BLOCKTRONICS1010 OCTOBER102014 TOP WELCOME TO OUR 10TH COLLABORATIVE ART RELEASE! ° Blocktronics 1010 Information ° What is Blocktronics? ° Our Website ° Members List ° How do I join? ° Become a fan ° Drawing Resources and Links ° Telnet BBS list ° Previous Art Releases ° Artist Statistics ° Blocktronics Sketchbook BLOCKTRONICS1010 RELEASE INFORMATION TOP It has only been 2 months since we released Blocktronics:WTF4. Brazillian slave owner Enzo has pushed all of our artists to their limits to put another pack together in a short amount of time and for this reason we hate him. The biggest news from the past two months is that Blocktronics submitted around 15 ansis to the Pittsburgh Demo Party Demosplash. We took 1st through 15th place thanks to the fact that all of the amazing ANSi artists in the world outside of Blocktronics did not submit anything out of sheer terror. We have sort of made Demosplash our go to demo party because one of our members lives in the city of Pittsburgh and allows anyone in the world to crash at his house as long as you leave a donation for Space Camp. This year Demosplash was attended in person by Fever (TCF), Filth (FIL), Misfit (MT), and The Textmode Exorcist (TXT). We had a great time thanks to a lot of alcohol, other illegal reasons. We recorded some video of our adventure in Pittsburgh. Thanks to a lot of hardwork by The Textmode Exorcist, aka Keith Aaron Von Nadolny, he has released a kind of a documentary with demo party information, the ansi screening, and random out takes. If you're interested in meeting some of us we are planning a larger gather at Demosplash 2015 in Pittsburgh, it will most likely be the first Friday, Saturday, in October. In other demo party news, Blocktronics artists DMan and mypalGOO represented the group at the Deadline 2014 demoparty in Berlin, Germany. DMans piece "Bender" which can be seen in this current 1010 art release took 2nd place. mypalGOOs "goo nightmare" also seen in this art pack placed 4th. Blocktronics artists have come together on a new creative project known as ZOIA. ZOIA is a brand for our collective artists to release a variety of original merchandise. All proceeds, as minute as they are, go to the specific artist that create the work. Currently available are some t-shirts, coffee cups, toys, stickers, posters. So, you can see where this is going. You can visit ZOIA.cc and also "like" the ZOIA Facebook page to stay up to date on new merchandise. BLOCKTRONICS1010 WHAT IS BLOCKTRONICS? TOP Blocktronics is a collection of artists from all over the world. Instead of releasing art pieces individually via sites like Deviant Art we release periodic collaborative art packs. We are a close knit group that works to motivate and inspire each other. We are called Blocktronics because we specialize in a blocky old low resolution computer art form known as ANSI art. Blocktronics is sometimes called B7 for short. For more information follow the link to our Facebook page. BLOCKTRONICS1010 OUR WEBSITES TOP We have a few methods of viewing our artwork or contacting Blocktronics. 1. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/blocktronics 2. Web - http://blocktronics.org 3. Facebook ANSI - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ansiascii 4. DeviantArt - http://blocktronics.deviantart.com 5. ZOIA - www.zoia.cc BLOCKTRONICS1010 MEMBERS LIST TOP FORMAT Abbreviation - Nickname - Real Name (Optional) - Location (Optional) - Website LIST 2m - Mattmatthew - Matthew Yee - Hawaii, USA - Matt Yee on Behance ant - ANT - Anthony Schiller - Michigan, USA - Facebook arg - Argon - Unknown - France - Facebook asx - Asphyx - Unknown - France - www.asphyx.fr avg - Avenging Angel - Ivan Segaric - Australia - Facebook aw - Abdully Wahaa - Unknown - Iran - Guest Artist axd - Access Denied - Nick Boel - Wisconsin, USA - Pharcyde BBS biz - Bizarro - Michael Aspling - Sweden - NA bw - Binary Walker - Florian Ochmann - Germany - BW on Deviant Art bym - Big Yellow Man - Fredrik Olsson - Sweden - BYM on Deviant Art cap - Captain Hood - Hawk Hubbard - Florida, USA - Piranha BBS cat - Catbones - Cat Spencer - Missouri, USA - Catbones.com cl! - Cleaner - Fredric Cambus - France - cleaner.untergrund.net cr - Cryogenic - Karl Grenet - Australia - NA cx - Cyonx - Pat Swanson - North Carolina, USA - Cyonx on Deviant Art del - Delicious - Jamie Martin - California, USA - livejami.com dman - DMan - Dmitry Kalinin - Russia - NA eto - ETO - Curtis Wensley - Vancouver, CA - picoe.ca fil - Filth - Joshua Hillyard - Pittsburgh, PA, USA - Distortion BBS goo - mypalGOO - Unknown - Switzerland - Facebook h7 - h7 - Antii Kiuru - Finland - Haciend BBS ig - IronGhost - Matthew Kemp - Illinois, USA - Facebook iks - Irokos - Flavien Deneu - France - Facebook jp - Jack Phlash - Jay Phillips - Tennessee, USA - Distortion BBS k1 - Knocturnal - Unknown - Georgia, USA - Facebook ls - Lord Scarlet - Doug Moore - Washington, D.C., USA - Sixteen Colors may - Maytag Man - Lukos Weigandt - Ontario, Canada - Facebook med - Medium - Unknown - Sweden - NA mr - Mr. Wrong - Unknown - Canada - NA mt - Misfit - James Bodie - West Virginia, USA - Misfit on Deviant Art no - Noches - Unknown - Unknown - NA ob - Ober - Jordan Ella - Canada - Facebook om - Otium - Filip De Haes - Belgium - Facebook r5 - Reset Survivor - Balls Wilson - Arizona, USA - resetsurvivor.com rad - RaD Man - Christian Wirth - California, USA - ACiD Productions sk!n - art of sk!n - Michael Hischer - Germany - DeZign ASCii sm - Smoke - Yahwe Chao - California, USA - Facebook sp - Spear - Mark Pendell - New York, USA - Facebook sz - Skuz - Leslie Given - West Virginia, USA - Fluph BBS tcf - Fever - Aaron Frick - Georgia, USA - Aaron Frick Art txt - The Textmode Exorcist - Keith Nadolny - New York, USA - Facebook ung - Ungenannt - Unknown - Georgia, USA - Ungenannt on Deviant Art zii - Zeus II - Joel Borjel - Sweden - NA z0 - Enzo - Luciano Ayres - Brazil - Enzo on Deviant Art For memberlist corrections, additions, reductions, please contact TCF. BLOCKTRONICS1010 HOW DO I JOIN? TOP Contact us via blocktronics.org or Facebook BLOCKTRONICS1010 BECOME A FAN TOP Visit Blocktronics on Facebook and "like" the page. Follow the group and select the option to receive notifications to remain up to date with new artwork, releases, or relevant information. BLOCKTRONICS1010 DRAWING RESOURCES TOP Here are some resources and important links to help you draw text mode art for free. 1. Pablodraw - Pablodraw - The primary utility used by current artists. 2. ANSiEdit - ANSiEdit - A new web based drawing utility from Andy Herbert. 3. SixteenColors.net - sixteencolors.net - An online gallery of ANSi art. 4. ANSiLove - ANSiLove - A .ans to .png converter. BLOCKTRONICS1010 TELNET BBS LIST TOP Here are some telnet bbs's to help you relive your 1980's and 90's experience. 1. After Hours - After Hours - Sysop: Greg Youngblood 2. Distortion - Distortion - Sysop: Jack Phlash (Blocktronics Artist) 3. Fluph - Fluph - Sysop: Leslie Givens 4. Haciend - Haciend El Bananas - Sysop: h7 (Blocktronics Artist) 5. Pharcyde - Pharcyde - Sysop: Access Denied (Blocktronics Artist) 7. Under the Black Flag - Under the Black Flag - Sysop: Captain Hood (WHQ) BLOCKTRONICS1010 PREVIOUS RELEASES TOP Here are our previous group art releases. 1. 2008 AUG 19 - Blocktronics "Res[v]olution" 2. 2009 NOV 02 - Blocktronics "Codename Chris Wirth" 3. 2013 APR 14 - Blocktronics "AWAKEN" 4. 2013 JUN 26 - Blocktronics "Sixteen Colors" 5. 2013 AUG 28 - Blocktronics "Space Invaders" 6. 2013 NOV 12 - Blocktronics "ACiD Trip" 7. 2014 FEB 28 - Blocktronics "Blockalypse" 8. 2014 MAY 15 - Blocktronics "1980" 9. 2014 AUG 11 - Blocktronics "WTF4" 10. 2014 OCT 10 - Blocktronics "1010" BLOCKTRONICS1010 ARTIST STATISTICS TOP FORMAT Number of artworks released. (All-time) - Abbreviation - Nickname In order of eliteness. 73 - z0 - Enzo 68 - avg - Avenging Angel 57 - tcf - Fever 55 - k1 - Knocturnal 39 - bw - Binary Walker 37 - fil - Filth 33 - 2m - Mattmatthew 25 - ung - Ungenannt 24 - h7 - h7 24 - rad - RaDMaN 23 - zv - ZeroVision 23 - r5 - Reset Survivor 23 - txt - Textmode Exorcist 21 - mt - Misfit 14 - ndh - Andy H 14 - goo - mypalGOO 13 - ret - Retribution 12 - sp - Spear 11 - ns - AnsiChrist 11 - bym - Big Yellow Man 11 - cl! - Cleaner 10 - del - Delicious 10 - no - Noches 10 - zii - ZeusII 9 - ant - Ant 9 - biz - Bizarro 8 - cx - Cyonx 8 - mi - Mongi 8 - om - Otium 8 - 70 - Tombin 7 - dma - DMan 6 - smk - Smoke 6 - sm - Smooth 5 - 43 - Aesthetic 5 - iks - Irokos 5 - jp - Jack Phlash 4 - axd - Access Denied 4 - os - Offspring 4 - tna - The Night Angel 3 - cat - Catbones 3 - cry - Cryogenic 3 - ig - IronGhost 3 - med - Medium 3 - mos - Mos Effed 3 - mr - Mr. Wrong 3 - n4 - Sodium 2 - ao - Aox 2 - ar - Argon 2 - may - Maytag Man 2 - rev - Rev 2 - wz - Whazzit 1 - act - Unknown 1 - crs - Crisis 1 - cbn - Cubon 1 - dvn - Devin 1 - fx - Ferrex 1 - fs - F0st 1 - hx - Haliphax 1 - ls - Lord Scarlet 1 - mz - Maze 1 - ob< - Ober 1 - pm - Polymorph 1 - pn - Piano Man 1 - rod - Rodamn 1 - sph - Sephiroth THE END SEE YOU NEXT RELEASE - BLOCKTRONICS! You came this far.. well, I guess you can see doodle boy sexpics. Avenging Angel has a talent for spotting ANSi related license plates. Here's one for Blocktronics 1010 "10 ANS". In other news, Avenging Angel has a talent and we have finally found it. Ever wonder where Blocktronics artists get all of their inspiration from? Alcohol, massive amounts of alcohol. Demosplash 2014 "party" goers. From left to right Tourettes producer The Textmode Exorcist, the legendary Misfit (wearing a Frankenstein t-shirt created by Ungenannt available at ZOIA.CC), Filth the destroyer, and TCF (wearing the Vladimir Putin t-shirt created by Otium, also from ZOIA.CC). The nerds in Pittsburgh were not the only ones meeting up in October. ANSi demi-God BYM (Big Yellow Man/Sweden) visited beautiful Brazil to meet and hang with our Blocktronics CEO z0 (Enzo/Brazil). Unfortunately, all they did was get drunk. We also learned thay BYM is really bad at taking selfies where Enzo excels. Also, note that they are still friendly in this photo. Now they've both turned hostile on us. Apparently, they can't handle their alcohol without becoming savages. Also note, Enzo has no clothes on. "We don't wear clothes in Brazil." BYM has no shirt on either, that's what color they are in Sweden. This is the darned cutest little bloody flaming drongo we've ever seen. Who would have thought that this innocent child would grow up to be the monster known as the Avenging Angel.