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From: Harry Mason <spam@no.spam>
Subject: Re: Asterix
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On 19 Mar 2002 14:45:25 -0800, hakim <google1@osfameron.abelgratis.co.uk> wrote:
>  Harry Mason wrote:
> > Not a diddle, but I drew this a while back:
> > 
> >             _.._    ||   `-'\@/@|_      | ||-. 
> >     _.--.--'    `-. \`--/,-._/    `\_,--',/|,-\
> >   .',- _     _.__  `-:_|/   (      /      )|-'|
> >  /_/_,;-  ,-'    `-._ _)_,-,-,___,'---'\___.-' 
> >  |___,,.  | _    _.-'' ((_{_// /               
> >  \.-'  | (-' \.-'       `---'`'                
> >     ,-'\__>  /|         /                      
> >   .',-'/|.   \ \        |                      
> >  / / _|``.`.  `/\_     /|  ,,.                 
> > /  \  |  |  `-.`(_),. /((((   )                
> > |   `--\ `.`=. `-._`'|__|  `''                 

[irrelevant detail snipped]

>            ===.
>        =====.==`.               __,------._
>           ===`.8=);   _/)    .-'           ``-.
>           _ (G^ @@__ / '.  .' By Toutatis, the `.
>     ,._,-'_`-/,-^( _).__: .' druid's potion has :
>    (    / .MMm.Y_)/      ,'   turned me into    |
>     `'(|.oMMMM       __,',-'`._  ascii art!   ,'
>     d88:'mOom        `--'      `-..______,--''
>     88::(::\d88b
>     Y88  ':88888
>  _________888P__________________________________________________osfa
>
>  Note that in the larger scale you can draw his shortsword quite
>  accurately, whereas in small scale, I was at a loss as to how to
>  draw it without it looking... um.... well, try for yourself!
>  So I left it out of the picture...

How about this?

          ===.
      =====.==`.
         ===`.8=);   _/)
         _ (G^ @@__ / '.
   ,._,-'_`-/,-^( _).__:
  (;__ / .MMm.Y_)/
   `'(|.oMMMM
   d88:'mOom[=O
   88::(::\d88b
   Y88  ':88888
_________888P_______osfa

Diddled the hand a bit too to try to show his pointing finger.
It's tricky to do such small hands. Anyone else care to have a go?

-- 
Harry Mason ("hjm200.ecs@soton@ac@uk" =~ tr/@./.@/)