MIST0226/PICROTOXIN-BBB2

 Mistigram: this social media posting may be the only place you get to see this #ANSIart illustration of internetting while drunk (not recommended), drawn by Picrotoxin and included in last month's new unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226/A_MOUSE-OTTER

 Mistigram: this slippery character is an #otter, drawn in charming #ASCIIart by <3S (a_mouse) . It was included in last month's unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226/ZII-EXOG1

 Mistigram: this is a splash screen for a new, upcoming BBS door game titled #Exogenesis: After Earth, depicting new life entering the planet's atmosphere from the depths of space. It was drawn in #ANSIart, along with quite a few in-game illustrations, by Zeus II, and they were included as a colly in last month's new MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226/MOZZ-CLOUDS

 Mistigram: there's often dramatic weather at this time of the year, and Mozz captures it handily in this colourful #ASCIIart adaptation of #AlbertBierstadt's ~1872 #beachscene. This piece was included in last month's new unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0919/HORSENBURGER-MARIO-GOOMBA

 Mistigram: #Goomba / #Kuribo wants everyone to know that #Mar10 is overrated as a holiday.  (Perhaps instead consider National Mushroom Day, on Oct 15?)  This #teletext screen was drawn by @horsenburger and included in the MIST0919 artpack collection released seven years ago!

MIST0226/US-GRASSCII

 Mistigram: "#ascii in the grasscii", a small and slowly-growing seed of #ANSIart from our mistfunk networked Moebius server, is the handiwork of LDA, sassafras and Moth, emerging just a few weeks before spring officially kicks in. (Maybe it didn't confer with the groundhog.) It was included in the new unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226/LITTLEBITSPACE-JOUER_LE_ROLE

 Mistigram: this #PETSCII illustration, "Jouer le rôle" (play the role), is unmistakably from the desk of @littlebitspace, featuring a skeletal marionette dangling at rest between two artist's mannequins. It was included in the new unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226/MOZZ-BELLOWS_3

 Mistigram: definitely one of the biggest splashes made in the new MIST0226 artpack collection is the substantial body of #ASCIIart work, primarily figure studies, drawn by Mozz. This is perhaps the splashiest of them, an adaptation of #GeorgeBellows' 1924 #boxing painting #DempseyAndFirpo.

MIST0226/ZII-CONM5

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart #mainframe and its green terminal quietly ping from the bottom of the fallout shelter in the basement of Convolution BBS at convolutionbbs.org.  This #ANSIart screen was drawn by Zeus II and included in the new MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226/AXB-WORLDPEACE

 Mistigram: I'm so, so sorry everyone.  I've been very busy, but maybe if I'd managed to get this #ASCIIart logo by @axb posted a few days ago things in the world might be very different right now.  This optimistic piece was included in the brand new MIST0226 artpack collection.

MIST0226 ANSI art mosaic

 Mistigram: and because the love for #ANSIart speaks with a loud voice in the hearts of its fans, when we have a decent showing of it, as we do in the new MIST0226 artpack collection, we like to give a little overview sample taste of the range and scope of pieces featured, some whimsical, some grim, some cartoony and others more realistic, some promotional and others purely aesthetic in nature.

MIST0226 ASCII art mosaic

 Mistigram: here's a more in-depth look at some of the #ASCIIart styles represented in the new MIST0226 artpack collection, including works natural and fantastic, representative and typographical.

MIST0226 text art mosaic

 Mistigram: with the exception of a few pieces of computer music, nearly everything in the new, unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection that dropped last night is some form or another of #textart and #textmode art -- here is a sampling of specimens of #ASCIIart, #ANSIart, #ATASCII, #PETSCII and #ShiftJIS contained therein.

MIST0226 FILE_ID

 Mistigram: Late last night, we dropped our first artpack collection of 2026, MIST0226, an unthemed survey of work our artists had just been making on their own without our directing them to travel in the same direction.  You can browse it at @16colors.  (DIZ by CoaXCable.)

MIST0222/PIXELDUD-EUCLIDEAN

 Mistigram: this #ASCIIart #opticalillusion challenging Euclidean geometry was drawn by Pixeldud and included in the MIST0222 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

MIST0221/BLIPPYPIXEL-DOODLE

 Mistigram: I don't know just how he predicted the return of the Virtual Boy on the Switch with such accuracy, but Blippypixel drew this animated (and Very Red) scene of 3D primitives a long time ago! It was included in the MIST0221 artpack collection released five years ago this month!

MIST0223/LDA-MISTYOU

 Mistigram: sometimes there's a gap between releases on our activity schedule, but please don't interpret it as our turning our backs on the community! We just need a little time to recharge our batteries and cook up more silly ideas for artpacks. This #blockASCII illustration, "we MiST you", was drawn by LDA and included in the MIST0223 artpack released three years ago this month.

MIST0223/ATONALOSPREY-EYES

 Mistigram: reading human body language isn't an exact science, but rather is subject to vagaries of culture and biology, something @atonalosprey played with in this monochrome study of ambiguously-emoting eyes. This #teletext screen was included in the MIST0223 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST0223/MM-BORNDIGITAL

 Mistigram: when you wanna go oldschool, you can't beat the green glow of a P1 phosphor terminal. This embryonic #ANSIart screen, "Born Digital", was drawn by @mavenmob and included in the MIST0223 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST0221/C00K13_M0N5T3R_-IT_SEEMS_YOU_BROKE_MY_HEART_AGAIN

 Mistigram: here's hoping you all had a better #ValentinesDay than this #pixelart character illustrated in greyscale by C00K13_M0N5T3R_ , included in the MIST0221 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

MIST0220/EMME_DOBLE-LOVEBIRDS

 Mistigram: Emme Doble has since moved on to a different visual art beat, but back in the day she was effortlessly drawing tight #pixelart compositions such as this portrait of two romantic lovebirds canoodling. This piece was included in the MIST0220 artpack collection released six years ago this month!

MIST0223/LITTLEBITSPACE-OLIVE

 Mistigram: this jolly #ASCIIart portrait of Olive was drawn by @littlebitspace back in October of 2021. I'm not sure why we waited so long to share it, but it was included in the MIST0223 artpack collection released three years ago this month, and now we're finally getting around to showing it to you. (A striking likeness!)

MIST0223/GJ-VGAFONTED

 Mistigram: Grymmjack drew this triumphant #ANSIart screen for a740g's QB64 VGA Font Editor program (that you can find at https://github.com/a740g/VGA-Font-Editor ). The logo was included in the MIST0223 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST0223/VILER-INT10H2022-3D

 Mistigram: a memorable experiment in 3D newschool #ASCIIart, this is VileR's logo for his loader-cum-website at int10h.org/blog , included three years ago this month in the MIST0223 artpack collection.

MIST0220/AXL-DIOGENES

 Mistigram: part of Axl's large range of Masters of the Universe-inspired #PLAYSCII / #JPETSCII action figure designs, this stabby, shocky character was included in the MIST0220 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

MIST0223/ADEL_FAURE-BEE_HIVE

 Mistigram: What's the buzz? This bustling scene of hive life was drawn in #ASCIIart by @adelfaure and included in the MIST0223 artpack released three years ago this month.

MIST0221/BLIPPYPIXEL-TOUSSAINT_LOUVERTURE

 Mistigram: this dashing #BBCMicro high resolution graphics portrait of #ToussaintLouverture, the key leader of the Haitian Revolution, was drawn by @blippypixel and included in the MIST0221 artpack collection released five years ago this month. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!

MIST0223/ATONALOSPREY-MERMAID

 Mistigram: this haunting #teletext image of a #mermaid seen in #silhouette from below was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the MIST0223 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST-30/MOZZ-JACK-AND-THE-BEANSTALK

 Mistigram: this fabulous coloured #ASCIIart / #ANSIart vignette from the fairy tale #JackAndTheBeanstalk was drawn by Mozz and included in the MIST-30 30th anniversary artpack collection released slightly over a year ago. (Another beanstalk scene was included in IMBIBE01!)

MIST-30/MM-LOTUSBLOOMS

 Mistigram: this distinctive #ANSIart/#ASCIIart scene of a screaming lotus-eyed face looming above a cyber boxdrawn cityscape, "Amongst Mechanically Organic Lines", was made by @mavenmob and included in the MIST-30 30th anniversary artpack collection released slightly over a year ago.

MIST-30/MEMORIES

 Mistigram: this micro #ANSIart screen of a removable piece of storage media containing critical data was drawn by MC Fresher and included in our MIST-30 30th anniversary artpack collection released a bit over a year ago.

FOS-0197/US-LOGO7

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart logo represents the handiwork of two artists, Neophyte and "ds" who I'm going to interpret here as Dead Soul. I don't know what eb was but EB ("Electronic Boutique") Games was a going concern here in 1997 so I'm going to retroactively assign it to them. It was included in the Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

FOS-0197/PZ-029711

 Mistigram: apparently drawn for the second version of our own application generator, this newschool #ASCIIart logo was drawn by Plastic and intended to be shown to applicants hoping to release similar work with us. This piece was released in our Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

FOS-0197/PT-01971

 Mistigram: Platinum drew this (freshly-squeezed) #ANSIart logo in promotion of Wishbringer's BBS "Juice". It was included in the Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

FOS-0197/ICN-JUIC3

 Mistigram: this newschool #ASCIIart logo for the Oneliners door at Juice BBS was drawn by The Iconoclast and included with the Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

FOS-0197/US-LOGO1

 Mistigram: this very green #ANSIart logo in promotion of Splatt's BBS "Fall From Grace" was drawn as a joint effort between Neophyte and "ps" in our Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

FOS-0197/PZ-029712

 Mistigram: this somewhat abstract rosy newschool #ASCIIart promo for the second issue of Quip's "Omlette" e-mag (electronic magazine) was drawn by plaZtik and included with our Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

FOS-0197/US-LOGO6

Mistigram: this colourful "stained glass over cobblestones" #ANSIart logo for brothers Kestrel and Wetworks' Legion of Knights BBS was drawn by Cereal Killer and included in our FOS-0197 Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel 29 years ago this month!

DARK0597/DS-05975

 Mistigram: this monochrome newschool #ASCIIart logo, a single large S for Spoof also containing within its body all the other letters, was drawn by Dead Soul and included with our Mistigris World Tour stop with Dark Illustrated 29 years ago in the DARK0597 artpack collection.

FOS-0197/YT-COLLY3

Mistigram: this rubbery #ANSIart logo, drooping toward potential BBS menu use, was drawn for Deadlock by Neophyte, who despite marking it for release by Lazarus, saw fit to send it out into the world with our Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel 29 years ago this month, in the FOS-0197 artpack collection.

M-9803/BIF-SL

 Mistigram: This monochrome newschool #ASCIIart logo for the Savage Lands ("SL") BBS was drawn by Bifteq and included in the M-9803 artpack collection released 28 years ago.

FOS-0197/YT-COLLY18

 Mistigram: From late 1996 through early 1997, the Acrylic Art Scene Newsletter delivered the breaking news, rumours and gossip about the affairs of the underground computer art scene on a weekly basis. This logo for it was drawn by Neophyte and released as part of our Mistigris World Tour stop with Fistful of Steel in the FOS-0197 artpack collection.

ARTDISK-/CHL_W1

 Mistigram: only ever seen in the "best of Mistigris" floppy diskette digest distributed at a #LivingCloset variety show July 23, 1999 at the Church of Pointless Hysteria, here is an example of the impulsive "real-world art" practice that wound up exploding from Mistigris into #Hallucigenia in '98, #asemicwriting and imaginary semigraphics character sets inscribed by Mist weirdos with #sidewalkchalk on cobblestones at the Word on the Street festival at the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library, probably circa 1997. The fancy boot is Crowkeeper's, and the photo was very likely taken by Etana.

NOEL_GAMBOA/NOFIGHTS

 Mistigram: this specimen from #ANSIart prehistory, a spin on #GeorgeHWBush's memorable 1988 Presidential campaign pledge (#ReadMyLipsNoNewTaxes), was drawn by ANSI innovator #NoelGamboa, presumably sometime in the late '80s or early '90s, to discourage drama on ANSI echomail discussion forums on networked BBSes. We included it in our 2019 NOEL_GAMBOA retrospective of his influential ANSI art career.

MIST1318/ERENETA-JAZZ_HANDS

 Mistigram: at the end of 2018, we released a bonus collection of artist self-portraits. At that time Tim Ereneta practiced regular #MaskMonday selfies and consequently there were a lot of them available for us to share. This is one creative take from MIST1318 involving some folded card.

FOS-0197/PZ-0297b

 Mistigram: as part of his spasm of insane productivity during the Mistigris World Tour, Plastic drew this newschool #ASCIIart logo for Rage's BBS Neosporin as part of our tour stop with the Fistful of Steel crew in the FOS-0197 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

IGNITE01/WM-IIFNU

 Mistigram: one year and five days ago, we nominally assisted Kirkman in releasing the improbable IGNITE01 artpack, featuring Instant Graphics & Sound multimedia screens for Atari ST BBS callers. One of its included artworks was this important disclaimer, designed by Weatherman115. Please be careful to ensure neural link headset compatibility before use!

FOS-0197/JG-COLM9

 Mistigram: Twenty-nine years ago this month, the Mistigris World Tour was picking up a little momentum with our tour stop with the Fistful of Steel crew.  Jughead included this logo promoting Mavrik's BBS Daemon's Gate in the FOS-0197 artpack collection.

MIST0117/PHIL-MAINWARING-STARDOT_AVATAR critters

 Mistigram: In an incredible, sprawling 70k animated GIF consisting of 254 basically #1bit monochrome screens Phil Mainwaring had drawn himself, mostly adaptations of the logos, mascots or slogans of vintage computing and technology companies, five of the designs featured these curious one-bit chimerae, part ant and part anteater. I can't place them, but we included them in that telephone book of a GIF in the MIST0117 artpack collection nine years ago this month.

mistfunk 2025 next nine

Mistigram: and because the bottom of the top nine are ranked so very near to the top of the following nine, here's one further set of your collective favorites of the posts we made last year! (Really we could do a dozen of these but then we wouldn't have any time remaining in which to make our regular posts.)