On: The Art of Warez Documents the Lost ANSI Art Scene...

[apetresc]

ANSI art and ASCII art are two distinct things. This is definitely referring to ANSI art.

[api → apetresc]

This thread makes me feel old in a good way. Who remembers TheDraw?

[pridkett → api]

I wasted so much time trying to make non-terrible animated ANSI art with TheDraw. I remember the first time I realized I could run it in 80x43 mode instead of 80x25 mode and my mind was completely blown.

I also remember what a pain it was if you wanted to change color schemes. Especially on an animated piece. I had a BBS animated main screen that originally was red and yellow and at some point I decided bright blue and green would be more “3733+” and I needed to step through it character by character.

[loloquwowndueo → api]

I DO!! An artist friend was a wizard with that thing, awesome watching him work. I could never produce anything beyond shapeless confetti.

[core-questions → api]

I used to use ACiD Draw for this kind of thing. The blinking parts were my favourite, you could almost make crude animation with it.

[dleslie → api]

PabloDraw is a modern alternative worth checking out.

[marshal_law → api]

I do. Brings back some memories - as someone whose handle appeared in the video a few times. :)

[glonq → apetresc]

And don't forget ATASCII art/animation?