Instagram photo by Cthulu • Dec 14, 2016 at 4:12pm UTC

Today on Mistigram, we feature this 2D work from MIST1116 by our MIST1015 sculpture star Theresa Oborn. Are they three pearls in a nest of seaweed? Three zygotes implanting themselves in uterine lining? Or perhaps three stages of a Julia set fractal? It is… nice to look at. That’s all it takes to satisfy us!

Instagram photo by Cthulu • Dec 14, 2016 at 4:12pm UTC

Instagram photo by Cthulu • Nov 1, 2016 at 3:07pm UTC

Theresa Oborn was not the only star in the Mistigris constellation to be doing daily spooky drawings for #inktober – also, a ton of creepy work was flowing out of the pencil (I know, flowing from a pencil – creepy, eh?) of Brad “Bonemouse” Morris… this is not his first year at the monthlong challenge, and for MIST1016 we availed ourselves of two years’ worth of his doodles (alas, some of his strongest pieces were posted in the closing days of October, after the artpack was already “final”… but I suppose they give us a start on next Hallowe'en’s collection!)

This one was in response to the “Witchcraft Wednesday” prompt, and I can’t help but think that this might be Holtzman in an alternate reality Ghostbusters where it is the busters who are the supernatural creatures.

Instagram photo by Cthulu • Nov 1, 2016 at 3:07pm UTC

Instagram photo by Cthulu • Oct 31, 2016 at 9:51pm UTC

This one just goes to show – there’s more than one way to depict a girl with bat wings! Theresa Oborn, better known for her grim sculptures, was one of two artists on our radar hyperactive in the commission of spooky drawings during #inktober. We captured… a great many of them for MIST1016, out yesterday!

While the cross is upside-down (shades of Manson, but that’s a swastika… which has no upside-down!), it’s worth noting that pentagrams in this orientation actually represent holiness: a good Christian, legs firmly grounded, arms held out in worship, head pointing to the sky. (Reversed, it becomes more of a goat’s head.) But the point is… isn’t it just adorable?

Instagram photo by Cthulu • Oct 31, 2016 at 9:51pm UTC

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Trick or Treat! Our Hallowe'en-styled 22nd anniversary (!) artpack (you may recall its awesome teaser trailer from a couple of weeks back) is officially released, and is now available for local download at http://bit.ly/mist1016 … there is some ANSI and ASCII art, by old hands and a few new names to boot, plus our ongoing investigations into other genres of textmode art (PETSCII, Shift-JIS, and a ton of teletext!) Also lots of #inktober sketches, drawings and paintings, plenty o’ varied hirez, even music… and of course it wouldn’t be a Mist pack without some lit!

                                            Mar 10
I passed a man.
He wasn't human.

Like a rapidly-decaying Jack O’ Lantern (yep, got one of those too!), don’t let it get past optimal seasonal freshness – grab the whole pack today and get your Hallowe'en started right!

(Featured in this post: FILE_ID.DIZ by Nail, Ambush by Raqel Meyers as ACIDT*, Happy Helloween by reNM8R, Albina by Elin Jonsson, Hellboy teletext by Horsenburger, Strange Weather by the Mythical Man, Haunted House #inktober sketch by Bonemouse, Click or Treat Shift-JIS by Kalcha, Just Because You Are Afraid Of Me Does Not Mean I Am Dangerous #inktober sketch by Theresa Oborn, Castlevania by Whazzit. (Oh yes, and the poem is by Crowkeeper.) But everything in this collection is Hallowe'eny, this is just a sampling to demonstrate its incredible diversity!)