95


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                               ,/XJ
                             ""~-'   mab'95


         Old Swing Dancers never die.....

                                ,-~-.
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             (`~=~')           (`~=~')
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              \\ ||             ||//
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                \\|            /||
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             `\\    ``     ""~XX)    Yb
               ``                  ,/XJ
                                 ""~-'   mab'95

              It's in their bones!
                       or
             They have too much soul!
                       or
           they just go to Swing Heaven!
                       or?


Next here's some ballroom dance ASCII-art I designed:



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