X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,127c270fd2ad857,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,127c270fd2ad857,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 10d97e,127c270fd2ad857,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d97e,public X-Google-Thread: 16b79c,127c270fd2ad857,start X-Google-Attributes: gid16b79c,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,127c270fd2ad857,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-07 04:17:35 PST Path: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii,alt.fan.scarecrow,alt.sigs Subject: Line-Talk: Evolution of a sig Date: 7 Feb 1995 06:17:15 -0600 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicagoland Internet Services Lines: 86 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <3h7ocb$752@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: swrinde rec.arts.ascii:4032 alt.ascii-art:17009 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1283 alt.fan.scarecrow:95 A long, long time ago, I saw some music symbols, and copied them, and put together a music sig: |\ |\ |\ ____|\__|_________|\\___|___________|___|____________|\_|____________|__|__ ____|/__|________@__\|__|____O______|___|___@________|__|___|________|__|__ ___/|___|___|________|__|___|______@____|__|____@____|__|___|_______@___|__ __|_/_\_|___|_______@___|___|___________|__|___|____@___|___|___________|__ ___\|/__|___|___________|___|___________|__|___|________|__O____________|__ / O | boba@wwa.com Some people kept saying that it was not technically correct. And of course I told them to stick their head in the toilet. :-) Just kidding. I asked if somebody could make it correct. So Chris King fixed it for me. I took his correct version and re-added some of the stylistic elements from my version, and got: |\ __3__ | ____|\_______________|\\_________|_____________'__|__`___|_________|___|______ ____|/___3_|________@'_\|__|_____|_________|___|__|__|___|_|_,@____|___|___|__ ___/|____-_|___|________|__|_____|___,@____|__@'_@'_@'___|_|_|____@'___|___|__ __|_/_\__4_|___|_______@'__|____O'___|_____|____________@'_|_|________@'___|__ ___\|/_____|___|___________|_________|_____|_______________|_|_____________|__ / O' | boba@wwa.com Then I decided to add a shadow effect just to see how it would look, and I liked it, and posted it: |\ __3__ | ____|\ ______________|\\_________| ____________' _| _` __| ________| __| _____ ____|/ __3_|________@'_\| _|_____| ________|___| _| _| __| |_,@ ___| __| __|__ ___/| ___-_|___| _______| _|_____| __,@ ___|__@'_@'_@'___| |_| ___@'___| __|__ __| / \ _4_|___| ______@'__|____O'___| ____|____________@'_|_| _______@'___|__ ___\|/ ____|___| __________|_________| ____|_______________|_| ____________|__ / O' | boba@wwa.com Then I get email from Bas Meijer who sent in a diddle, saying "I saw your post, and I think I have a better version of the first symbol (whatever it's called in English). hope you like it." Bas diddled this part | |\ __3__ | ____|) ______________|\\_________| ____________' _| _` __| ________| __| _____ ____/____3_|________@'_\| _|_____| ________|___| _| _| __| |_,@ ___| __| __|__ ___/|_ __-_|___| _______| _|_____| __,@ ___|__@'_@'_@'___| |_| ___@'___| __|__ __( ( )__4_|___| ______@'__|____O'___| ____|____________@'_|_| _______@'___|__ ___`|'_____|___| __________|_________| ____|_______________|_| ____________|__ (| O' | boba@wwa.com And I just toucted up a few characters, and I think it's done (for now). |\ __3__ | ____|) ______________|\\_________| ____________' _| _` __| ________| __| _____ ____| ___3_|________@'_\| _|_____| ________|___| _| _| __| |_,@ ___| __| __|__ ___/|. __-_|___| _______| _|_____| __,@ ___|__@'_@'_@'___| |_| ___@'___| __|__ __( ( ) _4_|___| ______@'__|____O'___| ____|____________@'_|_| _______@'___|__ ___`|'_____|___| __________|_________| ____|_______________|_| ____________|__ (| O' | boba@wwa.com Or maybe not, I was thinking, what if I make the five horizontal lines spell out 'scarecrow', like: ______ _____ ______ _______ ______ _____ _______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ ___ ________ ______ _____ ___ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ _____ ___ ___ ______ ___________ Oh well, it the idea sounded better than it actually looks: -- |\ __3__ | ___|)_ _____ _____|\\_______ |_____ _____ '__|__` |_____ __| _|_ ___ ___ | _3_ ___ @'_\|__ ___ |__ ___ |__| _|_ _|_ ,@_ __| _|_ ___ ___/|. _-_ |_______ |_____ |___,@ ___ @'_@'_@' _|_ |__ _@' _|_ ___ (_(_) _4_ |__ ___@'__ ___ O'__ | ___ ___ ___ @'_ |__ ___ @'_ ___ ___`|' _____ |__ ___ ___ ___ ____|_ _____ ___ ___ ____|_ ___________ (| O' | boba@wwa.com