What are Ascii Smileys

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Long before the advent of the Web and its entire glittering graphics, people were creating computer graphics called "ASCII art" which allows you to send by e-mail without encoding or attachments because it's composed only of plain text characters.

A Ascii Smiley is a sequence of characters on your computer keyboard representing cool and fun emoticons. The colon represents the eyes, the dash represents the nose and the right parenthesis represents the mouth.


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Ascii Art

ASCII art are a line of characters made in a unique form of expression ranging from simple to very complex graphics. Using only the characters on your keyboard and some creativity, you can create images that are cute, funny or intricately beautiful.

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`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`)
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-'
_..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,'
(il),-'' (li),' ((!.-'

Simple Ascii Smileys

Oldschool version of Smileys

@>--;--
A rose

O:-)
Angel

:-{

Angry

>:-(
Annoyed

~:o
Baby

~~\8-O
Bad-Hair Day

d:-)
Baseball

(((H)))
Big Hug

:-X
Big Wet Kiss

}|{
Butterfly

.\/
Duck

<:-l
Dunce

:-6

Eating Something Spicy

(:-|
Egghead

5:-)

Elvis

:")
Embarrased

:-}

Embarrassed Smile

0|-)
Enjoying the Sun

>:)

Evil

>-)
Evil Grin

G(-'.'G)

Fighting Kid - it's a straight-on smiley

l:-O
FlatTop Loudmouth

:-!

Foot in Mouth

=:-H
Football player

:-W

Forked Tongue

:^{=
Frank Zappa

%*@:-)

Freaking Out

/:-)
Frenchman with a beret

8)

Frog

:-<
Frowning

):-(

Frowning Smiley with Hair

:-/
Frustrated

=:-)

Funny Hair

*:*
Fuzzy

*:*}

Fuzzy With a Mustache

~~:-(
Getting Rained On

8*)

Glasses and a Half Mustache

:oÃ%u017E
Grinning and sticking tongue out (type ALT+0222 on righthand number keypad)

{:-)

Hair Parted in the Middle

}:-)
Hair Parted in the Middle Sticking up on Sides

=:-)

Hair Standing on End

:-})
Handlebar Mustache

%-)

Happy Drunk

:-'
Has a Dimple

:%)%

Has Acne

:-#
Has Braces

:(#)

Has Braces variation

:-`|
Have a Cold

|:-)

Heavy Eyebrows

/;-)
Heavy Eyebrows - Slanted

l^o

Hepcat

(_8(|)
Homer Simpson

(_8^(|)

Homer Simpson

(^~^~^)
Hot Ass Walking Away

*^_^*

Huge Dazzling Grin - it's a straight-on smiley

%*@:-(
Hungover with headache

:0

Hungry

o[-<]:
I am a skater or I like to skate

%*}

Inebriated

(|):-)=II=
Jewish Blonde

?:^[]

Jim Carrey

(8 {
John Lennon

@:-}

Just Back From Hairdresser

:-T
Keeping a Straight Face

:)

Kid smiley

:-x
Kiss

:-*

Kiss on the cheek

>^,,^<
Kitty Cat - it's a straight-on smiley

&

Kitty cleaning a hind paw

>*
Kitty doesn't like taking its pill

~*=

Kitty running away from you

:p
Kitty with tongue hanging out

>:-l

Klingon

@(*0*)@
Koala - it's a straight-on smiley

:-D

Laughing

%OD
Laughing like crazy

(-:

Left Hand

?-:
Left Handed Tongue Touching Nose

>;->

Lewd Remark

:-9
Licking Lips

;-,

Like, Duh

:-x
Lips are Sealed

8:-)

Little Girl

%-)
Long Bangs

%+{

Lost a Fight

|-(
Lost Contact Lenses

X-(

Mad

;-(
Mad Look

&-l

Makes Me Cry

:-(*)
Makes Me Sick

:-S

Makes No Sense

@@@@:-)
Marge Simpson

@|-)

Meditating Smiley

#:-)
Messy Hair

8(:-)

Mickey Mouse

:)
Midget

~~:-(

Mohawk

:-{
Mustache

:-{)=

Mustache & Goatee

:-3
Mustache (Handlebar Type)

{:-{)}

Mustache and Beard

:-#
My Lips Are Sealed

(-)

Needs Haircut

):-(
Nordic

:/)

Not Amused

8-O
Omigod!

:=)

Orangutan

8>
Penguin

:-?

Pensive

:^)
Personality

3:]

Pet Dog

:8)
Pig

:---)

Pinnochio

P-(
Pirate

3:[

Pitbull

:-<
Pointy Mustache

}:^#)

Pointy Nosed

+<:-)
Pope

:-t

Pouting

:-[
Pouting variation

+:-)

Priest

;~[
Prizefighter

X:-)

Propeller Head

?-)
Proud of black eye

=:-)

Punk

=:-(
Punk Not Smiling

<(-'.'-)>

Puppy dog - it's a straight-on smiley

:-r
Rasberry

(((((:-{=

Rave Dude

:-C
Real Unhappy

~:-(

Really Bummed Out

:-))
Really Happy

([(

Robocop

[:]
Robot

@};---

Rose

3:*>
Rudolph the red nose reindeer

:-(

Sad

:(
Sad Turtle

:-d

Said with a smile

:-y
Said with a Smile variation

M:-)

Saluting

*<|:-)
Santa Claus

:->

Sarcastic

:-@
Screaming


Scuba Diver

)8-)
Scuba Diver with Hair

$__$
Sees Money

:-i
Semi-Smile

,:-)
Shaved Left Eyebrow

8-0
Shocked

+-(
Shot Between the Eyes

:-V
Shouting

:O
Singing

~:-P
Single Hair

:-/
Skeptical

':-/
Skeptical again

:-7
Skeptical variation

O-)
Smiley After Smoking a Banana

):-)
Smiley with Hair

:-,
Smirk

;^)
Smirking

:-iÂ
Smoking a cig

:-?
Smoking a pipe

:-Q
Smoking while talking

~~~~8}
Snake

:-( <|
Standing Firm

=%-O
Stared at Computer Way Too Long

%-)
Staring at a Screen for 15 hours

(8-{)}
Sunglasses, Mustache, Beard

/8^{~
Sunglasses, Mustache, Goatee

:0
Surprised

`:-)
Sweating

,:-)
Sweating on the Other Side

:-0
Talkative

:-S
Talking Gibberish

&-|
Tearful

-(:)(0)=8
Teletubby

:-)---
Thin as a Pin

%-\
Tired

:-?Â
Tongue Sticking Out

:-&
Tongue Tied

:-a
Tongue Touching Nose

*!#*!^*&:-
Total Head Case

}(:-(
Toupee Blowing in Wind

:-)))
Triple Chin

<:>==
Turkey

x:-/
Uncertain

=):-)
Uncle Sam

:-\
Undecided

:-|
Unfazed

|:-)
Unibrow

|:-|
Unyielding

:-[
Vampire

:-)))
Very Happy

%')
Very Tired

(:-(
Very Unhappy

:-<
Walrus

@:-)
Wavy Hair

{(:-)
Wearing a Toupee

[:-)
Wearing a Walkman

8-)
Wearing Contacts

B-)
Wearing Glasses

:-{}
Wearing Lipstick

]-I
Wearing Sunglasses

{:-)
Wears a Toupee

:-1
Whatever

:-"
Whistling

;^?
Wigged Out

'-)
Winking

,-)
Winking Happy

;-)
Winking variation

#-)
Wiped out, partied all night

8<:-)
Wizard

-=#:-) \
Wizard with Wand

:-)8 :
Woman

:~)
Wondering

,-}
Wry and Winking

:-7
Wry Face

l-O
Yawning

:-(0)
Yelling

=8-0
Yikes!

$-)
Yuppie

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  • thatgrrl Mar 31, 2012 @ 7:39 pm | delete
    Lots of one liners. But you don't write ASCII art correctly. ASCII is a short form, not a word. It needs all capital letters.

    The ASCII lion you posted needs a fixed width font. It also needs the artist initials.
  • Feb 11, 2009 @ 10:02 pm | delete
    Holy Cow! I had no idea there were so many keyboard expressions. :~O
    Very unique and interesting lens!

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