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ASCII portrait avatars
Turn a portrait into a character-based profile picture. Try Detailed for facial features and PNG for sharing.
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ASCIIYour image. Rewritten in characters.
A new texture for your pictures. Private, instant, entirely in your browser.
Make it yours.
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JPG, PNG, WebP · up to 25 MiB
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Your photo stays on your device. Processed in your browser.
ASCII art examples. Real possibilities.
Explore photo-to-ASCII ideas for profile pictures, wallpapers, posters and developer projects. Upload your own image to create a version with your preferred characters and colors.
Landscape wallpapers
Give mountain and travel photos a text texture. Keep the original colors or choose a custom gradient.
Posters & prints
Use bold character sets for a graphic poster. Export SVG to scale the artwork, or PNG 4× when available.
README & terminal art
Convert city scenes into text for project headers. Use TXT in a monospace code block or ANSI in a compatible terminal.
Album & cover artwork
Create a character-art cover from your own image. Match its colors to your project with a custom color or gradient.
Pet portraits
Turn a cat or dog photo into ASCII art. A simple background and brighter face help the eyes and fur stay distinct.
How to convert an image to ASCII
Create ASCII art from a photo in three steps: upload, adjust and export. The live preview lets you refine the result without leaving your browser.
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Upload an image
Drop a JPG, PNG or WebP file up to 25 MiB, or try a sample portrait, landscape or pet. Your photo stays on your device while the browser prepares the ASCII preview.
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Shape the characters
The converter samples brightness across a character grid. Set Detail from 60 to 260 columns, adjust Brightness from −50 to +100, and explore 40 character sets, including Classic, Blocks and Braille.
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Compare, color & export
Drag the comparison handle to check the original against the ASCII result. Keep photo colors or choose a custom color or gradient, then download PNG, SVG, TXT, HTML or ANSI, or copy the text.
Image to ASCII.
Questions, answered.
Find the right settings for your photo, understand color and export options, and learn how local image conversion protects your privacy.
An image to ASCII converter recreates a picture as a grid of text characters. Each cell’s brightness determines its character density. On our dark background, dense symbols describe highlights and sparse marks describe shadows; Invert reverses that mapping.
Choose a JPG, JPEG, PNG or WebP file up to 25 MiB, or start with a built-in sample. Very large images can exceed the browser’s canvas limits; reduce their resolution before trying again.
Keep the original image colors, switch to black and white, choose one custom color, or blend two colors in a vertical gradient. Use the color picker or enter six-digit HEX values. Color changes appear in the live preview and supported exports.
Image conversion and downloads are free and require no account. There is no added watermark or export-count limit. You can use the controls and built-in samples before choosing your own photo.
Your image is decoded, converted and exported locally in your browser. The converter does not send your photo to a server. You can replace or remove it from the workspace at any time.
Start with a well-lit subject and a simple background. Increase Detail for more columns, try Detailed for smoother shading, and raise Brightness if the face or subject looks too dark. Compare the original and ASCII previews as you adjust.
Use PNG for sharing, SVG for scalable artwork, HTML for a styled web page, or ANSI for color in compatible terminals. TXT and Copy text contain characters without colors. Display text in a monospace font with preserved spaces and line breaks to keep it aligned.
PNG 4× redraws the characters at four times the width and height for a sharper image. It is disabled when the result would exceed our canvas size limits. Lower Detail to enable it, or export SVG to scale the character artwork.
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One photo. Endless character.
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