Thursday, January 31, 2019
Mistigram: @dos_grog can’t be left out, sharing with us...
Mistigram: @dos_grog can’t be left out, sharing with us his #pixelart adaptation of the cover art to #BobMarley’s 1973 album #CatchAFire. This piece was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2Bd9UYt
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Mistigram: from the typewriter of @jamie_graham93 comes this...
Mistigram: from the typewriter of @jamie_graham93 comes this portrait of #AmyWinehouse, as seen in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2ToYTKX
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Mistigram: last seen celebrating the relaxing New Age strains of...
Mistigram: last seen celebrating the relaxing New Age strains of Yanni, @8bitbaba demonstrates that the pendulum swings to both extremes with this #pixelart adaptation of the cover art to #Metallica’s 2003 album #StAnger. This piece was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2Wyanxx
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Mistigram: another #teletext adaptation of album cover art, this...
Mistigram: another #teletext adaptation of album cover art, this @carlos_teletextr design takes on #BlackGrape’s 1995 #ItsGreatWhenYoureStraightYeah. This screen appeared in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2CWRf3e
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Mistigram: here’s a #Shift_JIS adaptation of the cover art...
Mistigram: here’s a #Shift_JIS adaptation of the cover art to the 1957 #MilesDavis album #RoundAboutMidnight, drawn by @kalchano. This piece appeared in our music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection this month. http://bit.ly/2RZU2mM
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Mistigram: this has been a big month for #PETSCII artist...
Mistigram: this has been a big month for #PETSCII artist @snakepetsken, who not only appeared in our music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection (with such works as this portrait of Australian songwriter #NickCave), but also released “Blockheads”, a portfolio of his illustrations for the #C64, with The Solution… and the month’s not even over yet! http://bit.ly/2D0vijK
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Mistigram: @involtinopixel offers a #pixelart version of the art...
Mistigram: @involtinopixel offers a #pixelart version of the art to #SimonAndGarfunkel’s 1966 album “#the Sounds of Silence”. This piece was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2CWzaCo
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Mistigram: this is a #teletext portrait of #BuddyHolly, drawn by...
Mistigram: this is a #teletext portrait of #BuddyHolly, drawn by @horsenburger and released in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2S1MfVg
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Mistigram: photographer #BarronClaiborne took this iconic...
Mistigram: photographer #BarronClaiborne took this iconic picture of rapper #BiggieSmalls for the cover of #RapPages magazine, three days before Biggie’s 1997 shooting death. Now, over two decades later, @8bit_poet has made it into #pixelart. This piece was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2BbGKJt
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Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Mistigram: minimalist #teletext portrait of Iceland’s one...
Mistigram: minimalist #teletext portrait of Iceland’s one and only #Bjork, drawn by @carlos_teletextr and included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2GfGpsB
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Mistigram: #HitTheRoadJack, it’s a #Lego mosaic portrait...
Mistigram: #HitTheRoadJack, it’s a #Lego mosaic portrait of rhythm and blues star #RayCharles, made by @lego48x48 and released in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2FXEVUj
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Mistigram: drawing of #AmandaPalmer by @the_mythical_man,...
Mistigram: drawing of #AmandaPalmer by @the_mythical_man, included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2GaOfDz
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Mistigram: from the #typewriter of @jamie_graham93, here’s...
Mistigram: from the #typewriter of @jamie_graham93, here’s a portrait of someone you may know of by reputation - #TaylorSwift. This piece was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2G22202
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Mistigram: “I’ll take ‘Unlikely subjects for...
Mistigram: “I’ll take ‘Unlikely subjects for fanart’ for $400, Alex!” “This single-named keyboardist performed a famous concert at the Acropolis.” “Who is… #Yanni!” #Pixelart portrait by @8bitbaba, included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack. http://bit.ly/2SktQCq
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Mistigram: this is not the first #teletext adaptation we have...
Mistigram: this is not the first #teletext adaptation we have seen of the album art to #DireStraits’ 1985 #BrothersInArms, but Alistair Cree’s version, shown here, is still a great achievement in a medium of severe constraints. This screen was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2GcCnBg
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Mistigram: how much computer art has been made on the subject of...
Mistigram: how much computer art has been made on the subject of San Francisco’s absurdist rockers #theResidents? Even if you include their 1995 CD-ROM adventure game Bad Day on the Midway, it’s surely nowhere as much as they deserve! So here’s the first little bit of pushback, a #pixelart portrait by @8bit_poet, included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2FY2GeS
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Mistigram: from the #FANSI station of @8bit_mush veteran...
Mistigram: from the #FANSI station of @8bit_mush veteran @hollydollydinkleberry aka Bliss (you’ll have to take my word for it!) here’s an #ANSIart illustration of the devilish #Jamiroquai mascot included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2G9tTL8
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Mistigram: and one final #pixelart portrait of #MichaelJackson,...
Mistigram: and one final #pixelart portrait of #MichaelJackson, in one of his more military costumes, drawn by @stephanrewind and included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2Uov3WQ
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Mistigram: one further @horsenburger #teletext portrait of...
Mistigram: one further @horsenburger #teletext portrait of #MichaelJackson for all of you tonight, circa #Bad (1987). This screen was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2UsIKUN
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Mistigram: why go monochrome when you could be…...
Mistigram: why go monochrome when you could be… #BlackOrWhite? I have memories of watching the debut of this song’s music video following a new episode of the Simpsons on Fox November 14, 1991. It’s another @stephanrewind #pixelart portrait of #MichaelJackson from this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection! http://bit.ly/2TpPRgM
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Mistigram: and from very colorful to stark monochrome,...
Mistigram: and from very colorful to stark monochrome, here’s another #teletext portrait of #MichaelJackson by @horsenburger, included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2B90wFt
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Mistigram: here’s another #Lego brick #pixelart portrait...
Mistigram: here’s another #Lego brick #pixelart portrait of the King of Pop by @lego48x48, this time going for the Very Colorful palette. This #MichaelJackson portrait was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2TlCvC6
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Mistigram: @8bitbaba celebrates #MichaelJackson going #enpointe...
Mistigram: @8bitbaba celebrates #MichaelJackson going #enpointe #pixelart style in this piece from this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2Bkor4X
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Mistigram: another @stephanrewind #pixelart portrait of...
Mistigram: another @stephanrewind #pixelart portrait of #MichaelJackson, this one captures him in action in the cover art to his 1979 solo album #OffTheWall. This piece was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2G7bz5k
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Mistigram: here’s another @horsenburger #teletext portrait...
Mistigram: here’s another @horsenburger #teletext portrait of #MichaelJackson, from the looks of things circa #Thrilker, 1982. This screen was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2FVhqLz
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Mistigram: how to capture the essence of a man in a handful of...
Mistigram: how to capture the essence of a man in a handful of pixels? How to enshrine a fluid work of choreographed motion in a single still image? I don’t know how it’s done, all I can say is that @8bit_poet is damned good at his #pixelart craft! This portrait of #MichaelJackson was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2RpWiyf
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Mistigram: here’s a @horsenburger #teletext portrait of...
Mistigram: here’s a @horsenburger #teletext portrait of #MichaelJackson as a youth, the breakout star of the Jackson 5. This screen was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2HDq1nV
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Mistigram: perhaps the most pixelated portrait of...
Mistigram: perhaps the most pixelated portrait of #MichaelJackson we’ll be running today, here he is in #Lego bricks, in a composition by @lego48x48. This piece was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2Sh391y
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Mistigram: speaking of Moonwalker, here’s an earky-style...
Mistigram: speaking of Moonwalker, here’s an earky-style @stephanrewind #pixelart portrait of #MichaelJackson performing an impossible dance move in the 1988 music video to the song #SmoothCriminal from the album #Bad. This piece was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2UodlTp
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Mistigram: I can understand why you might be nervous seeing yet...
Mistigram: I can understand why you might be nervous seeing yet another rainbow but breathe easy, we’re done with Dark Side of the Moon for now. Instead we have a much bigger and more complicated theme today, exploring artists’ different takes on the oeuvre of the King of Pop, #MichaelJackson. This is a @horsenburger #teletext adaptation of the 1988 musical film anthology #Moonwalker. This screen was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2UrE81b
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Monday, January 28, 2019
Mistigram: @kalchano has previously worked the rainbow...
Mistigram: @kalchano has previously worked the rainbow #DarkSideOfTheMoon imagery into a few of his #Shift_JIS designs - here, he twisted two #PinkFloyd album covers to serve double duty as New Year greetings. They were included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2sPN18O
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Mistigram: did @dos_grog enjoy #PinkFloyd’s...
Mistigram: did @dos_grog enjoy #PinkFloyd’s #DarkSideOfTheMoon album? You need look no further than their #pixelart adaptation of the album’s record sleeve design to find the answer. This piece was also included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2MCw1MH
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Mistigram: you prefer your prisms in textmode? Here you go, the...
Mistigram: you prefer your prisms in textmode? Here you go, the #DarkSideOfTheMoon album art rendered in #PETSCII by the newest star of The Solution, @snakepetsken! This piece was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2sTe0Ra
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Mistigram: now, a #pixelart #DarkSideOfTheMoon album art...
Mistigram: now, a #pixelart #DarkSideOfTheMoon album art adaptation by @involtinopixel, included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2MCvWsn
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Mistigram: are you ready to compare and contrast? Here’s a...
Mistigram: are you ready to compare and contrast? Here’s a #teletext arrangement of the cover art to #PinkFloyd’s 1973 album #DarkSideOfTheMoon, drawn by @horsenburger and released in the MIST1117 artpack collection. It seems that the iconic imagery is nigh irresistible for artists to try their hand at… http://bit.ly/2sQW0GQ
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Mistigram: and one final option for enjoying your music...
Mistigram: and one final option for enjoying your music collection - @dos_grog celebrates the original ipod, boasting only 25 cents a play, in this #pixelart illustration of a #jukebox, as seen in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2B7E53n
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Mistigram: or if the boom box is a little too ostentatious for...
Mistigram: or if the boom box is a little too ostentatious for you, since 1979 you’ve had a compact, compelling alternative option to enjoy your audiocassettes discreetly in the form of the #SonyWalkman, given the #pixelart treatment here by @8bit_poet. This piece was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2G7Rwnn
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Mistigram: @BlippyPixel must love him some analogue synths (as...
Mistigram: @BlippyPixel must love him some analogue synths (as well he should!), celebrated less ambiguously in this illustration from this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2FThmvL
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Mistigram: of course, recorded music is nothing without some way...
Mistigram: of course, recorded music is nothing without some way of playing it back. This #pixelart #boombox by @dos_grog is synaesthetic in just such a way that it looks precisely like the sound of listening to De La Soul’s “A Roller Skating Jam Named ‘Saturdays’” on audiocassette in March of 1991. This piece was released in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2S7NIJc
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Mistigram: I’m sure that @kalchano has drawn more horn...
Mistigram: I’m sure that @kalchano has drawn more horn players than pianists, so it’s appropriate that he’s also done a #Shift_JIS illustration of a #trumpet. This piece was released in the music-themed MIST0118 artpack collection released one year ago. http://bit.ly/2MClDEm
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Mistigram: back to the six stringed instruments, here’s an...
Mistigram: back to the six stringed instruments, here’s an electric guitar drawn by another great analogue machine, @ty.p0’s typewriter. This piece was released in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2sNuiLd
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Mistigram: a different variety of keyboard, a grand #piano, was...
Mistigram: a different variety of keyboard, a grand #piano, was the subject of this #Shift_JIS illustration from our also-music-themed MIST0118 artpack collection released one year ago. http://bit.ly/2sRaSVY
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Mistigram: continuing in the synth direction, here’s a...
Mistigram: continuing in the synth direction, here’s a @dos_grog #pixelart illustration of an #AkaiMPK keyboard, included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2MB0VVt
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Mistigram: reading between the lines, I figured that...
Mistigram: reading between the lines, I figured that @BlippyPixel’s illustration of a “modular m211 bx ii” depicted some variety of Moog-era analogue synthesiser, yielding a sound far closer to our sensibilities. (If I am way off base, please don’t disabuse me of the notion!) This piece was released in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2sOSM6I
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Mistigram: today we’ll be looking at the tools of the...
Mistigram: today we’ll be looking at the tools of the trade. This is a#pixelart portrayal of a #FenderTelecaster guitar, drawn by @8bit_poet and released in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2CONVat
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Saturday, January 26, 2019
Mistigram: ahh, #jazz. If you’ve gotta ask, you’re...
Mistigram: ahh, #jazz. If you’ve gotta ask, you’re never going to understand. @jellica_______ knows the score! This #teletext screen was included in this month’s music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2UnS8cp
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Mistigram: did someone say “#MilesDavis”? @kalchano...
Mistigram: did someone say “#MilesDavis”? @kalchano has some #Shift_JIS for that subject also! Here’s his tributes to the pair of live albums #Agharta and #Pangaea, both recorded the same day in 1976. This piece was included in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2RSdUb9
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Mistigram: continuing along in our #jazz theme today,...
Mistigram: continuing along in our #jazz theme today, here’s a Very Colorful @blippypixel #teletext tribute to trumpeter #MilesDavis, as seen in this month’s MIST0119 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2CLKxgA
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Mistigram: @kalchano will often choose #jazz subjects for his...
Mistigram: @kalchano will often choose #jazz subjects for his #Shift_JIS compositions - this is the album art to a Savoy recording (MG-9010) of saxophonist #CharlieParker, circa 1950. This piece was included in the music-themed MIST0118 artpack collection released one year ago. http://bit.ly/2RSSY3K
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Mistigram: Here’s a monochrome #teletext screen by...
Mistigram: Here’s a monochrome #teletext screen by @horsenburger in memory of the actor #JohnHurt, who died two years ago yesterday. This piece was released in the MIST0117 artpack collection. http://bit.ly/2DCUPRT
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