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
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