Its characters begin in 3D, where their forms and traits are designed and assembled. Custom-built tools then transform them into ASCII portraits composed entirely of letters, numbers, and symbols.

You won’t see your character right away. Each artwork begins in an encoded form, using one of three methods to record the symbols that make up its portrait: Punched card, Base64, Binary.

The result is an abstract record of the portrait, without preserving the original arrangement of its symbols. Every stage stands on its own as a finished artwork. You can choose to keep it as it is or explore what comes next.