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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 01/10/2026

Happy International Raccoon Day! Here's some art from a new project coming soon! Eddy the Cleaner about to take on the challenge of his life vs. the awkward photo they shot of him when he wasn't ready for it! #ANSIArt #TextmodeArt #IndieGame #PixelArt #FurryArt #Art

Smallscale ANSI art depicting an athletic raccoon man with long hair from an upcoming indie game jam game in two images. One shows him in green marathon running clothes with a long headband and running shoes with open soles, crouched with his hands on the ground and ready to start a race with determination in his eyes. The other is a portrait of him in a green polo shirt with a surprised, cartoony expression on his face, as if reacting to someone suddenly whipping out a smartphone camera right in front of him. Between them is the text "Eddy the Cleaner" in the classic IBM serif font.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 23/09/2026

My skunk's back for another #Skunktember spectacular! Elijah Oluwade (he/him) is full of pride, a man of taste, and a hero to us all! #FurryArt #PixelArt #Skunk #Retro #DOS #Art #OC #OCSky #Art #Furry

DOS pixelart of three versions of a red-eyed trans skunk man with coily fur named Elijah Oluwade (he/him) in front of a trans flag aura background and standing on trans flag painted ground. In the middle is his usual self: he stands giving a peace sign with a white twist-out, a red shrug hoodie which shows off his post-op top surgery scars, red cargo pants, and red spats attached to white soles revealing the claws on his feet. To the left is his formal attire: he wears his coily white hair twists long but thin, and is walking while wearing a black newsboy cap, a red collared shirt with rolled-up sleeves, a black vest, red dress pants with white suspenders, and white dress shoes. To the right is his pre-op superhero identity: dressed in red, he stands poised to fight with his clawed fingers curled; glowing red eyes; wild unkempt white hair; a shredded hooded jacket with the front belt connected to frame his breasts, the hood cut to let out his long hair, and the sleeves torn in the middle leaving just the cuffs; a jockstrap with a ripped partial skirt on one side; and ripped-up braces on his elbows, knees and ankles.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 13/09/2026

[Flashing images / sound warning] 🐟 Here's the #timelapse for Chorale's big solo pic! You can probably tell it took just over two weeks... but what if I told you I drew it almost entirely on my phone? #Pixquare #FurryNSFW #PixelArt #FurryArt #Furry #NSFW #Art #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky #DOS #Retro

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 12/09/2026

🦇 And of course, if you wanted 18+ alts, you've got 'em! Starting with "topless with boobs", then going on display in just gloves and stockings, and then nothing at all 🎵! 👀 There's something here for everyone 🎶! #FurryNSFW #PixelArt #FurryArt #Furry #NSFW #Art #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky #DOS #Retro

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 11/09/2026

🦇 Just like T.G. Hightower the Green Herring, I'm a genderfluid shifter with many forms for however I'm feeling that moment, whether I'm a masc, a fem or an enby. Which one's your favorite? 🎵 (Bonus shirtless mascs at the end!) #FurryArt #PixelArt #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky #Furry #DOS #Retro #Art

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 10/09/2026

🦇 Hi! I'm Chorale Ward, he/she/they. I'm the Green Herring's bat sona, and when I'm not battling the forces of evil, I write music! Pleasure to meet you! 🎶 #FurryArt #PixelArt #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky #Furry #DOS #Retro #Art

A DOS high-res pixel art image showing a bat woman posing with a purple aura around her. She is a California myotis with hair short on top and long in the back, and wings instead of arms. He lifts one spread wing up in the air with his other wing folded, and he is standing with one foot forward. Their feet appear as massive hands with long, sharp nails. He has separate magical arms appearing as outlines fading from yellow to red, with one fist on their hip and the other curled near her side facing the viewer. She is wearing a blue halter top holding up her ample bust, blue and white striped gloves and stockings on her magic arms and her legs, and tight-fitting jean short shorts with a prominent bulge in front. In the lower left corner, the name "Chorale Ward" appears in black italic block letters with a yellow-to-red magic aura, over an image of a bat flying behind it with a long magical trail shaped like a sound wave. Above it are the pronouns "he/she/they".

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 09/09/2026

🦇 Surely, this is a face that you can trust ;) (A snip from a #PixelArt WIP!) #FurryArt #Pixquare #Furry #Art #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky

A portrait-sized snip from a full-body picture of a California myotis bat lady wearing a blue halter top and two silver earrings on each ear. Her orange hair is short on top and long in the back. She has one wing lifted and is looking sidelong at the viewer. The shoulder outlines of her magic arms are visible, and she is surrounded by a purple aura.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 03/09/2026

One of my oldest friends, @pinkdodecahedron.bsky.social, turned a year older today, so I quickly drew this silly comic for him before I went to work today. Happy birthday! #ANSIArt #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #Art #Comic

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 30/08/2026

Now, here's the cover art of my chiptune rockfest "Chorale Ward vs. the Pseuno Army" (youtu.be/mSNto5MMhfY) by itself: the IBM #VGA Mode X #pixelart tale of a genderfluid bat defending the musicians of Pleasant Sound from evil music-stealing robots! #FurryArt #Retro #DOS #Art #Furry #FuckAI

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 29/08/2026

And then, of course, you have my regular presentation on my platforms and streams... where I'm big by default! x3 I need to do more art of this version, that's for sure!

A masculine but lean green fishperson with long parted hair wearing red glasses, earrings, a choker with a red medal, and a dark-red V-neck t-shirt over a heavy bosom, along with fishnet gloves and a black waist-high pleated skirt with pockets pushed slightly forward by their package, greets the visitor to their website with a smile and a wave of their hand, their other hand resting on their hip and their tail lifted. The text says: "The Green Herring: Art, Games and More!"

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 29/08/2026

So apparently, it's National Big Boob Day according to Urban Dictionary, so here's the one big 18+ thing I have for it at this time: a series from 2024 that I still like even if I've changed noticeably from this design since then. :3 #ANSIArt #FurryArt #FurryNSFW #OCSky #SonaSky #OC #Sona #NSFW

A green fishwoman with a black handbag and glasses in a red dress on a night out in a busy city, encouraging you to come along with her.

A green fishwoman with a black handbag and glasses in a red dress beckons you by the door of her home, number 3812, with one strap of her dress fallen to expose her heavy breast.

A top-heavy green fishwoman with a black handbag and glasses in a red dress stands in her living room with both straps down, her bosom exposed, waving you towards the entrance to her bedroom.

A top-heavy green fishwoman has shed her handbag, dress and glasses in her bedroom and now stands before you naked, showing you the curves of her body, ready for whatever you have in mind.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 07/08/2026

It's the alternate 1990s, you started the latest Mode X PC action game from Tailwind Softworks, and you've got three versions of a genderfluid hero to pick from. Select your bat! (Warning: 🔊 Loud!) #FurryArt #Animation #PixelArt #Music #Video #Retro #DOS #SoundBlaster #OPL2 #YM3812 #Chiptune #Art

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 03/08/2026

[Flashing images and sound warning] The #timelapse of the "Pleasant Day" art with the first minute-plus of the song itself! Had a bit of trouble figuring out the perspective, but drawing the background characters did the trick! #FurryArt #PixelArt #DOS #VGA #Retro #Art #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 01/08/2026

Yesterday, I posted a new song, "Pleasant Day" (youtu.be/AKEOVhJPiwA), and here's the cover art by itself! Happier music called for happier art, and I was due to be on the cover for once! So I went to the beach with my cast! :3 #FurryArt #PixelArt #DOS #VGA #Retro #Art #OC #Sona #OCSky #SonaSky

The cover art for "Pleasant Day" by The Green Herring has the title in a rainbow font above a sunny day at the beach. In the center is a smiling green fishperson with long hair and pointed ears with a masc body who's quite top-heavy and curvy, wearing glasses, a floppy red hat with a black ribbon, a red bikini, a red pareo with a black trim, and red flip-flops. She is in mid-step with a hand on her hat and a hand on her hip, standing on her toes with footprints in the sand behind her. Behind her are various characters also enjoying the beach. Eniiyi Adebayo, an African civet with round glasses and kinky hair in an orange one-piece, is on her side on a trans pride beach towel, smiling and waving to the camera. Sky Núñez, a lynx woman with long blue hair in a blue bikini, stands off to the side with her hand above her eyes and a hand on her hip. Next to her is her boyfriend, Andy Scarlett, a doll-size squirrel man with long red hair in a white bikini with arms akimbo. Further away is Elijah Oluwade, a buff skunk man with a spiky mohawk and a bright red earring in swim trunks, resting on a bright red towel with a white trim, his top surgery scars visible. Even further, Cynthia Kane, an athletic brown kangaroo woman in a magenta sport swimsuit, and Mason Kirk, a buff red kangaroo man in a cyan speedo, run along the coast as Cynthia pulls Mason along. Furthest back, Morgan Grandstone, a raccoon lady in a red-violet and black wetsuit with long red-violet hair, is going surfing.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 30/07/2026

If you've been wondering what I've been up to, here's a short teaser for my next #chiptune song, "Pleasant Day", including a slight peek at the cover art I'm drawing for it! ;3 See you tomorrow! #FurryArt #Music #PixelArt #ANSIArt #TextmodeArt #Art #OPL2 #YM3812 #AdLib #Furnace #Video

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 24/07/2026

Hi everyone! My latest #chiptune is going to be just a little too long for this site, so I've been working on finally setting up a YouTube channel for my music! Here's a preview of the presentation you can expect! #Art #Music #ANSIArt #PixelArt #FurryArt

A snapshot from an upcoming YouTube video upload of The Green Herring's "Snake Eyes". One side shows the cover art, an ANSI art portrait of a planet-dwarfing rainbow snake with the artist's name in a green-white gradient and the title surrounding an image of the snake's eyes over a rainbow banner, with text above and below reading, "Chiptune for the AdLib Music Synthesizer Card (Yamaha OPL2 / YM3812). Written June 30-July 1, 2026, released July 1, 2026." The other side shows oscilloscopes for all nine individual FM channels of the YM3812, which animate as the music plays. Overlaid over the art and the scopes is a spectrum visualizer in a white-green gradient. Behind the scopes is the artist herself, a buxom green fishwoman with glasses in an oversized red shirt, a pleated black skirt and fishnet, smiling with arms akimbo as she looks at the person listening to her music and wags her tail.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 17/07/2026

[Flashing images and sound warning] Here's the #timelapse of the cover art for "Tin Man" with the song itself as the BGM! It took just two days, a short time for so much intricate work! #FurryArt #SciFiArt #Art #PixelArt #DOS #Retro #EGA #FuckAI #NoAI

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 16/07/2026

My chiptune "Tin Man" was my first with unique cover art! Here's the art by itself, in which a certain "AI" company's just found out their "ethical" solution for building "intelligent robots" isn't as feasible as they thought! [1/2] #FurryArt #SciFiArt #Art #PixelArt #DOS #Retro #EGA #FuckAI #NoAI

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 15/07/2026

I heard cool #chiptune music written for the #YM3812 in rhythm mode, and that inspired me to write my own! Behold: "Tin Man", an electrifying rave jam of righteous rage, because #FuckAI! #FMSynth #OPL2 #AdLib #Furnace #FurnaceTracker #Music #FurryArt #Art #NoAI

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 08/07/2026

Hi everyone, here's #Furnace playing "Blow Me Away", the #AdLib / #OPL2 #chiptune I made in four hours before work for the timelapse video I released yesterday! A techno rave jam straight out of the 1990s on a chip that can only do 2-op FM! #Music #FMSynth #VGM #YM3812 #Tracker #FurnaceTracker #Art

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 07/07/2026

[Flashing images & sound warning] The #timelapse of the #ANSIArt star of the show! Here's the full 6-hour stream in ~2 minutes, plus new music! I did post-stream edits as well to fix stuff that was bothering me. #FurryArt #SciFiArt #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #Art #Furry #Chiptune #OPL2 #YM3812 #AdLib

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 06/07/2026

Hi everyone! Yesterday, after years of greyed-out buttons, I finally opened my Music page! thegreenherring.art/music/ Now you can not only read my comments on "Snake Eyes", but listen to a body of work spanning decades... as I previously wrote MIDIs for Doom mods! Enjoy! :3 #Music #MIDI #Chiptune

A screenshot of the Music page of my website, last updated July 5, 2026, with a "New" graphic at the top applying to the entire page. Text reads, "A selection of music I've written, from newest to oldest." Sections arranged as "2020s", "2010s", and "2000s" include thumbnails for cover art of various songs; the 2020s section includes ANSI art covers for "Snake Eyes", two versions of the "Cyber Purge" theme, and the "Hell's Fury" theme; and a single 3D CG sci-fi image of a ship floating by a planet borrowed from a "TNT: Evilution MIDI Pack" for a song called "Impending End". The 2010s and 2000s sections feature images of Doom mod title screens and cropped screenshots of Doom levels, as they link to MIDIs written for mods such as "Plutonia 2", "Claustrophobia 1024", "Jenesis", "Community Chest 4" and "Back to Saturn X".

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 05/07/2026

From last night's Twitch #ANSIArt stream, a round of applause and a shower of coin for a man whose majesty can only be contained in a scrolling video! #FurryArt #SciFiArt #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #Art #Furry

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 05/07/2026

Today, I'm in the mood to draw long ANSI art... and more specifically long ANSI furry art, the rarest species of #FurryArt! Not only that, I'll be drawing it for old PC displays! Come on in and watch me draw a furry so tall you'd have to scroll the screen! www.twitch.tv/thegreenherr...

A masc-bodied but buxom fishperson with parted hair and a choker in an oversized red shirt and pleated black skirt stands in the lower corner of the screen looking at the viewer in front of a blank canvas in the ANSI art program MoebiusXBIN. The canvas is black, the color palette and tools are to the left, the characters assigned to function keys are on the top, and the character map and thumbnail preview are to the right. The view of the canvas is zoomed out to show how tall it is, and the font is stretched to simulate how it would look on an contemporary 4:3 PC monitor from the DOS era.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 02/07/2026

Hi everyone! Here's "Snake Eyes", my #AdLib / #OPL2 #chiptune track from the timelapse I uploaded yesterday, playing in the program I used to make it: Furnace! I made this the night before in a little over two hours. Yes, really! #Music #FMSynth #VGM #YM3812 #Tracker #FurnaceTracker #Furnace

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 01/07/2026

[Flashing images & sound warning] Here's the #timelapse of the #ANSIArt prismatic serpent of deep space from my June 28, 2026 Twitch art stream... Now with bespoke #chiptune music! #SciFiArt #TextmodeArt #Pride #PixelArt #Art #OPL2 #YM3812 #AdLib #FMSynth #VGM

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 30/06/2026

Meanwhile, for absolutely no reason whatsoever, a clip from my June 8, 2026 Twitch art stream:

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 30/06/2026

I did another Twitch #ANSIArt stream last night, and 5.5 hours of streaming produced this mammoth of a prismatic space serpent! When you're too long to be contained in a static image, the rest of the star system has no choice but to behold you. [1/2] #SciFiArt #TextmodeArt #Pride #PixelArt #Art

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 29/06/2026

It's a quiet Sunday evening on a hot summer's day and I feel like drawing another piece of long ANSI art. Join me on Twitch to see what strange creature comes out of this one! www.twitch.tv/TheGreenHerring

A masculine but buxom fishperson with parted hair and a choker in an oversized red shirt and pleated black skirt stands in the lower corner of the screen looking at the viewer in front of a blank canvas in the ANSI art program MoebiusXBIN. The canvas is black, the color palette and tools are to the left, the characters assigned to function keys are on the top, and the character map and thumbnail preview are to the right. The view of the canvas is zoomed out to show how tall it is.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 23/06/2026

Once again, I didn't forget the label; blame the automod for redundantly labeling this timelapse video... after first auto-adding the wrong label! Now *that's* a new one.

A screenshot of the "Labels on your content" window which shows that the Adult Content flag was already applied by me, the user, and then it was applied a second time by the website's automod... after incorrectly applying a "Sexually Suggestive; does not include nudity" flag!

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 23/06/2026

[ #nsfw #furry male solo; flashing images warning ] The #timelapse of the Black Hood's secret reward! I wanted to do a spicy take on the Metroid-style secret ending and make it a #pride thing too. @munkeesgomu.bsky.social was an inspiration here! #FurryArt #FurryNSFW #PixelArt #EGA #Art #Retro

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 22/06/2026

[Flashing images warning] The #timelapse of "The Black Hood"! This took a little over a month only because I got occupied with my life and my side projects! :3 #FurryArt #PixelArt #DOS #EGA #Art #Furry #Retro

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 22/06/2026

[ #nsfw #furry male solo ] In an alternate 1991, players who beat "The Black Hood" for #DOS, an adult game, got quite the reward if they were fast enough. Controversial at the time, this and other titles helped build a wide acceptance of 18+ games. #FurryArt #FurryNSFW #PixelArt #EGA #Art #Retro

A message on a scroll reads, "Congratulations! You are a god among men. Tailwind Softworks salutes you! To a true hero goes a hero's reward!" Below this, Leif Bjørksen, an arctic fox man dressed in black with yellow trimming, lays on an abstract background based on the modern gay men's pride flag, propping himself up with one arm and and beckoning the viewer with the other. He has long hair with bangs that completely cover his eyes, and wears a open hooded sleeveless shirt, form-fitting detached sleeves, and fingerless gloves. His leg protectors lay discarded to the side, and his trousers have been pulled down and thrown to the side with one leg around his ankle. Thus he is fully exposed as having an athletic body with big thighs, digitigrade legs, and an erect black penis emerging from a sheath above a furred white sack. Next to his display is a metal plate bearing the words, "See you next game!"

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 21/06/2026

Alt-U stuff aside: I created Leif Bjørksen 23 years ago for a fighting game fan project. His old design was text-only as I'd not yet learned to draw. But it was drawn, so you can see how he looked back then. (Artist is Elosande; alas, I couldn't find an active link.) [3/3] #FurryArt #Art #Furry

A 2003 pencil drawing by Elosande depicting Leif Bjørksen, an arctic fox and superpowered thief, leaping through the air. He has short hair with long bangs over his eyes; and is wearing a bodysuit and track pants with futuristic-looking boots and detached sleeves, as well as partly-fingerless gloves with the little finger covered. He has energy blades flowing from behind his hands.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 21/06/2026

At random, the title screen could show Leif with his hood down, letting players see his mane of hair in all of its glory, and a hint of what awaited at the end. [2/3] #FurryArt #PixelArt #DOS #EGA #Art #Furry #Retro

A pretend pixelart title screen for a 1991 DOS game titled "The Black Hood" rendered in IBM EGA video. It depicts Leif Bjørksen, a long-haired arctic fox and superpowered thief, standing on a snow-covered rocky coast in a fjord in Norway, brandishing blades of energy from his wrists. He is wearing an open hooded sleeveless shirt that shows off his athletic chest, long bangs that completely cover his eyes, form-fitting detached sleeves, and fingerless gloves. He is wearing his hood down to show that he has a long and massive shock of white hair. His shirt is tucked into trousers loose in the legs but tight in the middle, which are in turn tucked into foreleg protectors covering his digitigrade legs. His clothes are black with bright yellow trimming. To the side, the serifed text "Leif Bjørksen is..." appears, followed by an unfurled scroll with the title "The Black Hood" written in bold and serifed black text. Underneath is a metal plate with the words "Press Any Key" on it. In the lower corner is a fictitious copyright notice which reads "© 1991 Tailwind Softworks".

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 21/06/2026

In an alternate-universe 1991, PC gamers guided the fantasy hero "The Black Hood" as he stole from the rich and gave to the poor. [1/3] #FurryArt #PixelArt #DOS #EGA #Art #Furry #Retro

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 14/06/2026

[Flashing images warning!] The #timelapse of my proud goat! This was originally drawn grayscale before I used @gbstudio.dev to bring it to the Game Boy Color for that last splash of #Pride! I also drafted the background at work! #FurryArt #PixelArt #GameBoy #GameBoyColor #OC #OCSky #Art #Furry

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 11/06/2026

It's late, but... Happy B-Day, @rachelmae.bsky.social! Here's to another year of burger-flavored retrogaming! Word of advice, though: Next time, don't let Chat buy your cake. #Rachelangelo #FurryArt #PixelArt #GameBoy #Art #Furry

Four Game Boy pixel art screens arranged as comic book panels.

Panel 1: "Happy B-Day, Rachel!" appears over a cartoon animal lady, a hybrid of fennec fox and red panda with a dyed mohawk, round glasses, earrings, a sleeveless shirt, and a trans pride necklace. She smiles at a birthday cake shaped like a triple decker cheeseburger with a helical-striped candle, not yet aware the "candle" is actually a stick of dynamite.

Panel 2: An eight-pointed polygon with "Bomb" written in massive block letters, resembling the bomb explosion in "Super Mario Bros. 2" for the NES.

Panel 3: Rachel stares at the remains of her cake, covered in soot, her hair blasted back, and with cake splattered all over her.

Panel 4: Hype Bot, a tin can of a robot with a horn for a nose crudely resembling Rachel, pops up and says, "happy bomb day ha ha ha" in a text-to-speech deadpan in Windows' old and distinct "System" font. Rachel, ticked off, grabs her detonator to blow up Hype Bot for the umpteenth time.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 10/06/2026

[Flashing images warning!] Here's the #timelapse of my June 8, 2026 #ANSIArt Twitch stream aliens! The stream ran for 6.5 hours, and this is the artistic process condensed into 2.5 minutes! #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #SciFiArt #FurryArt #Art

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 09/06/2026

Yesterday, I went on Twitch to draw a long piece of #ANSIArt, and this is the result! A whole bunch of ETs with psychic hands would like to talk, and you better not try anything funny! #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #SciFiArt #FurryArt #Art

In this long piece of ANSI art, using only shades of cyan, magenta, black and white, a massive cat-eared spaceship has landed in a clearing with dead trees, and its riders have gathered in front of the viewer. Some have climbed trees, some are still leaving the ship, but all of them are quadrupeds with long ears, psychic energy hands and clothes tailored for their bodies. The one in front, a smirking feline with spiky hair, is wearing a leather jacket, silver earrings, and anklets; he has sent one of his hands right in front of the viewer to beckon them over. He is flanked by his bodyguards: a serious fellow with a mohawk and a turtleneck, flashing his psychic claws and indicating he's present and ready to use them; and a big one with short parted hair and a hooded jacket bearing his claws and fangs and poised to pounce at the slightest move. Both of them are prepared to tear the viewer apart if they do anything other than what the leader is asking for.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 08/06/2026

So I made a bunch of ANSI art screens the last time I streamed at the end of May, but what if I drew something taller than them? I've had a hankering to draw something tall since then, and now you can watch me do it live on Twitch! www.twitch.tv/thegreenherr...

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 03/06/2026

I offer up myself, the green herring T.G. Hightower, with the genderfluid pride flag!

A flat-colored pixelart ref sheet for a bright-green humanoid fish named Tavi Grace Hightower, or T.G. Hightower for short. Their pronouns are he/she/they, they are a Pacific herring and a shapeshifter, and may present as masculine or feminine.

T.G. stands 182 cm tall. Their body type is slender and masculine, but with wide hips to fit their fish tail, which is as long as they are tall. They also have a fish fin on their back. They have deep-red eyes and long pointed ears; and are shown both bald and with long messy hair parted in the middle, longer on their right. They are seen with both a content expression, and an excited one with wide-open eyes and mouth revealing their tongue is bright green. Nearby is their mouth with sharp teeth, labeled "rare: only if threatened". Close-ups of the nose show the nose covering protrudes slightly above the nostrils. A section labeled "Head Angles" shows how the head works in 3D both bald and with hair.

In one half of the sheet, T.G.'s outfit is shown: a long-sleeved deep-red satin blouse tucked into black satin trousers with a black belt, with deep-red slip-on shoes. It is form-fitting but not "painted on". The blouse is cut in the back to let their fin through. It has five snap fasteners to hold it closed in front, and its collar is fastened in the back with a silver clasp. The trousers are cut for their fish tail, with the belt fastened over the tail to hold it in place. The belt is connected in front with a clasp; in the back, it connects over the tail with a pair of snap fasteners. T.G. wears glasses with a ruby finish, and an infobox notes they are molded to T.G.'s head shape. On both ears, they wear rectangular ruby-finish earrings with diagonal corners connected with snap fasteners, with hinges at the bottom.

On both sides of the sheet, T.G. is seen in cutouts with a feminine bosom, showing how the blouse fits around it. They are notably top-heavy in this state, with the tail off-setting the weight in front.

The genderfluid pride flag, with five stripes colored, from top to bottom: pink, white, purple, black, and blue.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 02/06/2026

[Flashing images warning!] Here is the #timelapse for my #ANSIArt aliens from last weekend's Twitch stream, courtesy of my VOD! #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #SciFiArt #Art #NoAI

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 01/06/2026

Hi everybody! Here are the four sci-fi #ANSIArt screens I drew in my Twitch stream last night. All four were completed within four hours and ten minutes (including a five-minute break). Trust me, you don't need genAI to get art made this quickly! #TextmodeArt #PixelArt #SciFiArt #Art #NoAI

A yellow alien resembling a brontosaurus with blue leaf-like flaps on its head and back stands on purple grass at night surrounded by giant grey alien plants, looking over its back with its tail lifted. Various smaller creatures watch on, with only their eyes visible.

A gigantic cyan alien resembling a sea slug swims through the depths of space, its blue mantle flowing like a dress, with particles trailing behind it. It is surrounded by the stars, blue nebulae, and a moon, all of which look like playthings in comparison.

Deep in the ocean, a massive green alien resembling a swordfish swoops above the ocean floor, its white hair and fins flowing with it, and finds itself staring at a glass dome housing a deep-sea colony. Schools of fish swim by in the background, revealing the colony, despite its vast size, to be exponentially dwarfed by the alien.

In a dark cupboard, a little red alien creature with fangs, a horn on its head, and arms for legs stands poised to defend its prize, a Granny Smith apple, from anyone who dares to reach for it.

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 01/06/2026

It's been a long day, and you're ready to relax. Time to watch a fish draw ANSI art! Join me for my first stream in 8 months as I make textmode screens in MoebiusXBIN! www.twitch.tv/thegreenherr...

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 31/05/2026

[Flashing images warning!] The #timelapse of the triple threat! Started as a phone drawing at work, finished at home, and then turned over time into hi-res #EGA. When I drew the setting and the bad guys, I did the initial draft within 3 hours! #FurryArt #PixelArt #Art #DOS #Retro #Furry #OC #OCSky

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The Green Herring @thegreenherring.art · 29/05/2026

Takami (🦊, they/them) is a force of nature ready to take on any fascist that dares to show their face. But if there are too many for one fox, they can count on Mason (🦘, he/him) and Gale (🐇, he/him) to back them up! #FurryArt #PixelArt #Art #DOS #EGA #Retro #Furry #OC #OCSky

High-res pixel art of arcade beat-'em-up heroes ready and eager to take on the horde of fascist troopers surrounding them. The trio are lit from the sides by off-screen flashlights. Front and center is Takami, a fennec fox in a fantasy ninja-esque outfit beckoning the bad guys to attack. To the left is Mason, a buff kangaroo man with a top surgery scar pattern wearing little more than a loincloth, ready to smash a thug's jaw. To the right is Gale, a muscular rabbit man with a huge gut and shorts with a karate belt framing his bulge, raising his arms and ready to grapple his foes. A city skyline looms in the background, and in front of it are silhouettes of men wearing caps, masks and tactical gear with only the whites of their eyes visible, brandishing police batons, knives and cattle prods. The fallen bodies and hats of defeated troopers lay on the ground in front of them. In the foreground, to the left and right, are a cattle prod sparking with electricity and the tip of a baton.

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