MIST0226 list of contributors
3S a mouse emerged from the wilds of Tokyo into the realm
of severely constrained ASCII art. To keep them here, we
may need to figure out how to draw severely constrained ASCII
cheese.
@lt3smouse
cXc
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
CoaXCable of CoolPHat is always happy to throw in a handful of blocks on short
notice, specialising in demoparty participation.
An absolute newcomer to the scene lurking in the shadows of the great ANSI
lords, only time will tell if ConsoleJockey is up to taking a place on ANSI
Olympus someday.
consolejockey.bsky.social
Taking inspiration from the basic medium of ASCII art, Joni nscii Caparas
treats the characters as design elements on a black canvas, in a fashion
similar to, but fundamentally different from, artscene ASCII practice.
Basically, from their base in Berlin theyve reinvented the artform from
first principles.
instagram.com/joninscii / jonicaparas.com
Kazunari Kalcha Naito represents the tip of an iceberg we know little of and
understand still less of -- Japans Shift-JIS parallel textmode art scene.
His works are informed by his interests in 70s prog rock, jazz, and fine art.
kalcha.wixsite.com/kalchata
As a young BBSer, Josh Kirkman Renaud always envied those ANSI artists.
20 years later he finally managed to sneak something into an artpack. Josh
blogs about retrocomputing, BBS door games, and other fun stuff at
breakintochat.com/blog.
@kirkman.bsky.social / digipres.club/@kirkman
Part of a feral tribe of uncontacted textmode artists at the 8bitMUSH at
ANSIART.COM, LDA emerges from a family textmode art concern to grace us with
the imagery of his people.
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
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
Moth aka Midnight is a dabbler with ANSI and ASCII art, pixelart and NES / Game
Boy / Sega Saturn programming. They have an amateur radio license, enjoy bugs
and think that Zampanio is a very fun game.
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
There are many roads to textmode artwork IRC channels are as legitimately
valid an avenue as any. Emerging from the MIRCart realm into the world of
artpacks, Picrotoxin brings a fresh perspective to a classic medium.
instagram.com/picrotoxin
Sassafras, our initial gateway to the FANSI world of the 8bitMUSH, makes
sporadic appearances from the wilder reaches of textmode art.
ansiart.com/Info/Artist/Sassafras
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, chipshit, Null e-mag, ArakNet, Bitcouver,
TABNet ... and now PizzaToe, Chipshit, Slack, and Cyber, too!