Sixteen Colors ANSI and ASCII Archive - News

Evoke 2009

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:38:36 +0000

Here at Sixteen Colors we have not done a great job of covering events occurring in the scene. We covered the 20 goto 10 gallery in 2007, but have ignored everything else. This is an attempt to remedy that problem. "Evoke 2009":http://www.evoke.eu/ was this past weekend, July 31 to August 2. Evoke is a demoparty held in Cologne, Germany and is one of the few demo parties that continues to support the ANSI and ASCII communities. Evoke was created in 1997 by members of "Black Maiden":http://www.blackmaiden.de/ and has run an ANSI and ASCII art competition at each party since it's inception (there was no Evoke in 2001). Evoke is also the only demo party that allows ANSI and ASCII artists the option to submit their entries remotely. Keep that in mind for next year! This year the competition saw a resurgence in the textmode medium. It is the first time in several years that ANSI/ASCII and Amiga were split into two separate categories. The ANSI and ASCII category had nine entries and the Amiga category had seven entries. The entries were primarily European artists, as is typical of the Evoke competition. Unfortunately I am not familiar with most of the artists, but everyone put in a great effort. Evoke attendees are all given an opportunity to rate their top three images. From those rankings, the final list is created. The results "were revealed":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugUYWwK3Byc during the demo party and seemed to get an enthusiastic response. It would be fantastic if in following years we can increase the exposure of the ANSI and ASCII mediums by contributing more to the competition.

Editing ANSI Online and Continuing Development

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:48:40 +0000

Over the past year I have talked with several people about editing ANSI online. It seems to be a great way to extend the lifetime of the art medium. Perhaps it could even bring in some new artists. As I contemplate this possibility there is an important question to answer. What technology would be used [...]

Significant Downtime

Wed, 06 May 2009 15:44:02 +0000

The site has had significant downtime for, well, over a month now. I have no idea what’s going on. I believe I have at least gotten the server to reset itself when there is a problem, which is better than it has been. However, I still don’t know what’s going on. If there are any [...]

1994-1996 Pack Goodness!

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:00:23 +0000

Thanks to Prizm Sixteen Colors has added 68 packs to its collection! I have more packs from him to add as well, but they require a little more sorting through. 1994 AIC1194.ZIP 1994 AIC1294.ZIP 1994 FTL-1294.ZIP 1994 IMP45B94.ZIP 1994 JUS-0994.ZIP 1994 RAGE_294.ZIP 1994 RAGE0894.ZIP 1994 RCD-1294.ZIP 1994 RGE1194.ZIP 1994 SIN12-94.ZIP 1994 WXG1094.ZIP 1995 33-PIC95.ZIP 1995 BLDE9501.ZIP 1995 CRM-O595.ZIP 1995 DFT-0495.ZIP 1995 DIV-0495.ZIP 1995 DPS0495.ZIP 1995 DRV-0595.ZIP 1995 DVS-0295.ZIP 1995 DVS-0995.ZIP 1995 EDEN0895.ZIP 1995 FIRM0195.ZIP 1995 HAIL0195.ZIP 1995 HOE2_95.ZIP 1995 IB123195.ZIP 1995 [...]

Forums Actually Working

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:31:34 +0000

It was brought to my attention that there were two major problems with the forums. The navigation was not visible in Internet Explorer (DAMN YOU Microsoft!) Attempting to sign up created an error Both of these problems should be corrected.

Sixteen Colors Forum

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:21:03 +0000

I have planned for quite a long time to add an intricate commenting system to the site. Clearly, that has not happened. I have finally broken down and put up a simple forum. Please, jump in, start talking, and we’ll keep the community alive and hopefully increase interest in the ANSI medium.

Celebrating a Legendary Group

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:01:18 +0000

I got a note from The Night Angel this week. I will let his words do the talking. February 9th, 2009 will mark the ten year anniversary of the death of AWE Lettering. To celebrate, I would like to release a new pack, AWE-22. Our mission back in those days was to promote the creation of [...]

With a Little Help from My Friends

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:14:03 +0000

I am ready to get back into development of the site, and in the process a big question is brewing in my mind. Do I continue development as is, or do I make a change to allow for more collaboration? I am currently developing the site in the .NET Framework using Microsoft SQL Server. This [...]

Blocktronics

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:03:49 +0000

It seems that no matter how far we drift from the days of the Bulletin Board System, ANSI continues to live on. Proof of this is evident in the creation of a new group, Blocktronics, that is attempting to use modern tools to redefine how ANSI is created and released. The original concept was to create [...]

Roots Inaugural Release

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:23:18 +0000

Retribution has come through on his promise. The inaugural roots pack has been released. In the process it has managed to pull the likes of Jack Phlash, Ceelow and Kid Frost out of the wood works.