# ASCII Art Archive > ASCII Art Archive (asciiart.eu) is one of the web's most comprehensive platforms > for ASCII (text) art: a curated gallery of 11,000+ artworks, a large set of > interactive creation tools, a browser-based drawing studio, real-time animations, > games, and the Historic Archives - a searchable mirror of the early online ASCII > art culture, including the historic Usenet newsgroups where the art form grew up. ASCII art is pictures, signatures and designs made from plain text characters. The site serves artists, hobbyists, developers and researchers with art to browse, tools to create with, and historic material to explore. All pages are in English. ## Gallery and collections - [ASCII Art Gallery](https://www.asciiart.eu/gallery): 11,000+ curated artworks organised by subject and category - [Collections](https://www.asciiart.eu/collections): classic ASCII art collections compiled by artists and online communities - [One Line ASCII Art](https://www.asciiart.eu/one-line): art and emoticons that fit on a single line - [ASCII Borders](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-borders): decorative text borders and frames - [ASCII Dividers](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-dividers): text divider and separator designs - [ASCII Patterns](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-patterns): repeating text patterns ## Creation tools - [All Tools](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools): the complete index of creation tools - [Image to ASCII Art](https://www.asciiart.eu/image-to-ascii): convert photos and images into ASCII, with 80+ effects, dithering and color - [Text to ASCII Art](https://www.asciiart.eu/text-to-ascii-art): turn text into FIGlet-style ASCII banners and signatures from 100+ fonts - [3D to ASCII Art](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/3d-to-ascii-art): turn 3D shapes, models and equations into live ASCII with depth and lighting - [Webcam to ASCII Art](https://www.asciiart.eu/webcam-to-ascii-art): turn a live webcam feed into real-time ASCII art - [ASCII Draw Studio](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-draw-studio): a feature-packed browser-based ASCII art editor - [ASCII Border Maker](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-borders/maker): create ASCII borders and frames for boxes, banners and text - [ASCII Divider Maker](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-dividers/maker): create ASCII dividers to organise banners and art pieces - [ASCII Pattern Maker](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-patterns/maker): design repeating ASCII textures and patterns - [ASCII Maze Generator](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-maze-generator): generate custom ASCII mazes - [ASCII Night Sky Generator](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-night-sky-generator): design ASCII night skies with stars, moons and clouds - [ANSI Art Viewer](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/ansi-art-viewer): view and explore ANSI art with full color and classic terminal styling - [ASCII Art Analyzer](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/ascii-art-analyzer): analyze ASCII art for statistics, character frequency and density maps - [ASCII Validator](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/ascii-validator): validate ASCII art, detect issues and keep it readable before sharing - [Case Converter](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/case-converter): switch text between UPPERCASE, lowercase, Sentence case and more - [Character Counter](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/character-counter): count characters, words and lines with per-line stats and social limits - [Word Counter](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/word-counter): count words and analyze readability, frequency and hidden characters - [Text Cleaner](https://www.asciiart.eu/tools/text-cleaner): remove unwanted characters, fix spacing and normalize formatting ## Animations and games - [ASCII Animations](https://www.asciiart.eu/animations): real-time text-art animations - [ASCII Games](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-games): browser mini-games rendered in ASCII ## Artists and reference - [ASCII Artists](https://www.asciiart.eu/artists): profiles of well-known ASCII artists - [ASCII Art FAQ](https://www.asciiart.eu/faq): frequently asked questions about the art form - [Glossary](https://www.asciiart.eu/glossary): ASCII art terms explained - [History of ASCII Art](https://www.asciiart.eu/history-of-ascii-art): the chronological story of the art form - [ASCII Art Links](https://www.asciiart.eu/ascii-art-links): curated external resources - [About ASCII Art Archive](https://www.asciiart.eu/about-ascii-art-archive): what the site is and offers ## Historic Archives - [Historic Archives](https://www.asciiart.eu/archives): hub for original historic source material - [Usenet Archive](https://www.asciiart.eu/archives/usenet): 128,000+ original messages from the newsgroups alt.ascii-art, rec.arts.ascii, alt.ascii-art.animation, de.alt.rec.ascii-art and alt.ascii-art.endless-blabla (1993-2013), mirrored unchanged with email addresses masked for privacy - [Usenet Posters](https://www.asciiart.eu/archives/usenet/posters): the people behind the posts, grouped across aliases and addresses - [About & data reuse](https://www.asciiart.eu/archives/about): how the historic material is sourced, protected and may be cited ## Attribution and reuse - The ASCII artworks belong to their **original artists**. When reproducing a piece, keep the artist's initials or signature intact and credit the artist. - When citing or summarising material from this site, attribute it to "ASCII Art Archive (asciiart.eu)" and link to the relevant page so readers can reach the original. - Full details on sources, privacy and reuse: https://www.asciiart.eu/archives/about ## Sitemaps - [Archive sitemap](https://www.asciiart.eu/sitemap-usenet.xml): every Historic Archives / Usenet URL (groups, threads and posters)