#kalcha

Mistigram: Not only is Kalcha from Japan, but doubling down, in last month's unthemed MIST0226 artpack collection he shared with us over two dozen Japanese #ukiyoe-style portraits, composed entirely from characters in the Japanese #ShiftJIS character set.

Mistigram: this #textart adaptation of #FineWindClearMorning (also simply called #RedFuji), one of #Hokusai's suite of #ThirtysixViewsOfMountFuji #ukiyoe prints made in the 1830s, was made by @kalchano in #ShiftJIS and included in the new fine art-themed MIST0424 artpack collection.

Mistigram: @kalchano likes to revisit and remix some of his favorites among his #ShiftJIS textmode adaptations of prog album covers, updating them to be seasonal. Here we have an assortment of Halloweenified #KingCrimson and #Yes album cover designs, included in last year's MIST1022 artpack collection.

Mistigram: a regretful reprint from our back stacks, rest in power to jazz titan #SonnyRollins, whose 1957 album #SaxophoneColossus was here celebrated in #ShiftJIS by @kalchano in the music-themed MIST0118 artpack collection eight years ago.

Mistigram: While we're still in a nonsensical #AprilFools mentality, here's an exceedingly foolish scene of #AliceInWonderland's #MadHatterTeaParty, drawn in #ShiftJIS by Kalcha. It was included in the MIST0117 artpack collection released nine years ago!

Mistigram: possibly something was lost in translation from the Japanese, but I think that the minimalist gag in this #ShiftJIS comic strip by @Kalchano is still fundamentally intelligible: is it an arrow directing your attention down, or a pit? ("Why not both?!") This piece was included in the MIST0418 artpack collection.

Mistigram: Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! Today we explore the music portfolio. This @ShiftJIS portrait of trumpeter #CliffordBrown (aka #Browny) was drawn using text characters by jazz lover @kalchano and included in the music-themed MIST0118 artpack collection released five years ago.

Mistigram: this #ShiftJIS scene by Kalchan, mashing up text art adaptations of Roger Dean's album covers for the band #Yes, was included in the music-themed MIST0119 artpack collection released 4 years ago this month.