MIST0625/MC_FRESHER-TVCR

 Mistigram: This nostalgic #textmode #Unicode (or #unsiart) scene of a rented VHS cassette (animated on platforms that are GIF-friendly) is the deft handiwork of @mc.fresher, likely made on #DurDraw, and was included in the MIST0625 artpack collection released one year ago this month.

MIST0624/MM-TEXTMODE

 Mistigram: @mavenmob discovered that #ANSIart is perhaps a pacemaker of sorts in this screen included in the MIST0624 artpack collection released two years ago this month.

MIST0619-PZ!ALTON_PLAZA

 Mistigram: this dope monochrome #ASCIIart logo for #AltonPlaza was drawn in the #oldschoolascii style by pz, and it was included in the MIST0619 artpack collection released 7 years ago this month.

MIST0620/T1PO-B4CK_1N_T1M3

 Mistigram: this #typewriterart illustration by @ty.p0 , titled "B4CK 1N T1M3", visually echoes through the ages. It was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

MIST0625/ZII-EVNT

 Mistigram: this #graffiti-styled #ANSIart logo was drawn by @zeusii.bsky.social to announce upcoming events on Shurato's Heavenly Sphere BBS. It was included in the unthemed MIST0625 artpack collection released one year ago this month.

MIST0624/ATONALOSPREY-BOND_OF_UNITY

 Mistigram: this double-wide monochrome #teletext screen by @atonalosprey reproduces #MCEscher's 1956 lithograph #BondOfUnion, depicting the heads of a man and woman formed entirely by a single thin coiled strip of mutual essence. It was included in the unthemed MIST0624 artpack collection released two years ago.

MIST0620/US-HE_WAS_NUMBER_ONE-a

 Mistigram: this joint #ANSIart illustration of "The Dino Bunch" (an excerpt of a longer work) was drawn by the incomparable @polyducks at the head of a pack of his all-star #TextmodeFriends brigade of the text art-curious - this one also features contributions by Rhoq, Retroshark and @mig_moog. It was included in the unthemed MIST0620 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

MIST0620/AXL-CYCLOPS_BLADES

 Mistigram: with all the excitement around the new #MastersOfTheUniverse cinematic reboot, why not look back at @axltm's #MOTU-inspired #JPETSCII action figure designs made using #Playscii? This dual-wielding cyclops was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

MIST0822/BLIPPYPIXEL-ALWAYS (IN MEMORY OF GRENFELL)

 

Mistigram: @blippypixel drew this animated #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen entitled "Always" in memory of the 72 people killed in London's horrific 2017 #GrenfellTower fire nine years ago on this date. It was included in the MIST0822 artpack collection released four years ago.

MIST0120/JELLICA_JAKE-DAVID_HOCKNEY-A_TELETEXT_SPLASH

 Mistigram: this rare repost is a #teletext tribute to the 1966-67 #Splash series of #popart paintings by the late #DavidHockney, drawn by Jellica Jake. It was included in the fine art-themed MIST0120 artpack collection released six and a half years ago.

MIST0625/LITTLEBITSPACE-UMBRA1

 Mistigram: this wicked greyscale #PETSCII cover art for #Umbra's album #ForgottenSouls was drawn by @littlebitspace and included in the MIST0625 artpack collection released one year ago this month.

MIST0695/TE-LOS01

 Mistigram: from the MIST0695 artpack collection released, gulp, 31 years ago, here's a distinctive #ANSIart logo drawn by The Extremist for The Mosh Pit (TMP) BBS. (We haven't merged with ACiD yet, RaDMaN needs to stop dragging his heels!)

MIST0624/ILLARTERATE-FAXSCII-FAXHACKED

 Mistigram: this #fax-themed #textmode art screen, made using the variety of #ASCII character set specific to the #AmstradCPC, was drawn by @illarterate for the 2023 Amstrad ASCII Compo, where it placed 7th out of 13 entries. We included it in the MIST0624 artpack collection released two years ago.

BLIPPYPIXEL-RAINBOW_CAVERN

 Mistigram: to tell the truth, we haven't the foggiest idea when or even if we included this #BBCMicro high resolution graphics landscape by @blippypixel in an artpack, but if we did it would have been back in the twenty teens when our paths first crossed. But as we have since shared over a thousand screens by him, why not one more? This cavern features a little rainbow, we like to think for Pride.

MIST0624/MM-ELEVATOR

 Mistigram: this first-person view, a scene from an imaginary video game, was drawn in #ANSIart by @mavenmob. It was included in the MIST0624 artpack collection released two years ago this month.

MIST0625/BLIPPYPIXEL-MILLWALL3

 Mistigram: last summer @blippypixel went on a walk through London and expressionistically sketched some of the urban graffiti he encountered -- #BBCMicro style! This piece from the Isle of Dogs #Millwall neighbourhood was included in the MIST0625 artpack collection, released one year ago this month.

MIST0426/CT-JOSEPH_HELLER-CATCH-22

 Mistigram: #PaulBacon's famous "Big Book Look" cover art design to #JosephHeller's 1961 satirical anti-war novel #Catch22, featuring "the little guy that I tore out of a piece of paper, representing #Yossarian in full flight from everything", was adapted to #ANSIart by Cthulu for the recent books-themed MIST026 artpack collection.

MIST0426/ADEPTAPRIL-LIO_LIONNI-FREDERICK

 Mistigram: for the recent books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, AdeptApril drew this #ANSIart interpretation of the cover art to #LeoLionni's 1967 children's book #Frederick.

MIST0426/CT-CHRISTIAN_BOK-EUNOIA

 Mistigram: "Awkward grammar appals a craftsman." Cthulu made an #ANSIart adaptation of the cover design to experimental writer #ChristianBök's unforgettable 2001 univocal lipogram anthology #Eunoia, whose colours are informed by Arthur Rimbaud's 1871 poem "Voyelles". Look on hotbot dot com to know who's who or wot's wot. How now brown cow. This piece was included in the recent books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection.

MIST0426/CT-LAWRENCE_DURRELL-JUSTINE

 Mistigram: for the recent books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, Cthulu made this #ANSIart adaptation of #BertholdWolpe's cover design for the 1957 novel #Justine, the first volume in #LawrenceDurrell's Alexandria Quartet, featuring a #hamsa handprint to ward off evil spirits.

MIST0426/ATONALOSPREY-EDWARD_GOREY-GASHLYCRUMB_TINIES

 Mistigram: this monochrome #teletext adaptation of the cover art to #EdwardGorey's morbid 1963 alphabet book #TheGashleycrumbTinies was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the recent books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection.

MIST0426/CT-EUGENE_IONESCO-RHINOCEROS

 Mistigram: because 'books' doesn't just mean 'fiction' and 'non-fiction', here's Cthulu's #ANSIart adaptation of #RoyKuhlman's 1960 cover design to #EugeneIonesco's allegorical play #Rhinoceros.  This piece was included in the recent books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection.