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From: "Clyde E. Bowman III" <ceb3pl@eagle.stark.k12.oh.us>
Subject: Line: Pianist (was Line: First try)
Date: 1995/04/18
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On 14 Apr 1995, F.L. Catalyst wrote:

> Very nice first attempt!  
> 
> You might want to consider using some other character besides asterisks 
> to fill in the piano, since their round shape looks out of place at edges.
> Maybe try hash marks or colons?
> 
> Here's your pianist and piano after some diddling.  I changed the pianist 
> quite a bit, which is not necessarily an improvement since my diddle loses 
> out on the more elegant simplicity of the original silhouette.
> 
>                                                 
>                                       ,====.  
>                                       ;'    `
>                                      ,;      `-........_
>                                      ;' -,              `-.
>                                     ,;  |                  `.
>                                     ;'  |                    :
>                  .,,.              ,;   |                    : 
>                .:::::;         |   ;'  //                    '
>                ::c' ',         |  ,;   ||                  ,'
>                ,\_,-'       _[/[_______II____________________ 
>               ,-. |        |::::::::::::||Ii:::::::::::::::::|
>               |  :|        |::::::::::::||Ii:::::::::::::::::|
>               |  '--,--__,':::::::::::::||Ii:::::::::::::::::|
>               F`----'~|:::::::::::::::::||Ii:::::::::::::::::|
>             __\_   `\ `-----_::::::::_---------------_:::::::|
>            |#######. `\      |-:::;-'                 `-::::;'
>             ||   ||'|  |     ||`::'                      `::'
>             ||  ,||\|  |     || ::                        ::
>             ||  `||``--'--,  || ::                        :: 
>             []   []`'`-~~~==[_].';                        ;`.
>                                `-'                        `-'
>    Original art by Clyde E. Bowman III <ceb3pl@eagle.stark.k12.oh.us>
>    Miscellaneous diddling by F.L. Catalyst <mo@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
> 
> 

Most awesome diddling!!!  Thanks so very much.  I appreciate the help.

Here's a new one I've done for stamp collecting air mails.

                                          
  .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. -
 ) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ (
!  $$  MM         MM  .*.  .mMMMMMMMMMm.  $$    ___    $$  !   EMAIL:
 ) $$  MM         MM /:::\ MM          "" $$   !$$$!   $$ (    ceb3pl
!  $$  MM         MM !:::! '*mMMMMMMMMm*. $$   !$$$!   $$  !     @
 ) $$  MM         MM !:::! ..          MM $$   !$$$!   $$ (    eagle.
!  $$  "*mMMMMMMMm*" !:::! "*mMMMMMMMMm*" $$___!$$$!   $$  !   stark.
 ) $$           __ .-!:::!-. __           $$$$$$$$/   /$$ (     k12.
!  $$          .!!':::::::::'!!.          $$$$$$$/   /$$$  !     oh.
 ) $$    __ -"::::::::::::::::::"-. __    $$$$$$/   /$$$$ (      us
!  $$   .!!':::::::::::::::::::::::'!!.   $$$$$/   /$$$$$  !
 ) $$.-":::::./------!:::!------\.:::::"-.$$$$/   /$$$$$$ ( 
!  $$":::.="         !:::!         "=.:::"$$$/   /$$$$$$$  ! Collector
 ) $$.=""            !:::!            ""=.$$/   /$$$ $$$$ (     of
!  $$                !:::!                $$!  !$$ : .$$$  ! Pre-1942
 ) $$      A I R     !:::!    M A I L     $$!  !$$ C $$$$ (    World
!  $$              .'":::"'.              $$!  !$$$$ '$$$  !    Air
 ) $$            ./" .:::. "\.            $$!  !$$$$$$$$$ (    Mails
!  $$           /---/ \:/ \---\           $$!__!$$$$$$$$$  !
 ) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$CEBIII$ ( 
  ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._. ._.  !


What do you 
think?

Clyde