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(~)_) ( (_) )_ | ( (_) ) (_) | | (_/ \_) ( (_| | ( ) | |_
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| |/'_`\ | /V\ |/'_" ) , < /'__`\
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(_)\___/ (_) (_)\__,_|_) (_)\____)
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(_ _) (_)_ ( _ ) (_)_ /__ \
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| |/'__`(`\/') | (___)| _ ( "__) | / /
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(_)\____|_/\_)\__) (_) (_|_) `\__) (_)...
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Part Two of a tutorial about ascii text-art.
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Now that we have delved into castle construction with text-art,
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in Part One, how about looking at some other kinds of pictures?
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Automobiles might be a good thing to roll on to. Let's race on down,
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and look at a simple car, to see how it's made:
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_____ ... line 1 = _
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___/ \____ ... line 2 = _ and / and \
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|______________| ... line 3 = _ and |
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(o) (o) ... line 4 = ( and o and )
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... yep, that's a basic car shape. It's probably won't turn a
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fast quarter mile, but it's good enough for a starting point. The
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only characters we didn't use in our castle exercises, are the
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letter "o" and the parenthesis. Since I imagine you know your alphabet,
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let's do a little more, shall we?
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___/ /_|__\____
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|____|__|__|____)
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(o) (o)
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That wasn't hard, at all. I have really done nothing except put
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in the doors and windows, and substitute a paraenthesis instead
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of the "|" character for the front end of this auto. It's hardly a
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work of art, but it is recognizable as a car; a four-door sedan, at
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that. Try making a two-door on your own, and don't forget that you
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can lengthen or shorten the whole car, if need be.
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Now, let's see what we can do about making some better autos...
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____/ |___||__\_______
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[ __ |- ||- \ __ |]
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(__/()\_|___||___|_/()\_)
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'..' '..'
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Okay, it's ugly, but it might pass for a taxi cab, huh? I used five
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lines, this time, and two new characters (three, actually): the - minus
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character, and the two [ and ] brackets. The tires, as you can see, were
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done by using nothing more than apostrophes and periods. The crude
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fender wells go a long way towards making it look a little more like a
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real car, don't you think?
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How about a truck, made the same way? You shouldn't have any trouble
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with that. Here's one of my own...
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_________________
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| Joe's /"""\
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| delivery |____\_____
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| ___ |- |___ [|
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[__/ o \_______|____/ o \__)
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'._.' '._.'
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It's very similar to the taxi cab. The new character, is the
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quotation mark. See what differences you can find between this, and
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the car up above. Could you make an even bigger truck, this way?
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Try it! How about something smaller, like a sports car?
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____.-.___\______
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/ __ |- \ __ '.
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(_/()\_|_____/_/()\__)
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'..' '..'
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Well... maybe it does look a little more like an old Jeepster. You
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go ahead and make a better sports car, on your own. I never cared very
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much for two-seaters, anyway.
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Let's look at a couple of different views of automobiles. Examine
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each, and see how they were made:
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