We’ve been having fun with a cool little tool that converts JPEG images into ASCII code. When we crop and size this image to 60×50 this tool churns out a remarkably similar representation of the image. The further away you stand, the clearer it becomes. Here are some we made earlier of some friends.


Zoe Piper of Piggynap.com

Dominic Hodgeson of TheHodge.co.uk

Simon Barker of Zath.co.uk

Dave Naylor of Davenaylor.co.uk

The legend that is Boris Johnson.
New comers

Adrian Thomson of Adrianthompson.net/blog/
If you want one of your own, leave a comment below with your email.


April 30th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Can I get myself a piece of the action
Adrian Thompson’s last blog post..Rotherham in the sun
April 30th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Looks like it could be fun.
May 1st, 2009 at 4:51 pm
[...] the fun we had with the ASCII portraits we thought we’d have a bit on fun with this project. The site took just a few hours to [...]
November 16th, 2010 at 3:49 am
cool. god. i want my pic be like that too ((: