ASCII Art Generator (Asskey)

Convert images into ASCII art or create ASCII art from scratch with DALL-e 3

Quick start

$ python3 -m venv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ ./image_to_ascii.py <input_image> <output_file>
$ ./prompt_to_ascii.py <output_file> <prompt>

To use prompt_to_ascii.py you need to add your OpenAI API key into a .env file (see .env.sample)

Example 1

$ ./image_to_ascii.py images/dog.webp dog.jpg

Example 2

$ ./prompt_to_ascii.py girl.jpg "a cute anime girl"