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From: winston@merk.com (Winston Smith)
Subject: Re: dragon animation
Message-ID: <CzKD0o.DAv@merk.com>
Keywords: Tua, Cher, Xiong, dragon, lord, animation
Organization: Technology Partners, Inc.
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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 11:24:23 GMT
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On Saturday, November 12, 1994 at 22:41:32 +0000 (5:41pm EST ?)
  Brad <syb3@aber.ac.uk> wrote:

 B>     Luvverly dragon! ... Did you draw it? 

 
     No, he didn't draw it; he just gave it a face.  It is the work of the
famous ASCII artist Tua (a.k.a Cher) Xiong, creator of the ASCII X-Men
"Wolverine", floating temples in the clouds, embracing couples, etc.  Don't
tell me there was no reference given?  Unbelievable!  You may judge for
yourself how closely the dragon resembles its predecessor. The original
picture, which is entitled "Dragon Lord", now follows below:

 > From csd4.csd.uwm.edu!ntxawg Fri Feb 11 14:42:06 1994
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 > From: Cher Xiong <ntxawg@csd4.csd.uwm.edu>
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 > Subject: Re: [--- REQUEST: Dragon Lord ---]
 > To: winston@merk.com (Winston Smith)
 > Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 13:41:54 -0600 (CST)
 > In-Reply-To: <m0pUvnW-0001bIC@merk.merk.com> from "Winston Smith" at Feb 11, 94 06:12:00 am
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 > 
 >      Hi there,
 > 
 >      Here's the picture that you requested.
 >      Hmmm..........think I'll add legs to the dragon next.

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 >                      Enjoy.
 > 
 >                      -Tua Xiong