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Next Sunday, 10 of May, I'll play with @ralt144mi at Chair de Poule in Paris at 7pm. We will perform our live coding project Living Pseudographics. If you are a…
Posted by adelfaure
dude i have no clue what to draw so i just made geometric shapes what the hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll at least they...
Posted by gab0gull
okay this is starting to really come together... #TextMode #IndieDev #GameDev #UI #GodotEngine #Playscii
Posted by nuzcraft.bsky.social
i think she's in a lot of pain... #petscii #art #textmode #c64 #digitalart #oc
Posted by robofoxishere.neocities.org
And the poster of this year Lyon's Algorave is out ! Nicely printed using risograph thanks to @eidamned and @ralt144mi (who also organize the event with @bubobu…
Posted by adelfaure
Still, political ANSI art was more of an exception in the early 1990s. PD artists were more likely to be inspired by pop culture or the theme of a particular BB…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
In 1990-91, America was involved in a very different conflict along the Persian Gulf. Polls showed Americans strongly supported the war effort. On BBSes, this l…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Mistodon: this nifty-galifty portrait (and logo!) of the puppet #XtheOwl from #MrRogersNeighborhood was drawn by @kirkman and placed 5th in the 2025 #ATASCII ar…
Posted by mistfunk
Lokke gave away his "Mack the Mouse" telecomics for free, hoping to entice BBS sysops to pay for access to his Online Publishing business. Subscribers could dow…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Lokke began publishing his "telecomics" at the height of the 1992 presidential election.He used them to channel the skepticism and anger felt by everyday Americ…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
In an alternate universe somewhere, nobody has heard of “webcomics.” Instead, there are thousands of “telecomics.”In 1992, Don Lokke Jr. coined the term “teleco…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
some #petscii #art I've made with a new #oc, she doesn't have a name yet (feel free to recommend a name :3) #textmode #c64 #digitalart
Posted by robofoxishere.neocities.org
In the decade after Ward Christensen and Randy Suess created the first BBS, there was a growing tension between commerce and the common good. BBSes were born in…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
In the early 1990s, as BBSes turned into businesses, some sysops and developers started making real money. Could ANSI artists and publishers do the same?https:/…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club