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[I]ndex [O]ldschool Ascii N[F]O art |
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[A]bout [N]ewschool Ascii AN[S]i art |
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[E]xplore A[m]iga Ascii |
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| 01
♥ |
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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 before
there was the World Wide Web,
social media tracking scripts,
and when the connected life
depended upon dialup modems.
Ahh...
_,/\__
_,/\_ ____ \\ /____ _,/\__
__\ | /_| /_\ /______
\ \\__ | _/_ | | __//
_/ / \ \_ | \_ | \_
\_______ ╓_/___| ╓_/____ ╓_/
|______/ |_____/ \\______/
-╖- WHY -╖-
I like the nostalgia of the old
text interfaces and the creative
mindset that we needed to use all
of the constraints of limited
space, character set, and set
amount of colors to achieve great
things. Many tools we rely on
are still run in the terminal,
and the output 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. If you were
around, remember the old times;
if you weren’t, get inspired and
explore a few of the resources if
this piques your interest.
-- Chris // bzr
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\__
__\_____ /__\_ _ \_\ /______
\\__ _ _/_ | _/_ ______//
_/ | \_ \_ | \_
\_______ ╓_/___| ╓_/____ ╓_/
|______/ |______/ |_____/
-╖- ART -╖-
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. |
+--------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------+
| 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... |
+--------------------------------------+
________//______________________________
| |
| 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 before there was the World Wide Web, social
media tracking scripts, and when the connected life depended upon
dialup modems. Ahh...
_,/\__
_,/\_ ____ \\ /____ _,/\__
__\ | /_| /_\ /______
\ \\__ | _/_ | | __//
_/ / \ \_ | \_ | \_
\_______ ╓_/___| ╓_/____ ╓_/
+------------------------|______/----|_____/--\\______/----------------------+
I like the nostalgia of the old text interfaces and the creative
mindset that we needed to use all of the constraints of limited
space, character set, and set amount of colors to achieve great
things. Many tools we rely on are still run in the terminal, and
the output 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. If you were around, remember the old times; if you weren’t,
get inspired and explore a few of the resources if this piques your
interest.
-- Chris // bzr
_,/\______ _,/\______ _,/\__
__\_____ /__\_ _ \_\ /______
\ \\__ _ _/_ | _/_ ______// /
_/ | \_ \_ | \_
\_______ ╓_/___| ╓_/____ ╓_/
+------------------------|______/----|______/----|_____/---------------------+
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. |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 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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