Live ASCII Art Studio
A powerful, client-side creative tool that transforms your images into ASCII art in real-time. It features a live preview that instantly reflects changes to settings like detail level, character sets, and brightness inversion. Go beyond traditional ASCII with a 'Color Mode' that preserves the original image's colors. With options to define custom character ramps and download the final piece as text or a high-quality image, it's a complete studio for digital artists and hobbyists.
Controls
Tips & Features
- • Standard character set works well for most images with good contrast
- • Blocks character set creates a more solid, shaded appearance
- • Simple character set uses basic characters for a minimalist look
- • Use Custom to create your own unique ASCII style
- • Enable Color Mode to preserve the original image colors
- • Adjust Detail Level to balance between clarity and file size
Preview
Upload an image to generate ASCII art
About This Tool
Instantly convert any image into beautiful ASCII art with our free, live-preview tool. Customize character sets, control detail, and even generate color ASCII art.
How ASCII Art Works
ASCII art converts images into text characters by analyzing the brightness of each pixel area:
- The image is divided into a grid of cells
- Each cell's average brightness is calculated
- Brightness values are mapped to characters in the selected set
- Darker areas get denser characters, lighter areas get sparser ones
- In Color Mode, the original pixel colors are preserved