Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive

Forums Actually Working

It was brought to my attention that there were two major problems with the forums. The navigation was not visible in Internet Explorer (DAMN YOU Microsoft!) Attempting to sign up created an error Both of these problems should be corrected.

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Sixteen Colors Forum

I have planned for quite a long time to add an intricate commenting system to the site. Clearly, that has not happened. I have finally broken down and put up a simple forum. Please, jump in, start talking, and we’ll keep the community alive and hopefully increase interest in the ANSI medium.

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Celebrating a Legendary Group

I got a note from The Night Angel this week. I will let his words do the talking. February 9th, 2009 will mark the ten year anniversary of the death of AWE Lettering. To celebrate, I would like to release a new pack, AWE-22. Our mission back in those days was to promote the creation [...]

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With a Little Help from My Friends

I am ready to get back into development of the site, and in the process a big question is brewing in my mind. Do I continue development as is, or do I make a change to allow for more collaboration? I am currently developing the site in the .NET Framework using Microsoft SQL Server. This [...]

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Blocktronics

It seems that no matter how far we drift from the days of the Bulletin Board System, ANSI continues to live on. Proof of this is evident in the creation of a new group, Blocktronics, that is attempting to use modern tools to redefine how ANSI is created and released. The original concept was to [...]

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Roots Inaugural Release

Retribution has come through on his promise. The inaugural roots pack has been released. In the process it has managed to pull the likes of Jack Phlash, Ceelow and Kid Frost out of the wood works.

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48 Packs Recovered

When I originally imported all of the packs I have on disk several failed to import. Most of this were due to the fact that the packs used a zip compression method called Decode64. I am pleased to announce that with the aid of Cake3 I have been able to unpack those missing packs. The [...]

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Know Your Roots

Retribution is determined to continue to live the dream. Rather than try to restate what he has to say, take a look at his announcement.

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Open Wall

One of the greatest features of Pablo Draw is the ability to connect to a server over the internet and draw with multiple people. th0r has thrown up a Pablo Server for all to use. He is keeping it running at let.the.fbi.be:700. According to th0r it is open to all styles and has no time [...]

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ANSI Art in Video

Geek Entertainment TV has published their piece on the 20 goto 10 gallery showing. The piece runs about five minutes long and gives you a good look at the scrollers that Kevin and company put together. There’s even a small bit with me toward the end.

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