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Showing posts with label polyducks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label polyducks. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2026

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.

Thursday, June 25, 2026

MIST0620/US-EGYPT9


 Mistigram: the abrupt culmination of a #TextmodeFriends #ANSIart jam about Ancient Egypt (I know, it deviated from its theme a bit as it evolved organically), this piece was included in the MIST0620 artpack collection released six months ago this month. This far down the line it's a little tricky to tell who did what, but it was a collaborative canvas drawn by @polyducks, LDA, Rhoq, Retroshark, and @mig_moog .

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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.

Sunday, December 7, 2025

ADVENT24/07_DEC24


 Mistigram: LDA drew this anguished #snowman, melting in unimaginable agony, for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar, whose forked release as a BBS door is here demonstrated live on Martin Kazmaier's Shurato's Heavenly Sphere BBS at shsbbs.net

Friday, October 10, 2025

MIST1023/US-FLASHPARTY-PUZZLE_CUBE


 Mistigram: this portrait of #Hellraiser's Cenobite #Pinhead, titled "Solve the Cube", was drawn by @Polyducks and El Hombre Lombre for the @flashparty.ar demoparty (coming up again in a bit over a week), whose #ANSIart compo it took second prize in. It was also included in the spooky MIST1023 artpack collection. "We have such sights to demo for you"

Thursday, February 27, 2025

MIST-30/POLYDUCKS-ATTACKTOPUS


 Mistigram: flee for your lives! An enormous, enraged mollusk prepares to dismantle eight skyscrapers simultaneously in this screen, "Attacktopus", drawn by @Polyducks for last year's #ATASCII compo. This piece was included in the MIST-30 artpack celebration.

Sunday, January 5, 2025

IGNITE01/PDX-INVD


 Mistigram: This escaped Space Invader, drawn by @Polyducks, is a highlight of #IGS vector graphics from the recent IGNITE01 artpack collection of modern examples of the #AtariST's #InstantGraphicsAndSound format. You can enjoy further specimens via https://16colo.rs/pack/ignite01

Sunday, November 24, 2024

MIST1121/POLYDUCKS-FLYING_TOASTER


 Mistigram: The inimitable @Polyducks here drew a fabulous #flyingtoaster, mascot of the After Dark screensaver dynasty, in #textmode art (most likely using a character set and colour palette of his own devising). It was included in the MIST1121 artpack collection.

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

MIST1121/POLYDUCKS-PICOCAD-FOURBYTEBURGER


 Mistigram: the #FourByteBurger, featuring an all-beef patty, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, onions and a floppy diskette on a sesame seed bun, was a formative piece of #Amiga iconography, first drawn as pixelart by #JackHaeger ... and then, many years later, reproduced as a simple 3D model in #picoCAD by the inimitable @Polyducks. This piece was included in the recent MIST1121 artpack collection.

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

MIST1121/POLYDUCKS-GEISHA-PAINT


Mistigram: the incredible @Polyducks also found inspiration in #SusanKare's interface design and #geisha sample art for the #AppleMacintosh and its #MacPaint application, taking them in a new direction in this fantasy OS desktop design. This piece was included in the new MIST1121 artpack collection.