ADEPTAPRIL/JUL31

 Mistigram: how much is that... doggie in the window? AdeptApril has drawn this #ANSIart illustration of a dog of indeterminite mix of breeds in observance of National #Mutt Day today. (Just out of frame: his waggly tail.)

MIKROBITTI/2024/07

Mistigram: thanks to our colleagues in Impure for bringing our attention to the fact that the @sixteen_colors gallery display of our old MIST0822 artpack collection was recently used to illustrate an article in Finland's @mikrobitti magazine by Kaj Laaksonen and Samuli Leppala on the subject of #ANSIart.  This is funny for a few reasons, but it's always nice to have an opportunity to share our notable creative work with wider print audiences. (Thanks to @littlebitspace for finding a specimen in the wild to document!) 

 

MIST0624/CT-FISHWORSHIP

 Mistigram: if you were in the Pacific Northwest in the '90s, as @nicheinterests was, the incredible #fish-themed art of Alaskan artist @ray.troll was everywhere. The recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection was the perfect excuse for Cthulu to garishly adapt one of Ray's more surreal scenes into the #ANSIart graphics format the home computers of that era would have been using, because unbelievably we have no plans yet to release a fish-themed artpack. (Fish Worship, for the record, is never wrong, and is a protected right under the Constitution.)

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL30

 Mistigram: enjoy taking a looky loo just beneath the surface of the water for long periods of time?  Leave all that SCUBA junk at home, all you need is a #snorkel!  AdeptApril celebrated World #Snorkeling Day yesterday with this #ANSIart screen.

MIST0624/TELETEXTR-URBAN_RAIN

Mistigram: this screen, titled "Urban Rain", was drawn by @carlos_teletextr for the #teletext competition at last year's @flashparty.ar demoparty -- where it placed fifth! It was included in last month's unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.
 

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL29

 Mistigram: I know, you can't see it due to its natural camouflage, but AdeptApril has drawn a #tiger in #ANSIart in observance of International Tiger Day today. Celebrate by firing up Street Fighter 2 and having Sagat do a few "Tiger Uppercut"s!

BLNDR2024C/2STONED-BLENDER-2024C

 Mistigram: this is just the bottom quarter of @2stonedart's fresh winning #ANSIart entry to the third Blender improvised art compo of 2024, incorporating the words NECROMANCER / OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY / and ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG. Hang ten, boney bro! To enjoy seeing the rest of it, stay tuned for the release of BLNDR2024C.

LDA/JUL28

 Mistigram: today LDA shares a guest shot for AdeptApril's Storm BBS calendar. The #ANSIart rendition of the blue marble, our fragile planet Earth, is drawn for the occasion of World Nature Conservation Day.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL27

 Mistigram: get in, loser, we're taking our houseplants for a walk. I can't explain it, but fortunately AdeptApril's #ANSIart screen speaks for itself perfectly well.

Blender 2024c word assignment

 Mistigram: the #Blender improvised art competition is on! We have randomly shuffled topics to assign to competitors: a NECROMANCER is participating in the OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY through an ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG SITE. Entries are due back in 25 hours, so go forth and create!

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL26

 Mistigram: AdeptApril would like to do her part in encouraging the consumption of soy bean curd, one of the most popular plant protein sources, by drawing this #ANSIart screen in support of World #Tofu Day.

MIST0624/VERMILEONHART-BROKEN_ELIZA

 Mistigram: this moody #ASCIIart composition, "Broken #Eliza", was drawn by @vermileonhart and included in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL25

 Mistigram: AdeptApril has drawn up this #ANSIart screen to bring our attention to International Red Shoe Day today, intended to draw attention to invisible illnesses such as Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. (If you like, you can observe it by watching the 1985 Tom Hanks movie "The Man With One Red Shoe"!)

BLNDR2024B/DARKMAN_ALMIGHTY-BLENDER_APRIL24

 Mistigram: the Blender improvised art compo, held in EFNet IRC channel #blender, is on again this weekend. Here's a tie for 2nd place from last time, on 4/20, where Darkman Almighty drew his #ANSIart take on a dragon doing hot yoga in a grow op.

MIST0624/ILLARTERATE-WALNUT_THE_OWL

 Mistigram: when you split a walnut in half, the interior structure of the shell can resemble an #owl face. I expect that's why this #textmode composition by @illarterate, which won 3rd place in the 2023 #ATASCII art compo, is named "Walnut the Owl". It was included in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL24

 Mistigram: #WhyDidTheChickenCrossTheRoad? You don't need to come up with an answer to that old chestnut today, but AdeptApril has illustrated it in #ANSIart in honour of the occasion of National Tell An Old #Joke Day.

blndr2024b/ZIR-B420

 Mistigram: the last Blender improvised computer art competition was held on 4/20 on the impromptu topics of DRAGON / HOT YOGA / GROW OP. ॐ Om! This smokin' #ANSIart entry by @zirroneous of Fire Graphics was part of a crowded tie for second place. We're running another Blender this weekend on channel #blender on the EFNet IRC!

MIST0624/TAPIO-DRAGON

 Mistigram: Tapio of @unculturedgames has taken the smallscale #ANSIart aesthetic and extended it into an entire #QB64 #textmode #JRPG, #WhispersInTheMoss, available at most major PC game electronic storefronts. We included some scenes from the game, such as this conversation with a dragon, in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL23

 Mistigram: “Hey! You got your #chocolate in my peanut butter!” “Hey! You got your #PeanutButter in my chocolate!” They're two tastes that go great together, as the old Reese's Peanut Butter Cups ad has it. This #ANSIart commemoration of the day when these two ingredients met was drawn by AdeptApril.

MIST0624/MOZZ-DANCER

 Mistigram: this is one of two #ASCIIart illustrations of dancers drawn by Mozz, inspired by the stroboscopic photography of the late Gjon Mili. It was included in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL22

 Mistigram: today is the 22nd day of the seventh month, which in some reckonings is displayed as 22/7 ... which happens to be a common and popular (though technically different -- but often "close enough") approximation of the value of the irrational constant #π. This #ANSIart celebration of the occasion was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL21

 Mistigram: this animated #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril celebrates everyone's favorite former Olympic sport, here practiced on a very rainy day: #TugOfWar.

MIST0624/ZII-ZGAI

 Mistigram: The fabulous Zeus II drew this #ANSIart BBS matrix login screen depicting Ten-ō Hyūga from the #Shurato manga/anime/toy line of the late '80s. It was included in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL20

 Mistigram: pull your pants up, that's not how we're celebrating #Moon Day. This #ANSIart screen of a saluting astronaut was drawn by AdeptApril.

BLIPPYPIXEL/THE_CLIPTRIX

 Mistigram: while his response may be somewhat short on analysis, the punctuality of @blippypixel's reaction to today's #Crowdstrike fiasco on enterprise Windows machines is second to none! This #teletext screen featuring #Clippy the virtual assistant is called "The ClipTrix".

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL19

 Mistigram: Thith #ANSIart thcreen wath drawn by AdeptApril on the occathion of "National Thtick Out Your #Tongue Day", thelebrated today!

MIST0624/NI-NANCY

 Mistigram: to you, it's just an airplane. But the artist @_n1tr0n has actually flown it, and describes it as "Nancy, tail number 61672, is a 1950s era radial engine powered Nanchang CJ-6 fighter-trainer built by the Chinese Air Force." What can I say, every #ANSIart screen is worth a thousand words! This piece was included in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL18

 Mistigram: the United Nations proclaimed Jul 18 #NelsonMandela International Day, so AdeptApril has illustrated the South African statesman in #ANSIart.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUl17

 Mistigram: in celebration of World #Emoji Day, AdeptApril has drawn an #ANSIart version of 😛, tongue sticking out at a jaunty angle I can't find prior art for. (But if you enjoy creative emoji use, I should direct your attention to the portfolios of @kurogao96 and @xtcomics!)

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL15

 Mistigram: AdeptApril took a very literal approach to illustrating today's holiday, "I Love Horses" Day, in #ANSIart. (Strictly platonic, folks!)

MIST0624/MM-LENNON

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart screen of a #hummingbird, drawn by @Mavenmob, is named #OhMyLove (after the John Lennon song) and was included in last month's unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL14

 

Mistigram: today AdeptApril has drawn this #ANSIart screen in observance of #Shark Awareness Day. All I see is a fin, but ... why do I keep hearing this two-note semitone pattern on a cello?

MIST0624/ATONALOSPREY-DELETE_YOUR_ACCOUNT

 Mistigram: this is the only part of a larger suite of somewhat hostile #teletext #ASCIIart typographical works by @atonalosprey that we managed to include in the recent unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection, but under some circumstances it remains excellent advice. #deleteyouraccount

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL13

 Mistigram: I don't know if the Hamburglar has been this way or if it's a sophisticated minimalist haute cuisine fashionably asymmetrical plating, but either way celebrating #FrenchFry Day with only five fries seems a little stingy. (Perhaps they are all that remain after the frenzy of salty celebration?) This #ANSIart screen was drawn by AdeptApril.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL12

 Mistigram: AdeptApril has leaned on the services of a helpful passing ninja to demonstrate today's holiday through the medium of #ANSIart: happy "Different Colored Eyes" Day, everyone!

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL11

 Mistigram: slip on your trunks and grab a towel, it's #SwimmingPool Day! This #ANSIart screen in observance of the occasion was drawn by AdeptApril, who has left one floatie in the pool for your use.

ADEPTAPRIL/JUL10

 Mistigram: This #ANSIart screen by AdeptApril celebrates "Pick Blueberries Day". (Every other day, you can just shake the bush until they fall off.)