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General discussion on ASCII art. Unicode art, ANSI, figlet, image2ascii, historical interests, questions, etc. All are welcome!
What tools do you use? — I've been looking for a simple ASCII art editor for linux, open source, preferrably written in C (and definitely not Python or anything that pulls in random libraries and will stop working one day for no explainable reason) . Minimum requirements are: position the cursor anywhere, enter weird characters easily. Draw boxes and lines in various directions. Also, cut and paste as lines or boxes. I haven't found such a thing. There is a proliferation of online crap, but I...
💬 5 comments · Dec 21 · 7 days ago
— Dissecting a Snake (Plissken)
ASCII art find via discogem. I like the explanations of how it was made on Snake.
💬 2 likes · Dec 20 · 9 days ago
Miscellaneous plants — [preformatted]
💬 3 comments · 7 likes · Dec 18 · 11 days ago
Shadow Wolf Cyberzine — If you're on gemini, there's a 100% probability you will think this is cool.
💬 2 comments · 7 likes · Nov 28 · 4 weeks ago
Thanksgiving is over, time for christmas! — [preformatted]
💬 11 likes · Nov 24 · 5 weeks ago
Found this neat capsule that makes ASCII text in Geminispace
💬 3 comments · 1 like · Nov 21 · 5 weeks ago
Homer Simpson — [preformatted]
💬 2 comments · 9 likes · Nov 20 · 6 weeks ago
Magic Gopher — This one was fun to make! I spent a lot of time playing with different variations of the glitter trail behind the wand, and landed on something very minimal. I generated the reference image using DALL-E with the following prompt: Illustration of a charming gopher dressed in a pink tutu, gracefully twirling on her toes. She holds a sparkling magic wand in her paw and waves it in the air. Admittedly it came out looking more like a chipmunk than a gopher, but that's alright since...
💬 4 comments · 6 likes · Nov 10 · 7 weeks ago
whirlwind | sword in the stone | mushoom — Some semi-recent stuff that I've done. This one is kind of an abstract whirlwind/tornado. I think it would be cool to put some words swirling around inside, but I haven't come up with anything yet. [preformatted] This is a scene from the disney movie "The Sword in the Stone", which is one of my favorite disney movies. There are some parts that I'm not totally happy with, but eh. [preformatted] This is a mushroom that I made for...
💬 5 likes · Oct 26 · 2 months ago
@mozz I'll see if I can get this working better in the next patch release. /s/ascii-art/6295
💬 2 comments · 1 like · Oct 18 · 2 months ago
tcf-x [ANSI] — Testing posting ANSI art to Bubble. This piece is from a 2015 art pack, [https link] I converted it from an .ans file to utf-8 using a custom version of this algorithm, [https link] The top is utf-8 only, the bottom is utf-8 with ansi colors, bold and other sequences. It seems to be breaking Lagrange for me, everything below the preformatted block is not parsed correctly. [preformatted] [preformatted]
💬 3 comments · Oct 18 · 2 months ago
Is Unicode art a thing? Is it hard to know that a viewer will have all Unicode fonts installed?
💬 4 comments · 2 likes · Oct 13 · 3 months ago
Wizards — Some fun wizards, each with unique little details that make them stand out. [preformatted]
💬 1 comment · 5 likes · Oct 13 · 3 months ago
Tiny Horses — I did a deep dive into the world of ASCII art horses. I found myself gravitating towards small-scale pictures. Here are some of my favorites. First up is one of my all-time favorite ASCII pieces. The horse on the top was drawn separately by sk, and then cjr took it and added the water/reflection underneath it. I love the details like the water splashing and the slight visual degradation of the mirror image in the water. [preformatted] I don't know who drew these ones, but I...
💬 3 likes · Oct 10 · 3 months ago
llizard (ejm) — Enjoy the scroll [https link] (source) [preformatted]
💬 1 like · Oct 05 · 3 months ago
Fungi - Simple Organisms — This page is a fun art collab from a handful of modern ASCII & PETSCII artists. I copy-pasted some of the pictures below as a preview. The originals are in full color with a custom font, so check out the geocities link to get the full experience! [preformatted] [preformatted] [preformatted]
💬 3 comments · 3 likes · Sep 29 · 3 months ago
[NSFW] I want to get off — I just put together a mirror for a large ASCII art collection called "The ASCII Universe". As I was paging through some of the files, this one caught my eye. [preformatted] gopher//mozz.us:7070/mirrors/retrojunkie/
💬 5 likes · Sep 26 · 3 months ago
Scarecrow's ASCII Art Gallery — Bob Allison (aka "scarecrow") was a newgroup moderator and notable ASCII art collector in the early 90's. I was scrolling through one of his archive files, and I jotted down some notes on the pieces that I found particularly interesting....
💬 1 comment · 5 likes · Sep 23 · 3 months ago
Bluey — Some fan art for Bluey. As a parent, this is my favorite show on TV right now. It has the same kind of magic as early simpsons, which is hard to describe, but where the last 10 seconds can hit you in the gut with a wholesome message. [preformatted] Bonus: Here's my initial version, which was smaller scale and came out kind of derpy. It has its own derpy charm. [preformatted]
💬 2 comments · 2 likes · Sep 22 · 3 months ago
Surf the Internet — It's a thing of beauty. [preformatted] (bonus, the original drawing is a 3d stereogram where you're supposed to cross your eyes to see it properly) [preformatted]
💬 2 comments · 7 likes · Sep 15 · 3 months ago
I created Patate, it is an ascii art editor for the terminal (linux). [gemini link]
💬 7 comments · 4 likes · Sep 12 · 4 months ago
Nice bird — [preformatted]
💬 5 likes · Sep 11 · 4 months ago
cartwheel [preformatted] bike crash [preformatted] bike crash turned into cartwheel [preformatted] (diddled from a few reference pictures, authors unknown)
💬 1 comment · 3 likes · Sep 11 · 4 months ago
White Tower — Found this one randomly. I don't see much usenet-era ASCII art this large scale. [preformatted]
💬 9 likes · Jun 17 · 6 months ago
The McGuire Twins — Billy and Benny McCrary, the "world's fattest twins", riding their motorcycles across the country as part of a Honda promotion. [preformatted]
💬 5 likes · Jun 12 · 7 months ago
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