Artscene Groups
What is an artscene group?
- Organized bodies of artists within the underground computer artscene
- These teams first began to spring up in the IBM PC scene in 1989. During the BBS era
- A traditional artscene group would release an artpack on a month-to-month basis
- A typical artpack may contain ANSI art and ASCII art, and some times generated from the RIPscrip protocol or VGA-mode art, referred to as hirez within the artscene.
What is ANSI?
- ANSI art is a computer art form that was widely used at one time on BBSes. It is similar to ASCII art, but constructed from a larger set of 256 letters, numbers, and symbols — all codes found in IBM code page 437These teams first began to spring up in the IBM PC scene in 1989. During the BBS era
Organized?
ACiD
ANSI Creators in Demand
iCE
Insane Creators Enterprise
CiA
Creators of Intense Art
Internet
Relay
Chat
I.R.C.
#ansi
BBS ERA?
The ArtPack
Ansi
The ArtPack
ascii
The ArtPack
ascii / Old School
The ArtPack
ascii / New School
The ArtPack
loaders
The ArtPack
Music
The ArtPack
Appgens
So?
Lessons Learned
- Online Community
- Deadlines
- Communication
- Competition
- Respect
- Creative Coding
Artscene Groups
By Gunnard Engebreth
