Upload black & white sketch (Mostly Used), photo, drawing, simple figure, or any picture and change it into a ASCII art version in real-time. This Online Free tool uses pixel analysis to convert your artwork using simple plain text characters.
ASCII Art Generator from Image Instantly!
Use this online tool to convert hand made sketches or images to ASCII Art in just a click.
Mapping Grayscale to Character
Turns pixel values into ASCII characters, in this case, using darker ones as @ or # for dark areas, and lighter ones as. or space for bright areas.
Color ASCII Art Support
Advanced generators keep the original image colors and color each of its ASCII characters accordingly.
Live Preview
Displays real-time output in ASCII as you change settings (e.g., contrast, resolution, character set).
Image Format Support
Supports different types of images including JPG, PNG, GIF and sometimes SVG.
Download as Text or Image
Allows users to download the ASCII art as a text or HTML file, Copy to Clipboard, or an image.
Inverse / Negative Output in ASCII
Switches dark/light mapping — black to white and white to black.
This tool does all the conversions in your browser, it means that we will not upload any of your files to any server, ensuring your privacy is untouched. If you are fond of drawings with dots print, you may check the tool on Dot to Dot Generator.
Image to ASCII Art Converter
Upload Image
Max size: 512x512px
Default sample loaded
Preview
Dark to light order
Settings
Basic
Advanced
ASCII Output
Characters: 0 | Lines: 0
Use Color ASCII mode for HTML output with colors. Auto-resizes on settings change.
📖 How to Use This Online ASCII Art Generator Tool?
🖼️ Upload & Preview Section
- Upload Image: Click the file input to upload your own image in JPG, PNG, or GIF format. However, by default, a sample image is shown.
- Preview: Before performing the conversion to ASCII art, check the image.
- Quick Presets: Selects from a few quick presets:
- Standard Balanced character set
- Detailed Maximum detail with 70+ characters
- Simple Basic characters for clean look
- Blocks Block characters for solid art
- Binary Only 1s and 0s
- Emoji Fun emoji faces
- Character Set: Define your own character sequence from dark to light.
⚙️ Basic Settings
- Width: Limit the width of your output characters (50-200 or custom). Higher numbers = more detail, but larger output.
- Brightness: Adjust image brightness (0-200%). Default is 100%.
- Contrast: Control contrast level (0-200%). Lowers darks and lights, but higher values darken darks but light them lighter.
- Sharpness: Enhance edge definition (0-10). Valuable in blurry images.
🔧 Advanced Settings
- Edge Detection: Highlighting edges and outlines (0-10). Awesome for making line art effects.
- Threshold: This will take an image and make it pure black and white at a certain brightness level (0-255). Enable the checkbox to activate.
- ASCII Gradient: Choose from 13 character gradients:
- Alphabetic, Alphanumeric, Arrow, Code Page 437
- Extended High, Gray Scale, Minimalist, Math Symbols
- Normal, Normal 2, Numerical, Max, Black and White
- Invert Colors: Reverse the Current Brightness (dark becomes light and vice versa).
- Color ASCII: Keep the colors of the image in HTML output.
- Maintain Aspect: Preserve exact proportions (recommended).
📤 Output & Export
- Text Tab: Simple ASCII art display in the textarea. Can be copied directly.
- HTML Preview Tab: View warm output. Colored ASCII art is displayed here, in color mode.
- Copy Button: Copy the ASCII art to the clipboard (plain text or HTML in accordance with the current mode).
- Download TXT: Export to plain text file (.txt).
- Download HTML: Save as .html (with styles). Opens in any browser.
- Font Size Slider: Change the size of the output display font scale slider to help you view.
- Character Count: Displays total characters and line count of your ASCII art.
💡 Tips & Tricks
- Best Results: Utilize contrast and ideal images such as your face against a plain background and under 512x512px.
- Portrait Photos: Increase the width to 150-200 to better distinguish faces in a portrait image.
- Logos & Icons: Use threshold mode with preset blocks for sharp results.
- Artistic Effects: Edge detection (5-7), simple character set.
- Performance: Higher width settings are processed more rapidly. Start at 100 and adjust.
- Color Mode: Use for ground display HTML/web. For the forums/chats sharing, plain text is better.
- Auto-Resize: As soon as you make any change in settings, the output is immediately updated.
- Reset Button: Restore all settings to factory default values.
🎯 Common Use Cases
Create an original DP or post. Applying the emoji preset for a cool effect.
Add ASCII art logos. Use a simple preset with a low width of (50-80).
Beautify source code. Mean inverse alphanumerics or code page 437 gradient.
Display in command-line interfaces. It should be a standard or detailed preset.
Create vintage computer art. High contrast play with triangulation blocks or binary.
Unique website backgrounds. Choose the color mode and download the HTML.