Interview with Hijack of Arclite
o1. When did you make your first Ascii attempts?
My first ascii attemps... I guess it was about 10 years ago.
I tried to make some logos with C-64. It has so nice chars...
I made my first Amiga logos in 1992, first anims in 1993.
o2. Do you know how many Ascii-productions have you released?
Yes, not that many actually. Well it kinda depends what you count as
ASCII productions. If you count all ASCII/ANSI SCENE related releases,
Ive released 11 ascii collections, 2 ansianimation collections,
1 ansi collection, 1 ansi manual and an iff2ansi converter.
o3. Whats so damn special with Ascii?
Dunno. I prefer ANSI.
o4. Have you got any special idols from the Ascii-scene?
I guess I could say that RED DEVIL/DEZIGN is my idol. He was
the reason why I started to make ansianimations. He was also ahead
of his time in ansi logos. He knew how to use ITALIC, BOLD and
UNDERLINE. To him ansi logos were not just ascii logos with
colours. Ive got 65 ansilogos by him, all made with different style.
How many of you can compete with that? None.
I also love the work of ARCLITE dudes, their logos always inspire
me to make cool animations.
o5. Whats your opinion about the Iff2Ascii-Art?
I think its ok to convert iff pictures into ascii, Ive used iff2ascii
in some of my anims in ascii morphing for example. Everything that
LOOKS good IS good in my opinion. Another thing is that how many
percent of the converted stuff actually LOOK good.
I prefer pixel perfect multicolor iff2ansi converters like
Ansi Hijacker.
o6. Are dots more stylish than regular Ascii?
Humm. Are circles more stylish than regular ellipses?
o7. Do you read every single collection that is released today?
Hell no. I have enough trouble checking out all the collections
that my friends release. BTW: IRC is an EVIL place. How can you
say NO to some poor ascii artists face when he dcc sends you
his latest collection?-
o8. Do you answer requests made to All Available Artists ?
Nope. I think I have never answered other requests than the ones
which were addressed to me. To be honest, even the ones who
write directly to me dont have a very good chance to actually
GET a logo, since Im a damn lazy person
o9. How should a request be written to be guarantied a answer from you?
I answer all the messages I get, but if you want to be sure that
you get a logo from me, noticeable money donation would assure it.
1o. Are there more Ascii-groups than there has to be?
Yep, I think so. There are also way too many artists, but I guess
every artist has a fan somewhere. I mean even some of the most
popular artists are pretty lame in my humble opinion, but I wont
say any names here. To make the world a better place, I decided
reduce the number of lame ascii artists, and I quited making
asciis. I hope many people would follow my example.
11. What do you think of the attitude in the Ascii-scene of today?
I think the ascii scene is a bit too hostile, people are fighting
about everything. For example, it was quite weird how everybody
reacted when Shapechanger joined us. If we say somebody has joined
ARCLITE, you better BELIEVE its true. We have no reason to lie
about our memberlist.
12. What do you think about the idea of having special magazines
dedicated to the Ascii-scene?
I think its a nice idea, but I think the QUALITY of ascii magazines
could be much better.
13. Is there a big difference between Old-skool Ascii and Ascii of today?
Humm... I guess there isnt THAT big difference, but somehow most of
the ascii dudes I respect have been in the business for a really long
time. I guess its quite hard to amaze me anymore, since there are so
many artists out there. The competition is quite hard nowadays. Its
hard to be original, and thats actually one of the reasons why I
decided to make ansianimations.
14. Have you any special projects going on that will be released in a
near future?
Yes indeed. Ive been working on my next ansianimation collection
for 8 months now, and its almost finished. Mop/Essence has coded
a nice GUI for it and Cyclone/Illusion Mistral/Parallax have
pixeled me some real gfx. Its going to have some cool music too,
and EVERYBODY from Arclite except G.E.M. are involved in this
big COOPERATION. All anims are for BBS usage download, upload,
and so on..., so I guess many sysops are going to jump for joy.
There is also going to be an amazing ansi intro in it, including
many nice effects true 3d was just beginning like glenz ansi
morphing and animated iff2ansi stuff.
15. What would you be doing instead of Ascii if you suddenly quitted?
I have suddenly quitted making asciis, and Im making ansianims
instead. There are better ascii artists than me, so I decided to
concentrate on ansianims.
16. Do you have a horny snoop doggy dogg?
Nope, but Ive got a TI-92 with no batteries.
P.S. Everybody, feel free to contact me via e-mail: rt3097@tutech.fi
And remember: ANIM A DAY MAKES YOU INSANE!
o1. When did you make your first Ascii attempts?
My first ascii attemps... I guess it was about 10 years ago.
I tried to make some logos with C-64. It has so nice chars...
I made my first Amiga logos in 1992, first anims in 1993.
o2. Do you know how many Ascii-productions have you released?
Yes, not that many actually. Well it kinda depends what you count as
ASCII productions. If you count all ASCII/ANSI SCENE related releases,
Ive released 11 ascii collections, 2 ansianimation collections,
1 ansi collection, 1 ansi manual and an iff2ansi converter.
o3. Whats so damn special with Ascii?
Dunno. I prefer ANSI.
o4. Have you got any special idols from the Ascii-scene?
I guess I could say that RED DEVIL/DEZIGN is my idol. He was
the reason why I started to make ansianimations. He was also ahead
of his time in ansi logos. He knew how to use ITALIC, BOLD and
UNDERLINE. To him ansi logos were not just ascii logos with
colours. Ive got 65 ansilogos by him, all made with different style.
How many of you can compete with that? None.
I also love the work of ARCLITE dudes, their logos always inspire
me to make cool animations.
o5. Whats your opinion about the Iff2Ascii-Art?
I think its ok to convert iff pictures into ascii, Ive used iff2ascii
in some of my anims in ascii morphing for example. Everything that
LOOKS good IS good in my opinion. Another thing is that how many
percent of the converted stuff actually LOOK good.
I prefer pixel perfect multicolor iff2ansi converters like
Ansi Hijacker.
o6. Are dots more stylish than regular Ascii?
Humm. Are circles more stylish than regular ellipses?
o7. Do you read every single collection that is released today?
Hell no. I have enough trouble checking out all the collections
that my friends release. BTW: IRC is an EVIL place. How can you
say NO to some poor ascii artists face when he dcc sends you
his latest collection?-
o8. Do you answer requests made to All Available Artists ?
Nope. I think I have never answered other requests than the ones
which were addressed to me. To be honest, even the ones who
write directly to me dont have a very good chance to actually
GET a logo, since Im a damn lazy person
o9. How should a request be written to be guarantied a answer from you?
I answer all the messages I get, but if you want to be sure that
you get a logo from me, noticeable money donation would assure it.
1o. Are there more Ascii-groups than there has to be?
Yep, I think so. There are also way too many artists, but I guess
every artist has a fan somewhere. I mean even some of the most
popular artists are pretty lame in my humble opinion, but I wont
say any names here. To make the world a better place, I decided
reduce the number of lame ascii artists, and I quited making
asciis. I hope many people would follow my example.
11. What do you think of the attitude in the Ascii-scene of today?
I think the ascii scene is a bit too hostile, people are fighting
about everything. For example, it was quite weird how everybody
reacted when Shapechanger joined us. If we say somebody has joined
ARCLITE, you better BELIEVE its true. We have no reason to lie
about our memberlist.
12. What do you think about the idea of having special magazines
dedicated to the Ascii-scene?
I think its a nice idea, but I think the QUALITY of ascii magazines
could be much better.
13. Is there a big difference between Old-skool Ascii and Ascii of today?
Humm... I guess there isnt THAT big difference, but somehow most of
the ascii dudes I respect have been in the business for a really long
time. I guess its quite hard to amaze me anymore, since there are so
many artists out there. The competition is quite hard nowadays. Its
hard to be original, and thats actually one of the reasons why I
decided to make ansianimations.
14. Have you any special projects going on that will be released in a
near future?
Yes indeed. Ive been working on my next ansianimation collection
for 8 months now, and its almost finished. Mop/Essence has coded
a nice GUI for it and Cyclone/Illusion Mistral/Parallax have
pixeled me some real gfx. Its going to have some cool music too,
and EVERYBODY from Arclite except G.E.M. are involved in this
big COOPERATION. All anims are for BBS usage download, upload,
and so on..., so I guess many sysops are going to jump for joy.
There is also going to be an amazing ansi intro in it, including
many nice effects true 3d was just beginning like glenz ansi
morphing and animated iff2ansi stuff.
15. What would you be doing instead of Ascii if you suddenly quitted?
I have suddenly quitted making asciis, and Im making ansianims
instead. There are better ascii artists than me, so I decided to
concentrate on ansianims.
16. Do you have a horny snoop doggy dogg?
Nope, but Ive got a TI-92 with no batteries.
P.S. Everybody, feel free to contact me via e-mail: rt3097@tutech.fi
And remember: ANIM A DAY MAKES YOU INSANE!
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