ASCII portrait generator
Turn a selfie or a description into an ASCII portrait — a face built from letters, punctuation, and symbol shading. The text-portrait style is tuned for faces and expressions, and braille dots, block shading, or typewriter give you different textures to try. Download as a high-resolution image for avatars, prints, and gifts.
Make my portrait →1
Upload or describe
A selfie, or "curly hair, glasses, half smile".
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Pick a portrait style
Text portrait, braille dots, block shading, typewriter.
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Download
A crisp image that holds up at avatar size or poster size.
- ✦Styles tuned for faces and expressions
- ✦Works from a photo or from a text description
- ✦Iterate with plain-English edits
- ✦From 1 credit per portrait
Made by the community
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Nothing here yet — be the first to create one!