Aces of ANSI Art explained

Aces of ANSI Art
Size:	180px
Formation:	1989
Dissolved:	1991
Purpose:	Artscene
Location:	United States
Leader Title:	Origin
Leader Name:	San Jose, California
Leader Title2:	Platforms
Leader Title3:	Founders
Leader Name3:	Zyphril Chips Ahoy
Leader Title4:	Products

Aces of ANSI Art (abbreviated as )^[1] was the first group of artists specifically organized for the purposes of creating and distributing ANSI art. The group was founded and operated by two BBS enthusiasts from California, "Zyphril" and "Chips Ahoy", from 1989 through 1991.

History

The group was initially formed in 1989^[1] during the BBS era, but soon after the group's founding, ANSI art groups took on a life of their own, growing increasingly popular and spawning what would come to be known as the "artscene."^[2] ANSI art, which initially began as a method for bulletin board sysops to draw users to their boards, but with the emergence of organized groups, the artscene became associated with "underground" culture, such as warez boards.^[2]

In 1990, a schism occurred when a small but influential group of members left the group to form ACiD Productions.^[2] ACiD (ANSI Creators In Demand) grew to become the first international artscene group.^[3]

Membership

• Chips Ahoy (Founder)
• Zyphril (Founder)
• RaD Man (Senior member)^[4]
• Mondoman
• The Beholder
• Icepirate

See also

• ANSI art
• ASCII art
• Demoscene
• Digital art
• List of artscene groups
• Pixel art
• Software art

Further reading

• Danet, Brenda. "Cyberpl@y: Communicating Online". Oxford, UK: Berg Publishers, 2001. .
• "Dark Domain: the artpacks.acid.org collection" (DVD-ROM). San Jose, CA, USA: ACiD Productions, LLC, 2004. .
• Hacker Chronicles, CD-Rom, produced and distributed by P-80 Systems.
• Scott, Jason. "" (DVD). Boston, MA, USA: Bovine Ignition Systems, 2005.
• Wands, Bruce (2006). Art of the Digital Age, London: Thames & Hudson. .
• Zetter, Kim. "How Humble BBS Begat Wired World". Wired News. June 8, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2005.

External links

Examples of ANSI Artwork

• Aces of ANSI Art Classics, a YouTube video featuring Animations from 1991 by Members of the AAA
• artscene.textfiles.com, The artscene branch of the textfiles.com library.
• darkdomain.org, Dark Domain (2004). An archive on DVD which hosts a complete collection of underground artscene works between 1987 and 2003.
• Roy/SAC Text Artist- Superior Art Creations, Information about ASCII Art Styles, SAC Art Packs Download
• Sixteen Colors ANSI Art and ASCII Art Archive - A web viewable archive of current and past ANSI and ASCII packs released by the computer art scene

More on the History of the Art Scene

• BBS: The Documentary Episode 5 documents the rise of the Art Scene

Releases

• Aces of ANSI Art Remembrance Pack - An archive of ANSI artwork created by various members of the group between 1989 and 1991.

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBSing.com, Aces of Ansi Art . ReadMe file of aaa-8991.zip . March 18, 2010.
2. Jason Scott. "BBS: The Documentary". Bovine Ignition Systems. Boston, MA. 2005.
3. Web site: Garrett . Ben . Online Software Piracy of the Last Millennium . April 27, 2004 . PDF . March 18, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707124720/http://roysacweb.s3.amazonaws.com/files/Online-Software-Piracy-of-the-Last-Millennium-1_0.pdf . July 7, 2011 .
4. Web site: History of Text Art Video by RaD Man / ACiD . Roy of Superior Art Creations . February 11, 2007 . March 19, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100408054028/http://www.roysac.com/blog/2007/02/history-of-text-art-video-by-rad-man.html . 8 April 2010 . dead . dmy-all .