Tgh D A R K I L L U S T R A T E D J U L Y 1 9 9 7 I N F O F I L E I N T R O D U C T I O N They say that within the darkness lies the truth If there is any substance to this then go no further Screams follow every action fear precedes all Yet one thing remains within our depths the featured skill that has carried on our legacy for over 3 years Look past the scene look past the faceless artist Welcome to DARK Illustrated wanderer for you have reached a place of great exception Dark a term of evil that engulfs all those that give into their desires Talent art friendship and oneness shall follow you into our ranks Ranks where once you enter you may only escape knowing that your heart belongs to DARK Be warned wanderer you have not yet begun to experience our full wrath After all we are DARK Illustrated - The 4th Disciple Tgh D A R K N E W S Things have settled down quite a bit after the big release with the Mistigris tour My personal thanks to everyone involved it was a sweet pack and oodles of fun to do Big thanks goes out to Xypher Matryx for bustin his balls for the past several months This month he decided to take a rest from packaging the Collection and other related pressures (He s decided to become a camp councellor Hmm ) We re still working away at our website so be patient Several design changes have occured and changes in coordinators means the final product will be better than ever (Translation We re not done -- leave us alone ) In other news DARK has had several people applying that were blatant rippers To keep their names anonymous we ll call them Myxis Murton and Minbee It may come as a shock that to you that Minbee has been ripping everything and been in the scene for more than a year bouncing between groups After long investigative work several of his pieces came up on WWW pages including a couple he submitted for the pack Since then this criminal has fled the scene and is still at large He s wanted dead or stuffed to be hung on the walls of #dark If you re reading this Winbee er I mean Minbee give yourself up You wanted recognition and you ll get it this way when the Dark Taxidermy department gets through with you - Burnout da D A R K M E M B E R U P D A T E - The 4th Disciple former Dark senior and Echo co-founder comes out of retirement to join us once again This time around he ll be concentrating on his artwork instead of running the group - The Prodigy former Dark ANSI logoist and formidible ASCII artist returns to our ranks complete with annoying witticisms - deftDelia aka Pandora also comes into our ANSI division from Blade I m sure you ll enjoy her original smallscale work - Two additions to our ANSI department late in the month Internal also from Blade and Spear making a strong comeback in the ANSI scene Both are very solid logoists and we re extremely happy to welcome them to our folds - All the new members seemed glad to become Darkies though none seemed too appreciative of the traditional Atomic Wedgie Initiation we gave them shortly after (that s the kind where the band goes OVER their heads ) - We are proud to announce that Samurai a Dark veteran and one of the best newschool artists there are in the world has been promoted to Dark Co-ordinator He sure as hell earned it and it s about fraggin time too - In other news Armaggeddon Donut returns to the VGA department from the co-ordinator position - Corinthian For the last few months there has been a flurry of DARK meets With the great turnouts everyone has become aquainted One member in particular is Carnifex On the phone he sounds like a 46 year old man -- it seems like he s been taking daily shots of testosterone But when he finally showed his face in public he was nothing like we had pictured He is a full-fledged F O B he met everyone of the follow points Oriental Etiquette Carnifex Checklist 1 Dyed orange-red hair (Streaks ) x 2 Carries a Snoopy(tm) Hello Kitty(tm) pencil case x 3 Listens to oriental pop music x 4 Drives a lowered Integra(tm) x 5 Drives a lowered Integra(tm) with spoiler and skirt x 6 Has a pager x 7 Has a pager with alphanumeric display x 8 Entire wardrobe consists of Club Monaco wear x 9 Wears dog-tags x 10 Smokes Marlboros(tm) * Editor s note Carnifex did not meet the last one because it is a sin in church Things that make you go Pardon me could you please repeat that Holister raize son of a bitch my whole face is leaking PBreaker If grass could scream I d mow the lawn every day raize After all that water I gotta go ftpee burnou7 fetus and clit fetus and clit I gotta get me some fetus and clit Corinth_ We re gonna be releasing a Riches2Rags pack starring Winbee oxygene gee nice cps I COULD PEE IT FASTER OVER THE PHONE LINE egoteq I am your mother Don t get your brother to rape me Seedy cuz these balls were made for lickin and that s just woht you ll dooh! and wunna deez dayz deez bawlz are gonna bounce all over yew! PBreaker I have a great job working with children All I have to do is drag them into the van ebonics I be da cool ass nigga who gitz all da hoes who do muh fly fly flippit y fly all night! -English Nacho Nacho Nacho Man I want to be a nacho man! burnou7 My urine smells like bacon corpcow- !seen if acid ever releases on time Carnifex THIS is how you add a fucking quote ax_ but i like the brackets oxygene we are fatties face it stile What s the hardest part of a vegetable to eat THE WHEELCHAIR Cyberdyne Hey Can Any good hackers hack me an AOL Account DarkVader Corinth_ Winbee was last here 49 days 1 hours 30 minutes ago burnou7 Ever wonder if your mom gave your dad a blowjob before she kissed you goodnight Native 3DFX ANSI viewing planned for Darkview 2 DARKNESS BE GONE ! For years it has been believed that electric bulbs emitted light However recent information has proven otherwise Electric headlight bulbs don t emit light they suck dark Thus we will call these bulbs DARK SUCKERS The Dark Sucker Theory proves the existence of dark that dark has mass heavier than that of light and that dark is faster than light The BASIS OF THE DARK SUCKER THEORY is that electric bulbs suck dark Take for example the dark suckers in the room where you are There is less dark right next to them than there is elsewhere The larger the dark sucker the greater its capacity to suck dark Dark suckers in a parking lot have a much greater capacity than the ones in this room As with all things dark suckers don t last forever Once they are full of dark they can no longer suck This is proven by the black spot on a full dark sucker A CANDLE IS A PRIMITIVE DARK SUCKER A new candle has a white wick You will notice that after first use the wick turns black representing all the dark which has been sucked into it If you hold a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle the tip will turn black because it got in the way of the dark flowing into the candle Unfortunately these primitve dark suckers have a very limited range There are also PORTABLE DARK SUCKERS The bulbs in these can t handle all of the dark by themselves and must be aided by dark storage unit(s) in the handle When the dark storage unit is full it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable dark sucker can operate again DARK HAS MASS When dark goes into a dark sucker friction from this mass generates heat Thus it is not wise to touch an operating dark sucker Candles present a special problem as the dark must travel into the solid wick instead of through glass This generates a great amount of heat Thus it can be very dangerous to touch an operating candle DARK IS ALSO HEAVIER THAN LIGHT If you go swimming just below the surface of a lake you will see a lot of light If you swim deeper and deeper you notice it slowly gets darker and darker When you reach a depth of approximately 50 feet you are in total darkness This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter dark floats to the top The IMMENSE POWER OF DARK can be utilized to man s advantage We can collect the dark that has settled to the bottom of lakes and push it through turbines which generate electricity and helps push dark to the ocean where it may be safely stored Prior to turbines it was much more difficult to get dark from the rivers and lakes to the ocean The Indians recognized this problem and tried to solve it When on a river in a canoe traveling in the same direction as the flow of dark they paddled slowly so as not to stop the flow of dark but when they traveled against the dark they paddled quickly so as to help push the dark along its way Finally we must prove that DARK IS FASTER THAN LIGHT If you were to stand in an illuminated room on front of a closed dark closet then slowly open the closet door you would see the light slowly enter the closet but since the dark is so fast you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet In conclusion I would like to say that dark suckers make all our lives much easier So the next time you look at an electric bulb remember that it is indeed a dark sucker -Author Unknown S U P P O R T S I T E S The Lethal Aspect World Headquarters Xypher Matryx The Regency Internet Headquarters Halaster Mad Cows ! DARK Member Board Night Stalker Savage Exile DARK Member Board Acidic Soap Sight & Sound DARK Member Board Drone-Fly Abraxas Diabolic DARK US Support Site Megga Hertz ABCD Cafe DARK Support Site Kyo Where to obtain DARK Collections Via the Internet DARK packs can be obtained from The Regency s FTP site at tregency res cmu edu or from the ACiD Artpacks Archive at ftp cdrom com ( pub artpacks incoming artpacks ) Most DARK members can be contacted through e-mail (addresses available in the memberlist) and some may be found lurking on the IRC in channel #dark (EFnet) On the World Wide Web you ll find support for DARK Illustrated as well as the latest pack via www darkillustrated org For more detailed information on DARK Illustrated DARK s own F A Q (Frequently Asked Questions) text file is included in this archive Filename DARK-FAQ 187 sS Filename Conventions Filenames work like this XXXXX-## * XXXXX is a five-letter abbreviation of the artist s alias (Should the alias fall within five characters or less the entire alias will be used ) ## represents the current number of pieces the artist has produced for the year of 1997 * can be any valid extension for images executables data files or musical compositions The most common are DRK for ANSI images JPG GIF BMP etc for high-resolution graphic images and MOD S3M XM etc for music date files C O N C L U S I O N That s all I have to say about that - The Green Hornet Dark Illustrated July 1997