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[I]ndex [O]ldschool Ascii AN[S]i art |
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[A]bout [N]ewschool Ascii N[F]O art |
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[E]xplore A[m]iga Ascii |
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BINARY PASSION -- 01♥ -- a little
tribute to textmode graphics.
Specifically, it's a tribute to
the artscene, a textmode
underground scene for ASCII and
ANSI art that peaked in the early
90's. An art form from a time
before there was a World Wide
Web, social media's tracking
scripts, and when connected life
depended upon dialup modems.
Ahh...
I like the nostalgia of the text
interfaces of old and the
creative mindset that we needed
to use all of the constraints of
the limited space, character set,
and set amount of colors to
achieve great things. And, to
this day, a lot of the tools we
rely upon is still run in the
terminal and the outout is ASCII
graphics.
This little site consists of
various resources collected and
curated over the years. Enjoy,
and take a little dive into text
mode art and reminess the old
times or get some insights into
how it used to be.
-- bzr
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-╖- ART -╖-
Great resources
to get started:
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| Sixteen Colors |
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| An archive of ANSI and ASCII art, |
| preserving artpacks released |
| through the BBS underground art |
| scene from the early 1990s to the |
| present time. |
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| Artpacks.org |
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| Artpacks.org is an archive of the |
| BBS, ANSI, and ASCII art scenes |
| from 1990 to the present. Artpacks |
| are recognized as one of the |
| primary reasons the early computer |
| art scene is so well preserved and |
| documented compared to other |
| underground computer scenes at the |
| time. |
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| aSCIIaRENA |
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| Up Rough and Divine Stylers have |
| created a community for ASCII |
| artists. It is focused on the Amiga |
| scene and art produced to be viewed |
| with the Amiga fonts. |
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| ANSI Files at Defacto2 |
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| Defacto2 is a website committed to |
| preserving the historic PC cracking |
| and warez scene subcultures. It |
| covers digital objects, including |
| text files, demos, music, art, |
| magazines, and other projects. This |
| is the collection of ANSI files. |
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| text-mode.org |
+--------------------------------------+
| Text graphics: ASCII, PETSCII and |
| its distant relatives. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| Cleaner Alternative Museum |
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| Here, you will find ASCii, ANSi, and |
| Demoscene productions. Frederic |
| Cambus has put a lot of love and |
| labor into building a fantastic |
| resource for the old art scene. |
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+--------------------------------------+
| Text Art by Roy/SAC |
+--------------------------------------+
| Retired ASCII and ANSI artist |
| Carsten Cumbrowski put together a |
| great resource on roysac.com |
| between 2000-2014. Information |
| about more or less everything |
| related to the art scene of text |
| mode art. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| Mistigris |
+--------------------------------------+
| Outlier computer arts since 1994 |
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+--------------------------------------+
| ASCII ART - TEXTFILES |
+--------------------------------------+
| An extensive collection of ASCII art |
| packs and releases from the early |
| '90s and forward. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| ART PACKS - TEXTFILES |
+--------------------------------------+
| A collection of monthly "Art Packs", |
| where groups of artists would |
| release the previous 30 days' worth |
| of work. It started as ANSI-related |
| artwork but included ASCII art, |
| pixel art, and poetry. |
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| THE ACiD COLLECTION - TEXTFILES |
+--------------------------------------+
| A collection of artpacks, artwork, |
| photographs, and other artifacts |
| from the group ACiD (ANSI Creators |
| in Demand). One of the groups I was |
| active in way back… |
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| This is the FILE_ID.DIZ version |
| of the site, capped at 44 chars |
| wide. It makes it accessable on a |
| mobile, but lacks a lot of the |
| artwork presented in the wider |
: version. So, feel free to rotate |
, your device or come back when |
| you're at a larger screen. |
|_______________________,,//__ . ._____|
BINARY PASSION -- 01♥ -- a little tribute to textmode graphics.
Specifically, it's a tribute to the artscene, a textmode
underground scene for ASCII and ANSI art that peaked in the early
90's. An art form from a time before there was a World Wide Web,
social media's tracking scripts, and when connected life depended
upon dialup modems. Ahh...
I like the nostalgia of the text interfaces of old and the creative
mindset that we needed to use all of the constraints of the
limited space, character set, and set amount of colors to achieve
great things. And, to this day, a lot of the tools we rely upon is
still run in the terminal and the outout is ASCII graphics.
This little site consists of various resources collected and
curated over the years. Enjoy, and take a little dive into text
mode art and reminess the old times or get some insights into how
it used to be.
-- bzr
__/\___________/\__________/\_____
\______ __________ ___ ___/___
_/ __ /_/ ________/7 | /
\ \| \_ | \_ | \_
\_____| /_____| /______ /
+------------------------ |____/ ---- |____/ ---- |____/ -------------------+
T E X T M 0 D E A R T
Great resources to get started
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Sixteen Colors |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| An archive of ANSI and ASCII art, preserving artpacks released through the |
| BBS underground art scene from the early 1990s to the present time. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Artpacks.org |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Artpacks.org is an archive of the BBS, ANSI, and ASCII art scenes from |
| 1990 to the present. Artpacks are recognized as one of the primary |
| reasons the early computer art scene is so well preserved and documented |
| compared to other underground computer scenes at the time. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| aSCIIaRENA |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Up Rough and Divine Stylers have created a community for ASCII artists. It |
| is focused on the Amiga scene and art produced to be viewed with the |
| Amiga fonts. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ANSI Files at Defacto2 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Defacto2 is a website committed to preserving the historic PC cracking and |
| warez scene subcultures. It covers digital objects, including text files, |
| demos, music, art, magazines, and other projects. This is the collection |
| of ANSI files. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| text-mode.org |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Text graphics: ASCII, PETSCII and its distant relatives. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Cleaner Alternative Museum |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Here, you will find ASCii, ANSi, and Demoscene productions. Frederic |
| Cambus has put a lot of love and labor into building a fantastic resource |
| for the old art scene. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Text Art by Roy/SAC |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Retired ASCII and ANSI artist Carsten Cumbrowski put together a great |
| resource on roysac.com between 2000-2014. Information about more or less |
| everything related to the art scene of text mode art. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Mistigris |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Outlier computer arts since 1994 |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ASCII ART - TEXTFILES |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| An extensive collection of ASCII art packs and releases from the early |
| '90s and forward. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ART PACKS - TEXTFILES |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A collection of monthly "Art Packs", where groups of artists would release |
| the previous 30 days' worth of work. It started as ANSI-related artwork |
| but included ASCII art, pixel art, and poetry. |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| THE ACiD COLLECTION - TEXTFILES |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| A collection of artpacks, artwork, photographs, and other artifacts from |
| the group ACiD (ANSI Creators in Demand). One of the groups I was active |
| in way back… |
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