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MIST1121 contributing artists:
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
Axl is a Parisian artist who works in many styles but who stumbled upon a
PLAYSCII flavour of the Commodore 64s PETSCII aesthetic and feverishly
works every angle of it.
instagram.com/axltm / piaille.fr@/yenenpeuplou
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.
x.com/pixelblip1
Grymmjack celebrated us in the 20th century and was baffled on the occasion
of our revival, but in the fullness of time he has come back around to his
initial response, jumping with both feet into manifesting our intention as a
crossroad for computer creativity.
youtube.com/grymmjack / @grymmjack@mas.to
A genuine professional teletext illustrator two decades hence, Steve
Horsenburger Horsley has recently returned to the game for love of the art:
Its kind of frustrating to discover you are good at something only to
realise its pointless in todays world, but I just really like doing it so I
am going to carry on. We feel your pain, Steve! At his website you can
commission original teletext creations from him, so dont delay to get your
own piece of textmode art history!
horsenburger.com
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?
x.com/illarterate / teletextart.tumblr.com
danfarrimond.co.uk / portfolio.illarterate.co.uk
bsky.app/profile/illarterate.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
littlebitspace experiments with text art, now turning it into a line art
medium, now dabbling with the use of negative space.
littlebitspace.com / mas.to/@littlebitspace / @littlebitspace.bsky.social
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
An old dog doing new tricks, MeaTLoTioN has made a return to the BBS scene
after many years away, and this time is trying his hand at some textmode art,
contributing to the UK scene with some attempts at being creative. On a
normal day he enjoys red meat, vegetables, plenty of greens and a shipping ton
of gravy.
meatlotion.com / MeaTLoTioN@cupoftea.social
Chiptune is the official sound of the computer underground, but to access
prior concepts of a cyber soundscape, you need to access vintage electronic
keyboards. Thats where NVIDIA senior research scientist Nicholas Vining
comes in.
soundcloud.com/nicholas-vining
Nick Lakowski is a Vancouver-based artist. He holds a BFA in studio art from
Emily Carr University 2004 and an MFA in studio art from the University of
British Columbia 2012. His work is grounded in a commitment to grassroots
community projects, including experience as a teacher, muralist, volunteer,
board member, curator, and events facilitator for a variety of local schools,
businesses, festivals, DIY art spaces, and artist-run galleries. His current
work with acrylics draws anxiously and humorously from the overly
deterministic discipline of neurobiology, the world of commercial painting and
paint manufacturing, various indexes and orders of colour, the redactive
procedure of painting itself, and a mystical hysteria towards resuscitation
and intensive care medicine.
nlakowski.tumblr.com / iheartlocalart.ca/artists-2/nick-lakowski
instagram.com/niklkovfska
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 is currently minting screens for
BBS door games like its going out of fashion -- 25 years too late!
instagram.com/n1tr0n / holdfastbbs.ca
OsmiumPenguins day job is in tech, but their diet is rounded out with a
balanced bellyful of Renaissance madrigals, SFF literature and prog rock.
A Milk Dud isnt a failed candy, but a happy accident, an inadvertent discovery
of something great. Which brings us to Pixeldud!
x.com/ThePixelDud / ko-fi.com/pixeldud / mastodon.art/@PixelDud
Mr. Polyducks, Esquire, is an artist and web game programmer living in
greater Manchester, UK. His interests are in tile-based, PETSCII and pixel
artwork using limited palettes. Often presents his bio in the third person.
pixeljoint.com/p/125346.htm / polyducks.co.uk / @polyducks
At the intersection of ascii art, IRC, and making a mean playlist youll find
Spinsane fervently practicing his dark arts.
youtube.com/user/asciigod
Thomas Boevith teksttvdk is a teletext artist living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
tekst-tv.dk / x.com/teksttvdk / instagram.com/teksttv
facebook.com/teksttv / social.data.coop/@teksttv / oldbytes.space/@teksttv
Uglifruit is the alter-ego of Andy Jenkinson. Andy is quite tall does things
with music. Andy on occasion feels the need to express himself elsewhere.
andyjenkinson.com / x.com/andyuglifruit
home base:
mistigris.org
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conchaos.synchro.net
excelsiorbbs.ddn.net:2000
holdfastbbs.ca
bbs.inktwo.com:23
bbs.planetcaravan.org
erb.pw/the-bbs
bbs.stormbbs.com
web galleries:
artpacks.org
demozoo.org/groups/22737
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