<(||') honeybii

honeybii is a tool that converts images to ascii art.

installation

$ gem install honeybii

usage

###code

require 'honeybii'

ascii_bee = ShadedAscii.new('/path/to/an/image.jpg')
puts ascii_bee
very_detailed_mona_lisa = ShadedAscii.new('/path/to/an/image.png', 2)
puts very_detailed_mona_lisa
starry_night_with_a_weird_gradient = ShadedAscii.new('/path/to/an/image.png', gradient: 2)
puts starry_night_with_a_weird_gradient
thick_looking_bee_near_flower = ShadedAscii.new('/path/to/an/image.gif', 10, style: 'one_to_one')
puts thick_looking_bee_near_flower

###command line

Usage: honeybii file.(png|gif|jpg) [options]
    -p, --pixel-size PIXELS          Size of image chunks to process into ascii (smaller => more detail) [default: 12]
    -g, --gradient N                 Gradient characters [default: 0] [{0=>"@%8\#$VYx*=+:~-.  "}, {1=>"8Oo:.  "}, {2=>"#+:  "}, {3=>"01  "}]
    -o, --one-to-one                 One-to-one shading, as opposed to relative

Examples:

• $ honeybii /path/to/some/image.png
• $ honeybii /path/to/some/other/image.JPG -p 2
• $ honeybii /path/to/yet/another/image.Gif -g 1 --one-to-one

current features

image => shaded ascii art

planned features

custom gradients
image => line ascii art
colored ascii (as html)

                             ..                   
             .~. -~::~-   -~:~~. .~.              
              .::   ..:=-=~.   .~~.               
..-...          ~x=~ =#888$V--=x~         ...-~--.
-.~~~::::::~--.. ~*Y*:Y$$V$**x+. .--~:~::+::++:~~-
....-~:+::+==x*=+++*VY$V$*xV*+:+=+++++~::~::~~~-. 
  ....-~---:::+=++=*xx###V$$YYx*=++=+:+:~~--~-.   
     .-.--~:+:~~~::~~.=8#$$+--~~++:::+=++:~~-     
       ...---....-:*=++*YY*==:+:-.....-.--..      
               .+==:-+$####V:~~~*:                
              :*+-:x*V8#88$VY=++.~+-              
             :~  =Y-=%%888#$$: =x..:~.            
           .+~  *Y- =8##8#$Y$+  +*- -.            
           .. .=*.  :88##8*Y#~   +*.              
              :*.   .V###$*VV.    ~+-             
             -*.     =8$#Y*$:      .:-            
            .=~       x8#$$+         :.           
            --         +Yx~