Mistigram: “on fire” is actually an excellent way to describe how it’s felt these past few days hereabouts at Mist HQ (not actually burning, but roasting hot) - so here’s @axltm forecasting the future with this inflamed skeletal #PETSCII experiment, included in the MIST0619 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQwchvKHxA-/
Mistigram: and because when will it be more relevant to share anoter portrait of #OscarWilde? (I just don’t know.) Here’s another #teletext rendition of the great wit, quip slightly refigured for a contemporary context, in the distinctive style of @blippypixel – also soon to appear in the MIST0721 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CQt9wNoHFcB/
Mistigram: “I have nothing to declare except my genius.”
In a rare case, the #rainbow resonance with #Pride must be deliberate. Here’s a #teletext portrait of the great wit #OscarWilde, drawn by @horsenburger. It hasn’t been included in any artpacks yet, but I don’t think we’ll be able to resist slipping it in to the upcoming MIST0721. https://instagr.am/p/CQt80hRA_LD/
Mistigram here’s a rainbow #teletext portrait by @jellica_______ of #BorisJohnson, who doesn’t give a fig for you or anyone that you care about. But due to the artist’s choice of style, instead I can take the opportunity to wish you all a happy Pride! This screen was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQrbyypg5cU/
Mistigram: we’d previously shared the provocative orange version of @illarterate’s #teletext logo reading “Video text rules”, but as we approach the end of June, I’m running out of opportunities to celebrate Pride by featuring coincidentally rainbow-tinted works otherwise irrelevant to that theme. So here’s the previously-unreleased multicoloured version! Enjoy! https://instagr.am/p/CQo3BKfANTG/
Mistigram: an unprecedented heat wave here at Mist HQ, so we’ll have to take a tip from this #teletext animation by @blippypixel and stay well, er, hydrated. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month.
Mistigram: I’m very taken with @axltm’s cyber pseudo-#PETSCII satyr here, but that doesn’t mean I’m not wary of shaking its hand. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQjCaGYHV91/
Mistigram: this #ANSIart #seaserpent was drawn by … well, I was able to locate @mig_moog’s handle hidden amongst the slippery serpent’s scales. It was part of a suite of small screens drawn for the Hobbit Empire BBS and included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQhY-9MMR8o/
Mistigram: one year ago we took a thorough look at @kurogao96’s #emoji / #ASCIIart gallery of takes on leisure activities. This scene brings us to an indoor climbing wall! This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CQeYvTAHtPl/
Mistigram: I can’t properly guess what is the name of this polygonal shape, rendered out by @kris10roos on authentic vintage computers older than a significant segment of our audience, so I will secretly consider it an origami slug. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQb3FOgnNF5/
Mistigram: the weather finally stabilised at Mist HQ (as “blazing”) but at #Stonehenge where it counts for the #summersolstice, @blippypixel reports it was a wash-out, as per this monochrome #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen. (This piece is unreleased, but you can enjoy it here!)
Mistigram: this #typewriterart portrait, classic in its style, modern in its approach, was made by @ty.p0 and included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQRQm_wjEp7/
Mistigram: anyone who has ever consulted a list of hex codes to achieve specific colour hues on-screen will appreciate this #teletext screen by @AndyUglifruit, included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQPxqghAchc/
Mistigram: from the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month, here’s a platform game mockup screen whipped up by @mig_moog, leaning heavily if not exclusively on textmode characters for the aesthetic. We’ve all been there. https://instagr.am/p/CQMZTJagghr/
Mistigram: it’s been a rather uneasy transition between the seasons hereabouts at Mist HQ, often with multiple varieties of weather hitting hard in the same day. Impossible to dress appropriately for. That said, here’s one variety we haven’t seen yet! This #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen of a rampant #tornado was drawn by @blippypixel and included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQJwrJ1nCQY/
Mistigram: this #teletext adventure game proof of concept, designed to be playable with your television remote control, was mocked up by @jellica_______ and included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQG7HCzHgdK/
Mistigram: this badass #PETSCII cyber bounty hunter may be limited to a BASIC understanding of justice, but to be fair, the field of robotics only has three laws. This piece by @axltm was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CQFsTO6nljm/
Mistigram: there are so many ways to do #asciiart… this was an ingenious demonstration by @xtcomics , demonstrating a complicated #skateboard trick #emoticon-style, ie you turn your head to the left to see our little dude juggling the deck with his stickman feet. Sick! This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CP-_DAHsGUh/
Mistigram: a jarring juxtaposition of worlds, here’s a @pixelartfortheheart experiment out of left field, one of his minimalist gradient #pixelart landscapes envisioned as a pattern for an athletic shoe! We don’t know if this ever made it past the design stage, but we hope that someone out there is walking around in them. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago. https://instagr.am/p/CP89krrg7C5/
Mistigram: from last summer’s MIST0620 artpack collection, here’s @kurogao96 using their mixture of #ASCIIart and #emoji to celebrate the meatheads down at Muscle Beach. https://instagr.am/p/CP54vWdHbNy/
Mistigram: with warm weather on the way, you might need this refreshing animated @blippypixel #BBCMicro high resolution graphics fountain to help put you in a cooling-off mood. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month.
Mistigram: the renowned Digitizer guru @MrBiffo briefly brought the #TurnerTheWorm and Glug the Slug characters out of retirement around this time last year (about which, stay tuned for more!) to humorously comment on the coronavirus hoarding phenomenon. This #teletext screen was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CPqs0tONJnS/
Mistigram: @ozunaga personified the Covid-19 coronavirus in this #pixelart scene as a horrible monster terrorizing the planet – not too far off the mark! This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CPqsjCzpCzi/
Mistigram: by this time last year, people in our creative community were starting to make art reflective of their Coronavirus lockdown situation. This #asciiart animation by @Joninscii, titled “Panic Buying”, shows the culmination of Charmin’s bizarre ad campaign – entire shelves of toilet paper hoarded by vicious bears who can’t be negotiated with. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month.
Mistigram: by this time last year, people in our creative community were starting to make art reflective of their Coronavirus lockdown situation. This #asciiart animation by @Joninscii, titled “Panic Buying”, shows the culmination of Charmin’s bizarre ad campaign – entire shelves of toilet paper hoarded by vicious bears who can’t be negotiated with. This piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month.
Mistigram: arguably a more deliberate and appropriate application of the proud rainbow motif, here’s a #BBCMicro hirez screen by @blippypixel, titled “Rainbow Reflection”. I don’t think we ever actually released this one until just now, but it’s solid work from his early years! https://instagr.am/p/CPoZQdVhFzn/
Mistigram: when June comes along, I have no greater delight than taking rainbow-hued works from our back catalogues and retroactively proclaiming them to be tributes to Pride by sharing them in June. This #ANSIart menu for Rage’s BBS Neosporin (the logo reads “Neosp”, close enough for government work!) was drawn by Bandicoot and included in Mistigris’ 2-year anniversary celebration (for comparison, we’re now in year 26). https://instagr.am/p/CPoY2mLhcj8/
Mistigram: and bookending this set of summer’s prospects, here’s an animated #BBCMicro high resolution graphics scene by @blippypixel, “Bank Holiday Afternoon”, included in last year’s MIST0620 artpack collection.
Mistigram: we included another way of looking through the woods – four ways, actually! – drawn by @starstew. This piece was also included in the MIST0619 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CPl8tl2Bkqn/
Mistigram: @ty.p0 gave you a vertical slice of a nocturnal voyage into nature in a tiny boat with this typewriter vista, Voyage En Kayak, included in the MIST0619 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CPl8h4Yh7cZ/
Mistigram: an exception to prove the rule, this dope #ANSIart logo for “Cyberia” was drawn by @jkakar and released in the MIST0695 artpack collection released 26 years ago! https://instagr.am/p/CPl8V-ihSy1/
Mistigram: this stark red #teletext silhouette of an unspecified species of birb was drawn by @jellica_______ and included in the MIST0619 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CPl8GcWB-6w/
Mistigram: this simple #pixelart composition, made by C00k13_m0n5t3r, is titled “Breeze”. It was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CPl762hhtXC/
Mistigram: from the MIST0619 artpack collection released two years ago this month, here’s a conspicuously non-science fiction #BBCMicro high resolution graphics landscape by @blippypixel, titled “Bank holiday sunshine”. https://instagr.am/p/CPl7TAThgkW/
