Ascify-Art

The age of digitalization brought advancements in all of humanity’s aspects of life, including the highly complex and abstract realm of art. One way in which technology brings a different take on existing imagery is by converting brush strokes and pixels into mosaics filled with ASCII characters, through a lightweight application known as Ascify-Art.

Thanks to its portable nature, users can easily add the program to their on-the-go setups for use on the various computers they own, without the hassle of carrying additional installation wizards or configuration files. In terms of the interface, the app greets users to a compact layout with an easy-to-learn structure designed for those with mouse-based workflows.

When choosing the image meant to be processed, a file picker pops up to let the user easily navigate to the desired directory, thus avoiding manually dragging and dropping items in the program window. Since character dimensions, outlines and overall structure differ from one font to another, you can select custom ones to match the style of the source image.

Depending on your desired level of detail, increasing the font size can augment the output’s realism and fidelity to the target image, while the option of manually picking the characters lets you fine tune the resulting picture’s clarity and style to match the aesthetic you want to achieve in your artistic endeavors.

To avoid searching for the files in various folders, the resulting pictures are generated inside the original photo’s directory for maximum convenience. Those wanting to create ASCII versions of their most frequently used reaction emoticons can enable a special exporting option to access a selectable text iteration of the output. For automation purposes, entire folders with pictures can be targeted for conversion when dealing with large amounts of files.

Whether you are longing for the days of DOS-based workflows, or you want to create abstract digital art that fits retro games of times long gone, Ascify-Art is a great tool thanks to its accessible layout, advanced color detection methods and customizable options that lets you tune the end result to match your expectations.