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[9C[1mI know how long that text is. If you don't wanna rea
[A[61Cd it, please jump[0m
[1mat least to the last paragraph (line 78).[0m

[9CPretty much everyone knows how bad the scene is today. T
[A[65Chough it seems
to be getting better. The few next lines are just to point o
[A[60Cut what I believe
are two things that cause this so called art scene to be tha
[A[60Ct messed up.

[9CI'd say the most influencing factor is the general bored
[A[65Com of everyone.It has always been like that: people s
[A[38Ctarted drawing, got good, got bored,
dropped the scene and they were then replaced by new artists
[A[60C who got good, etc.
But for some odd reason, new artists don't seem to get as go
[A[60Cod as they're
normally supposed to be. Can you name only one good artist w
[A[60Cho started drawing
this year? So what happens is when people that have been dra
[A[60Cwing for a few yearslose the interest in ansi, or sim
[A[33Cply can't find the time to keep working on thisintere
[A[6Cst, they drop out of the scene, but don't get replaced
[A[60C by new artists.

[9CPeople don't seem to realize how bad this is. The scene 
[A[65Cis slowly goingto die, even though people say it'll a
[A[38Clways be around, because what keeps peoplein this sce
[A[11Cne is the love of ansi, not the use other people make
[A[64C of it. Of
course this is true. I don't see why we should stop drawing 
[A[60Conly because people
aren't gonna use the ansi we make. But the problem is that t
[A[60Chere are more peopledropping out of the scene than go
[A[33Cod people joining. Dying without having
children pretty much sucks if you ask me. Who's gonna benefi
[A[60Ct your experience?
For myself, having children and showing them things I've lea
[A[60Crnt is somehow a wayto thank my parents of raising me
[A[33C. They are the ones that make me what I am
today. Else, you have no way of thanking them. Sharing your 
[A[60Cknowledge has to be
one of the most important things in the world. Same goes wit
[A[60Ch the art scene. We
have worked our ass off learning how to draw and no one's go
[A[60Cnna benefit of this
when we drop out? This is stupid.

[9C[1mThis is a call to every good artist out there. Get t
[A[61Co know someone who[0m
[1mis in your area code, who's not really good, whether he 
[A[56Cbe drawing ansi, ascii,[0m
[1mrip or vga. Teach him how to draw, give him tips, share 
[A[56Cyour scene experience.[0m
[1mHelp him be part of the scene, as much as you're helping
[A[56C this scene get better[0m
[1mand rewarding yourself of all those years of hard work. 
[A[56CKnowledge is way too[0m
[1mimportant to just let it go with you when quiting. You d
[A[56Con't need to do much.[0m
[1mWorking only a few blocks help the person so much and yo
[A[56Cu wouldn't even believe[0m
[1mhow happy it can get someone.[0m

[9CI, myself, feel to have contributed in that way to the s
[A[65Ccene. I helped
Fluor out when he started and am still helping him today, go
[A[60Ct Grindstoned to
draw good ansi and got him in Dark after he's been drawing f
[A[60Cor about a month,
taught Mass Murderer how to draw. I helped several people on
[A[60C irc.

[9CThe second thing that causes this mess up would be relat
[A[65Ced to the
internet, though I believe if everyone helps the new artists
[A[60C, this wouldn't be
a problem anymore.

[9CBefore everyone could access the internet, your scene li
[A[65Cfe all started
out on local boards, where you would see your first ansi pac
[A[60Ck, start drawing
until you'd wanna join a local group, or even create one. An
[A[60Cd by the time you'd
reach the international art scene, you'd be pretty good. But
[A[60C now that pretty
much all of the boards are gone and that anyone can get acce
[A[60Css to the internet,
what used to be everybody's local scene is now #ansi. Sad, b
[A[60Cut true. I don't
wanna start saying shit about how lame #ansi is, cauz I'd ha
[A[60Cve enough to write agoddamn book. I simply wanna say 
[A[33Cthat the expension of the international scene,
or of the local scene, I guess you could say it both way, br
[A[60Cought a shit load ofnew, not so good, groups. Now, th
[A[33Ce number of good groups versus the number of
not so good groups if I can say, is kinda disappointing. It 
[A[60Cseems like the
quality of the whole scene dropped because of that.

[9CI don't really know what to suggest beside helping all t
[A[65Chose new
artists out. It's pretty much the only way to make the scene
[A[60C quality better,
because we have pretty much no control on this, since the sc
[A[60Cene's not owned by
anyone. Another way would be to only let packs of decent gro
[A[60Cups on archive siteslike acid's artpack archives, rev
[A[33Ciewing decent groups, etc. Now don't get me
wrong on that, I'm not trying to eliminate groups that don't
[A[60C get at least 5 out
of 10 on review sites/mags. Hell no. I'd be saying the oppos
[A[60Cite of what I said
in the previous lines. I do believe we need new artists and 
[A[60Cdoubt anyone could
say the opposite, without being wrong. I just think we need 
[A[60Cto help them out andget things organized. If we wanna
[A[33C go further in ansi exploration, I think we
need to help the most people possible and the fastest possib
[A[60Cle. We need to get
them passed the ansi level when you really suck and have no 
[A[60Cinspiration. If we
can get them to do in only a few months, what they would've 
[A[60Cnormally done in
more than a year, I think our job's done.

[9CThis made me think about the differences between the art
[A[65C scene and reallife. I haven't really been able to fi
[A[38Cnd something that different. I mean, we'rea community
[A[11C of people, that talk to each others. As artists do, 
[A[64Cwe produce art
and show it to other people. Then, I thought of something. H
[A[60Cow do we educate
people in the art scene? We do not. They educate themselves 
[A[60Cand waste valuable
months doing it. People only start producing decent art when
[A[60C they know their
medium. There are things you need to learn in ansi, tricks y
[A[60Cou need to know,
before you can say what looks good and what doesn't. You nee
[A[60Cd to be educated andno one could say the opposite. Lo
[A[33Cok at an ansi you liked before you really got
good. Look at it now. How does it look like? Lemme tell you:
[A[60C it looks like shit.I know, I've experienced the same
[A[33C thing. That's why I had this very good idea,
that looks very silly: I've decided to create some sort of a
[A[60Cn association. It's
called the [1mBig Art Scene Brothers[0m. I'm pretty sure y
[A[52Cou all know what are those
big brothers associations, in real life. The purpose is pret
[A[60Cty much the same:
having someone older (better in that case) than you, who you
[A[60C can count on. With
this association, I wanna offer free help (of course) to jus
[A[60Ct anyone who needs
and wants to be helped with any of the scene mediums. If you
[A[60C wanna join me as a
big brother, email me at [1mtna@free.xtel.com[0m. I'm not 
[A[52Cpaying anyone for that, the
only thing you get is pride, because you should be proud of 
[A[60Chelping someone as
much as your scene. If you wanna join as a little brother I 
[A[60Cguess, email us (me
for the moment) at bigbrothers@iname.com. With this associat
[A[60Cion, I believe we
can get a few people to become alot better in a few months. 
[A[60CPlease support your
scene.

Please think about it.

Alexandre Menard,
aka The Night Angel / AWE Lettering.
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