'Talk is Cheap'  the ACiD news ... ÜÜÜÜßÛÛÛÛÛßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛßßßßÛ ÛÛÛÛ ßßßßß°Û²ÛÛÛßßßÛÛÛ²Ü  ÛÛßßß °²ÛßßßÛÜ ÛÛßßßÛ²° Þß ß °²ÛÛÛÛ Û²ÛÛÝ  ßßßßß ÛÛßß² ÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÝ  ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛÜܲßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ²Û  ÞÛÛÛÛ² ÛÜ ßÜÛß²ÛÛÛ ²°° ÛÛ ²Û ÛÛ ÛÛ°²Û ÛÝ° ÞÛÜÛßÜ ßÛÛÜß ÛÜÛß° ÜÛ²ßÛßßÜÛß Û ÛÛÝ°ÛÜÛÛß ²ÝÛÛ Ü²ßÛ  Û²ÛÛÜÜÛÛÛÛÝß Þ ÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÝ Ý ÞÛ ÝÛ Û±ß Ü ÛÛ²Û Ý ß°Þß²ßÛ ÞÛ ÛÝ ÜÜÜ°ß ÞßÛ²ßÝ Ûßßß °Þ²Ûß°Ý ßÛÛÜ° Ü °ßÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÝ Þ°ßßßÝ ÛÛÜÜÜÛß ÛÛ °ß ß°ÜÜÜÜ ß° ÛÛ±Ü ÛÛÛÛ± ßÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛ°° Û± ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛ±ß ÜÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛ Û°ÜÜÜÜÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛ± ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜܲÜܱ±Û± ÜÜÜÜ °°ÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛÛܱÛÛÛÛÛ ßßßßßÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛß°° °ÛÛÛÛÛ °° ±ßÛÛÛÛܱ ÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛß² ßÛ²°°²°   ±ÛÛÛÛÛ ° ° Þ °°ÛÛÝÛÛÛÛ°²ßß°±ÛÛÛ ÛÜÞÛÛ°°Ý ± ÛÛÛÛ°² °° Þ°° ÛÛÝßßßßßßßßßßÛÛÛÛܱ° ±°ÛÛÛÛÛn°°°ÜÛÛÛÛß° ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜeÞÛÛÛÛÝßÛÛÛÛÜ°°° wÛÛÛÛÛ°°°°ÜÛÛÛÛß± ÛÛÛÛÛ °°°sÞÛ°° Ûݱ°  °±ÜÛÛÛ Ü±± ±±ÛÛÛÛÛ±ÛÛÛÛÛ±±±± ÜÛ °Ûß± ÛÛÛÛÛ±±ß±ÜÛÛÛÛÛ ß±±±±ÛÛÛÛÛ²ßÛ °ÛÛܲ²²ÜÛÛÛÛß ²² Û±ÝÛ°Û °²²²²²ÛÛÛÛÛ²ß ÛÛÛ Ü²²²²° ÛÛÛÛ²ÛÛÛÛ ² ²²²ÝÛÛÛÛÞ²²²²² ÛÛÛÛ°ÝÛÛÛÛÞÛ²ßßÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ²°  ²²ÜÛÛÛÛßÛ²Û²°ÛÛÛ ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛ Ûßß ßÛÛ°²ÛÛ²ÛÜ° ÛÛ°²°Û°²°  ÛÛ °ÜÛÛÛ  ÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛ ßß °²° ÛÛÛ°²Û°°ÜÛ ÛÛÛ°²ÜÛÛÛ°ßßßßßßßÛ° ²²°ÛÛ°Ûßßßßß ÛÛÛÛÛßßßßßÛÛÛ°°² ÛÛÛÛ ßßßßß unsane  ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß²ÜÜÜܲßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßßß ß  °--Ä-Ä-Ä Ä-Ä-Ä-Ä ÄÄÄ-Ä--Ä- Ä-ÄÄÄ°ÄÄÄ- Ä-Ä-Ä--Ä- -Ä Ä-Ä-Ä Ä°Ä ---Ä ° Ä  Issue No.15 An Official ACiD Productions (tm) Public Update  April 1997  ÄÄÄ--Ä-ÄÄÄ ÄÄ-ÄÄ--ÄÄÄÄ-Ä-Ä-Ä--ÄÄÄ-ÄÄ-Ä-ÄÄÄ ÄÄ ÄÄ--ÄÄ- ÄÄÄ-ÄÄÄÄÄ-Ä-Ä ÄÄÄ Ä--°Ä ÜÜ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²±² Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ by Cth ulu ±²°±² Û²°± ²ÜÜÛ² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² ßß  Cherry blossoms open to the sun after a harsh winter  of discontent and the pale buds express their approval to the world by exposing their faces to the light of the sun and the chance of the eleme nts.  Mao Tse-Tung used the opening of the cherry b lossom as an opportunity for all negative energy to be released and  vented, and since the last newsletter that has certainly been the ca se for us here at ACiD Productions. If there has been anything not quit e up to snuff, from the temporary downtime of the vital website to the q uantity of our released art itself, we have heard about it from every  set of typing fingers under the sun.  Your comments have not been ignored. Springtime is  a time for rebirth, the reinvigouration after the icy wastes of w inter, and an awakening after convalescent hibernation. A yawn, a stret ch or two, and we will be emerging to survey over the dominion over all before our gaze. The greening trees will bow in the wind towards us , the sun will shine his radiant salute, and the animals of the worl d will express their approval in celebration of a more intimate manner.  Though the very forces of nature itself are evide ntly under our influence, we will illustrate below as well how the act ions of mortal men can fall under our sway and be played to our ad vantage in the cosmic card game of life. ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛ Û² Û² ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ Û ² ²Û ²°  ²Û ÛÛ Û² ßßßßÛ² ÛÛÜÜÛ² ±² Û² ±²ÜÜÜ  ±ÛÜÜ۲ܰ²Û²±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ²²±² ßß ±²²±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²°±²ÜÜÜ ßßßß by Hack  As part of ACiD's continuing attempt to keep you , the public, informed of what ACiD is doing we proudly announce Acid!P ress. This new division will give new direction to how you find out abou t ACiD doings. With Mindcrime as it's advisor, the new wing wil l be involved with the  newsletter, press releases ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ via  the acid-public mailing ³  ÜÜÜÜÜ   ³ list, and the new artpacks ³ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÛÜ  ³ archive newsletter, as ³ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ°ßݳ  well as a few other things. ³ ßßÛßÜÜÜßßÛÛ Û  ³ ³ÞßÛÜÛÛÜÛ±ÝÞÛÛ ÛÝ ³ New recruits have be en ³ ßßßÜßßßÜÜÛÛÛÛÝÜ ÛÛÜÛÛܳ called in to provide for the ³Þ²ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²²ÛÞ ÞÛÜÛÜ۲ݳ task  at hand. Cthulu, ³ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜ Ü ßßÜÜÜßßÜßܳ  Striker, Sodium, and Hac k ³ ÜßßßßßßÜÜÜ  Ü°ÝÞÛÛÜßßßܲ²ÝÞÛ ³ will be leading the way, ³ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÞÛÛÛÜßÜÜß ßßßÜÜ ÛÛÛ³ writing  the informative ³ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÞÛ°°ÝÛÛÛÛÛÝ Þ° ÛÛ ²ÝÞÛÛ²° ³ tidbits, and Shrike will ³ Þ°°ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛ° ²ÛÛßÛÛÜßÜÛÛÜßÜÛÛßÛÛ  ³ be maintaining the ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ art packs archive newsletter. ³"Ever since [John] Lennon died, it just ³ With all this free ³hasn't been right," says Eggman, wh o,³ information and cheap talk ³along with Walrus, became immortalized ³ you should soon be ³in the chorus of a song by the Beatles. ³ swimming in a sea of ACiD ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Kno wledge. ÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ²ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ Û² Û² ÛÛÜÜÛ²²ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛ Û² ±²ÜÜÛ²²±ÛÜÜÛ² Ü°²Û ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜ Û² ßßßß ßßßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÜ ÜÛ²²ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛÜÜÛ²by Mindcrime ²ÛÜÜÛ² ß²ÜÜÛß ±²ÜÜÜ ±² Û²²±²ÜÜÛ ²²±²ÜÜÜ ßßÜÜÛÛ ßß  In our increasing efforts to decentralize and  form a more independant union of subdivisions, ACiD's ANSI department  has recently joined forces with a new ANSI upstart to form Avenge, the new ACiD ANSI department. Following in the same tradition of previous  subsidiaries, Avenge will be releasing it's own artpacks, seperate  from the ACiD Acquisition and observing it's own schedule. Heading up this division is White Trash, who has vowed to avenge the apathy an d increasing immaturity that lies within the present ANSI community. W ith this limb completely severed from the main ACiD body, all monthly Acquisitions after 56 will consist of pure high resolu tion artwork. Avenge will debut on May 1st, 1997. ÜÜ  ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ   ÛÛ  ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ ²Û  ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ ÜÜÛ²°ÛÛ Û² ²Û   ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ²Û ²Û °± ±²ÜÜÛ²° ±²ÜÜÜ ß²ÜÜÛß °±  ±² Û²²±² ÜÜÛ² ±²°±²by Mind crime  In the time honored tradition of spring cleaning, AC iD productions does a little of that out-with-the-old, in-with-the-new  kind of thing this month. Swept out under the twisted fibers of the  ACiD broom is Wolfie, who has been replaced with a new, im proved sysadmin with more synapse bandwidth. Bob the Janitor was no where to be found when we needed him for this cleaning, so he gets a taste of his  own medicine. Burps, in a bold effort to enhance the effect , downed a litre of Jolt Cola with a mouthful of PopRocks, and subsequently di ed. With the heat of the coming spring, Cool-T melted, l eaving only a puddle of grey water behind.  Cyber, and his buddy Cypher (Hex, that is) skipped off hand in hand to a better place. Endless Namele ss found out the hard way that nothing is endless.  Forge took u p a new profession as a locksmith. Piromaniak, acting through the s moky mind of his strange disease, gathered up his Infernal Flames and h eaded down south. Liithn tried too hard to pronounce his name and his face stu ck like that. Madball was last seen trying to get Un sane to give in to his demented ways.  Raider, Sensei,  and Shaolin were called into action to def end an ancient Mongolian tribe. Alien friends of Sargon  came down and took him off to fight in the Telurian wars on planet Zarnac.  The Silent Killer snuck up on  Stone The Crow and jabbed him wit h a Spear. Not realizing that Stone The Crow was actually made of stone, TSK ran screaming when his Spear broke in half and STC flew after him. Wonder Monkey got tossed into a new exhibit at the Museum of Natural Histor y, where he'll only be able to interact with his ACiD buddies every on ce in a while. Intensity was trying so intensely to cou rier every pack he could that he suffered an aneurysm and died. Polymorph g ot caught in an infinite loop and kept changing into Elvis. And finally, D eep, after being told by his mother not to go so far out, got caught in the  tide and was swept out to sea. ÜÜ ÜÜ  ÜÜ ÛÛ  ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛßßÛÛ  ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ²Û  Û² ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û ² °²² Û²°ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² °± ±²°±² Û²²±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±² Û² Û²±±² ±² Û ²±±²ÜÜÛ² by Mindcrime  ÜÜÛÛ  No ACiD acquisition would be complete without the a ddition of new recruits; those who dare to defy the normalcy of simpl e art with the creativity and originality that it takes to join the unique team of highly talented ACiD artists. Honing their skills in t heir medium of choice, these men and women have become the future of t he digital art world.  The wife of RCA's Starlord, and an extremely ta lented artist, Kitiara joins us to provide a female's take  on the ansi medium. Perplexer thought hard and long about which group  to join, but finally decided to draw ansi with the big boys of ACiD Prod uctions. Also joining our ansi team is Mongi, who not only  enjoys his time in ACiDDraw, but also likes to fiddle with the tools  of the high resolution artist, providing us with quality vga work. Eggman, proving once again that the egg's have it, also joins our  team of high resolution artists, along with Mainline, who displays his skills ÚÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ with more than just the line tool. ³ ÜÜÜÜÜ ³ Joining the amazingly popular Acid ³ Ü ÜÜÜ ÜÛ²²ßÜÜ ÜÜÜ  ³ Ascii division, Remorse, are seven ³  ÜÜ°²ÛÛÛÛ ÛßÛÛÜÛÛÝ   ³ of today's finest manipulators of ³ Ä ÄÄÄÄ ßßßßÜßßÜÜÜÜÜ Ü  ³ the age old ASCII character set. ³ ÄÄÄÄÄÄ   ßÛ² ÛßÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ°ß Ü  ³ Cannabis brings us his laid back ³  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  ÜÜßßÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÜÜÜ²Ý  ³ style, but often eats us out of ³ Ä ÄÄÄÄÄ  Þ²²ÛÛÛßßÛÛ² ßßßßß  ³ house and home. Gravedancer ³  ÄÄÄÄÄÄ  ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ   ³ pranced around in the ACiD ³Ä ÄÄ  ܲÛÛÜÜÜßß  ³ graveyard to bring back Spirit of ÃÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ Illusion. Pariah forced his way ³ Kitiara, a new female artist, ³ into our ranks using a Phaser X ³ was seen chased around by some³ and an Atom Bomb he picked up ³ of ACiD's friskier members. She³ while in exile. And, although ³ was hear d yelling "Stop staring³ we're not sure what he's reverting ³ and grow  your own!" on occasion.³ to, Revert joins up to round out ÀÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ the new Remorse Recruits. Last, but most certainly not least, Macaw flies into  our highly  talented programming division to provide us with some spirit ed intros and loaders.  Although not new to the group, three members  have shifted internally and are just getting comfortable in their n ew positions. Catbones has been promoted to overall Art D irector. He will be presiding over the happenings of all art related division s. Bad Spirit has been shifted to Information Services, where he is b usy helping us with providing constant attention to the oft updated ACiD  Web Page. And finally, retiring from active service this month, B eastie slides up a chair with the other members who have gained ACiD Alum ni status over the years. We thank him for his dedication and support over the many years he was with ACiD Productions. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛ Û²±²Û ²° Û ÛÜÜÛ²ßßßßÛ²°ÛÛ Û² ²²Û ²°°ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ °ÛÛ Û²°²Û ²° ÛÛ  Û² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û ²²±²ÜÜÜ ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  ßß ²ÛÜÜÛ²°±² ±² ÜÜÛ² ±² Û²± ±²ÜÜÛ²  ßß ÜÜÛÛ  ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ²Û ²°°ÛÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ  By Striker ÛÛßß Catbones gets a new alias: Daddy. This just in: On April 5, at 2:45am central time, Tabaq ui, (aka Mrs. Catbones), gave birth to a beautiful 7 lbs., 10 oz . baby girl. The infant's name is Elspeth. Shhh. If you listen, you can hear Cat's hard drive come to a screeching halt as he floods it  with digital photographs of their newborn. Congratulations to our new  acid!parents. Acid.org gets bigger, better, and faster.  ACiD's official web domain was upgraded recentl y in order to increase transfer rates and accessibility. www.acid.org,  which used to run on a t1 connection, now boasts three impressive t3 co nnections. The improved domain now runs at an amazing speed of over 10 0mbps. Due to these changes, users do not wait as long for art to draw out while online and the domain no longer becomes lagged due to hea vy traffic.  Another improvement in our web presence is the new m ember profiles section, which shows several ACiD member histories, pictures, and hobbies. This new section is a great way to get to know ACiD members better. The profile section can be  accessed at  http://www.acid.org/members/profiles. This new ar ea will be added to as members send their information to Bedlam, who is r esponsible for maintaining the area.  New Remorseview promises improved ASCII/ANSI viewing.  The latest development in the Remorse ascii divisio n of ACiD is a viewer coded by Mr. Kite. Mr. Kite stated that "Remor seview's main purpose is to make viewing ansis and asciis REALLY easy  without a lot of overhead." The viewer is capable of viewing any length  ascii or ansi and has unique features such as a mid-viewing mode.  The main feature of Remorseview is it's ability to v iew asciis and ansis in 25/43/50 line modes with a choice of the IBM PC  or AFS Amiga font for all modes. The viewer is conveniently sma ll as well, taking up a mere 20k. Necromancer, head of Remorse, said  that "we hope to have a full release by May. We also will have options for selecting a different interface ASCII, our second being a newschool  interface." Java Viewer offers wide compatibility.  ACiD View/Java, currently in beta testing, will  be the most versatile viewer that ACiD has ever released. "Because it is coded in Java, it can be run on any computer that has a Java Inter preter such as Java Development Kit (JDK), from Sun," states Mr. Kite  who coded the viewer.  The viewer is able to view ANSIs and ASCIIs of mo derate lengths and also views GIFS and JPEGS. Also planned for the p rogram is full XBIN support, scalable functions, screen capture capabil ity, and more. ACiD View/Java has been successfully tested under both Windows 95 and Linux's Xwindows. Mr. Kite also plans to release an App let version of ACiD View/Java which will be available to the public and allow web page authors to display ansis on their pages. ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜÜ  ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ßßßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛß ßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ ÛÛ Û ²  ÛÛ ßß ÛÛßß²² ÛÛ Û² ßßßßÛ²    ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ²ÛÜÜÛ²²±²ÜÜÜ ±²² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ßß  ²ÛÜÜÛ²²±² Û² ±²ÜÜÛ²   ±²ÜÜÛ²²±²ÜÜÛ²    ÜÜÛÛ ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßß ßßßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ²Û ²° ÛÛ Û² ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛßß²² ²Û by Mindcrime ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ²²±²ÜÜÛ ²²²ÛÜÜÛ² ±² ÛÛ  Congratulations go to the following winners in our  "Tommpa1 Post Card Contest." Some of the entries were quite entertaini ng, and others were just laughable. Randomly drawn from the entries re cieved, these are the winners. They are awarded with eight original, ha nd drawn cells by our very own Tommpa1.  -  Izzy from Alamogordo, NM, USA  -  KRL from Balwyn, Victoria, Austr alia   KRL sent us a great postcard -- a self made collage of   pen graffiti, newspaper clippings and b eer bottle labels!  - Lauren from Cupertino, CA, USA  - Sadistic Nightmare from Southbur y, CT, USA  - The Speed Racer from Plantation,  FL, USA  - Tabaqui from Rolla, MO, USA   Tabaqui inundated us with almost a doze n cards featuring   scenic down home pictures of Kansas and  Missouri.  - Tonic from Ilmenau, Germany   Tonic sent us a killer anime postcard o f Plastic Little!  - Vince Scheib from Chesterland, O H, USA Thanks to all who participated and made this a contest wo rth having. Due to the massive response this "drawing of drawings" r eceived, we look forward to holding more of these events in the future ! ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ßß ÛÛ ßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ²Û ²° ÛÛÜÜÛ² ßßßßÛ² ÛÛ Û² ²Û ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÜ ±² ÜÜÛ²²±²ÜÜÛ²²±² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ²²±²²±²ÜÜÛ² ±² Û² ßß ÜÜÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßß ßß ÛÛ ßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛ ²Û ²° ÛÛÜÜÛ² ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û² ²Û ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ÛÛ ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û²  ±² ßß ±²ÜÜÜ ß² ÜÜÛß ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ² ²±²²±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  Û² ßß Introduction by Mindcrime  The debate over which of two popular artistic mediums, High Resolution VGA and Low Resolution ANSI, is the better ha s been brought into the spotlight recently by the gradual shifting of sc ene art groups from ANSI to VGA as their primary art form. ACiD P roductions has recruited two artists, one prefering high resolution and  one prefering low, to debate this topic for the information and entert ainment of our audience. We're hoping this may open the eyes of both sides and help bring this debate to a healthy closure. The VGA Point of View: The ANSI Point o f View: Written by Wildcat/ACiD!VGA Written by Akairo/AC iD!Press ANSI is dying, VGA is king. A lot High resolution  graphic art, of people in the scene have tried to commonly called  "hi-rez", is fight this; I've heard endless becoming an ext remely popular complaints about the lack of ansi in computer art form.  Many excellent packs, the fading of the BBS scene, arguments as to h ow and why high and the ballooning of pack sizes. resolution graphics  should replace However, all of this amounts to the ANSI (American Na tional Standard petty complaints of the people who Institute) have be en presented to are being left behind. us. However, the pros of ANSI and the cons of hi-rez  are frequently VGA is a far superior medium where overlooked. almost anything can be achieved - you dream it up and you can put it Many people believ e that hi-rez is on the screen. There are countless always associated w ith quality art programs, from freeware to and artists. Obviou sly it is much professional graphics suites, that easier to create a p leasing work of can help you create magnificent art when you can sc an in freehand pieces of art. So while the whole drawings or simply  render three scene, as well as the rest of the dimensional objects.  There are very world, is moving to high-rez, high few pixel-by-pixel  hi-rez artists, color graphics, why is a large while EVERY ANSI ar tist is required portion of the scene still sitting to plot pixel-by- pixel. Veteran in front of ACiDdraw trying to make pixel-by-pixel ANS I artists are a coherent comic-rip in 80 by 25? obviously capable  of creating fresher, more movi ng pieces than a One reason may be nostalgia. True, novice mouse/scanner  artist. ANSI had it's day, but that day has passed. VGA is by far superior in Just because you  can do simple every aspect: higher resolution, commands with Phot oshop or figure more colors, better tools, and a out how to use a  color scanner broader following of artists. If we doesn't make you  an experienced can't improve ourselves as new artist capable of  creating works technologies present themselves then with elements such as strong value, we are destined to remain a group of contrast, spacing or  principles like immature 14 year olds hanging out in gradation, proporti on, or balance. #ANSI saying "eYE DReW mUH FIRst Just because you can  make drawings ANSI t0D4y." with better resol ution and more colors doesn't mean  that the layout Perhaps another reason for this is and composition wi ll automatically just plain stupidity. There are be superior to th at of an ANSI several obvious advantages to VGA artist. Alot more go es into creating that people seem to have overlooked. art than just the m edium. Are oils First, real money can be made from so much better tha n acrylics? Do it. I'm not talking about the 10$ pastels far surpas s charcoal? Of you picked up for doing a little course not. It's not the medium, logo for some sucker, I'm talking it's the artist. serious commercial projects. Many freelance artists in the scene are It is a common mi sconception that making anywhere from 25-50$ an hour all or most ANSI artist only draw - not bad for a kid with a hobby. fonts or rip comic b ooks. Well I beg Also there is a strong artistic to differ. ANSI as  an art form may advantage. You can do so much more have had it's root s in comic rips with VGA. I'm not saying that all and cheap fonts, bu t it is obvious ANSI artists are 13 year olds with that original art has become more no originality, but how many ANSIs common in the ansi  scene now than have you seen lately that have not ever. Just because you are a hi-rez been ripped out of Spawn #15 or artist doesn't aut omatically mean X-men #112? It is rare that you will that you have a crea tive imagination find a VGA that has been ripped; the or you know how to l ayout a piece of fact is that as a whole the High-Rez art without copying  someone else's scene is trying ALOT harder to be style or influence. original and change the scene for the better. Each VGA artist has his In addition to  the artistic own distinct style. When a VGA elements and princi ples, which are artist does a logo, he doesn't do a vastly more i mportant than lord-jazz style (in my opinion, resolution or amou nt of colors, doing a logo in "this-or-that style" there are the file s ize and hardware is just come cheap way of saying I'm differences. Any a verage Joe can ripping someone). A true artist tell you that he wo uld rather be in would do it in HIS OWN style. His possession of a p ack filled with style would be influenced by other ANSI screens displ aying wonderful artists, of course, but as a whole movement, correct proportion, and it would be his and clearly striking contrast  over poorly distinguishable from others. Many composed or lai d out hi-rez ANSI logos tend to run together; pictures with no  movement, no often it is hard to say if someone pleasing balance, and just three did this, or if someone did this in dimensional render ed fonts with imitation of another person's style, boring backgrounds.  It's true that or if it's just a plain rip. With a there are artists that create MIND VGA, I can immediately identify the BLOWING high resolut ion graphics,but artist by their distinct style. how many are there in comparison to amateur/novice arti sts? And is it Clearly the VGA scene is trying worth downloading a n extra two megs harder to improve themselves and just to see these m ediocre works of develop unique works of art. Even art? For only a qua rter of the size artists who use only filters (which you can view pi ctures done by has become a bad word in the art veteran ANSI arti sts, which are scene, even though they are valuable obviously drawn  with better tools) must start with a blank page craftsmanship. and create a picture that is pleasing and interesting. I have In order to r un most high tremendous respect for anyone who resolution paint pro grams you need a can start with nothing and create a pretty fast comput er with alot of pleasing picture solely by relying memory. Typical  ANSI drawing on their tools and talent. utilities such a s TheDraw or ACiDDraw require a  little under a Style imitation and comic ripping megabyte of memory  and work on a have long been used as crutches of common 386 processor . Perhaps with the ANSI community. If we are ever all the money that you might get as to make the scene a place where a freelance high re solution artist serious artists can meet and improve you might be able  to pay for the themselves and others, we must not extra speed and me mory, but if you allow ourselves to be ruled by the are like me you can 't. ANSI allows people that depend on these crutches. you to create art,  with as much In order to meet our bright future, chance as being wond erful, vibrant, we must cast aside our past and moving as high resolution limitations. Can you see yourself graphics, with ext remely cheap and drawing ANSI in 2 years? 3 years? barebones systems. 10 years? ANSI WILL die out, just like RIP has died. Not because it is So high resolution  graphics, when a bad standard, not because the done correctly by  a veteran or people who draw it are not good professional, can surpass an ansi enough. But because it is outdated graphic done by a ve teran. But what and outmatched. The future is upon is the ratio of  veterans to us, but how many of us are even in amateurs in the hi- rez scene? High the present? resolution is still very young. ANSI was developed in the  late seventies. High Resolution pe aked into super vga in the early ni neties. Because  it is fairly new it tends to excite ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ us and  make us look at possible ³Ü  ܳ  careers and fame. But only a very ³ÜÜ ÞÛÜ Þ²Ü  ÞÛÜ ÜÛ³ small percenta ge of us in any of the ³ßÛÜ ÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÛ ²±²ÛÝ  ³ sc enes (demo, tracking, hi-rez, or ³ ßß²ÛÛÛßßß²²   ßßßÛÛÛÜÛß³ ansi) will ever go onto a regular ³ ßßßÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ  ²ÛÛÛß³ job using the skills we developed in ³Þ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÞ²² ßß ³ our youth in this scene. ³Þ±°ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ Û ÛÛßÜÜÜ ³ ³ °ÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛßÛÛÛ  ÛÛÛÛ°±Ý ³ Is ANSI a d ying medium? No, it's ³ Þ²ÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßßßÜÛÛÛÛ°°ÛÛßÛ  ß ³ impossible. Just bec ause there ³ß ÛÛßßßßßßßßßß ÜÛß ³  aren't any bulletin board systems ³ß°°ÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ ÜÛ ²ß³ around anymore to draw for do esn't ³ßßßÛÛÜÜßßÜÛÛß ³  mean we can't enjoy the art form for ³ÜßßßßßÜÜÜ ³ what it has become. It started as a ³Ü°ÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²² ܳ basic character set fo r early ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ communic ations terminals and has ³Disadvantage #1 for ANSI: we³  exploded into a whole art form. As ³don't see one billion VGA pics³  long as there are more quality ³of Calvin in old art packs.³  artists in the ANSI scene than the ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ hi-rez s cene,wonderful ansi art will  be produced. No novice hi-rez artist  can truly surpass a veteran ansi  artist's correct display of art  elements and principles, no matter Note: The views expressed in this how hi-tech his m edium might be. debate are that of the individual Charcoal was one of the first art author and have no relation to forms, drawn on c ave walls by our that of ACiD Productions. ACiD is primitive ancesto rs. Charcoal, an ART group, first and foremost, today, is still a ma jor medium. ANSI and supports all artistic mediums. has a solid founda tion beneath it, so let's not be so h asty to throw it out. ÜÜÜÜÜÜ ßßßßÛÛÞÛßßÛÝÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ßßßÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÝÛÛ ÛÛßßßßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ°ÛÛßßÛÛÞÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßß²²²Û ²°ÛÛ Û²²Û ²°ÞÛßß²² ÛÛ Û²²Û ßßÛÛÝÛÛßß²² ²Û°ÛÛ Û²  ²Û ²°ßßßßÛ²ÞÛÜÜÛ ² ²ÛÜÜÛ²±² ßß±²ÜÜÛ ²±²ÜÜÛ²²ÛÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÜ ±² Û²°²ÛÜÜÛ²²±² ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ ²Þ²ÜÜÛ²±²ÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÜÜÛÛ ÛÛß ß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ°ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Û²²ÛÛ Û² ÛÛ Û ² Û² by Mindcrime and Shrike ±² Û² ±²ÜÜÛ ² ±ÛÜÜ۲ܰ²Û As many of you already know, ACiD Productions hosts an art scene file archive, artpacks.acid.org, which provides a storage and archiving service to all members of the art scene. This site was put  in place not only to ensure a lasting and efficient archive for scene related material, but also to provide an easy to use, not to men tion powerful, interface for both scene members and worldwide compute r art fans to find and aquire their favorite art packs. This new secti on of the ACiD newsletter has been put in place to inform you of curr ent happenings and facts about this exciting new file archive. The archive has recently aquired many mirror sites to hopefully accomadate for the heavy traffic the site may experienc e during peak online times. Our hope is that you will be able to use  these mirrors to your advantage when the main artpacks site gets b ogged down or appears slow. You can link to several of these mirrors  from the main page.  Another helpful service provided by the artpacks adm inistration is a detailed breakdown of the top downloaded files from the site. Statistics are provided for electronic magazines, progr ams, artpacks, and a combination of all three. These pages can be found  at: http://artpacks.acid.org/www/html/top_day.html http://artpacks.acid.org/www/html/top_month.html Virus scanning has now been implemented into the ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ archive. Individual files ³ÜÜÜÜÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ³ are scanned several times a ³ܲß ²ßÜßÛÛÛÛÛÛß²ÛÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÝ ³ day with McAffee's Viruscan. ³  ÜÛß ßÜÛÛÜÜßÜÛ²²ÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ³ However, we still recommend ³ ÞÛÜÝ ÞÛÛÜÛÝÝÞÛßßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßßÜÛ ³ that you cross scan all ³ ÜßßÜÜ ßÛÛßßÜßÛÛÛÛÛßß²ÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ  ³ files locally for your own ³ Þ²ÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜ °ßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ²² ³ safety.³  ßßßßßßßßß ßßÛÛßßßßÛ ÛÛ²ÜÛÛÛßÜÜ ßßßß³  ³ÜÜ ÛÛ ÜÜ Û²°³ Pipe code support has ³ ° Û Û² ÛÛ ÛÛ  ³ also been implemented. This ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ system allows file ³ACiD's new mot to is "If sheep can be³ descriptions to contain ³cloned, ACiD me mbers can be as well."³ colors using the standard ³Look for a bigg er memberlist next pack.³ pipe code set of |00, for ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ black, to |15, for white.  Thanks to Mr. Kite, we now offer online viewing of ANSI files! Using his newly developed Java ansi viewer applet, it is possible to view ansi files contained within the individual archives.  If you have any questions about the archive, be sure to email either Shrike at fare@ionet.net or RaD Man at radman@acid .org. Be sure to re-load often, new services are being added all th e time as we strive to better serve the computer artscene community. ÜÜ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û²°ÛÛ Û² ±²Û ²°°ÛÛ Û² ÜÜ  by Cthulu ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²ÜÜÛ²  ±²ÜÜÛ² ±²  ßß ±²ÜÜÛ² ßß  Refreshed and ready to tackle new challenges, ACiD Productions is assured that, one way or another, it's lead will soon grow more parallel with trends in the art scene as a whole. Ou r approach may no longer seem as groundbreaking, but our toned-down meth od will offend less the sensibilities of the average art enthu siast, while continuing to provide the guidance and inspiration you  have all come to grow and love and even perpetuate. The time of t he opening of the cherry blossoms comes to a close - complaints have been met and answered. The time of rebirth is almost passed, and nary  a sighting of Saga, Union, or Legend has been noted.  Social Darwinism assures that those who are strong will persevere while all others will eventually peter out and fade into  their doom of obscurity. Looking strong after seven years in a s cene where the average group lifespan is two months, our place on t op is secure, thanks to our award-winning art, but even more to our bro ad fan base.  We thank you for allowing us to occupy the pi nnacle of this hierarchy and promise to thrill you for many seasons to c ome.  - ACiD Productions 1997 -  - A rose by any other name would not smell so sweet - ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ  Credits: Writers: A CiD!Press    Editor : Mindcrime   Special Thanks: RaD Man and Wi ldcat   Photographer: Nitnatsnoc  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ COMNTFeatures: Avenge/ACiD!Ansi, Postcard Compo Results, VGA vs ANSI,and more! SAUCE00ACiD Newsletter Issue #15 acid!press ACiD Productions 19970405UËP@