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AtonalOspreys credentials and qualifications for participating in an
undertaking such as the commission of a computer artpack are so increasingly
abundant -- now moreso than ever! -- that it would be pointless to elaborate
upon at any further length.
youtube.com/user/antonvanoosbree / instagram.com/atonalosprey
oldbytes.space/@atonalosprey
AXB threw down newschool ASCII art with the best -- Remorse, ACiD and Unit --
during the underground computer artscenes silver age, starting in 1996...
but since none of them are around anymore, hes been reduced to slumming with
us.
iaxb.com/ascii.htm / universeodon.com/@axb
Mike Blippypixel Rose is a digital artist whose tastes veer toward the
vintage in electronic music and visuals, dabbling in low-poly 3D modeling, LED
pixelart, and teletext as well as work in the distinctive palette of the BBC
Micro.
pixelblip.bsky.social
CoaXCable of CoolPHat is always happy to throw in a handful of blocks on short
notice, specialising in demoparty participation.
Codefenix is a retrogaming and retrocomputing enthusiast, to the extent of
being SysOp of ConstructiveChaos BBS and dressing it appropriately in ANSI
art.
codefenix.bsky.social / @codefenix@techhub.social
/arkman /lmighty administers the USS Excelsior BBS, and picked up a little
ANSI art along the way so as to better skin his Starbase in cyberspace most
appropriately.
excelsiorbbs.ddns.net:2000
Born into an IBM household, Darokin has long lurked on the periphery of the
demoscene. Making hundreds of creative coding .GIFs in Processing proved a
gateway to taking the leap from pixelart to textmode art over the last decade,
getting lots of practice employing ASCII art stylez in designing gig posters.
@darokin / darokin.tumblr.com
The Green Herrings artist story begins in the world of ZZT, where their game
Cyber Purge became known as a classic within months after its release.
They then found Moebius and gradually crossed over into the wider realm
of ANSI art. Since then, theyve sent artwork to demoparties around the world,
unwavering from their dedication to the underserved realm of furry art,
and theyre now also exploring hardware-accurate pixelart in defiance
of mainstream pixelart trends. They hope you enjoy their work, and look forward
to delivering their first proper artpacks sometime in the future!
thegreenherring.art / thegreenherring.itch.io / twitch.tv/TheGreenHerring
chitter.xyz/@TheGreenHerring / bsky.app/profile/thegreenherring.art
Illarterate is a multimedia artist from Wigan, UK. Despite attempts to
modernise, he will forever be known as That Guy That Does Teletext Art. But
whoever said thats a bad thing?
danfarrimond.co.uk / illarterate.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/illarterate.bsky.social / @illarterate@bitbang.social
An oldschool figure in BBS artscene circles, j33p33 has long since forgotten
how well he can draw ANSI, distracted by endless meditations spiralling into
hip-hop loops.
littlebitspace has developed into a passionate practitioner of ASCII art and
PETSCII experiments on esoteric and calcified themes.
littlebitspace.com / mas.to/@littlebitspace / @littlebitspace.bsky.social
Mavenmob is an interesting case, informed by equal parts of the philosophy of
J. Krishnamurti and his artscene youth in Blade and Echo.
mavenmob.com / instagram.com/mavenmob / oldbytes.space/@mavenmob
You wont see any of Mavriks creative work in our recent archives, but
theres a very good chance that the collection will have passed through his
graciously-offered web hosting at mistigris.org en route to you, picking up
from his historical facilitator role greasing the gears of Mists KiTSCHNet
echomail network from its home at Daemons Gate BBS.
daemonsgate.com
Because DurDraw was the only program that installed successfully and
painlessly under Linux on the first try upon Googling ANSI editors, MC Fresher
makes Unicode text art. Now branched out into DarkDraw II!
instagram.com/mc.fresher
Melodia doesnt need an artgroup, she is an artgroup. One more case of the
parade continuing after the band stopped playing, courtesy of the bottomless
music in her head she kept on keeping on -- and indeed, has never stopped. We
are humbled by her continuing association with us, as to her, all we have to
offer is drag factor!
soundcloud.com/xennial
Software developer mozz is an aspiring creator and ASCII art archivist,
notably in the style as practiced in 90s usenet groups such as alt.ascii-art.
Hes a relative newcomer to the art scene, having discovered it through
working with gopher and adjacent small-internet projects, and has since
developed a deep appreciation for the medium. His website hosts a personal
gallery along with an extensive archive of ASCII art collections, tutorials,
and other historical resources.
mozz.us
A 90s ANSI art acolyte recently finding his way back to the fold, Nitron
has made up for lost time releasing solo artpacks and making guest
appearances, putting up Hold Fast BBS, and minting screens for BBS door games
like its going out of fashion -- 25 years too late!
instagram.com/n1tr0n
Claire Nouscentric Groulx is a multi-disciplinary thing-doer, using dance,
fire, voice for play in creative communities, and makes a living in the
games industry as a 3D artist.
madamegarou.ca / claireroberts.net
Carl TeletextR Attrill, host of the Byte High No Limit podcast, represents
Mistigris continuing wave of introducing the great public textmode art
tradition -- teletext -- to the underground computer artscene.
teletextr.blogspot.com
A 16-bit guy in a 64-bit world, VileR grew up when baud rates were lower and
signal/noise ratios higher. A bizarre pixelling accident in the mid-90s left
him trapped in an artistic timewarp bubble somewhere on the inert fringes of
the demo-/artscene. However, he was recently seen crawling out of the
woodwork and into projects such as the 8088 MPH demo, and may occasionally be
observed busying himself with nameless and unspeakable oldskool-related
machinations.
8088mph.blogspot.com
The War On Christmas is a college student, a beginner at textmode art, who
wants to get better at it. Let us get started!
thewaronchristmas.bsky.social
Onetime SysOp of Gecko Temple, Zen Render is venting a long-burning musical
fuse.
From Twilight, the Legion, Avenge, Fire, Fuel and through to Blocktronics, the
Swede known as Zeus II is a one-man ANSI art industry. Also, a hell of a cook!
zeusii.bsky.social
home base:
mistigris.org
affiliated BBSes:
conchaos.synchro.net
holdfastbbs.ca
dsbbs.ca
erb.pw/the-bbs
bbs.stormbbs.com
web galleries:
16colo.rs/group/mistigris
artpacks.org
ascii.mozz.us/textmode/tags/group/mistigris
demozoo.org/groups/22737
chat with us at:
discord.gg/9R84QUN
oldbytes.space/@mistfunk
or find us elsewhere on social media as mistfunk at:
BlueSky, Instagram, Tiktok, Tumblr, YouTube, etc.
and our usual round of greetz to our colleagues at: blocktronics.org,
fireweb.org, lazarusblocks.com, impure.nl, hermanas del perro magnetico,
the Legacy crew, galza.org, Cult of the Dead Internet, Bitcouver,
and TABNet!