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Image: u/oxmannnn on Reddit · A leaf drawn in glowing green ASCII characters

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An ASCII art generator that also makes 3D objects

Claude Code built a tool that turns an image, GIF, video or word into ASCII art in nine looks and can turn the picture into a 3D object you can spin.

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Credits

  • Reddit poster oxmannnn Source ↗

Earliest dated source: 10 Nov 2026

The full story

Inspired by a video of a flower growing out of glowing characters, the maker had Claude Code build a tool that does it to any picture. Drop in an image, GIF or video, or type a word, and pick one of nine looks such as terminal, halftone or matrix. It can also turn the subject into a spinnable 3D object, using an in-browser depth model, and write a soundtrack from the picture. It's a single HTML file using WebGL2 and Web Audio with nothing uploaded, made from one prompt and a handful of follow-ups.

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Sources

From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.

  • Reddit: ASCII art generator with Fable 5.2 (Experiment)Forum threadreddit.com
    Reddit poster: oxmannnnPosted 10 Nov 2026

    The maker's post.

  • The project: winchxyz.github.ioBlog or write-upwinchxyz.github.io

    The tool.

  • Reddit: ASCII art experiment with Fable 5.2Forum threadreddit.com
    Reddit poster: oxmannnnPosted 11 Nov 2026

    A cross-post linking a renamed version.

  • Reddit: ASCII Art experiment with Fable 5.2Forum threadreddit.com
    Reddit poster: oxmannnnPosted 10 Nov 2026

    An earlier post of the same tool.

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