MIST0826 ANSI art mosaic

 Mistigram: and people are always especially curious how we're holding up on the #ANSIart end of things. Well, a number of artists have drawn a lot of it, in many different styles and on widely varied subjects... Here's a sampling of what's on offer in the new unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection!

MIST0826 ASCII art mosaic

 Mistigram: if you like #asciiart, from #newschoolascii to #blockASCII, you will find many several choice specimens in the new unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection. Here are some samples!

MIST0826 teletext mosaic

 Mistigram: there are a lot of great #teletext screens in the new unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection - here's a sampling of different styles used to explore different subjects by different artists!

MIST0826 mosaic

 Mistigram: The new unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection is out, containing a wide variety of different kinds of vintage computer art, including #ANSIart and #teletext, #pixelart and #ASCIIart and music (difficult to illustrate).

MIST0826/FILE_ID

 Mistigram: introducing the new, unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection, full of a lot of varied computer art and music from a wide array of contributors. You can investigate it through your web browser at https://16colo.rs/pack/mist0826 or download it locally via https://mistigris.org/packs/MIST0826.ZIP

FILE_ID.DIZ logo by @darokin

MIST0822/DARKMAN-TEMPLAR

 Mistigram: you think you're having a hard time in the sweltering sun, have a thought for this fully-armoured member of the #KnightsTemplar crusading in the Egyptian desert circa the 12th/13th century, here drawn in #ANSIart by Darkman Almighty. This piece was included in the MIST0822 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

MIST0823/BLIPPYPIXEL-TOMORROW

 Mistigram: this moody #BBCMicro hirez cityscape (animated on some services!), named "Tomorrow", was drawn by @blippypixel and included in the MIST0823 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST1019/HORSENBURGER-LEGEND

 Mistigram: we were hoping to save this one for a happier Halloween occasion, but here's a @horsenburger #teletext portrait of the late #TimCurry as #Darkness in Ridley Scott's 1985 #Legend, originally included in the MIST1019 artpack collection. Rest in power!

MIST0896/MA-LAST2

 Mistigram: this toony #ANSIart promo for Pedantik's BBS The Neon Jesus was drawn as a lifted truck by Mavrik (because hey, why not?) It was included in the MIST0896 artpack collection released 30 years ago this month!

MIST0897/DS-0897A3

 Mistigram: the truth is out there!  This trippy coloured newschool #ASCIIart login screen for the Raven's 'the Dark Domains' BBS was drawn by Dead Soul and included in the MIST0897 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

MIST0895/S!-COLLY8

 Mistigram: this greyscale #ANSIart logo for the RAiD WHQ BBS Rise of the Midnight Sons, run by Pantera and named after a 1992 Ghost Rider plot arc, was drawn by Solinari and included in the MIST0895 artpack collection as part of a logocolly, released 31 years ago this month.

MIST0822/ATONALOSPREY-DESERT_SUNSET

 Mistigram: this #teletext landscape illustration of a desert sunset was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the MIST0822 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

MIST0823/MM-ABOUTAFONT

 Mistigram: @mavenmob's #ANSIart illustrations are often inspired on some level by the artist's musical selections. Is this one, 'About A Font', made in response to @NEFFEX's 2022 song 'As You Fade Away'? Only the artist knows for sure. This piece was included in the MIST0823 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST0819/AXL-STABBERNAC

 Mistigram: this dual-wielding rough character, one of a wide suite of designs inspired by MOTU action figures, was drawn by @axltm in #PLAYSCII's #JPETSCII. It was included in the MIST0819 artpack released seven years ago this month.

MIST0896/YT-0896A8

 Mistigram: this blue #ANSIart logo was drawn by Neophyte in promotion of Mr. Flibbles' BBS Stupidmop (or SM, as abbreviated here). This piece was included in a logocolly in the MIST0896 artpack collection released thirty years ago this month.

MIST0820/BLIPPYPIXEL-FISH_WATCHING

 Mistigram: for those beating the heat by heading to the water, here's a @blippypixel #pixelart composition, "Fish Watching", included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

MIST0823/VILER-TDC21C

 Mistigram: Inspired by blackjack, VileR drew an #ANSIart fever dream through a Lost Wages casino culminating in this logo celebrating the 21st edition of the Total DOS Collection, a software preservation project. It was included in the unthemed MIST0823 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST0822/CDW-UNSOCIABLE

 Mistigram: this #newschool #asciiart logo, reading "Unsociable", was drawn by Psychoholik and included in the unthemed MIST0822 artpack collection, released four years ago this month.

M-9808/DM-MISTO

 Mistigram: this ominous grey banner image of some magical urban catastrophe was made by Dracomage for us to use as a website header in the late '90s, just in time for us to be basically killed by the web, kicking the bucket in 1998 and being very dead until flowers started growing on our grave in 2014. At which point we relaunched a website and finally got a chance to put this image to its intended use, where it remains today! Released in the M-9808 artpack/website built 28 years ago this month but unseen, for the reasons just described, until 2015.

MIST0822/PIXELDUD-THE_PIT

 Mistigram: four years ago, PixelDud had a month of #textmode art exploration, where he drew a screen daily for thirty days. This slice of isometric landscape excavation, "The Pit", a little dig in preparation for The Big Dig, is one such specimen of the outsider #ANSIart that resulted, released in the MIST0822 artpack collection.

MIST0823/KUROGAO-ENJOY_SURFING

 Mistigram: cowabunga and hang ten, @kurogao96 is here to remind us just how much fun you can have with #asciiart and #emoji. This gnarly #surfing scene was included in the unthemed MIST0823 artpack collection released three years ago🤙

MIST0897/MU-ECHO

 Mistigram: It's a very striking and distinctive way of rendering the drawing of a logo upon the screen, ripping in layers as though it's been embossed into Jell-O. How did Neosmurf do it? Was it just a matter of clicking some radio buttons in Kai's Power Goo? (The history of artscene hirez suggests: Very Possibly!) In any event, this promo for wat0r's Echo crew was included in the MIST0897 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

MIST0896/RG-LGO011

 Mistigram: This blue #ANSIart logo for #BlackApple was drawn by Rage, SysOp of Neosporin BBS, and included in the MIST0896 artpack collection released 30 years ago this month.

MIST0897/IV-0897a

 Mistigram: this wriggly monochrome newschool #ASCIIart logo reading 'Ill Bred' was drawn by Jive and included in the MIST0897 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

MIST0820/JELLICA_JAKE-CROWS_AGAIN

 Mistigram: murder in progress? This #teletext illustration of a small group of crows going about their black business was drawn by Jellica Jake and included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

MOZZ-01

 Mistigram: we can't take credit for it, but our #ASCIIart colleague Mozz has just tonight dropped a delightful solo artpack, MOZZ-01, entirely consisting of colour studies from nature (mostly of flowers.) Here is its FILE_ID! You can enjoy browsing it over the web right now courtesy of the @sixteen_colors gallery, though soon I expect it will also soon be available on Mozz's own mirror at https://ascii.mozz.us/textmode/pack/2026/

CODEFENIX-METROID_SAMUS_ZEROSUIT_R1

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart screen by @codefenix_cc has been patiently waiting a very long time for us to get around to releasing our next video games-themed artpack, but other themes somehow keep getting in the way. In the meantime, however, #Metroid turns 40 today, so we can't not share this portrait of #Samus in the #ZeroSuit! The galaxy is at peace.

MIST0822/VERMILEONHART-HEXED

 Mistigram: this moody, ominous #asciiart glyph, "Hexed", was drawn by @vermileonhart and included in the MIST0822 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

MIST0823/MIST0823.NFO-5

 Mistirgam: our unthemed MIST0823 artpack collection, released three years ago this month, was assembled in the immediate wake of the death of #PaulReubens aka #PeeWeeHerman, and we scrambled to cobble together a small tribute to his #PeeWeesPlayhouse oeuvre. Cthulu dashed off this super smallscale #ANSIart rendition of #Jambi the genie (RIP #JohnParagon also!) turning his wish-endowing chant into a Mistigris (well... Histigris) promo of sorts.

MIST0819/PIXEL_ART_FOR_THE_HEART-EVENING_RIVER

 Mistigram: this meditative #pixelart landscape, "Evening River", was drawn by Pixel Art For The Heart and included in the MIST0819 artpack collection released seven years ago this month.

MIST0820/BLIPPYPIXEL-POST-CORONA_SUPERMARKET_CAR_PARK

 Mistigram: six years ago society had just about gotten over dragging its heels and finally got around to the stay-at-home Covid-19 shutdown, which left a lot of public spaces empty and public services unmanned and @blippypixel noticing just how much trash there was blowing around the empty parking lot at his local market, and wondering if there would be anyone to notice whether he #graffiti'd a tag on the side of the building or, like in the opening act of a zombie movie, it really was anarchy out there. (To play it safe, he just drew it in #teletext.)

This screen was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection.

MIST0822/ZII-DUMP

Mistigram: @zeusii drew this #ANSIart logoff screen, adapting Bizonacci's #DumpIt crypto memes featuring the distinctive likeness of #IgorBogdanoff, for Monero BBS. It was included in the MIST0822 artpack collection released four years ago this month.
 

MIST0823/ATONALOSPREY-BRIGHT_IDEA

 Mistigram: In most places, June is #Pride month, but here in area code 604 August is the time and indeed celebrations are in full force right now. This #teletext screen by @atonalosprey, 'Bright Idea', does a good job at conveying the experience. This piece was included in the MIST0823 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

MIST0797/SM-0797i

 Mistigram: this ripe #ANSIart logo, falling out of the tree right into your hand, was drawn by Sarcasm in promotion of Wishbringer's BBS Juice. It was included in the MIST0797 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month.

MIST0721/KUROGAO-PETS

 Mistigram: this charming #emoji-based #ASCIIart suite of vignettes imagining how nice it would be to own various kinds of domestic pets is the unmistakable handiwork of Kurogao. They were included in the unthemed MIST0721 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

MIST0526/TGH-DTAF

 Mistigram: this menacing #CGA-palette psychic furry #ANSIart mob scene (say that three times fast!) was drawn over a six hour peiod by The Green Herring in a Twitch stream (after which, maybe their hand was glowing magenta also!), and was included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0721/BLIPPYPIXEL-TUESDAY_AFTERNOON

 Mistigram: in a tremendous demonstration of the cyclical nature of time, this #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen of a gaze out the studio window, titled "Tuesday afternoon", is being shared today on a Tuesday afternoon. It was made by @blippypixel and originally included in the MIST0721 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

MIST0721/POLYDUCKS-MOUSESQ

 Mistigram: five years ago @polyducks Tweeted this proof-of-concept game layout, using fixed-width emoji as sprites for an unmade game where a mouse seeks cheese and avoids hazards while seeking the exit from a maze.  This piece was included in the MIST0721 artpack collection.

MIST0526/TGH-GOLD

 Mistigram: this alien character, 'Golden Sapphire', was one of four drawn in #ANSIart by @thegreenherring as part of a Twitch livestream the last day of May this year.  They all appeared in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0797/CK!0797b

 Mistigram: this colourful newschool #ASCIIart logo for the #LegionOfKnights BBS was drawn by #CerealKiller and included in the MIST0797 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month,

MIST0797/YT-TJM3

 Mistigram: this grimacing #ANSIart matrix logon menu for Mist Classic's second WHQ BBS, Happyfish's #TheJadeMonkey, was drawn by #Neophyte and included in the MIST0797 artpack collection released 29 years ago this month!

MIST0721/BLIPPYPIXEL-VALUE

 Mistigram: to cleanse the palate of AI discourse, here's a monochrome #teletext statement by @blippypixel (which you can interpret for yourself) about #NFT "art" included in the MIST0721 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

MIST0526/US-GO_STICK_YOUR_HEAD_IN_A_PIG

 Mistigram: @zeusii drew this stone cold #ANSIart silhouette of an alien city skyline beneath a gas giant and a tear in the sky... the suggestion of a logo footer in an extra-terrestrial language was reminiscent of a passage in the #HitchhikersGuide about the Complaints Division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation about a large neon sign celebrating their slogan #ShareAndEnjoy degrading into a very different message... well, Cthulu adapted the Narcotix typeface by the Sokratype foundry to give this piece a feeling of illegible alien script. The joint was included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/TGH-WATS

 Mistigram: I told you, it's just the nighttime wind blowing on our little cabin in the middle of nowhere, but if it makes you feel better I'll go check outside one more time. This #ANSIart screen, "What's this?", was 3/4 speed-drawn by The Green Herring in 61 minutes during a Twitch livestream, and was included in the recent science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0526/CT-MIRRORSHADES

Mistigram: still with the books-themed MIST0426 on the brain, Cthulu recently stumbled across a copy of #BruceSterling's seminal #Mirrorshades #cyberpunk anthology in a used bookstore, and took it as a sign from The Algorithm to adapt its evocative cover artwork to #ANSIart for the recent science fiction-themed MIST0526 artpack collection.

MIST0717/ILLARTERATE-BUCKETHEAD17_2

Mistigram: plus ça change... today Count Binface is campaigning against Nigel Farage in Clacton, but nine years ago it was his predecessor #LordBuckethead running against Theresa May in Maidenhead. One item on his manifesto was the return of Ceefax, so #teletext artists, in this case @illarterate, were only too keen to boost his campaign. This screen was included in the MIST0717 artpack collection released nine years ago this month.