Aces of ANSI Art

Aces of ANSI Art

Formation	1989
Dissolved	1991
Purpose	Artscene
Location	United States
Origin	San Jose, California
Founders	Zyphril Chips Ahoy^[citation needed]

Aces of ANSI Art (abbreviated as <A.A.A>)[1] was the first group of artists specifically organized for the purposes of creating and distributing ANSI art.[2] 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. ISBN 1-85973-424-3.
• "Dark Domain: the artpacks.acid.org collection" (DVD-ROM). San Jose, CA, USA: ACiD Productions, LLC, 2004. ISBN 0-9746537-0-5.
• Hacker Chronicles, CD-Rom, produced and distributed by P-80 Systems.
• Scott, Jason. "BBS: The Documentary" (DVD). Boston, MA, USA: Bovine Ignition Systems, 2005.
• Wands, Bruce (2006). Art of the Digital Age, London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-23817-0.
• Zetter, Kim. "How Humble BBS Begat Wired World". Wired News. June 8, 2005. Retrieved October 27, 2005.

References

1. "BBSing.com, Aces of Ansi Art". ReadMe file of aaa-8991.zip. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
2. Jason Scott (2005). "BBS: The Documentary". Boston, MA: Bovine Ignition Systems.
3. Garrett, Ben (April 27, 2004). "Online Software Piracy of the Last Millennium" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
4. "History of Text Art Video by RaD Man / ACiD". Roy of Superior Art Creations. 11 February 2007. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.

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.