Ten years ago, I made my first parallax-scrolling ANSI art animation. Today I cleaned it up, made it smoother and added titles and credits.
The original was a user-controllable tech demo I made for my late daughter Jadzia on our BBS, "Guardian of Forever."
#bbs #ansiart #textmode #retrocomputing
The original was a user-controllable tech demo I made for my late daughter Jadzia on our BBS, "Guardian of Forever."
#bbs #ansiart #textmode #retrocomputing
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Ten years ago, I made my first parallax-scrolling ANSI art animation. Today I cleaned it up, made it smoother and added titles and credits.
The original was a user-controllable tech demo I made for my late daughter Jadzia on our BBS, "Guardian of Forever."
#bbs #ansiart #textmode #retrocomputing
The original was a user-controllable tech demo I made for my late daughter Jadzia on our BBS, "Guardian of Forever."
#bbs #ansiart #textmode #retrocomputing
Mistigram: a synthesis of ##ANSIart and ##ASCIIart, all you need to know about this ##skull is that it's all scream. It was drawn as a creepy guest appearance by our main liaison with the new @0xpizzatoe.bsky.social computer art community, Jackey, and was included in the spooky MIST1024 artpack
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Mistigram: a synthesis of ##ANSIart and ##ASCIIart, all you need to know about this ##skull is that it's all scream. It was drawn as a creepy guest appearance by our main liaison with the new @0xpizzatoe.bsky.social computer art community, Jackey, and was included in the spooky MIST1024 artpack
Mistigram: I don't know where DW of Dark Systems BBS sourced the pattern from, but he adapted it into this ##ANSIart illustration of ##Halloween killer ##MichaelMyers. This screen was included in the spooky MIST1022 artpack collection.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Mistigram: I don't know where DW of Dark Systems BBS sourced the pattern from, but he adapted it into this ##ANSIart illustration of ##Halloween killer ##MichaelMyers. This screen was included in the spooky MIST1022 artpack collection.
Mistigram: This chilling ##ANSIart moment of ##MoeSzyslak joining his jar of pickled eggs comes from 2001's ##TheSimpsons ##TreehouseOfHorror vignette Hex and the City (S13E1) and was drawn by Cthulu with help from Zeus II and LDA. It was included in the spooky new MIST1025 artpack.
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Mistigram: This chilling ##ANSIart moment of ##MoeSzyslak joining his jar of pickled eggs comes from 2001's ##TheSimpsons ##TreehouseOfHorror vignette Hex and the City (S13E1) and was drawn by Cthulu with help from Zeus II and LDA. It was included in the spooky new MIST1025 artpack.
Mistigram: Boo! Here's LDA's ##blockASCII / ##ANSIart FILE_ID for the spooky new MIST1025 artpack collection, including a modest dose of seasonal computer art in vintage & ##textmode graphics formats. Browse the complete collection via https://16colo.rs/pack/mist1025/
October 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Mistigram: Boo! Here's LDA's ##blockASCII / ##ANSIart FILE_ID for the spooky new MIST1025 artpack collection, including a modest dose of seasonal computer art in vintage & ##textmode graphics formats. Browse the complete collection via https://16colo.rs/pack/mist1025/
Mistigram: we've run the numbers... you can't have an artpack without ##ANSIart, sad but true, and so the spooky new MIST1025 collection contains a bunch of it. Here's a sampling of it, on many different topics and in many varied styles!
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Mistigram: we've run the numbers... you can't have an artpack without ##ANSIart, sad but true, and so the spooky new MIST1025 collection contains a bunch of it. Here's a sampling of it, on many different topics and in many varied styles!
Super alpha running in real-time rendering in ANSI mode.
Yūsuke; Chasing Dreams.
Basically what we see here is the fresh retro render and a second image that is basically a placeholder for now that's auto-generated.
Yep the dunk engine can do ANSI real-time rendering 👌🏼
#Indiedev
#ansiart
Yūsuke; Chasing Dreams.
Basically what we see here is the fresh retro render and a second image that is basically a placeholder for now that's auto-generated.
Yep the dunk engine can do ANSI real-time rendering 👌🏼
#Indiedev
#ansiart
October 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Art the Clown, the eighth in my trilogy of horror icon ANSI renditions, for October of the 2025 Fire Graphics calendar.
#calendar #october #arttheclown #terrifier #horror #movie #fanart #ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #computerart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics
#calendar #october #arttheclown #terrifier #horror #movie #fanart #ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #computerart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics
October 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Art the Clown, the eighth in my trilogy of horror icon ANSI renditions, for October of the 2025 Fire Graphics calendar.
#calendar #october #arttheclown #terrifier #horror #movie #fanart #ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #computerart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics
#calendar #october #arttheclown #terrifier #horror #movie #fanart #ansi #ansiart #textmode #textmodeart #computerart #digitalart #demoscene #bbs #retrocomputing #retrographics
Mistigram: from the MIST1022 artpack collection released three years ago, here's a very jolly and atmospheric #ANSIart illustration of some merry #jackolantern action down at the pumpkin patch, drawn by LDA.
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Mistigram: from the MIST1022 artpack collection released three years ago, here's a very jolly and atmospheric #ANSIart illustration of some merry #jackolantern action down at the pumpkin patch, drawn by LDA.
To anyone who's played/seen/heard of my ZZT game "Cyber Purge" and wonders if I regret naming the hero "Takami Bluesky" after recent events:
Let the record show I had never heard of this site until two years after the game was released.
Trans rights are human rights.
#FurryArt #ANSIArt #PixelArt
Let the record show I had never heard of this site until two years after the game was released.
Trans rights are human rights.
#FurryArt #ANSIArt #PixelArt
October 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
To anyone who's played/seen/heard of my ZZT game "Cyber Purge" and wonders if I regret naming the hero "Takami Bluesky" after recent events:
Let the record show I had never heard of this site until two years after the game was released.
Trans rights are human rights.
#FurryArt #ANSIArt #PixelArt
Let the record show I had never heard of this site until two years after the game was released.
Trans rights are human rights.
#FurryArt #ANSIArt #PixelArt
Mistigram: this #ANSIart portrait of the accursed #GenmaSaotome (the world's unhappiest #panda) from the #Ranma12 manga was drawn by @zeusii.bsky.social for use on the #anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (SHS) BBS. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.
September 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mistigram: this #ANSIart portrait of the accursed #GenmaSaotome (the world's unhappiest #panda) from the #Ranma12 manga was drawn by @zeusii.bsky.social for use on the #anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (SHS) BBS. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.
Mistigram: If last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection hadn't contained a piece of fanart for ##KatsuhiroOtomo's ##Akira, it would simply have been incomplete. Cthulu had to oblige, adapting this late scene of biker ##Kaneda and the film's logo to ##ANSIart.
September 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Mistigram: If last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection hadn't contained a piece of fanart for ##KatsuhiroOtomo's ##Akira, it would simply have been incomplete. Cthulu had to oblige, adapting this late scene of biker ##Kaneda and the film's logo to ##ANSIart.
Mistigram: @zeusii.bsky.social drew this ##ANSIart illustration of ##AlphonseElric from ##HiromuArakawa's ##FullmetalAlchemist manga as a menu for the ##anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere BBS. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.
September 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Mistigram: @zeusii.bsky.social drew this ##ANSIart illustration of ##AlphonseElric from ##HiromuArakawa's ##FullmetalAlchemist manga as a menu for the ##anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere BBS. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.
Mistigram: Cthulu drew an #ANSIart adaptation of this weirdly typical moment of unbelievable violence and gore from the unforgettable #FistOfTheNorthStar / #HokutoNoKen for last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.
September 26, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Mistigram: Cthulu drew an #ANSIart adaptation of this weirdly typical moment of unbelievable violence and gore from the unforgettable #FistOfTheNorthStar / #HokutoNoKen for last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.
Mistigram: returning once more to the #anime #CowboyBebop, this suite of mini #ANSIart illustrations on the subject was drawn by @consolejockey.bsky.social and included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.
September 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Mistigram: returning once more to the #anime #CowboyBebop, this suite of mini #ANSIart illustrations on the subject was drawn by @consolejockey.bsky.social and included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.
Mistigram: you've all seen the meme - the android ##YutaroKatori from the 1991 ##TheBraveOfSunFighbird series points at a butterfly and asks if it's a pigeon? But you've never seen it drawn before by LDA in ##ANSIart. This was included in last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack.
September 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Mistigram: you've all seen the meme - the android ##YutaroKatori from the 1991 ##TheBraveOfSunFighbird series points at a butterfly and asks if it's a pigeon? But you've never seen it drawn before by LDA in ##ANSIart. This was included in last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack.
Mistigram: this ##ANSIart portrait of ##MimaKirigoe from ##SatoshiKon's 1997 ##PerfectBlue was drawn by Cthulu and included in last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.
September 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Mistigram: this ##ANSIart portrait of ##MimaKirigoe from ##SatoshiKon's 1997 ##PerfectBlue was drawn by Cthulu and included in last month's ##anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.
Hello #TextMode SysOps! I noticed a lot of new BBS this month but most have default menus! Ew!
Do you need #ANSIart graphics for your menus, games, or fileid.diz packs? I'm not asking for money but I want to support the #BBS scene and continue to see it grow; Make new #SysOp friends even!
DM ME!
Do you need #ANSIart graphics for your menus, games, or fileid.diz packs? I'm not asking for money but I want to support the #BBS scene and continue to see it grow; Make new #SysOp friends even!
DM ME!
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Digging through the archives, Here is some more #ANSIart I made for #HypernodeBBS using #CP437. Still working toward getting the board back online, but until then I’ll keep posting these pieces. Some may even return later as #MysticBBS doors or mods.
🔍 #TextMode | #ASCII | #Sysop | #Telnet | #BBS
🔍 #TextMode | #ASCII | #Sysop | #Telnet | #BBS
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Digging through the archives, Here is some more #ANSIart I made for #HypernodeBBS using #CP437. Still working toward getting the board back online, but until then I’ll keep posting these pieces. Some may even return later as #MysticBBS doors or mods.
🔍 #TextMode | #ASCII | #Sysop | #Telnet | #BBS
🔍 #TextMode | #ASCII | #Sysop | #Telnet | #BBS
Mistigram: this eerie #ANSIart illustration by @discgator.bsky.social depicts the sinister #Makima from #TatsukiFujimoto's #ChainsawMan manga and #anime. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection!
September 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mistigram: this eerie #ANSIart illustration by @discgator.bsky.social depicts the sinister #Makima from #TatsukiFujimoto's #ChainsawMan manga and #anime. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection!
Mistigram: @n1tr0n613.bsky.social drew this ##ANSIart illustration of ##ShogoYahagi escaping with the Garland motorbike from the ##Megazone23 ##anime (or if you prefer, ##MarkLandry stealing the ##MODAT5 in ##Robotech.) It was included in the SF-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.
September 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Mistigram: @n1tr0n613.bsky.social drew this ##ANSIart illustration of ##ShogoYahagi escaping with the Garland motorbike from the ##Megazone23 ##anime (or if you prefer, ##MarkLandry stealing the ##MODAT5 in ##Robotech.) It was included in the SF-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.