Mistigris computer arts

Mistigram: this jolly screen, showign the latest order-by-mail Halloween accessory -- #Ghost-in-a-box! -- was drawn by @illarterate.bsky.social and placed 2nd in Flash Party's 2023 #teletext compo. It was also included in the spooky MIST1023 artpack collection released three years ago this month!

Mistigram: you can eat every mushroom, but some kinds of mushrooms can only be eaten once. This trippy #PETSCII skull was drawn by @littlebitspace.bsky.social and included in the spooky MIST1022 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

Mistigram: possibly no urban myth is as profoundly disturbing as the life of #MichaelJackson, so with a week to go to Halloween, here's Kurogao's #emoji/#ASCIIart composition the King of Pop's #Thriller. This piece was included in the spooky MIST1021 artpack released five years ago this month.

Mistigram: From 104 years ago, here's the terrifying vampiric #silhouette of #MaxSchreck in FW Murnau's #Nosferatu, illustrated in #teletext by Uglifruit. This screen was included in the spooky MIST1020 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

Mistigram: The Pixelmancer (a side project of 192.168.10.13) glitched and distressed this cranium, tortuously titled "₵Ø₥ł₦₲₮ⱧⱤØɄ₲Ⱨ ł₦ ₩₳VɆ₴". We included it in the spooky MIST1019 artpack collection released seven years ago this month.

Mistigram: Do you mind? Some of us undead spectres like to keep things dim down here in the catacombs, our rotten eyeballs are very sensitive to the light! This charming #pixelart animation was made by Mentalpop and included in the spooky MIST1018 artpack released eight years ago this month!

Mistigram: this is an excerpt of #EdgarAllanPoe's poem #TheCityInTheSea, illustrated in #ANSIart in Lobo Spitoufs' #ANSIPOE collection for BBS enjoyment of the classics... repackaged and included in the spooky MIST1017 artpack collection released nine years ago this month!

Mistigram: this @horsenburger.bsky.social #teletext screen adapts a scene from Larry Cohen's 1985 SF horror movie #TheStuff, a cautionary tale about food additives. It was included in the MIST1018 artpack collection, released 8 years ago this month. "Are you eating it, or is it eating you?"

Mistigram: this digital illustration of #JeffreyCombs as #HerbertWest in the 1985 "science fiction comedy horror" movie #ReAnimator was drawn, very greenly, by @horsenburger. It was included in the spooky MIST1021 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

Really weird to see something you vaguely recognise on your timeline, before remembering that you actually drew it yourself, erm.. 39 years ago I think.

Mistigram: an unused cardback design for @littlebitspace.bsky.social 's collection of #PETSCII #Tarot cards released earlier the same year, this pair of skulls was included in the spooky MIST1022 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

Mistigram: the original "other mommy", here's a button-eyed @horsenburger.bsky.social #teletext portrait of #theBeldam from Laika's 2009 #Coraline. This screen was included in the spooky MIST1023 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

Macintosh b&w art, random pick from my collection day 16

Mistigram: this monochrome #teletext portrait of #BelaLugosi in Universal's 1931 #Dracula movie was drawn by @horsenburger.bsky.social . It was included in the spooky MIST1025 artpack collection released one year ago this month. "There are far worse things awaiting man than death."

Mistigram: this hypnotic Twilight Zone-ish greyscale #ANSIart screen, "Ghost Machine Swirl", was drawn by Darkman Almighty and included in the spooky MIST1024 artpack collection released two years ago this month. Are you the ghost? Are you in the machine, or is it in you?

Parge from The Simpsons

* ATASCII 6th edition announced More info on logiker's website : logiker.com/ATASCII #demoscene #demoparty #atari #atari8bit #a8b #atascii #asciiart #ansi

Macintosh b&w art, random pick from my collection day 05

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Mistigram: this detailed monochrome #teletext skull was drawn by @atonalosprey (surely in some kind of conversation with bonemeister littlebitspace!) and included in the spooky MIST1023 artpack collection released three years ago this month.

Right on! So what is the source of this pixelart design?

Mistigram: this creepy little skeletal pirate dude was adapted to #ANSIart by DW of Dark Systems BBS, and we included it as an infofile illustration in the spooky MIST1022 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

Mistigram: "Things in the Walls" is a Lovecraftian #PETSCII illustration drawn by Bema, included in the spooky MIST1021 artpack collection and also in the #Commodore64 "The Nameless PETSCII" slideshow released the following month.

We'll continue sharing spooky computer art in (primarily) vintage formats all month, friends, but hopefully we'll also be dropping a new, fresh collection of ... more of the same ... in about three weeks' time. If you'd like to cook something spooky up and be part of it, please look us up!

Mistigram: this #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen, "Witching Hour", was drawn by @pixelblip.bsky.social and included in the spooky MIST1020 artpack collection released six years ago this month.

Mistigram: these micro #pixelart portraits of Harvey Spencer Stephens as juvenile Antichrist ("It's not a child") #DamienThorn, from Richard Donner's 1976 movie #TheOmen, were drawn by @stephanrewind.bsky.social and included in the MIST1018 artpack collection released 8 years ago this month.

Mistigram: "Hey. You look like 40 miles of rough road!" This #teletext portrait of the late #BillPaxton as vampire biker #Severen from the 1987 movie #NearDark was drawn by @horsenburger.bsky.social and included in the spooky MIST1017 artpack collection released nine years ago this month.

Mistigram: #LeonardoDaVinci, the original Renaissance man, who created the Mona Lisa and invented the helicopter, is here drawn in newschool #ASCIIart by @axb.bsky.social . This portrait was included in last month's unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection.

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

Mistigram: if you haven't yet enjoyed today's dose of ＣＯＮＴＥＮＴover social media, @atonalosprey is here to remedy this lack with his #teletext dispensation, now conveniently packaged in capsule form! This screen was included in last month's unthemed MIST0826 artpack collection.

It was also sent to the edge of space, though this particular artwork wasn't shown in the final video of that (probably because it's too much of a pasty-che)!