From: Daniel Strychalski <dski@CAMEONET.CAMEO.COM.TW>
Subject: Line-talk: Tinkerbell
Date: 18 Jul 1995 19:59:49 -0500


We've had a lot of requests for Tinkerbell lately. It seems that quite a few
fairy-like figures were posted a while back as part of a collection of female
nudes; some of those might fit the bill, if anyone's got 'em and can repost
'em. Meanwhile, I've tried to do Tinkerbell. I would give *anything* to be able
to capture her pose at the end of the Wonderful World of Disney opening
sequence, where she angles her body just so and sets everything ablaze with a
final touch of her wand. Doesn't look like I'll do it this time around, though.

First effort (8 lines; done on a CRT screen):

        /\ /\.-. .
       |  `  ` ' .`. | /
        \  `/ >>-' -`* -
        /  ,\ '    / | \
        `-'`.~`.
             > ,`.
            /.' `.
            `-    ~

Second session (5 lines; results are passable on some LCDs, NG on CRTs):

      .|.         .|.         .|.          .|.
     - * -       - * -       - * -        - * -
  (\o /|`     (\o /|`     (\o /|`     (\o ,/|`
  (VXV        (VX~        (~X~        (<X~
   /|          /|          /|          /|

Latest (8 lines; can't say I'm too displeased with it):

        /\\ ,;%,
       |  `.;' }
        \ ~\/`>~~~^\
        /  , (      `\ |.'
        `-'/__\     -- * --
            \ \      .'|`.
              \`
               ;`_

   dOOoo..                   
  d       OOoo.           ,;;; 
  q            Oo.       ,;;;;;
  q               Oo    ,`';;;    |
  q                 O ,;;';';    -*-
  q                  ;;;;;;;;;    |
   q                ';;'d;;';;;  o-~
   qOOOOOOooooooooo''  O ; q.P. dp
            ...ooooOOOd   .  qOp
     ...ooOOO    .pO d     b
   .d         .oOp .o  .oqqo'
  d        .oOp   O   .    
 d        .op    d   p
 q      .op      q    'o.
 q   ...p        oq..    o  
  qoop           q  'OO   O. 
                 l  l  ''O b,
                  q p    d p
                  q l    lp'
                  l l   .Op
                  .p    Op
                 dO'   dp
                .dp   (O
                op     l
               c'     ;
               ;
               '
 but the smaller one's a little better:

dOOo.  
O    Oo.    ..   
O       b  ;::' 
 Oo..    b;;;;  
    OooO';;;O::   *
       .o.O.'qb .P"~  
      dOo'oD  qoP  
      Udo          
       qob
        qob      
        OP   
       d' O  
      .P  l   
      ;   \   
          '


Siddharth Manay * gt7991c@prism.gatech.edu