Alan De Smet

Article 4786 of alt.ascii-art:
Path: uwvax!yar.cs.wisc.edu!chaos
From: Alan De Smet <email deleted to fight spammers>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Magic: The Gathering Logo
Date: 14 Feb 1994 18:44:06 GMT
Organization: Undergraduate Projects Lab
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Message-ID: <2jogpm$q74@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: yar.cs.wisc.edu

I recently saw the following .sig somewhere, and realized that it was
possible to combine two of my favorite hobbies, Magic:The Gathering,
and ASCII Art.  I apologize to the author for losing the attribution.
 
    __  __,  _   __,__, __,        _
    / \_( \ /_\ //~_) |//~'     _ (_) _
   / %  : '<_v_\\\~/|_(\\__, _ (_)   (_)
  / /\  C\  \ ~  ~~ ~ ~ ~~~~~    _   _
 / /  \  \ \ \  The Gathering   (_) (_)
~~~    ~~`  ~~`
 
First I tried a "simpler" more legible form that I'm not real happy with,
but it was a try.
    __  __  __   __ __. ___
    / \_> \ /_\ / _') (/  /
   /     \ <_/_\\__>)_(\_____-
  /~/\   /\ \      '~
 / /  \  \ \ \  The Gathering           --chaos
-~~    ~~`  ~~`
 
 
Then I realized that I could capture the flavor much better with a larger
graphic.  Voila!  Something I'm really proud of.  (I admit the "The Gathering"
words are a bit illegible, and if someone could do better and still fit it
in the size, please post a new version.
 
            _____     _____        ___  _.     __  ____  ____.          _      
           `~-,  \   `~-,  \       ~-_~~ \    /  ~~   / (    /' ,-~~~~~~,'     
             /    \    /'   \      /~>\   \  (  /~~~\/   )  | .'  /~~~)/       
            /      \  /      \    / /  \   \ | | ~==~~|  |  | |  (    '        
           /',/\    \/ '/\    \  / <_,'>\   \ \ \___) |  |  | |   \_  _____    
          /  /  \      /  \    \/     /  \   \ \  __  |  )  ( _`-_  ~~ ____]=='
         /  /    \     |   \    \~~~~~    `~~~~ ~~  ~\|(=~~~~~'   `~~~~___.   .
        /  /      \     \   \    \    ___         _                     | |\ /|
       /  /        |     |   \    \   `|''|      / '  _._|      .,_  _  | | V |
      /  /          \     \   \    \   |  |^ %) | __'T T |^ %)/^|| )/ \        
     /  (            |     |   \    \ .|. | |\,  \_|(] | | |\,[ || |\_/        
    /    \,           \     \   \    \             '                 \         
   /___---'            | ,-'~   .)    `.                            (~)        
.=~~                   `~       `~~~~~~~'                            ~         
                                                --chaos
 
Here's a shaded version I tried.  Not bad, not good, just different.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::'_____`:::'_____`::::::'___''_.`:::'__`'____`'____.`::'''''''_``::::
:::::::::::`~-,  \`::`~-,  \`:::::.~-_~~ \ ::'/  ~~   / (    /  ,-~~~~~~,'.::::
::::::::::::'/    \`::'/'   \`::::'/~>\   \`'(  /~~~\/   )  | .'  /~~~)/.::::::
:::::::::::'/      \`'/      \`::'/ /  \   \ | |:~==~~|  |  | |  ( ::.'.:::::::
::::::::::'/',/\    \/ '/\    \`'/ <_,'>\   \ \ \___) |  |  | |   \_`'_____`::`
:::::::::'/  /..\      /..\    \/     / .\   \ \  __  |  )  ( _`-_  ~~ ____]=='
::::::::'/  /.::.\     |`:.\    \~~~~~ .:.`~~~~.~~..~\|(=~~~~~'...`~~~~___..::.
:::::::'/  /.::::.\     \`:.\    \`:::___:::::::::_:::::::::::::::::::::|:|\:/|
::::::'/  /.::::::.|     |`:.\    \`::`|''|::::::/:': _._|::::::.,_::_::|:|:V:|
:::::'/  /.::::::::.\     \`:.\    \`::|::|^:%):|:;_'T:T:|^:%)/^||:)/:\::::::::
::::'/  ( ::::::::::.|     |`:.\    \`:|::|:|\,::\_|(]:|:|:|\,[:||:|\_/::::::::
:::'/    \, :::::::::.\     \`:.\    \`::::::::::::':::::::::::::::::\:::::::::
:''/___---' ::::::::::.| ,-'~.:'.)    `.`:::::::::::::::::::::::::::(~)::::::::
.=~~....:::::::::::::::`~.:::::.`~~~~~~~'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::~:::::::::
..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 
--lan De Smet
  ASCII Artist (sorta) and Magic addict.*