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    From Richard Bagshaw@VERT to All on Sat Jul 12 11:17:33 2025
    Just set my BBS up, loving it, but man, I wish I could do ANSI art and make it look "mine" - I am technical but one thing I am not is creative :(

    bagwaa
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Richard Bagshaw on Sat Jul 12 11:53:19 2025
    Re: ANSI art
    By: Richard Bagshaw to All on Sat Jul 12 2025 11:17 am

    Just set my BBS up, loving it, but man, I wish I could do ANSI art and make it look "mine" - I am technical but one thing I am not is creative :(

    I've always been the same way, more technical than creative.. I've often done things like basic ANSI menu screens, but always felt like I didn't have the creative side to do ANSI art.

    Nightfox

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  • From Richard Bagshaw@VERT to Nightfox on Sat Jul 12 21:34:54 2025
    Re: ANSI art
    By: Nightfox to Richard Bagshaw on Sat Jul 12 2025 11:53:19

    I've always been the same way, more technical than creative.. I've often done things like basic ANSI menu screens, but always felt like I didn't have the creative side to do ANSI art.

    I feel like it's more of a "gift" than something you can just learn.
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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Richard Bagshaw on Sun Jul 13 03:23:50 2025
    Re: ANSI art
    By: Richard Bagshaw to All on Sat Jul 12 2025 11:17 am

    look "mine" - I am technical but one
    thing I am not is creative :(

    In the same boat, here. But you know,
    you'd be surprised what you can do when
    you just open up an editor, put in all
    the main menu commands, a box here, a
    line there, and bam.. custom main menu.
    Maybe another line...

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  • From Bagwaa@VERT/NOTTSBBS to phigan on Sun Jul 13 14:11:37 2025
    Re: ANSI art
    By: phigan to Richard Bagshaw on Sun Jul 13 2025 03:23:50

    In the same boat, here. But you know,
    you'd be surprised what you can do when
    you just open up an editor, put in all
    the main menu commands, a box here, a
    line there, and bam.. custom main menu.
    Maybe another line...

    haha, yeah, I did think about just doing that, not even sure what the decent editors are, I looked at something called "durdraw" which looks kinda neat.

    One thing I did wonder is if I could somehow finagle AI todo all the heavy listing for me, but it seems to only want to create ASCII art and it's VERY basic even by my standards lmao.

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