Not content to be limited by the text of ASCII, people since the beginning of computer communication have used the given character set of a system to express themselves artistically. Ranging from the ubiquitous smiley :) to extreme photo-realistic digitizations of portraits, this art continues to this day and shows no sign of slowing down. Some of these are clunky, and some are too intense to be believed. But this whole genre shows that trying to force people into small standard boxes is never really successful.
Of course, this approach has blossomed into pure insanity within the world of the software pirates, who use ASCII artwork to herald their presumed greatness. Their files are in the Piracy section.
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ASCIIPR0NThe ASCII PR0N Collection, Courtesy of ASCIIPR0N.COM | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13.asc 1739 | ASCII Title Page for SPIKED!, a Game
| 152614.txt | 1944 | Excellent IBM ASCII Art of The Pits BBS
| 16ton | 707 | ASCII Art of a 16 Ton Weight
| 3x5.flf | 3968 | FIGLET FONT: 3x5 Font by Richard Kirk and Daniel Cabez Gras
| afinger.txt | 555 | ASCII Middle Finger (With Watch and Ring)
| alphabet.flf | 5632 | FIGLET FONT: Alphabet by Wendell Hicken (November, 1993)
| alt3dste.reo | 8147 | Some Genune Ascii Stereograms
| angela.art | 6656 | Pleasant ASCII Art Nude, "Angela"
| angi.txt | 8448 | ASCII Art Nude: Angi
| art0 | 1024 | July 4th/American Flag Ascii Art
| ascii.pic | 55148 | Don Dillon's Collection of ASCII Art Pictures
| asciiart.txt | 16048 | Collection of ASCII Art, including Teddy Bears and Disney's Pocohantis (November 1999)
| asciicod.txt | 5376 | A Table of ASCII Codes, by Aaron Priven
| bambi.vt | 12818 | VT100 ANIMATION: Bambi vs. Godzilla
| barney.txt | 3811 | ASCII Image of Barney the Dinosaur with Satanic Subliminals
| bassett.art | 5376 | Cleo, another Bassett Hound Dawg
| batgirl.art | 4687 | Batgirl, Naked, probably after Vargas
| beavis.asc | 826 | Beavis of Beavis and Butthead, in ASCII
| beer.vt | 14415 | VT100 ANIMATION: Time for a Beer Break, Folks!
| betty.art | 4818 | Innocuous Nude, "Betty"
| big.flf | 7190 | FIGLET FONT: The Big Font
| block.flf | 8586 | FIGLET FONT: Block Letters
| bnbascii.txt | 1651 | Beavis and Butthead in ASCII
| bob.pic | 1840 | Odd ASCII Picture of a Bob
| bobface.txt | 5249 | ASCII art of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
| bomb.vt | 2649 | VT100 ANIMATION: The Bomb Test
| bones.art | 4415 | Dr. Bones McCoy, Good Portrait
| bubble.flf | 3055 | FIGLET FONT: Bubble FOnt
| bugs | 2876 | ANSI Art of Bugs Bunny
| bunny.art | 10639 | Cheezy Playboy Bunny (Woman, not Rabbit)
| buysell.5bs | 1856 | Call the Buy Sell BBS Today! (Ad, ANSI)
| calgirl.art | 16256 | Odd 1985 Calandar with Nude Lady
| cartwhee.vt | 17418 | VT100 ANIMATION: Doing a Cartwheel
| charlie.art | 1663 | Charlie Brown
| clohe.art | 7680 | Loinclothed, Topless Lady. "Clohe"
| contessa.flf | 2560 | FIGLET FONT: The Contessa Font
| county88.hum | 3561 | Bill the Cat and Opus in '88!
| cow.txt | 29281 | Cows, Cows, and more (ASCII) Cows
| cows.txt | 29747 | The Complete Guide to Cows, by Eric W. Tilenius
| cowz.txt | 211543 | The Complete Guide to ASCII Cows
| cpu.txt | 1353 | Some Helpful ASCII Art of a Computer System
| cursepic.art | 1646 | CURSE YOU, RED BARON
| david.art | 9884 | Michaelangelo's "David"
| deborah.art | 10752 | "Deborah", sitting on a Stool
| delay.vt | 8512 | VT100 ANIMATION: A Small Delay
| dirty.vt | 25081 | VT100 ANIMATION: Someone Having an Awful Amount of Fun
| dogs.vt | 8904 | VT100 ANIMATION: Fucking Dogs
| dont-wor.vt | 15305 | VT100 ANIMATION: George Custer's Last Stand: Don't Worry, be Happy
| dragon.art | 17686 | Fun, Sleepy Cartoon Dragon
| dragon.txt | 888 | ASCII Art of a Winged Dragon
| drwho_pi | 5304 | ASCII Images from the Doctor Who TV Show
| eagle.art | 6144 | Full-Stoked American Eagle
| enterp.art | 7168 | Side view, U.S.S. Enterprise
| erusalem.flf | 9004 | FIGLET FONT: Erusalem Font
| ferrari.art | 43008 | Everyone got together and made a Ferrari!
| figlet.man | 17843 | DOCUMENTATION: The Figlet Program
| firework.vt | 34801 | VT100 ANIMATION: Fireworks by Chen Lin
| fireworks.vt | 6727 | VT100 ANIMATION: Guy Setting Off Fireworks
| fishy2.vt | 211945 | VT100 ANIMATION: Shamus the Fish by David Rybolt (1994)
| flag | 814 | ASCII Art of the American Flag
| fontpage.txt | 3237 | FIGLET FONT: Example Fonts Page
| fran.art | 7472 | Playboy Jokes Chick, With Nice Subliminal
| fu.sig | 480 | ASCII Art of a Middle Finger
| fuckyou.txt | 2188 | Nice, large, Profanic Middle Finger ASCII Art
| fuzzy.flf | 6016 | FIGLET FONT: Fuzzy Font
| george.art | 5120 | "George", nude male. Well, that's ONE....
| girl1.pic | 17413 | ASCII Artwork of a Nude Wearing a Bow
| girlface.txt | 11163 | ASCII of a Girl's Face
| glass.vt | 11620 | VT100 ANIMATION: Filling Glass of Liquid
| globe.vt | 29696 | VT100 ANIMATION: ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT Spinning Globe
| gothic.flf | 8832 | FIGLET FONT: Gothic Font
| graffiti.flf | 6272 | FIGLET FONT: Grafitti Font
| groucho.art | 4736 | Icon of Groucho Marx
| holly.art | 12786 | Posed Nude, "Holly"
| illumin.hum | 473 | Primus Illuminatus is Watching You
| ingrid.art | 14336 | Shy Nude, "Ingrid"
| jerusale.flf | 8633 | FIGLET FONT: Jerusalem (Hebrew) Font
| jessie.art | 13497 | Posed sideways nude, "Jessie"
| juanspla.vt | 41773 | VT100 ANIMATION: Plan File in the Form of a Typewriter
| jumble.vt | 28816 | VT100 ANIMATION: Jumbled Letters Form a Phrase
| kathy.art | 9932 | Topless, Jeans-wearing nude, "Kathy"
| kelly.art | 7278 | Simplistic happy nude, "Kelly"
| kennedy.art | 2560 | Portrait of John F. Kennedy
| kings.art | 3584 | |