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Blade (Artscene group)
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Blade, also referred to as The Blade Nation, was an underground computer artscene group that primarily released ANSI
, ASCII
, and high resolution
artwork from 1994 to 1997, and during a brief time in 1998.
The group was founded in New Jersey
by ANSI Artist, Sub Zero. Due to the confusion between many artists with the handle Sub Zero, his name was changed to Mindcrime after the first Blade release.
Blade developed a long standing rivalry with another artscene group headquartered in New Jersey, Creators of Intense Art
.
In 1996 Blade took part in Canadian
artscene group Mistigris's
World Tour, under which Mistigris released its artwork in other group's artpacks, as opposed to its own.
s beginning with the first "Blade Epic" in March 1994. After the 43rd release, several months passed until the final 44th artpack was released.
ANSI art
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 437, often referred to as extended ASCII and used in MS-DOS and Unix environments...
, ASCII
ASCII art
ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters...
, and high resolution
Image resolution
Image resolution is an umbrella term that describes the detail an image holds. The term applies to raster digital images, film images, and other types of images. Higher resolution means more image detail....
artwork from 1994 to 1997, and during a brief time in 1998.
History
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
by ANSI Artist, Sub Zero. Due to the confusion between many artists with the handle Sub Zero, his name was changed to Mindcrime after the first Blade release.
Blade developed a long standing rivalry with another artscene group headquartered in New Jersey, Creators of Intense Art
Creators of Intense Art
Creators of Intense Art, or Cia was an underground computer artscene group that primarily released ANSI, ASCII, and high resolution artwork from 1993 to 2001...
.
In 1996 Blade took part in Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
artscene group Mistigris's
Mistigris
Mistigris was an artscene group founded in late 1994 by Cthulu of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The group primarily operated out of BBSes within the city's area code 604 joined across suburbs and provinces by the group's echomail network known as KiTSCHNet...
World Tour, under which Mistigris released its artwork in other group's artpacks, as opposed to its own.
Releases
Blade released 43 monthly artpackArtpack
An artpack is an archive of computer artwork which is distributed in a compressed format such as ZIP or RAR.While most artpacks today contain either ANSI and ASCII art or hirez VGA, they may also include a combination of RIPscrip art, tracked or otherwise digital music, poetry and editorials, 3D...
s beginning with the first "Blade Epic" in March 1994. After the 43rd release, several months passed until the final 44th artpack was released.
- Blade Epic #01 (First Epic)
- Blade Epic #27 (MistigrisMistigrisMistigris was an artscene group founded in late 1994 by Cthulu of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The group primarily operated out of BBSes within the city's area code 604 joined across suburbs and provinces by the group's echomail network known as KiTSCHNet...
World Tour) - Blade Epic #44 (Final Epic)
External links
- Dark Domain The ACiD Artpacks Archive on DVD (ISBN 0-9746537-0-5), contains all available Blade Epics.
- Sixteen Colors ANSI Art and ASCII Art Archive - A web viewable archive of current and past ANSI and ASCII packsArtpackAn artpack is an archive of computer artwork which is distributed in a compressed format such as ZIP or RAR.While most artpacks today contain either ANSI and ASCII art or hirez VGA, they may also include a combination of RIPscrip art, tracked or otherwise digital music, poetry and editorials, 3D...
released by the computer art sceneComputer art sceneThe phrase computer art scene, or artscene for short, refers to a community of individuals and groups that are both interested and active in the creation of computer-based artwork.-Early computer art:...