ADEPTAPRIL/MAY31

 Mistigram: World No Tobacco Day was created by the UN in 1987 and over the course of a couple of generations seems to have achieved its objective, leaving mine the last generation to have childhood photos of us puffing on stogies. This #ANSIart screen was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY30

 Mistigram: you remember those flowers from Tulip Day a week and a half ago? Yeah, well the weather has been sunny and they're getting pretty thirsty. Would you consider moistening them a little on Water a Flower Day? This #ANSIart screen (animated on some platforms) was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY29

 Mistigram: we disabled AI and now just look at what happened to Clippy!  He's nothing but a mindless, inert #paperclip, suitable for nothing more than holding two sheets of paper together and occasionally ejecting a floppy diskette from an uncooperative classic Apple Macintosh when straightened out!  Alas. This #ANSIart screen was drawn by AdeptApril.

MIST0524/NI-AURIC

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart promo for the fictitious #Auricom Research Industries company (from Psygnosis' futuristic #wipEout racing game series) was drawn by @_n1tr0n and included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection. It also was just announced as having won fourth place in the ANSI art compo at LA's recent LayerOne demoparty. Hats off to all the competitors!

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY28

 Mistigram: in what has got to be an #ANSIart first, AdeptApril wants to lead us all in celebrating #MenstrualHygiene Day today. (If you don't feel like celebrating it... please, consider the alternative.)

MIST0524 ANSI art mosaic

 Mistigram: I don't know if artpacks will continue being so primarily reliant on #ANSIart in the centuries to come (just wait until we launch the first spacecraft with an emoji in its name!), but in the meantime, here's a survey of SF scenes and portraits drawn in that popular textmode medium, included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY27

 Mistigram: if you like tracker music, it's time to get proper oldschool, since as AdeptApril's #ANSIart screen suggests, today is #PlayerPiano Day! There ain't no party like a speelklok party because a speelklok party don't stop!

MIST0524 mosaic

 Mistigram: here's a sampling of the variety of subjects and artistic approaches to be found in the new science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection, featuring original art as well as fanart of celebrated franchises, in vintage computing graphics formats such as #ANSIart, #teletext and #BBCMicro hirez graphics.

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 Mistigram: We've successfully decrypted the signal emerging from the wormhole -- turns out it's an encrypted message, announcing that the annual science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection has arrived, as heralded by this handsome #blockASCII FILE_ID.DIZ illustration of #Bespin's #CloudCity from #TheEmpireStrikesBack, drawn by LDA.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY26

 Mistigram: this one is for all the "Glider" fans in the crowd: as demonstrated in #ANSIart by AdeptApril, today is #PaperAirplane Day. (And here's a stumper for you: what did they call paper airplanes before the invention of the non-paper airplane?)

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY25

 Mistigram: AdeptApril knows the score -- today she illustrates in #ANSIart a beach #towel on the occasion of #TowelDay, an annual memorial established two weeks after the 2001 death of #HitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy author #DouglasAdams. If you don't know what is so special about a towel, consult your Guide.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY24

 Mistigram: put away your sombrero and stovepipe, today calls for a different variety of headgear -- as depicted in this #ANSIart illustration by AdeptApril, today is in fact International #Tiara Day... a good opportunity to get in touch with your inner princess!

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 Mistigram: we have largely left the #Lego #pixelart beat behind, but game recognize game.  While we were on our Warhol spree we couldn't pass up the chance to share this old @farrell_lego mosaic of #AndyWarhol's #CampbellsSoupCans, elevating the mundane to the sublime!

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 Mistigram: seven years ago, in the MIST1117 artpack collection, we shared a simple GIF animation loop by Phil Mainwaring featuring well over a hundred tiny 1- or 2-colour arrangements of, primarily, technology company logos.  Several minutes in, it also briefly flashed his green take on #AndyWarhol's #MarilynMonroe series of #ShotMarilyns, which we re-share with you today.

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Mistigram: @blippypixel brings his #teletext editor back to the #AndyWarhol well for one final take on serially repetitive permutations on iconic topics -- here none other than the Covid-19 coronavirus, whose 15 minutes of fame have certainly overstayed their welcome.  As the compromised host cells of an infected and contagious person turn into virus factories, a metaphor resonates with Warhol's name for his screenprinting print shop studio -- also called "The Factory"... as is this screen, which was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: whatever your favorite iconic subject, it makes for an excellent fit in #AndyWarhol's serially repetitive, garishly tinted #popart style.  @littlebitspace here shares with us textmode illustrations of skulls (possibly current portraits of Marilyn Monroe!) using the #PETSCII character set.  This piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: @blippypixel no doubt wonders what pop artist #AndyWarhol would have made of the short-lived #NFT craze, writing it large in this #teletext reproduction of his #MarilynMonroe print.  This screen was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: this uncoloured #ANSIart (#blockASCII technically) portrait of pop artist #AndyWarhol is the handiwork of @axbmusic.  It was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: @blippypixel returns to the topic of pop artist #AndyWarhol in this #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen, named (echoing the Bowie song) "Where Are We Now?"  This piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: in this #teletext illustration by @blippypixel, pop art icon #AndyWarhol indulges his interest in watching a little car drive across the TV screen.  This piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY23

 Mistigram: Their teenage mutant ninja brethren get most of the attention, but today set aside a moment of consideration for their humbler counterparts, the gentle turtle, as they splash around in ponds and try not to wind up flipped on their backs. This #ANSIart screen for World #Turtle day was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY22

 Mistigram: Come, Watson, the game is afoot! Today is the birthday of Sir #ArthurConanDoyle, and consequently the day celebrates the creation of his most famous character, the consulting detective #SherlockHolmes. This #ANSIart illustration of the most famous denizen of 221B Baker Street was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY21

 Mistigram: care for a nice, hot cup of #tea? Then today is the day for you! (And for our friends in possession of NO TEA, your time is coming up soon.) This #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril celebrates International Tea Day. One lump or two?

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 Mistigram: you can't have one #GreatWaveOffKanagawa without having a second, implied one, so let's post a second interpretation of this 1831 #Hokusai #ukiyoe print, this time rendered in #ASCIIart by the formidable @littlebitspace.  This piece was also included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: celebrated #typewriterart practitioner @ty.p0 shares their rendition of #Hokusai's 1831 #ukioye print #TheGreatWaveOffKanagawa. This piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY20

 Mistigram: it's a little early in the season for my plants, which are growing great guns but still haven't revealed a #strawberry yet -- but if you like, you can follow the lead of AdeptApril's #ANSIart screen (perhaps set in a slightly warmer climate) and Pick Strawberries today.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY19

 Mistigram: they say that the way of today is May Ray Day, hey!  The idea is to take advantage of seasonally sunny weather to get some vitamin D through sun exposure to your skin, though between you and me, I think that the subject of AdeptApril's #ANSIart screen has probably reached their limit, and may require a higher SPF-rated sunscreen.

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Mistigram: this #ANSIart adaptation of the #Architecture illustrations of #HiroshiNagai was made by LDA for our recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.
 

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY18

 Mistigram: right this way, the interpreter is leading a guided tour starting in five minutes! Today is International #Museum Day, and ... I have no idea which celebrated museum AdeptApril has drawn in #ANSIart here. Surely the kind of ignorance that could be addressed... by visiting a museum!

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 Mistigram: #OwenPomery's #VictoryPoint is a graphic novel, and consequently falls a little outside the scope of our recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack, but this monochrome #teletext adaptation of its landscape cover art by Jellica Jake wound up being folded into the collection regardless.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY17

 Mistigram: Weather's getting nice, why not enjoy a nice glass of wine? But not just _any_ wine: as AdeptApril demonstrates in this #ANSIart screen, today is #PinotGrigio day, rhymed by Loudon Wainwright in his song "White Winos" with "Just to get the glow".

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Mistigram: tapping a rich vein of Western fine art, ASCII whiz Lord Nikon has used his mad #typewriterart skillz to richly frame this pastoral scene from nature with a pointed caption advising viewers to terminate their electronic connections and embark upon a #digitaldetox.  (Let's compromise: how about we use no technology newer than 1994?)  This piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY16

 Mistigram: don't look too closely, at risk of suffering permanent loss of vision, but here's an #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril celebrating the International Day of #Light today. (Why today? On today's date in 1960 physicist Theodore Maiman successfully fired the first #laser.)

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 Mistigram: this #teletext screen by @illarterate reproduced #LeonardoDaVinci's #VitruvianMan illustration to comment on the recommendations for social distancing guidelines issued early on during the Covid-19 pandemic. This piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY15

 Mistigram: today's date marks the end of cold-weather felt hat season and the beginning of warm-weather #StrawHat season -- a changeover that led to riots in NYC way back in 1922! This #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril hopes to observe the occasion with less open conflict.

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 Mistigram: in this two-panel #ASCIIart / #emoji comic strip, @kurogao96 explores the plight of the artist, striving to push the envelope without leaving their audience entirely behind. This comical piece was included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY14

 Mistigram: well, bake my #ButtermilkBiscuits! No, really -- bake them! Why? Because today is their day. AdeptApril will get you up to speed with this persuasive #ANSIart screen.

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Mistigram: this #teletext adaptation of #ClaudeMonet's 1899 painting #BridgeOverAPondOfWaterLilies was made by @zxguesser and included in the recent fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY13

 Mistigram: everything in moderation, I say. A day to celebrate the #tulip? Why not! But let's not go overboard like the Netherlands in the 17th century. This #ANSIart screen celebrating the colourful flowers was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY12

 Mistigram:

an #ANSIart screen shared today

touts limericks the 12th of May.

AdeptApril drew it

and now you know - to wit:

a lit gives your screen some cachet.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY11

 Mistigram: as The Laughing Fool said in Concrete's Hacker's Nutritional Guide: "Eat. If you die, it means that you have either eaten too much or too little." Today AdeptApril uses #ANSIart to celebrate "Eat What You Want Day", which looks conspicuously like a collection of foods she had already drawn for other occasions. (But today: you eat them all together!)

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 Mistigram: this #textart adaptation of #FineWindClearMorning (also simply called #RedFuji), one of #Hokusai's suite of #ThirtysixViewsOfMountFuji #ukiyoe prints made in the 1830s, was made by @kalchano in #ShiftJIS and included in the new fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/MAY10

 Mistigram: the occasion observed today, #CleanUpYourRoom Day, might be in some tenuous way related to yesterday's memorial for lost socks. (Hint: they're under your bed!) This #ANSIart illustration by AdeptApril hammers the point home. (Well, the shelves are nice and clean!)