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Best I can do! Not very impressive, huh?

Let's build a sailing ship.

We'll construct it line by line.

First we begin with the pendant flags near the top of the masts, and the tippy-top of our topsails.

We'll use the "underline" key ( _ ) near the top of the keyboard, followed by the vertical line key ( | ) located second from the top on the far right hand side of your keyboard just below the "Backspace" key, then the "squiggly dash" key on the far upper left hand key ( ~ ). Done!

_|~_|~_

Now you begin to "get the picture."

We start the next line, and you can guess the keys from what appears.

_|~_|~_
)____))____)

That was the left-hand part of the parenthesis sign followed by four strokes of the underline key, followed again by the "close parenthesis" sign, and then repeat the keying sequence. We hit the "Enter" key and do it all over again in the next line. Not difficult at all, right?

_|~_|~_
)____))____)
)____))____)

Now we're building the deck of our ship. It's composed of underlines and vertical lines, plus the "foward stroke" symbol located in the lower right corner of your keyboard, where it shares the key with the question mark sign. Any questions???

_|~_~|_
)____))____)
)____))____)
__|__|__/

Now what we have is essentially a raft. To make it a ship we add a hull consisting of a vertical sign, several underlines, and a forward stroke.

_|~_|~_
)____))____)
____|____|__/
|__________/

It doesn't quite look right, right? No worries, we'll get it ship shape before we sail out of the harbor - but first, we need some water or our sailing ship isn't going anywhere!

Find the "carrot" symbol ( ^ ) located at the top of the key it shares with the number 6. Eighteen carrots should do it - wow, that would make a hefty diamond!

_|~_|~_
)____))____)
)____))____)
__|__|__/
|______/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Now we begin to set things a-right and true. We move our curser to the front of each line and add spaces to get things to line up properly, like our masts, for example. We toy around with the underline symbol as well, adding and deleting underline segments until it looks about right. Hmmm, we have two masts - would that qualify our ship as a two-masted schooner? We'll have to drag in some old sailors and borrow their "nautical knowledge" on that one.

__|~___|~_
)____))____)
)____))____)
___|____|___/
|__________/
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So there we have out ship afloat in the water, all nice and proper, ready to set sail and head out to sea. We're sure to have safe sailing and a profitable venture with our seaworthy crew of chuckle-heads from the Laughter Club. I'll christen it the U.S.S. Beaumont - and that, ladies and gents, is a first class sailing ship!

Ahoy! Thar's pirates in them thar waters. Go below decks and fetch the muskets and prepare the cannons. Bring her about, mateys!

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wow! these are awesome! so very creative!!!

Here is one, please feel free to share. Someone sent it to me. I did not create it.

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Here is one. Please feel free to share. It was sent to me. I did not create it.



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Back up and squint a little.....

Now I wonder who that could be? Just joking!!!

Here's a text art tip: When you make blank spaces at the beginning of lines, and then hit "Submit Reply," the system will often delete these blank spaces and make your text art look off kilter; it doesn't come out the way you intended. So, instead of using blank spaces, try using dots (...) or dashes (---) or squigglies (~~~) or other characters and symbols to fill the blank spaces. A great example of this can be seen in BritishGirl's peering face depiction.

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wow, tht turned out horrible =P oh well, thts the grand old american flag for ya >.>

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sorry that was a flower before i entered it.

wish i was talented enough to do these! keep 'em coming for those of us who are " challenged"!lol trish

These are really great! One day soon I will have to try making a picture of my own:0)