Mistigram: Did You Know – Eto, the primary PabloDraw developer, ran a BBS named ETO, short for “Entrance to Obscurity”. This #ANSIart logo promoting it was drawn by Handiboy and included in our BLDE9612 guest appearance with the Blade Nation, kicking off the Mistigris World Tour a quarter-century ago. https://instagr.am/p/CW68UnSNCm1/
Mistigram: @andyuglifruit wrote his pixelart en large in this #teletext exploration of fine detail executed on a small grid, in this screen which we called “Pattern Recognition”. It was included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWwlN6bFQAA/
Mistigram: a compelling sub-project within the MIST1119 anniversary artpack collection was presenting numerous artists with a Mistigris logo drawn in ANSI by j33p33 and inviting them to render it in their trademark style. Here’s a take on GameFAQs-style #ASCIIart by @gfascii. https://instagr.am/p/CWwk34oLz1q/
Mistigram: This #teletext “house of cards”, the delicate dance of Coronavirus management, was drawn by @blippypixel and included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWwkjVhr3R7/
Mistigram: this #pixelart scene, “Please Scan to Remember”, was drawn by @prunes_art and included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWwkXYgFiD1/
Mistigram: @kris10roos has been hard at work practicing to mint NFTs since before they were invented, using period graphics software for vintage desktop computers to generate patterns for industrial weaving machines. (A wall hanging: a nice byproduct of proof-of-work!) This image was included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWrdK63jSj3/
Mistigram: this is one of three portraits of electricity inventor #NikolaTesla included in the MIST1120 artpack collection, released one year ago this month. This #teletext one is the handiwork of @carlos_teletextr. https://instagr.am/p/CWrbl7_LWbk/
Mistigram: this flowing emerald headgear always gave me strong Dune vibes. (Green, so House Ordos from Dune II.) The #ANSIart shuttle login screen was drawn by Mage (now better known for his mature work under a different name), possibly for the benefit of Helter’s green-themed “Salem’s Lot” BBS, in the debut MIST1094 artpack released 27 years ago. https://instagr.am/p/CWrbBOJMr8H/
Mistigram: One of several @axltm variations exploring an aesthetic theme, this #JPETSCII screen incorporates converted, bespoke and glitch textmode elements combining into a larger striking composition. This piece was included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWoZYObMXP8/
Mistigram: this not-too-high-resolution portrait of hacktivist #JeremyHammond was drawn by @deep.one.insaniam and included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWoZA5bDjI6/
Mistigram: this glitchy mask, titled [RUN71M3_3RR0R]“, was made by @192.168.10.13 (who, indeed, appears to still be using it as his profile picture!) and included in our MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWoYl4et6Rv/
Mistigram: this monochrome #teletext portrait – of a cassette reader, a tape-driven robot, or a thinking, feeling human trapped by dystopian circumstances into adopting the habits and demeanor of an automaton – is titled “A Man Of Many Screws”. It was drawn by @illarterate and included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWllbRLJHHu/
Mistigram: this glitchy 3-D #pixelart portrait was made by c00k13_m0ns73r_ and included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWllKFUAMZf/
Mistigram: this #teletext Mistigris promo was drawn by @jellicajake and included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWkEAB3rfWe/
Mistigram: You may have seen them first in last month’s MIST1021 artpack collection, but @sevendxs has seen it through to present them in highest quality in their native element - the suite of Lovecraftian PETSCII illustrations by @bnjmnbrgmn is now available for the C64.
Seven and Ronny Engmann iced the cake with some masterful packaging flourishes, and you can find it on CSDb at https://ift.tt/3xkQWLD https://instagr.am/p/CWgvlAyh9rC/
Mistigram: this was the opening to a Textmode Friends #ANSIart jam included in the MIST1120 artpack released one year ago. @mig_moog drew Randall, the TF mascot, @polyducks drew his militaristic antagonist, Cthulu massaged a Mist logo out of a maze up top and @theoddfirecat sprinkled a few blocks hither and yon as well. Stay tuned for the thrilling conclusion! https://instagr.am/p/CWel1KSrDlp/
Mistigram: this monochrome newschool #ASCIIart promo for The Upright Man’s BBS “Morph” was drawn by Dead Soul and included in the MIST3YR artpack collection released around this time of year 24 years ago. https://instagr.am/p/CWelb4fDauF/
Mistigram: from our debut MIST1094 artpack release way back 27 yeasr ago, here’s an outsider #ANSIart logo by maniac fontist The Naughty Tycoon for his #NoisePatch BBS. https://instagr.am/p/CWelDMOrzpn/
Mistigram: this architectural #typewriterart illustration of New York City’s renowned rail hub #GrandCentralStation was drawn by @lordnkon and included in our MIST1116 artpack collection released five years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWbPChDAh3a/
Mistigram: this gently fortified #ANSIart logo for the @DynamicBanter podcast was drawn by @piquansi and included in the MIST1118 artpack collection released three years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWbNuVvNZp9/
Mistigram: you can struggle against your chosen medium’s limitations, or roll with them. Here @andyuglifruit went full block in this #Tetris-filled #teletext celebration. This screen was included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWW5Ee_Lghd/
Mistigram: this noisy portrait, defying viewers to “Focus”, was designed by @ty.p0. It was included in the MIST1119 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CWW4yErDQLp/
Mistigram: this glitchy photomanipulation from the desk of @192.168.10.13 is “In Ur Mainframe”, r00tin ur b0xes. This piece was included in the MIST1119 artpack collection, released two years ago. https://instagr.am/p/CWW4ZWarikO/
Mistigram: I’m not even sure whose masterful handiwork is on display here, capping off this delightful #TextmodeFriends #ANSIart jam, but I’m going to go out on a branch and speculate that @mig_moog is probably the party responsible. This piece was included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEadeRDtaE/
Mistigram: @andyuglifruit drew this #teletext tribute to Sinclair’s followup to the Spectrum, the #ZX81. This piece was included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEZ9kbDpT7/
Mistrigram: @snakepetsken drew this #PETSCII portrait of the godfataher of electricity, #NikolaTesla, included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEZ08wDnw3/
Mistigram: @illarterate would feel really terrible if anyone damaged their A/V hardware attempting to bypass the security measures baked into this #teletext warning. This screen was included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEZkx1D1Lz/
Mistigram: CoaXCable put together this hardware-intensive #ANSIart to frame our infofiles with for last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEZO6-jVyj/
Mistigram: @blippypixel gave us a deep breath of (now retrofuturistic, I like to remind everybody) #BladeRunner flavour in this #teletext screen included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEZGacjUmy/
Mistigram: @lego48x48 did a great job of expressing 3-D texture using small, flat plastic bricks in this #Lego #pixelart mosaic, included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEY6H1DEh3/
Mistigram: a striking piece of minimalist #teletext design was achieved here by @jellica_______, included in last year’s MIST1121 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CWEYruQDSne/
Mistigram: this interstellar #PETSCII splash screen was drawn for our 26th anniversary artpack release one year ago by @deep.one.insaniam https://instagr.am/p/CWEYepijOnM/
Mistigram: @blippypixel likes to commemorate Bonfire night and #GuyFawkes in his art, so on this occasion, here’s a glitchy #teletext animation in its honour. #rememberrememberthe5thofnovember This screen was included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago.
Mistigram: @mavenmob here explores the contents of the self, as represented by its FAT16 #MSDOS file system. (Better delete something – or at least back it up to floppy – you’re out of room!) This piece was included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CV3xeMXse-4/
Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of an #Atari2600, titled “Simpler Times”, was drawn by @blippypixel and included in the MIST1120 artpack collection one year ago. https://instagr.am/p/CV3xFJJFWzl/
Mistigram: bridging traditional photography and the realm of vintage computer graphics is the oeuvre of @my_life_computerized, a series of #CGA selfies framed with the interface trappings of classic software from the early years of personal computing. This piece was included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago. https://instagr.am/p/CV3w4aBreGJ/
Mistigram: to some, “computer art” narrowly means artwork made using technological means. Here at Mist, sometimes we expand our conception to include works in traditional mediums made exploring technological themes. Here is one of those latter, a @niklkovfska painting of a calculator, titled “Plus Zero”. This piece was included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CV3wdvGrQPf/
Mistigram: there’s a conflation of certain generations of vintage computers going on here, but I don’t believe that the artist, @theoddfirecat, was around at the time… so I’m not going to belabour the obvious. This charming #ANSIart Windows desktop tower (with bonus ANSI and BBS floppy diskettes!) was included in last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CV3wE2UF37j/
Mistigram: a showpiece of our playful celebration of technological creativity, last year’s MIST1120 artpack collection featured this @bhaal_spawn mock-up of a #Lego-based adaptation of Quebec’s pride, the #AdLib Music Synthesizer Card. It may not sound like much, but still beats the PC Speaker! https://instagr.am/p/CV3vpSFJ-Dt/
Mistigram: this friendly #ASCIIart #calculator was designed and animated by @joninscii. This piece was included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago.
Mistigram: over the past five years, we have celebrated the occasion of our establishment in the month of November. As a computer art collective, we like focus during this month on matters of cyberspace and technology, vintage and future. This deliciously glitchy circuitboard #teletext logo was made by @carlos_teletextr and included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released one year ago. https://instagr.am/p/CV0wTdMsDh1/
Mistigram: Hola! Everyone out there make sure to have a happy #DiaDeLosMuertos. This #asciiart screen was made by @littlebitspace and included in last month’s Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVwXJ-FJFW8/
Mistigram: Jeepers creepers, where’d you get those peepers? This wasn’t the end of Lobo @Spitoufs’s #PETSCII celebration of Dead Zone BBS, but thematically it marks a great point to wrap up our spree tonight. This piece was included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuXX1_L4gB/
Mistigram: it’s midnight on Halloween, traditional start time of an audience-interactive screening of the #RockyHorrorPictureShow, in honor of which here’s an @andyuglifruit #teletext portrait of #TimCurry as #FrankNFurter. “How’d you do? I see you’ve met my faithful handyman.
He’s just a little brought down because when you knocked,
He thought you were the candyman.” This screen was included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuWRmsrQcN/
Mistigram: this #ANSIart logo by LDA celebrates the ghost with the most, #Beetlejuice. It was included in this month’s #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuViK7rxJd/
Mistigram: this tentacular #PETSCII scene of the uncanny, titled “Moonshine Madness”, was drawn by @bnjmnbrgmn and included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuVPYbLmUE/
Mistigram: this #asciiart illustration of a sainted #skeleton, titled “Hexed 0x01”, was drawn by @vermileonhart and included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuUViurk1c/
Mistigram: Lobo @Spitoufs’ suite of #PETSCII illustrations dedicated to the Dead Zone BBS culminates in this pair of nasty flying dark spheres. Be careful out there! These sinister critters were included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuUCRLLw8d/
Mistigram: this #asciiart portrait of gnostic deity #Baphomet, beloved of the Satanic Temple and, allegedly, the Knights Templar, was drawn by @littlebitspace and included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuTe4ArJCb/
Mistigram: this very green #PETSCII screen by @bnjmnbrgmn is called “Cosmic Horror”. It was included in the #Halloween-themed MIST1021 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CVuS_0tLGPR/
