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What is ASCII Art?

ASCII art is a creative technique that uses the 95 printable characters from the ASCII standard (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) to create visual compositions, illustrations, and designs. Dating back to the early days of computing, ASCII art emerged as a way to create images when graphical capabilities were limited.

Artists use combinations of letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and symbols to represent shading, contours, and textures. From simple emoticons like :-) to elaborate landscapes and portraits, ASCII art spans a wide range of complexity and style.

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stapler - ASCII Everything

stapler

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                        __..--''         \
                __..--''          __..--''
        __..--''          __..--''       |
        \ o        __..--''__...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

           o
                o
       o     *
             A    o
        o,  {)  ,
        ~% zzzz %~
          %%%%%%
            %
           %%%
          %% %%
           \ %%
           ~|\
    ...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

        ()
               ()
   ()
                  ()
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               ()
    ()__
        (  __
        / )
      zzz \
      %%  zzz
     %%%   %%
    %%%%    %%%
   %%%%%     %%%%
    %%%%%%%%%...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

                      ..:::::::::::::..
                .:::::''              ``:::.
              .:;'                        `::.
           ..::'                            `::.
          ::'      ...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

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           {_}
           /*\
          /_*_\
         {('o')}
      C{{([^*^])}}D
          [ * ]
         /  Y  \
        _\__|__/_
 jgs   (___/ \___)

-=[ clown fa...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

                             ,v.
                        _____>o<
                       /   |_
                     (_________)
                     ///,-.-.\\\
                     _||__|__||_
     ...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

                         _
                       _( )_
                      (_ O _)
                        (_)                            ,-.  _
              _________/_                    _______...
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

            .d88b.
            888888
            '988P'
             /""\
           .;.__.;.
          (  """"  ).
        }{{'------'}{}
       {(s  _.  ._  s)}
       }'); '    ' ;('},
      {;{{....
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

       ,---.
     ,'_   _`.
   {{ |o| |o| }}
  {{{ '-'O'-' }}}
  {{( (`-.-') )}}
   {{{.`---',}}}
       `---'    SSt
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clown - ASCII Everything

clown

                >>>>>\|/<<<<<
              >>>\\\\\v/////<<<
             >>>\\\\\vvv/////<<<    
              >>>(vvvvvvvvv)<<<
             >>>>) (.)_(.) (<<<<
             >>>/    (_)    \<<<
   ...
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decoration - ASCII Everything

decoration

 
 
      /___/____/____/____/_____/_______/______
     /_/____/____/___/______/_____/_____/___
    /_____/____/______/___/____/___/______/___/
   /__/_____/_o__o/____/____/___/_____/____/______
    |...
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initials - ASCII Everything

initials

                             ,-"'    Oooops! I laughed my
                            #%  ,,    initials off.
                            C'   >
                            /  ~ |
                    ...
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initials - ASCII Everything

initials

                        HHHHAAAAaaaAAAAAaaaaAAAAhhhhhhhhh
                                     HHHAAAAaaaaahhh HA HA
                             ,-"'     HA HA Ha ha ha ha
                           ...
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initials - ASCII Everything

initials

                  ___
                 _\  \_
                  /__|     "Why should I keep the initials
              ___//_        of the author on a drawing I want to use?
             /      \    ...
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anchor - ASCII Everything

anchor

From: don 

     _
    /|\
   /_|_\
 ____|____
 \_o_o_o_/
~~ |     ~~~~~
___t_________
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anchor - ASCII Everything

anchor

             ***
            * //*
             //*
   **       **/|      **
 ************//***********
 ***********//************
   **      |/**       **
            **/|
            *//
           ...
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anchor - ASCII Everything

anchor

anchor:

          o
         -+-
          |
          |
       ^  |  ^
ejm97   \_|_/
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bucket - ASCII Everything

bucket

                ,.--'`````'--.,
               (\'-.,_____,.-'/)
                \\-.,_____,.-//
                ;\\         //|
                | \\  ___  // |
                |  '-[___]-'  |
       ...
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bucket - ASCII Everything

bucket

          ___________
         /=//==//=/  \
        |=||==||=|    |
        |=||==||=|~-, |
        |=||==||=|^.`;|
    jgs  \=\\==\\=\`=.:
          `"""""""`^-,`.
                   `.~,'
         ...
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rubberduck - ASCII Everything

rubberduck

           ,-.
       ,--' ~.).
     ,'         `.
    ; (((__   __)))
    ;  ( (#) ( (#)
    |   \_/___\_/|
   ,"  ,-'    `__".           .
  (   ( ._   ____`.)--._        _
   `._ `-.`-' \(`-'  _  `...
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belt - ASCII Everything

belt

   ________________.----------.________________
  |                |   //\\   |            \   |
  |                |  <<()>>  |o   o   o    )  |
  |________________|   \\//   |____________/___|
     ...
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belt - ASCII Everything

belt

               .-------------------------------.
              /(_____,_________________________)\
             |      / . .__||] . . . . .         |
        jgs   \_____\______||]__________________/
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awake - ASCII Everything

awake

                              Fffflebelebelebelleeehhhhhh....
                                           \
         Zzzzzz zzzz                        \                 |
                \            ...
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monorail - ASCII Everything

monorail

___________   _______________________________________^__
 ___   ___ |||  ___   ___   ___    ___ ___  |   __  ,----\
|   | |   |||| |   | |   | |   |  |   |   | |  |  | |_____\
|___| |___|||| |___| |__...
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Explore ASCII Art Categories

Discover thousands of ASCII art creations organized by theme

Animals

Cats, dogs, wildlife & more

People & Characters

Faces, celebrities & cartoons

Objects

Technology, vehicles & more

Symbols & Patterns

Hearts, stars & abstract designs

Nature

Plants, landscapes & scenery

Holiday & Seasonal

Christmas, Halloween & more
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Frequently Asked Questions About ASCII Art

ASCII art is a creative technique that uses plain text characters from the ASCII standard (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) to create visual compositions. Artists arrange combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols to represent images, creating everything from simple emoticons to complex landscapes and portraits.

ASCII art has many uses! You can incorporate it in emails, forum signatures, text messages, Discord chats, comments, terminal applications, programming projects, text-based games, and creative writing. Simply copy the ASCII art from our site and paste it wherever plain text is supported.

ASCII art can be created manually by artists who carefully place characters to form images, or through specialized software that converts photographs and drawings into ASCII representations. The density of characters can create different levels of shading and detail. Some artists spend hours perfecting complex designs character by character.

ASCII art can look distorted when displayed in fonts that aren't monospaced (where each character takes up the same width). For best results, view and paste ASCII art using monospaced fonts like Courier New, Consolas, or Monaco. Additionally, different display widths can cause line wrapping that breaks the intended appearance.