ANSI Color Block Top 10 (percyshelley)
This is mirror of a 10-part series of articles on ANSI art in the Chinese/Taiwan BBS community.
Each part highlights a different piece of ANSI art, and discusses artistic qualities and the impact that it had on the larger scene. There are many references and comparisons to related works, and it's a great jumping off point to explore notable artists in this community.
This series is focused on "block style" ANSI art which uses block drawing characters and geometric shapes to create colorful pictures (although many of these pieces combine both block and line-drawing characters in creative ways).
It's really incredible stuff, and the first time that I've seen ASCII art critiqued as a legitimate art form.
Translated (english)
1. Silence here is better than sound: "Window" (parr)
2. The best scene of Jueai romantic: "White Crane" (windream)
3. The random flowers gradually become charming: "Small Town Scenery" (sylow)
4. Spring on the red apricot branches: "Qingming" (Shootbreak)
6. Boundless sceneries are new: "Four Seasons Station" (OrangeYu)
7. Two butterflies fly again: "Business Card File-Butterfly" (wut)
8. A pair of eyes with a pair of eyes: "Kenshin" (Gatchaman)
10. The stars are turning and a thousand sails are dancing: (Gatchaman)
Original (simplified chinese)
八、一双瞳人剪秋水：《Kenshin》(Gatchaman)
Assets
Source
These articles were scraped from the tutorials section of ANSIArt.org
http://ansiart.org/category/tutorials
The Chinese -> English translations were done with the help of Google Translate. As such, I'm sure they're imperfect and missing nuance.