Demo (but only returns black and white images currently)
Python3 tool for generating ASCII images locally in batches and a Serverless API for converting images into ASCII art. By default the batch ASCII art is generated with a randomly selected vapor wave color gradient. The API currently only returns black and white ascii images.
This is a modified version of a tutorial for generating ASCII art with color gradients. It has been extended for batch processing files and deployed to an API.
Input/output:
The Serverless framework is a tool for easily deploying AWS Lambda functions and associated services like Amazon API Gateway, Cloudwatch, S3 buckets, etc.
Send a .jpg or .png file to the API and receive a black and white ascii image. Below input.jpg is sent to the API and output_two.png is received.
cd examples/ && curl -X POST --data-binary @input.jpg https://ovr5yyzvza.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev/generate_ascii -o output_two.png
Project uses pip-tools and virtual environment (venv) for managing dependencies.
Clone the repository and cd into the project, then run:
python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate && pip install pip-tools && pip-compile && pip-sync- Add photographs (
.png, .jpg) to be converted to ASCII art intoimagesdirectory.
cd into src directory and run python3 python-generate-ascii.py.
ASCII art is generated in the results/ directory. A new directory is generated inside results/ based on parameter values and a randomly chosen vapor wave color scheme is applied. These parameters and color gradient can be changed in python-generate-ascii.py.