Generate pixel art with Unicode block characters!

gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-01-07-unicodeart.gmi

=> gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-01-07-unicodeart.gmi

=> Posted in: s/PixelArt | ☯️ dragfyre

Jan 09 · 10 days ago · 👍 gritty, drh3xx, erick

9 Comments ↓

=> ☯️ dragfyre [OP] · Jan 09 at 07:22:

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▄▀ █ █ ▀▄

█ ▀▄▄ ▄▄▀ █

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Hmm, it doesn't show up quite right on BBS, it seems.

=> 🕹️ skyjake [...] · Jan 09 at 09:25:

Put it in a preformatted block and it should be fine.

Like so

=> ☯️ dragfyre [OP] · Jan 09 at 09:51:

Oh yeah lol.

 █   █         █  █       
 █▄▄▄█  ▄▀▀▀▄  █  █  ▄▀▀▀▄
 █   █  █▀▀▀▀  █  █  █   █
 ▀   ▀   ▀▀▀   ▀  ▀   ▀▀▀ 

win 😎

=> 💎 pista · Jan 10 at 00:39:

Adding my projects that do similar:

gemini://brainsocks.xyz/projects/diglet/

gemini://brainsocks.xyz/projects/textart/

=> ☯️ dragfyre [OP] · Jan 10 at 01:08:

@pista yooo nice

⠀⡤⠶⠒⢲⠴⣿⣾⣤⠶⢦⣄⠀⠐⠀⠀
⢸⣙⣂⢐⢋⠠⣊⡓⢶⣛⣾⢝⡇⠀⠀⠀
⠸⢽⣽⣹⢳⢶⣏⡪⢕⣯⡽⡹⢟⣦⡀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⣾⣾⣽⣿⣭⣝⣾⣵⡳⣿⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⡿⣂⢜⡺⣟⡞⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣻⠠⣪⣾⣵⣹⠁⠀
⠀⠀⠀⣸⣹⣹⠽⠚⣩⣶⠿⠛⠋⢁⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠘⠶⠶⠴⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

=> ☯️ dragfyre [OP] · Jan 10 at 03:32:

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█▀ ▄▄▄▄   ▀████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀███
█ ███████   █████████▀▄▄▄▄    ▀█
█ ████████▄▄▀▀     █ ██████▄    
█▄▀██████▀         ▀▄▀██████    
███▄▀▀█▀            ▀▄▀████▀   ▄
██████▀ ▄▀▀▀▄   ▄▀▀▀▄ ▀▄▀▀  ▄▄██
█████▀ █ ██  █ █ ██  █  ▀▀██████
█████  ▀▄▀▀ ▄▀ ▀▄▀▀ ▄▀    ██████
██████   ▀▀▀ ▄▄  ▀▀▀     ███▀▄▄▀
███████     ████        █ █ ▀▀▀▄
████████▄    ▀▀  ▄    ▄█▀▄▀▀▀▀▀█
█████████▀▄▄ ▀▀▀▀  ▄▄██▀▄█▄▀▀██▄
████████ █████▄▄▄████▀▄▀ ▀███▄▄▄
███████▀▄████████▀▀▄▄▀    ▀█████
███████ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▄▄▄▀▀        █████

Marty the Mouse by DukeDarer:

https://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/144936.htm

=> ❄ uwu · Jan 14 at 12:39:

I want to try this but the server is untrusted it says

=> ❄ uwu · Jan 14 at 21:36:

               
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=> ❄ uwu · Jan 14 at 21:38:

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