├── LICENSE
├── README.md
└── ascii_art.py


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 1 | MIT License
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 3 | Copyright (c) 2019 homeless-field
 4 | 
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/README.md:
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1 | # ascii_art
2 | My very first Python project. Takes an image and makes it into ascii art, presented in your command prompt
3 | 
4 | **Note:** This was my first project in Python, and isn't indicative of my current skills
5 | 


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/ascii_art.py:
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 1 | # Import an image processing tool
 2 | from PIL import Image
 3 | 
 4 | # Decide what image to convert, and make it 1/3 the size
 5 | image = Image.open("ctycgchr36231.jpg")
 6 | image = image.resize((int(image.width / 3), int(image.height / 3)))
 7 | 
 8 | # Define the ASCII characters and the variables
 9 | characters = '.', '*', '$'
10 | text = ''
11 | a, b = 0, 0
12 | x, y, z = 0, 0, 0
13 | 
14 | # For every pixel in the image...
15 | while y < image.height:
16 | # Find its brightness
17 |     brightness = sum(image.getpixel((x, y))) / 3
18 | # Depending on its brightness, assign it an ASCII character
19 |     while z < 3:
20 |         a += 85
21 |         if brightness <= a and brightness > b:
22 |             text += characters[z]
23 |             text += characters[z]
24 |         b += 85
25 |         z += 1
26 |     z = 0
27 |     a = 0
28 |     b = 0
29 |     if x == image.width - 1:
30 |         text += '\n'
31 |         y += 1
32 |         x = 0
33 |     else:
34 |         x += 1
35 | 
36 | #Print the output
37 | print(text)
38 | 


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