Images & ASCII

var img;

var myFont;

​

function preload() {

  img = loadImage("nasa_buzz.jpg");

  myFont = loadFont("DroidSansMono.ttf");

}

​

function setup() {

  createCanvas(512, 512);

  noLoop();

  textFont(myFont);

  textSize(20);

}

​

function draw() {

  //image(img, 0, 0);

  img.loadPixels();

  for (var y=0; y<img.height; y+=10)

  {

    for (var x=0; x<img.width; x+=10)

    {

      // Simple but slow

      //var pix = img.get(x, y);

      // Fast but complicated

      var pix = img.pixels[(y*img.width+x)*4];

      fill(pix);

      noStroke();

      //ellipse(x, y, 10, 10);

      text("o", x, y);

    }

  }

  fill(255);

}