I'm interested in ASCII art that can fit on a single line of text, i.e., contains no line breaks. Partly for a reason, which I'll tell you about if it ever comes to fruition, but also just out of curiosity. Here's what I've got so far. Naturally some of these will look better or worse in different fonts.

Fish: >
Snail: _@/
Key: O-m
Ring: O
Sunglasses: B
Sword: -|===-
Knife: +--
Heart: <3
Mug: c[_]

The venerable OXymoron Humour Archive has numerous variations on basic designs for amoebae and smileys, and even a few for elephants which I don't quite see.

Anyone know any other good ones? Or improvements on these?

(I give it half an hour, max, before someone posts the obvious parts of the human anatomy, which I know about but am not really interested in, since I can't think of any situation in which I'd want to be mistaken for a 12-year-old boy.)

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

okay, it's like two minutes, not a half-hour...

here's one I made up called "Richard Gere"

~@> (_*_)

@}>~~`~~~~ A rose for you, dear sir.

What are you all looking at me like that for?

Uh...

(.) (.)

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Batman created by Bob Kane

The biscuit game

#:D~~[____,<==8

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

A man being thrown into a wood chipper:

(:-O =>[CHIPPER 2000]<.:,'.`':

I know. It sucks.

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Life is a lot like getting mugged; you get your kicks, you take your punches, and when it's over, someone else gets your cash.

I stole these off Usenet:

Syringe: |==[)XXXX>---
Eye:
Swimming: __/\o_
Swallow hunting a fly: . -o(=<
Snails: @/ @/ \@ "@

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www.bradsucks.net

MY ASCII ART TEXT:   Mug: c|_|                                       Sword: ===|=====-        

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Jack Hebert (Age 11 on Feb 2, 2020)

Life is a lot like getting mugged; you get your kicks, you take your punches, and when it's over, someone else gets your cash.

Fast and Furious Jacket