Tag: Weekly Teletext Art

Lion Shampoo

Text reads "Astronomers announce the surprising discovery of a new constellation". Then a diagram of the constellation Leo, the lion, with labels for major stars: Regulus, Denebola, and Algieba. Then an imaginary constellation called Pan twelve, the shampoo. Its stars are labelled "Lather up", and "Rinse off".

Teletext artwork created for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description Text reads “Astronomers announce the surprising discovery of a new constellation”. Then a diagram of the constellation Leo, the lion, with labels for major stars: Regulus, Denebola, and Algieba. Then an imaginary constellation called Pan twelve, the shampoo. Its stars are labelled “Lather up”, and “Rinse off”.

Goose Game

A spoof BBC Micro game with current score and high score at the top. Then at the bottom the number of lives, health, and number of goslings collected. The player would control the adult goose which needs to cross the water while avoiding jet skis and sharks to rescue their offspring.

Teletext artwork made for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description A spoof BBC Micro game with current score and high score at the top. Then at the bottom the number of lives, health, and number of goslings collected. The player would control the adult goose which needs to cross the water while avoiding jet skis and sharks to rescue their offspring.

Giant’s Causeway

Teletext art depicting the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway. There are large columns in the foreground, all bathed in golden sunlight. In the distance is the sea with small waves. The sky is stylised with stripes of magenta and yellow, and birds in silhouette.

Teletext artwork created for #WeeklyTeletextArt.

Description Teletext art depicting the basalt columns of the Giant’s Causeway. There are large columns in the foreground, all bathed in golden sunlight. In the distance is the sea with small waves. The sky is stylised with stripes of magenta and yellow, and birds in silhouette.

“Electric” Car

Teletext animation of a car facing towards us in an electrical storm. Forked lightning flashes overhead, then the image briefly glitches into text characters to symbolise the car being struck by lightning.

Teletext art for #WeeklyTeletextArt, April 2021.

Description Teletext animation of a car facing towards us in an electrical storm. Forked lightning flashes overhead, then the image briefly glitches into text characters to symbolise the car being struck by lightning.

Dolphin

Teletext image of two bottlenose dolphins having a conversation. A hydrophone is dangling between them. The dolphin in the foreground doesn't speak in English, "Rydych chi'n wlyb!" and the other asks, "Is that...Welsh?" The first dolphin replies, "It's the only way we get any privacy, mate."

Teletext art for #WeeklyTeletext Art, March 2021.

Description Teletext image of two bottlenose dolphins having a conversation. A hydrophone is dangling between them. The dolphin in the foreground doesn’t speak in English, “Rydych chi’n wlyb!” and the other asks, “Is that…Welsh?” The first dolphin replies, “It’s the only way we get any privacy, mate.”