Garroter(dark) gt illustrated November 1996 Information logo Garroter Millennium Into precision Into the light we fade Into submission We all hallucinate Into the ground We all dissipate Into delusion We all segregate Amid all this confusion We lose sight of the enemy Like evil gods of destruction They move through liquid Transparencies (Taken from Front Line Assembly s Millennium) Held silent and unseen yet known to exist They are Dark Illustrated and now you are given another chance to experience them Status is only a word and those that need not status truly are artists Within us see the powers of loyalty friendship trust and hope These are the representations of the future And that future is Dark Illustrated Welcome to the November release from Dark Illustrated This year is slowly coming to a close and with it many scene rumours die This was the year that Dark experienced the brunt of the rumours Dark s death was first rumoured around the late winter however with several strong packs we were to overcome this Again during the summer we were put to the forefront of group death and yes we overcame We re now 25+ packs strong how many other groups can boast that Acid Blade Cia Dark and Ice have been around for more than 2 years now And yes though Dark is often not mentioned (ignorance in the scene exists moreso now than ever) amongst these groups we definetley belong You don t have to look very far for talent these days and we re proof This month our roots (the 416 905) gave back to us We once again gained strength from our home As discussed in last month s information update we brought up the fact that Dark was once again digging in it s heals to bring you the best And this month we ll prove that As the number of ANSI artists in groups decreases we will show you that it s not quanitity but quality that shows a thriving group New Members and Member movement As I said above this was the month we went back to our roots Our local a c has always been thriving with great talent and this time we were able to tap into this talent source In our ANSI dept we welcomed Elastic from the cold iCE that once froze his bones (Elastic is formerly Smokey) As well we welcome Seraphim who s toons show skill only previously displayed in WatOr and Armaggeddon Donut s works (the future of toons !) The Prodigy (also known to some as Loser or Fresh) joins up with his amazing logo styles Logos are cool because every now and then you ll spot an artist with such a style that you know he ll achieve greatness and this one may be it The last of the locals this month is Marko (aka Holocaust) who will become our ONLY ascii member His work is known to all as his ascii style has become so widely used No we aren t accepting any other ascii artists His great ascii will grace our FAQ s Diz and just about everything we can find! ) Clark an amazing ANSI artist also joins Dark Illustrated this month His work shows what alot of known for quite a while now and that is that talent runs through this guy s fingers like electricity runs through Carnifex Xypher and the Pink Flufftones This month Xypher Matryx lifelong dream was realized when his band signed a major record deal with SINY (no it s not SONY) Xypher and his Pink Flufftones have now hit the big time The cross dressing group has been responsible for such hits as Pink and proud Manicure and the #1 smash hit Geraldo love me for my cross dressing When asked about the name of his group Xypher replied with a grunt The Pink Flufftones responded by telling us that their not afraid of what people will think of their lipstick dresses and wigs This also explains why we haven t seen a Xypher Matryx ANSI since god knows when Depth Net Eclipse Net Dark s official message network is being shut down and replaced with Depth Net a merger of Eclipse Net and Syndicate Net two networks that overlapped in too many places Internet Affairs Each month Dark s memberlist contains the most recent list of e-mail addresses for it s artists and staff If you re web browsing though you can link to these addresses through the upcoming Dark web page or The Lethal Aspect Online which will be up November 2nd (technical delays) Packs can be obtained through The Regency Dark s Internet HQ run by Halaster of Fire Telnet or FTP to tregency res cmu edu You can also find them on ftp cdrom com The Hornet Archives pub artpacks incoming artpacks wuarchive wustl edu Washington University pub MSDOS_UPLOADS ansi cis tregency res cmu edu Halaster s Regency ANSI DARK As always members can be found idling chatting or behaving in bizarre manners on channel #dark through IRC Dark Member Support Board Name Status SysOp The Lethal Aspect DARK World Headquarters Xypher Matryx Sight & Sound DARK Member Board Drone-Fly The Way Station DARK Member Board The Anarchist Pulse DARK Member Board Inertia The Throne DARK Member Board Phantom Lord Geronimo (coming) DARK Member Board Garroter DARK Member Board Seraphim Conclusion As the close of another month comes one thing remains Dark Illustrated is still going strong After 2+ years of releasing we are still putting out quality without losing integrity I joined Dark back in 95 because of one thing that same thing was the reason I came back It s not the ansi it s not the art It s not even the cool member boards It s the members Dark members are the friendliest people in any group You join a group so that you can work with like-minded people Through my year in Dark I ve met alot of cool people Friendship loyalty trust and hope It s all here and soon you ll all see it Sure numerous groups say that they re there for the artist but only one shows it Dark meets late night calls and great conversation Dark Illustrated 1996 comes to a close next month And Dark Illustrated 1997 takes over The members change the attitude doesn t 4 t h d s A Dark Illustrated 1996 until Infinity