# Hellion Chat — ASCII branding assets

ASCII art collected during the Hellion Chat branding pass. The Hellion Chat mascot is a fox, and two
variants ship inside the plugin DLL as embedded resources and render at runtime. Everything in this
folder is the wider study collection that did not get picked for the live slots, kept around as
reference material and for anyone who wants to remix or build on top of them.

## Live assets (rendered at runtime)

These two files live as embedded resources under `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/` and are loaded by
the plugin at startup. They are intentionally outside this folder so the build pipeline can treat
them as binary blobs rather than loose assets.

| File                                            | Slot                                                                                                                                                         |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/fox-banner.txt` | Full fox silhouette with "Hellion Forge" set inside the body. Rendered as a folded `TreeNode` in the First-Run Wizard and in the Settings → Information tab. |
| `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/fox-mini.txt`   | Compact fox-head + curly-tail. Prepended to the DI-logger bootstrap banner so an `/xllog` reader sees the signature on every plugin load.                    |

## Study assets (this folder, not embedded)

Variants drawn during the design pass that did not get picked for the live slots. Kept around so the
next branding iteration can remix them or pull one in if a new render slot needs an alternative
shape.

| File                            | Description                                                                               |
| ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `fox-profile-hf.txt`            | Fox profile silhouette in `$`/`X` stipple with a small "HF" mark inside the chest.        |
| `fox-sitting-stipple.txt`       | Sitting fox in `&` stipple with a full tail sweep to the right.                           |
| `fox-paw-stipple.txt`           | Detailed paw print in `@` stipple — five upper pads plus the main pad.                    |
| `fox-paw-outline.txt`           | Compact outline paw with `^` claw marks (non-retractable claws are a fox-vs-cat tell).    |
| `wolf-head-blazejkozlowski.txt` | Third-party work, kept as a style reference from the design pass — see attribution below. |

## License / attribution

### Julia Moon (all `fox-*.txt` files)

"Julia Moon" is the pseudonym used by the Hellion Chat maintainer for creative work. All `fox-*.txt`
files in this folder and under `HellionChat/Resources/Branding/` were drawn for Hellion Chat under
that name.

- Free to use, no attribution required, no copyright notice needed.
- Remix, adapt, or build on top of them as you wish.
- They travel under Hellion Chat's main EUPL-1.2 license but the author waives the attribution
  clause for these specific assets.

### Blazej Kozlowski (`wolf-head-blazejkozlowski.txt`)

The wolf head is by **Blazej Kozlowski**, originally published on the ASCII Art Archive:

<https://www.asciiart.eu/art/2717ef726b5e8ea6>

It is kept here as a style reference for the fox silhouette work. The `bug` string at the bottom of
the art is the artist's traditional signature, not a status marker. If you want to use it yourself,
follow the rules on asciiart.eu rather than the Julia Moon waiver above.
