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FILE_ID.DIZ for the Mistigris Advent Calendar 2025

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Just like they'd done in 2023 and 2024, Mistigris was set to bring out ]an Advent calendar of ANSI art for December 2025. Just like in those previous years, I stepped in to contribute my own art. Unlike previous years, I ended up doing around half the art.

Late in development, with my being the most active artist on the project at that point, I drew the calendar's FILE_ID.DIZ, which is the text displayed on a BBS when the archive file containing it is selected in a file list. Traditionally, these files were plain ASCII text in monochrome, but ANSI artpacks historically have included their platform's applicable ANSI characters, so I drew mine with a mix of both. I then did a colorized version since modern BBS software also supports the ANSI-format full-color alternates that more recent artpacks have included. And in both cases, since I set out to have all my art for the pack be furry, I drew an ASCII catman with ANSI eyes and a jingle bell tied to his tail with a nice long ribbon. His name is Félix Navidad, and I'm happy with how he came out!

The first two lines are written the way they are because I wanted to spice them up in response to someone noting how plain they originally were, and I'd seen the name "Mistigris" capitalized as "MiSTiGRiS" elsewhere. Only afterward did I learn that "elite" capitalization in the artscene traditionally only applied to the letter "I", not every vowel. It still lends this piece a distinct look! Navidad would also make an appearance in the BBS door version's goodbye screen.

Drawn November 21, 2025!