MIST0526/CT-SNOW_CRASH

 Mistigram: sometimes you get far enough into your preliminary layout of an #ANSIart adaptation that you realise, gulp, this is going to be more small-scale than I thought, maybe I should cut and run. Saner artists do, but Cthulu has a "sunk cost fallacy" way of hanging in to the bitter end and seeing it through. Anyway, this is his take on #BruceJensen's iconic cover art to the 1993 paperback edition of #NealStephenson's #cyberpunk novel #SnowCrash, in the background, #TheGrid, in the foreground, the world's tiniest #HiroProtagonist. It was drawn for the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection(, though while apparently still in a MIST0426 frame of mind!)

MIST0526/TGH-RV26

 Mistigram: as an American participating in a European demoparty (and with their fursona leading the parade), The Green Herring went with a "we come in peace" theme for this #ANSIart scroller, "Greetings, Earthlings!", which placed 6th (top third!) in the text art compo in this year's Revision demoparty. This piece was also included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/MM-DIGITALLOTUS

 Mistigram: in different ancient cultures the #lotus signifies different things -- in India, perfection and enlightenment; in Greece, hedonism and addiction. You may need to decide for yourself which one @mavenmob was alluding to (if not both!) in this #ANSIart illustration of the flower melting away into the Matrix. This piece was included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/MIST0526.MEM

 Mistigram: Cthulu dutifully traced the monochrome poster art to Fritz Lang's 1927 German expressionist film #Metropolis as #blockASCII, then hesitated, contemplating its opening logo -- starts with an M... ends with an S... also contains a T, an I, an R... well heck, he thought, there's nearly already everything here needed to make a Mistigris logo out of, and then I could use it as an infofile header! Ultimately it did appear in exactly that way in the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/NI-VILAR

 Mistigram: RIP to English actor #MichaelKeating, who famously played #VilaRestal in #Blakes7. This memorial #ANSIart tribute was drawn by Nitron and included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/TGHRV26B

 Mistigram: drawn in just under four hours for the Oldskool Graphics Compo at the Revision 2026 demoparty (where it placed 11th), this #pixelart piece, "Snake Dance", was made by The Green Herring and included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/ZII-ZAAC

 Mistigram: a technocratic society in which elite underground hackers earn credits for drawing radical text art illustrations may feel distinctly retrofuturistic, but nonetheless ZII (Zeus II) has established his AAC (#ANSIArt Corporation) from which you can commission screens and scrollers at competitive rates. This piece was included in the new science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.