My relatively unique style is recognised within the textmode community because I haven't been good at following the industry standards and traditions about font, character dimensions, texty file formats and overall style. From day one, I have been using Ubuntu Mono due to its modern and elegant look and feel. To boot, the font of my choosing isn't a hardware font which should be preferred according to some. Additionally, the themes in my work have been leaning increasingly towards the uncommon: gothic aesthetics, esotericism and all that. In conclusion, my art is conscious choices of the tools and methods used, and the rules broken.
The flower you are seeing right now is unique. It'll only bloom for this day and for you. After a day your flower will perish into the digital void forever. This piece explores the ephemerality of human experience. Embrace the moment while it lasts.
There is a time when a reign ends and new period begins; the king has fallen and something new will emerge from the dust. Death sprouts life. I've been trying my best developing as an artist for a few years now. This represents the transition from merely practising drawing to imbuing every piece with a deeper meaning.
Creation of Adam is purely fictional. My interpretation shows the reality of the proclaimed situation. We can spend eternities reaching out to the nonexistent or we can move forward and appreciate new ways of existing both as humankind and as an art scene. The display method for this piece was chosen for the very purposes and as it benefits from a big display.
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Animating ASCII isn't a simple feat; each frame has to be drawn by hand. Whereas small scale animations with one or two moving characters are common, large-scale animated ASCII with jitter is something from another world. Helping to randomise the symbols in each hand-drawn frame, going through the character palette one by one, I developed a script to assign alternative symbols. It was tedious work and I haven't used the script since. Oh, but it was worth it!
This style, old school ASCII, has a long history. I have been experimenting with it in different situations. Varying the degree of detailing, I think I've landed on the sweetspot where I feel the most confident. Usually, seeing the picture in old school ASCII graphics requires the audience to use imagination especially in smaller scales. When done right it is a powerful yet simple style which somewhat represents the pencil drawing of the textmode universe.
True mastery comes from a combination of perfected techniques, right? This piece in all its simplicity is a blend of new school, ASCII dotwork, anti-aliasing and shading. Distinctly, the superimposed effect makes the 3-dimensional cranium pop out of the greyed canvas. All in all, it's just a handful of illusions.
In the textmode cosmos, new school ASCII is pretty common nowadays. The style is often associated with graffiti-like logos with ever so smooth curves. But that's not my kind of soup. I utilise this patterning technique to conjure up the third dimension. In addition, I have found that filling the shapes with text makes the piece immensely more interesting.