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GRAFIX

A micro-gallery of minimalistic graphics


Welcome... on this page I am displaying some of my humble attempts at ASCII-Art (newest to oldest top to bottom). If you want to see more and better, check the ASCII-Art section of my Visual Arts Linker or the alt.ascii-art newsgroup. Please note: how these pictures look depends somewhat on the font your browser is using. They look best in Notepad, where they were created, with a Fixedsys font.
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      \/_______/  \/_______/ jiri
                                  


~ 2000 ~
__ / /\ / / \ / / \__________ / / \ /\ /_/ \ / / ___\ \ ___\____/_/_ /____\ \ /___________/\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \____ \ \ \ \ \ / /\ \ \ \ / \_\/ / / \ \ \ / / /__________\/ / / / / / / / / /________/ /\ / \________\/\ \ / \_\/ wooden puzzle
~ 1999 ~
_____ _____ | _ | | _ | | |_|_|_| |_|_|___ |_______| |_____ | ___| |_|_|_| |_| | | _| |_____| |___| | |_|_|_| |_|_|___ |_______| |_____ | | |_| | | |_| | |_____| |_____| Tibetan eternity knot
~ 1998 ~
. + [U] {'\ A ( ) [ ] o U {U O S V O /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ /_\ . + [H] {'\ A (0) [H] o # {# @ $ W 0 /#\ /#\ /#\ /#\ /#\ /#\ 'chess set'
Here are some 'escherian knots'... If you come up with some more poetic name, please let me know. __ / /\ / / \ / / /\ \ / / /\ \ \ / /_/__\ \ \ /________\ \ \ \___________\/ 1 - triangle __ __ / /\ / /\ / / \/ / \ / / /\/ / /\ \ / / /\/ / /\ \ \ / / / / / /\ \ \ \ / / / / / /\ \ \ \ \ / / / / / /\ \ \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_/_/__\ \ \_\ \ \ /______________\ \ \_\ \ \ \_______________\ \ \___\/ / /_/_______\ \ \ /_____________\ \ \ \________________\/ 2 - simple knot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knot + triangle __ __ __ __ / /\ / /\ / /\ / /\ / / \/ / \/ / \/ / \ / / /\/ / /\/ / /\/ / /\ \ / / /\/ / /\/ / /\/ / /\ \ \ / / / / / /\/ / /\/ / /\ \ \ \ / / / / / /\/ / /\/ / /\ \ \ \ \ / / / / / /\/ / /\/ / /\ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / / / / /\/ / /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / / / / /\/ / /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / / / / /\/ / /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / / / / / / / /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / / / / / / / /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / / / / / / / / / / / /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ / /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/__\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \ /__________________________\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \ \___________________________\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \___\/ / /_/_/_/_/_/_/_/________\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \ /__________________________\ \ \_\ \ \_\ \ \ \___________________________\ \ \_\ \ \___\/ / /_/_/_/_/_____________\ \ \_\ \ \ /_________________________\ \ \_\ \ \ \__________________________\ \ \___\/ / /_/___________________\ \ \ /_________________________\ \ \ \____________________________\/ 4 - two knots together ...and here's a spinoff - a six-pointed star, made of two 'triangles': __ / /\ / / \ / / /\ \ / / /\ \ \ __________/ / /__\_\_\__________ /\ ______/ / /__________________\ \ \ \____/ / /_________________ / \ \ \ / / / \ \ \ / / / \ \ \/ / / \ \ \/ / / \ \ \/ / \ \ \/ / \ \ \/ \ \ \/ /\ \ \ /\ \ \ / /\ \ \ / /\ \ \ / / /\ \ \ / / /\ \ \ / /_/__\_\_\________/ / /__\ \ \ /___________________/ / /____\ \ \ \__________________/ / /________\/ \ \ \ / / / \ \ \/ / / \ \/ / / \ / / \/_/ The original idea of these 'unreal' images is that each corner looks like two rectangular beams joined together at right angle - but when you follow the faces, the whole structure seems impossible to fit together. That happens when you go from 3D to 2D...
_._ (o o) \ \__/ \_/| | | | / / __/ /_ / | | \ \ \ \ \ | \| 'lizard'
~ 1997 ~
___ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ __ \/ ____ \/ ____ \/ ____ \/ ____ \/ ____ _ \/ / __ \/ / __ \/ / __ \/ / __ \/ / __ \ \/ /\/ \/ /\/ \/ /\/ \/ /\/ \/ /\/ \/ \ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \ /\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ \/\ /\__/\/ /\__/\/ /\__/\/ /\__/\/ /\__/\/ /\ /\____/ /\____/ /\____/ /\____/ /\____/ /\_ 'arabesque motif' \______/\______/\______/\______/\______/\__ (four-string braid) ___ __________ __________ __________ _________ __ \/ ________ \/ ________ \/ ________ \/ ________ \/ / \/ / \/ / \/ / / /\ ____ / /\ ____ / /\ ____ / /\ ____ \/ /\ \/ __ \/ /\ \/ __ \/ /\ \/ __ \/ /\ \/ __ \/ \/ \ \/ \ \/ \ \/ \ \/ \ \/ \ \/ \ \/ \ \ \ \__/\ \ /\ \__/\ \ /\ \__/\ \ /\ \__/\ \ /\ /\____/\ \/ /\____/\ \/ /\____/\ \/ /\____/\ \/ /\ \ \/ / \/ / \/ / \/ / /\______/ /\________/ /\________/ /\________/ /\__ (same thing, a _________/\__________/\__________/\__________/\___ bit loosened)
____ ____ / __ \ / __ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ \ \__/ /__\_\__/ / \__/ /_________/ ____ / / \ \ ____ / __ \/ / \ \/ __ \ / / \ \/ \ \/ \ \ \ \__/\ \ /\ \__/ / \____/\ \ / /\____/ _\_\______/ /_ / ________/ /_ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ \ \__/ / \ \__/ / \____/ \____/ 'hexagonal knot' ____ ____ / __ \ / __ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ \ \__/ /__\_\__/ / \__/ /_________/ ____ / / ____ \ \ ____ / __ \/ / / __ \ \ \/ __ \ / / \ \/ / / \ \ \ \/ \ \ \ \__/\ \ \ \__/ / /\ \__/ / \____/\ \ \____/ / /\____/ _\_\______/ /_ / ________/ /_ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ \ \__/ / \ \__/ / \____/ \____/ 'snowflake'
___ /\ ___ /_ \/ \/ _\ \ | | / \_|__|_/ (______) / | | \ __/ | | \__ \___/\ /\___/ \/ 'scout lily'
,|||||||, ||||||||| |'_____'| ( (_)-(_) ) | | | L | \ - / \___/ 'self-portrait'
`/\ ____/ / _ / ___ \ \\_!_________(_/_/ \ \ <#|=====|______ / /__/ / C|=====|---' \__/ / |-|-|~ / /---' / / |_____| 'handgun' (inspired by the sculpture at United Nations in New York)
* / \ /___\ ( o o ) * * ) L ( / * * ________()(-)()________ / * * * E\| _____ )()()() ______ |/B * * * |/ ()()()( \| * * * * | )() | / \ / * * \ / * * \ / *_ * _ \ ~~/_|~~~|_\~~ 'wizard'
__A /) (_' ~//) __| ~//) / /\ \ | \_ )==~ | | / | 'pegasus'
_____ __ (_____) __ ( \ / ) _\ \ __v__ / /_ ( \ \ // \\ / / ) _\ \ \ (( o o )) / / /_ ( \ \)) ' ((/ / ) \ \ (((\'-'/))) / / \ __))))|-|((((__ / \ / (((( \ / )))) \ / \| )))) V (((( |/ | (((( | )))) | | )))) (((( | | | | | |___| |___| ||/| |\|| \| | | |/ | | / \ / \ / XOXOXOXOXOX \ / \ ~~~~~|~|~~~|~|~~~~~ _| | | |_ (___) (___) 'guardian angel'
|| (__) /-| |-\ /-| |-\ /-| |-\ \/ a simple bug
|| (__) /-| |-\ /-| |-\ /-|**|-\ \/ an advanced 'mimicry' bug - now guess which way it's crawling!
//_____ __ @ )====// .\___ \#\_\__(_/_\\_/ / / \\ 'grasshopper'
______ __ ____ ___ /___ //_//___//__/ / /__ ____ __ __ / // // __// / / /_/ // // / / / \____//_//_/ /_/
__ __ / \_________/ \ / \ \ / / \ / \ / \ / / \ \ \ O O / \ / \ | | / \ \| | | |/ / \ /| | | |\ / |\/ / | | \ \/| | /_/| |\_\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | /v\ | | |___| |___| 'elephant'

_______oo_______ (_______||_______) (_______[]_______) [] [] \/ 'dragonfly'
___ __/o \ /__ \ \/\/\/ 'bald eagle'
(~:-) 'michael jackson' smiley
________ /\ \ / \ \ / \ \ / \_______\ \ / / ___\ / ____/___ /\ \ / /\ \ / \ \/___/ \ \ / \ \ \ \ / \_______\ \_______\ \ / / / / \ / / / / \ / /\ / / \/_______/ \/_______/ 'logicko'
~ 1996 ~
__ / \ _\__/_ / \/ \ \__/\__/ 'pletenec'
|\ /| /\ ___| \/ |___ / \ \ / / \ /__ __\ /_ _\ | /\ | / \ |/ \| / \ /_ _\ / \ * STASTNE A VESELE * / \ /____ ____\ * NEJEN VANOCE * || * A VSECHNO DOBRE * * V ROCE 1997, 1998, ATD. * _____ __ /\UUUU\ _ / \ /o \UUUU\/ | _\__/_ JIRI MATEJICEK \_ /UUUU/\_| / \/ \ \/____/ \__/\__/ STONY BROOK... 'merry christmas 1996' in Czech
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First posted 6/13/97, last updated 10/15/09.