Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: {. . continued} <rustY_> But bad or good, I think that the whole "elite" concept drove the scene. It was the motivating factor - to be "elite". That's why I got started. I was sick of being a "normal" PD user without boards. How can the scene maintain its exclusivity, and in that, its appeal? What makes the scene fun is that when you are in it, you feel above the people playing tradewars on the local vbbs boards with no boards . Hmm . <cool_t_A> Oh yeah. We were all into being as "elite" as possible. That's what it was all about eventually - that's why I'd be copying comics out of comic books for my ansis, rather than trying to come up with something more creative which might have less aesthetic appeal, but be more fun to draw. <rustY_> Marshal law was cool. A year and a half ago, when i had a bbs, someone uploaded the first acid pack and a .ZIP of some Marshall Law ansis. About that time, I really got intersted in the backstory of the scene. <cool_t_A> I don't think marshal law has drawn more than 20 ansis, and yet he was one of the best (considered THE best, by many). Someone told me it was because he was such a perfectionist. He'd spend a month or two on one 100 line ansi <rustY_> Well, I always considered my best 5 artists to include him and Tempus Thales, and i'm not sure exactly who else. I'd have to think more about it. <cool_t_A> Yeah, tempus was clearly one of the best .. he's the one that first offered me a position in ice back in 92. <rustY_> I love his ansi of superman for Sanctuary, back in one of the 1993 Ice packs. <cool_t_A> If you ever get a chance to see his "Crewel Lye" ANSI, you may notice how much of a perfectionist he was - how each shading block was positioned just so, not nearly like the splattered half-hazard affect of artists like lord jazz, these days. <rustY_> I have seen the "Crewel Lye" pic and I liked it. It is very meticulous in its style, you are right. See, people don't consider this stuff anymore. <cool_t_A> Marshal Law sold that Crewel Lye ansi in 1993 for $50. I don't think the ansi was more than 200 lines, but for the next couple years it was often used as a comparison to any really good ANSI that came out. <rustY_> I don't know. Is there a way that the whole spirit of the old times could come back? .. or is it gone? .. or is it better now than it was then? I wish it was like it was back then. <cool_t_A> Now that the internet is so big, things will never be the same . "video killed the radio star .. " <rustY_> Yeah, but is the internet really better? I mean, we are in something of an obscure scene/art form. I mean, shoudn't it be up to us what happens? If BBSes are better and all that, then why this? I think that the scene was really a lot more fun for me, when i was running my 215 group, "acme," and we had like 5 art boards in the upper 215. Things were really active. <cool_t_A> It's artists like Tempus where you have a really tough time finding an ansi by him that isn't very good. <rustY_> Exactly. Whereas I can take a lot of new artists and find a lot of stuff they just didn't do so well on. <_ booberry> Internet is more practical because more people can get together, without spending shitloads of cash calling LD boards that they're not sure are good or not. <rustY_> There is no mystique to the scene. If we are all on the internet, then what do we draw ansis for? And for me, VGA will never have the same appeal. <cool_t_A> People are choosing to spend more of their time on the internet than on bbses because of the more widespread communication ability I mean, really .. i like bbses and all, but isn't talking to this many people at once, rather than a delayed message posting system, better? <rustY_> Yeah, but then where does ANSI come into the picture? Where does anything come in? {continued . . } 19
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