From: *@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   In alt.ascii-art, Daniel wrote:   
   > I'm conceptualizing a finger presence and considering a look for the   
   > main query.   
   >   
   > For standard 80 column output and with minimal scrolling, would it be   
   > conceivable to create what appears to be a picture frame with an oval   
   > window?   
      
   Yes. This is machine assisted. I drew an oval in Gnu Imp, converted it   
   to a gray scale pgm, used my pgmtoascii tool to ascii-fy it, touched   
   up the curves, added a striped wall paper, and put a nice (figlet   
   generated) placeholder in.   
      
      
   ....v....1....v....2....v....3....v....4....v....5....v....6....   
   ....7....v....8   
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / ,xzXXYUUUUUUUUUUUYXXzx, / / / / / / / / / / / / /   
   / / / / / / / / / / /+mUCOMWWWWWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMWWWWWMOCUm+/ / / / / / / / / /   
    / / / / / / / /zYCMWWWMCUYmx' 'xmYUCMWWWMCYz/ / / / / / / /   
   / / / / / / zUOWWMCUm' 'mUCMWWOUz / / / / / /   
    / / / / zUWWWCX; ;XCWWWUz / / / /   
   / / / .YMWMUx xUMWMY. / / /   
    / / YWWOm mOWWY / /   
   / /+MWOx xOWM+/ /   
    /xWWX __ _ _ _ __ XWWx/   
   /.MWx | _| _ __ | |__ ___ | |_ ___ | |__ ___ _ __ ___ |_ | xWM./   
    YWz | | | '_ \| '_ \ / _ \| __/ _ \ | '_ \ / _ \ '__/ _ \ | | zWY   
   /UO | | | |_) | | | | (_) | || (_) | | | | | __/ | | __/ | | OU/   
    UO | | | .__/|_| |_|\___/ \__\___/ |_| |_|\___|_| \___| | | OU   
   /YWz |__| |_| |__| zWY/   
    `MWx xWM'   
   / xWWX XWWx /   
    / +MWOx xOWM+ /   
   / / /YWWOm mOWWY/ / /   
    / / /`YMWMUx xUMWMY'/ / /   
   / / / / /zUWWWCX; ;XCWWWUz/ / / / /   
    / / / / / /zUOWWMCUm, ,mUCMWWOUz/ / / / / /   
   / / / / / / / / zYCMWWWMCUYmx, ,xmYUCMWWWMCYz / / / / / / / /   
    / / / / / / / / / / +mUCOMWWWWWMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMWWWWWMOCUm+ / / / / / / / / /   
   / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /`xzXXYUUUUUUUUUUUYXXzx'/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /   
      
   Elijah   
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