Mistigram: there’s a fifth column of demoscene and...

Mistigram: there’s a fifth column of demoscene and artscene alumni threaded through society, especially infosec, game development, film vfx and electronic music. Once in a while one of them comes out of deep cover to drop a little #ANSIart bomb and then go back into hiding for another two decades. Here’s Grobo celebrating the release of @overkill_tm’s #theWalkingDead game @overkillstwd by busting out a little oldschool textmode typography. This piece was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2Qn8tQf

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A last huzzah just before the end of the workday ending the week...

A last huzzah just before the end of the workday ending the week on the last day of the month… thanks to a late-breaking boost from @illarterate and a subscription from @richard_m48, our long-suffering Twitter account – our second most longstanding social media presence after our failed-to-launch Tumblr – has finally caught up with a feat we achieved on Instagram months ago and achieved the milestone of a thousand followers!

Everything we post elsewhere gets syndicated here, but we also do a great deal of what we consider to be excellent retweeting of textmode art, video game history and vintage computing subjects. Twitter, of all our audiences, you get the most shared with you – so it’s only fitting that we reach a few more people, and celebrate it! Here’s an ANSI art logo by LDA for the occasion that I’ve tortuously enhanced with a little iMovie motion graphics.

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Mistigram: just searching for extraterrestrial life with...

Mistigram: just searching for extraterrestrial life with @blippypixel and his BBC Micro in this piece, entitled #SETI (well, no hashtag), released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2zw2kYc

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Mistigram: here’s a helpful PSA from @192.168.10.13...

Mistigram: here’s a helpful PSA from @192.168.10.13 reminding us that “Hacking is a Family Affair”. This helpful message was included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2PbQ58i

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Mistigram: sure, you now know how to program a killer death...

Mistigram: sure, you now know how to program a killer death android, but what everyone is asking us is “where can I get one?” Easy: print your own! @duha.the.best demonstrates an #ASCIIart production line that you should be able to set up at your own local maker lab. This vignette is from his #ASCIIdent project, and was included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating the 24th anniversary of Mistigris’ first release.

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Mistigram: a tunnel is implied by texturing three circles on...

Mistigram: a tunnel is implied by texturing three circles on three flat planes arranged isometricly, all on a typewriter. @ty.p0 does what amount to demoscene tricks manually, but would be disqualified from competition due to his terrible frames per second rate. This piece was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2RoKnBV

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Mistigram: underground computer art has no choice but to be...

Mistigram: underground computer art has no choice but to be #cyberpunk whether it wants to or not. In this case @kalchano’s #Shift_JIS illustration is accompanying the opening lines from Vancouver writer #WilliamGibson’s 1982 story #BurningChrome, so whether the AR interface you’re jacked into is of sufficient resolution to paint a clear picture for you the piece’s attitude and intentions can’t be questioned. This piece was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection, celebrating the 24th anniversary of the first Mistigris release. https://ift.tt/2RpbZ9J

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Mistigram: “computer art” - art made ON computers or...

Mistigram: “computer art” - art made ON computers or art made ABOUT computers? In this #ANSIart BBS ad, Apam asks “why not both?” This piece was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2re34MQ

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Mistigram: @Dubaiwalla is kind of like Carmen Sandiego in that...

Mistigram: @Dubaiwalla is kind of like Carmen Sandiego in that you never know where in the world he’ll be turning up next.  This architectural photograph of his is of the ceiling in an atrium in The Netherlands’ foreign ministry, and was included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection, celebrating the 24th anniversary of the first Mistigris release. https://ift.tt/2rbD4So

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Mistigram: don’t look now, but I think my #Furby is...

Mistigram: don’t look now, but I think my #Furby is watching us. #Pixelart by @8bit_poet, released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2Slc5zA

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Mistigram: another compelling design by @the_mythical_man, we...

Mistigram: another compelling design by @the_mythical_man, we called this one “Straight Edges”. It was included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2E3AIgY

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Mistigram: the (sadly stalled) @pixel_art_for_the_heart project...

Mistigram: the (sadly stalled) @pixel_art_for_the_heart project specialized in pixelart landscapes in different weather conditions. While an outlier, technically an urban cityscape peeking through a dim apartment window still counts - though it is the virtual vista on the display and its own array of windows that naturally pull our attention! This piece was shared in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2SeoYv8

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Mistigram: this unmistakable @blippypixel maritime #skyline is...

Mistigram: this unmistakable @blippypixel maritime #skyline is less cyberpunk than the last one but somehow manages to be even more colorful with all of the dithering possibilities of the BBC Micro palette put to work. It was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2AuekJx

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Mistigram: @nelumbotus knows the score - even when you’re...

Mistigram: @nelumbotus knows the score - even when you’re not at your computer, you’re online… and when you put the device down, you’re just accumulating irritable notifications. This #pixelart vignette is called “Missed Calls” and was included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating our 24th anniversary. https://ift.tt/2TZErB0

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Mistigram: here’s a #PETSCII portrait of #DavidCaruso as...

Mistigram: here’s a #PETSCII portrait of #DavidCaruso as #HoratioCaine from #CSIMiami, which placed 9th in the recent Demosplash ANSI/ASCII art competition despite being, y'know, PETSCII.  Hats off to the artist, @SnakePETsken, who is really just getting warmed up!  We released this screen along with a number of other 2018 demoparty entries by Mist members in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2Qrehbf

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Mistigram: if I waited for us to assemble a collection about...

Mistigram: if I waited for us to assemble a collection about #dance (Bharatanatyam in this case) to share this #pixelart piece we might be sitting on it for… a long time. Fortunately one of the themes of our MIST1118 anniversary artpack is simply excellence and virtuosity, which @8bitbaba demonstrates here in abundance. https://ift.tt/2AvmVvj

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Mistigram: this #pixelart cityscape, “Doom Over Carbon...

Mistigram: this #pixelart cityscape, “Doom Over Carbon Valley”, was drawn by @mentalpoppixels, doubtlessly for use in some game project, and we also share its moody splendor as part of the MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating our 24th anniversary. https://ift.tt/2DQIdaf

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Mistigram: one more netizen portrait for today, this one is of...

Mistigram: one more netizen portrait for today, this one is of Australian hardware hacker Dave Jones of @EEVBlog, drawn in #teletext by Alistair Cree.  This screen was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2RfSxfC

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Mistigram: another renowned netizen, here’s YouTuber...

Mistigram: another renowned netizen, here’s YouTuber @adam_the_woo rendered in #pixelart portraiture by @8bit_poet. This piece was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2Sgue17

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Mistigram: @morganleemcpherson has painstakingly brought all her...

Mistigram: @morganleemcpherson has painstakingly brought all her mad #crossstitch skillz to bear on the @reddragondicevictoria logo. Been a while since we’ve run ads in artpacks, but we included this piece of formidable textile pixelart in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2QjUjze

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Mistigram: @kalchano has somehow reproduced in #Shift_JIS...

Mistigram: @kalchano has somehow reproduced in #Shift_JIS #HieronymusBosch’s triptych the #GardenOfEarthlyDelights. We had no choice but to feature it in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating our 24th anniversary. https://ift.tt/2DPN2Rc

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Mistigram: in keeping with a vague cyberspace theme, this month...

Mistigram: in keeping with a vague cyberspace theme, this month we stacked the MIST1118 artpack with numerous portraits and works on the subject of what I called “netizens”, people famous online within tight communities of gamers, vloggers and podcasters. Here is one of them, “Guru” @LarryBundyJr, drawn in #teletext by @horsenburger. https://ift.tt/2DMhZWg

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Mistigram: this rough sketch by @the_mythical_man, inspired by a...

Mistigram: this rough sketch by @the_mythical_man, inspired by a painting by #SalvadorDali, was included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2QpgTqe

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Mistigram: and you thought programming computers was hard, try...

Mistigram: and you thought programming computers was hard, try programming robots! In the case of killer death androids, you can’t even safely get close enough to manually adjust the DIP switches, so you need to have very good aim putting in your ones and zeroes. This #ASCIIart-styled animation is by Andrey Fomin, an interlude from his magnum opus the game #ASCIIdent. A suite of similar vignettes were included in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating our 24th anniversary.

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Mistigram: @192.168.10.13 has titled this glitched-up screen...

Mistigram: @192.168.10.13 has titled this glitched-up screen “Misguided Meditation” and frankly I must agree - no Amiga balance board peripheral anywhere in sight! It was released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating our 24th anniversary. https://ift.tt/2Ky9jE7

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Mistigram: is it geometry, architecture, the wireframes of...

Mistigram: is it geometry, architecture, the wireframes of low-poly 3d modeling, or just a conspicuously #angular manifestation of high #fashion? I can’t pick just one. @garannillos knows the answer but has left us to speculate. This illustration appeared in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2QiMMk9

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Mistigram: our day simply isn’t complete until we’ve...

Mistigram: our day simply isn’t complete until we’ve posted a #teletext screen. Please accept this minimalist #sunset by @jellica_______, released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2r7ypB0

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Mistigram: and while we’re talking vintage graphics modes,...

Mistigram: and while we’re talking vintage graphics modes, what better time to introduce #CGA enthusiast @my_life_computerized, who has digitally inserted herself into #Sokoban here in her debut in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2FGim7l

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Mistigram: I know you’ve had to take my word about about...

Mistigram: I know you’ve had to take my word about about the colorful BBC Micro graphics of @blippypixel for a while now but I’m finally ready to prove it with this screen, “Rush Hour 3049”, a “flying car traffic jam” scene released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2r4lCzl

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Mistigram: here’s a striking piece of #typewriterart by...

Mistigram: here’s a striking piece of #typewriterart by Jamie Graham we’ve somewhat predictably titled “Deus Ex Machina”, released in this month’s MIST1118 artpack collection celebrating our 24th anniversary. https://ift.tt/2SbW7aI

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Mistigram: from last year’s MIST1117 artpack collection,...

Mistigram: from last year’s MIST1117 artpack collection, here’s another mathematically beautiful architecture photograph by @dubaiwalla, of the #MetropolParasol in Seville, Spain. https://ift.tt/2P1qOxp

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Mistigram: from the MIST1116 artpack collection released two...

Mistigram: from the MIST1116 artpack collection released two years ago this month, here’s another one of @niklkovfska’s Very Colorful Paintings With Long And Fascinating Names. This one is called Protein Scaffolds And Inkjet Printers. https://ift.tt/2zpbdCU

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Mistigram: our resident video game #ANSIart weirdo VileR graced...

Mistigram: our resident video game #ANSIart weirdo VileR graced us with this 80x50 screen adapting contact with the warlike #Thraddash race in #ToysForBob’s classic SF CRPG #StarControl2. It was released three years ago in the MIST1015 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2OYNYUZ

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Mistigram: here are yet more amazing Dead Soul #ASCIIart...

Mistigram: here are yet more amazing Dead Soul #ASCIIart characters from the epic “Mistfunk” collaboration released in the MIST3YR artpack collection 21 years ago this month. https://ift.tt/2AihdwX

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Mistigram: immediately following the MIST2YR artpack collection,...

Mistigram: immediately following the MIST2YR artpack collection, we intended to kick off the Mistigris World Tour, wherein our entire roster would release their art in a coordinated fashion as gang guest contributors to different artgroups’ artpacks every month. The first scheduled tour stop was in November of 1996 with Dieznyik’s project “Ophidiac” (meaning “snake-like”), so we released a placeholder MIST1196 artpack consisting solely of a serpentine illustrated riddle-poem, written by Bast and illustrated (or who knows where he might have stolen the art from) by Thanatos, who made a big fuss about the symbolic weight of the presence of the question mark in the tip of the feathered serpent’s tail. Yeah, nice touch. The only problem was that shortly following our announcement, Ophidiac officially closed operations! We’d pulled the plug on our monthly collection and left our fans a, what, null pointer directing them to a nonexistent location. Quite an unauspicious way to kick off our unprecedented and internally controversial world tour! (The tour began in earnest the following month with a mass guest Mist appearance in the December 1996 Blade Production artpack. Its riddle is coming up.) https://ift.tt/2r1VXr1

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Mistigram: from the infofile to our MIST2YR artpack collection...

Mistigram: from the infofile to our MIST2YR artpack collection back in 1996, here’s an #ANSIart alien abduction by @dyscotopia. https://ift.tt/2SeBKtH

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Mistigram: you may recall the pHUNKy #ANSIart...

Mistigram: you may recall the pHUNKy #ANSIart “download” menu by Zoltar from the MIST1194 artpack collection… It had a counterpart - this “#upload” menu. Is it also gratuitously using the complete palette of ANSI colours? https://ift.tt/2QhOe6p

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Mistigram: however you swing, pleasure or pain, the infinite...

Mistigram: however you swing, pleasure or pain, the infinite worlds of mathematics cater to every outcome, even seemingly contradictory ones, as demonstrated by this inverted #ASCIIart #calculator drawn by @ty.p0. This piece was released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2S6Jldu

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Mistigram: things are getting a little kaleidoscopic here in...

Mistigram: things are getting a little kaleidoscopic here in @upper.case’s psychedelic #pixelart piece “Mirror Image”, released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2DWtX0z

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Mistigram: you may recall that @theresaoborn previously ran a...

Mistigram: you may recall that @theresaoborn previously ran a series of her favorite prop keys from pop culture sources - well, she has done it again, with a veritable arsenal of swords. Can you find your favorite? This piece was released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2S9MSHX

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Mistigram: @piquansi uses the aesthetic of #Rexpaint #ANSIart to...

Mistigram: @piquansi uses the aesthetic of #Rexpaint #ANSIart to envision what the social networks of the future will look like (spoiler warning: a lot like today’s) in this piece, “Back From The Future”, released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2FN2gsO

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Mistigram: two of @Starstew’s favorite themes are here...

Mistigram: two of @Starstew’s favorite themes are here reunited on the page, his trademark cat paired with the first great home video gaming system, the Catari… Ahem, #Atari2600. Me, I think a perfect VCS game for a feline would be a push-the-cup-off-the-table simulator. This piece was released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2qZ9rni

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Mistigram: if you’ve ever felt like the inner workings of...

Mistigram: if you’ve ever felt like the inner workings of your emotional landscape were tangled up in twisted contortions like some kind of diabolical maze, then this #pixelart portrait by @ordinary_pixel just might resonate with you. This piece was released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2FEoPja

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Mistigram: from the desk of @dyscotopia, here’s...

Mistigram: from the desk of @dyscotopia, here’s “Crystalize”, a chemistry-themed digital collage released in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2r0UOjv

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Mistigram: Happy American Thanksgiving (or as one Twitter wag...

Mistigram: Happy American Thanksgiving (or as one Twitter wag described it, “Yanksgiving”)! I wish I could credit this piece’s creation to an “incorporate these discordant assigned themes” art challenge or at least a Cronenbergian telepod mishap, but the truth is we may never truly know what inspired @illarterate to go full surrealism with this “#Turkey Phone” #teletext screen, winner of the pro artist category at last month’s #Bloktoberfest teletext conference at @wigansteam. He may not even be able to explain it himself! (No point in trying to explain the patently inexplicable, that’s what we have religion for.) You can get a closer view of not just this screen, but also the Horsenburger one it beat in the rankings, in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. Oh yes, and - light meat or dark? https://ift.tt/2Fz8AE1

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Mistigram: Korean pixel artist @nelumbotus does an excellent job...

Mistigram: Korean pixel artist @nelumbotus does an excellent job at asserting the human element on the other end of the cyberspace connection. We called this piece “Debugging”, and you can find it in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2SaK8u9

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Mistigram: I’m trapped in a BBC Micro/teletext death...

Mistigram: I’m trapped in a BBC Micro/teletext death spiral, and the only thing that will help me break free is sharing one of @192.168.10.13’s cyberspace glitchscapes. You don’t need me to speculate whether this image depicts a corporate headquarters skyscraper or a “Gibson” mainframe, you just need me to share its title: “Corrupted Driver - SOCIETY.SYS”. You can find this piece and lots more like it in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection, celebrating our 24th anniversary. https://ift.tt/2POJKEW

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Mistigram: did I just mention the #BBCMicro? Alistair Cree drew...

Mistigram: did I just mention the #BBCMicro? Alistair Cree drew its logo, a pixelated sage old owl, in #teletext. As part of our focus on vintage technology (it’s not just an aesthetic!), we included the screen in this month’s new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2R1ekHH

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Mistigram: as you saw on Guy Fawkes day, @blippypixel makes...

Mistigram: as you saw on Guy Fawkes day, @blippypixel makes hirez screens of incredible colour in the BBC Micro’s graphics mode…but he also made a suite of essentially 1-bit landscape illustrations made using only one colour plus black, dithered to taste. These angry red cliffs aren’t well representative of his wider oeuvre, but they are certainly striking! You can see this screen, plus more of the monochromatic pictures, plus plenty of compositions positively bursting with kaleidoscopic hues… all in the new MIST1118 24th anniversary artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2POXkb6

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Mistigram: when he’s not in his daily sixel trance,...

Mistigram: when he’s not in his daily sixel trance, @horsenburger has been working with his old #teletext colleague Mr. Biffo to bring the old Digitizer brand of absurdist games journalism to YouTube. Here he promotes it in a screen evoking the vintage gaming milieu by blowing up DMA’s #Lemmings (making them large, that is, not clicking on the mushroom cloud). You can find this screen and (cough) a few more in the new MIST1118 artpack collection. https://ift.tt/2Kq2W5L

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