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Hi everyone. :) I don't make ASCII art (I've tried, with interesting results ;) ) but I love the look of it. Here are a couple of my favorites:

./\.../\
=‘•..•’=
.♥**♥
(.\.||./.)♥¸.•*°☼♥
ı̴̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡.̡̡̡ı̴̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡.̡̡̡ ̡

A Rue to Keep the Mice Out!

ƸӜƷ
.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨)
Sprinkles
(¸.•´ (¸.•´ .•´ ƸӜƷ

back when mirc was a thing i loved the "advanced" emoticons.

to me there's 3 levels of emoticons.

basic - simple smiley face variants when viewed sideways.

examples:
:)
:(
:D
D:

advanced emoticons - don't necessarily need to be viewed sideways and may require "anime" literacy to understand the emotions portrayed

examples:
(",)
(T_T)
t(",t)
(>_<)

pro emoticons - extend the advanced emoticons by adding less general characters that either are not found on the keyboard or are simply characters from other languages directly

examples:
(╯°□°）╯
(^▾^)/
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
⊂(◉‿◉)つ
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