ASCII Art Gallery: Drawings to Copy and Paste

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Fits in

     /\___/\
    (  o o  )
 ___( =   = )____
|___|ww___ww|____|
|_____|_____|____|

Cat peeking over a wall

5 lines, 18 wide

TextPaint

  /\_/\
 ( -.- )
  > ~ <
 /     \
(  | |  )
 \_|_|_/

Sitting cat

6 lines, 9 wide

TextPaint

```
=^.^=
```
Tiny cat face
1 line, 5 wide
TextPaint

   __     __
  /  \___/  \
 |  /     \  |
  \/  o o  \/
   |   ^   |
    \ \_/ /
     '---'

Dog with floppy ears

7 lines, 14 wide

TextPaint

   (\   /)
    \\_//
   ( o o )
  =(  Y  )=
   /     \
  (  ) (  )
 (__)___(__)

Bunny

7 lines, 12 wide

TextPaint

```
(\_/)
(o.o)
(")(")
```
Tiny bunny
3 lines, 6 wide
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```
   ,-""-.
><(  o  _>
   `-..-'
```
Fish
3 lines, 10 wide
TextPaint
```
><(((('>
```
One line fish
1 line, 8 wide
TextPaint

   /\     /\
  /  \___/  \
 (  (o) (o)  )
 (     v     )
  \  \/ \/  /
   \_______/
     ^^ ^^

Owl

7 lines, 14 wide

TextPaint

  .-.     .-.
 (   `---'   )
  \  o   o  /
  |    ^    |
   \  \_/  /
    `-----'

Bear face

6 lines, 14 wide

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  .-~-.   .-~-.
 /     \ /     \
|       '       |
 \             /
  '.         .'
    '.     .'
      '. .'
        '

Big heart

8 lines, 17 wide

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       .-~-.   .-~-.
      /     \ /     \
>>---|-------'-------|---->
      \             /
       '.         .'
         '.     .'
           '. .'
             '

Heart with an arrow

8 lines, 27 wide

TextPaint

 _  _     _  _
( \/ )   ( \/ )
 \  /     \  /
  \/       \/

Two small hearts

4 lines, 15 wide

TextPaint

```
@}-;---
```
One line rose
1 line, 7 wide
TextPaint

 ____________________
|\                  /|
| \      _  _      / |
|  \    ( \/ )    /  |
|  /\    \  /    /\  |
| /  \    \/    /  \ |
|/____\________/____\|

Love letter

7 lines, 22 wide

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    .-"""-.
   /       \
  |  o   o  |
  |    ^    |
  |  \___/  |
   \       /
    '-...-'

Smiley face

7 lines, 13 wide

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```
\o/
```
Cheering stick figure
1 line, 3 wide
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```
 \O
  |\
 / \
```
Waving stick figure
3 lines, 4 wide
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     [_]
   .-'-'-.
  | O   O |
  |   =   |
  | [___] |
  '-------'
   /|   |\
  (_|   |_)

Robot

8 lines, 11 wide

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 .------------.
 | >_         |
 |            |
 |            |
 '------------'
    ___||___
   [________]

Computer

7 lines, 15 wide

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 .------.
 | ____ |
 ||    ||
 ||    ||
 ||____||
 |  []  |
 '------'

Phone

7 lines, 9 wide

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   _______________
  /  _         O  \
 |  |_|  ( )  O O  |
  \______/   \_____/

Game controller

4 lines, 20 wide

TextPaint

    ( (
     ) )
  .______.
  |      |]
  \      /
   `----'

Cup of coffee

6 lines, 11 wide

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    .-"""-.
   / . ' . \
  (  ' . '  )
   '-.....-'
    \/\/\/\/
     \/\/\/
      \/\/
       \/

Ice cream cone

8 lines, 13 wide

TextPaint

Click a drawing to copy it. Open it to add a speech bubble, flip it, or copy it as a code block for Discord.

Art made for TextEditor.com is free to use under CC BY 4.0. Just name TextEditor.com as the source.

Drawing

Speech bubble

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A wall of small framed pictures, each a tiny drawing made of characters

Last checked October 30, 2026 by the TextEditor.com team

How to paste ASCII art without breaking it

ASCII art only lines up in a monospace font. In a monospace font every character is just as wide as the next, so a space takes the same room as a letter.

Most chat apps use a normal font. There a space is thin and an M is wide, so the drawing slides apart.

The same cat in two fonts

Normal font, like most chats

  /\_/\
 ( -.- )
  > ~ <
 /     \
(  | |  )
 \_|_|_/

Monospace font, like a code block

  /\_/\
 ( -.- )
  > ~ <
 /     \
(  | |  )
 \_|_|_/

The fix is a code block. In Discord and WhatsApp, put three backticks (```) on the line before and the line after the drawing. Both apps then show it in a monospace font. The "Copy for Discord" button adds the backticks for you.

Phones also wrap long lines. A drawing that is 60 characters wide breaks on most phone screens, even in a code block. Use the "Fits in" filter to find one that stays in one piece.

How the flip button works

Flipping a drawing is more than reading each line backwards. A cat facing left has / and \ in the right places only for that side. When it turns around, every / must become a \, every ( a ), and every < a >.

The flip button swaps these pairs: / and \, ( and ), < and >, [ and ], { and }, plus b and d, p and q. Letters inside a drawing come out backwards, so flip drawings without words.

Where ASCII art comes from

People drew pictures with typewriters long before computers. Typewriter art goes back to 1867, and a newspaper ad made of typed characters ran in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1875.

In 1966, Kenneth Knowlton and Leon Harmon at Bell Labs printed photos as grids of characters. Later, people shared small drawings on Usenet and early web pages. Many artists signed their work with initials. Joan Stark, one of the best known, signed hers "jgs". If a drawing has initials in a corner, keep them when you share it.

You can read the longer story on Wikipedia's ASCII art page.

399drawings in this gallery

369drawn for this site

2characters in the smallest one

74characters across the widest one

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Frequently asked questions

Why does my ASCII art look wrong in WhatsApp?

WhatsApp uses a normal font, so spaces are thinner than letters and the lines slide apart. Put three backticks (```) before and after the drawing to switch to a monospace font. Small drawings work best, because a phone screen also wraps long lines.

How do I post ASCII art on Discord?

Open the drawing and press "Copy for Discord". It wraps the drawing in a code block with three backticks, so Discord keeps every space and shows it in a monospace font.

What is the smallest ASCII art I can send?

One line drawings like the fish ><(((('> or the rose @}-;--- fit anywhere, even in a username or a short text. Pick "One line" in the size filter to see them all.

Can I put my own message on a drawing?

Yes. Open any drawing and type in the speech bubble box. The bubble grows to fit your words and sits above the drawing when you copy it.

Who made these drawings?

Most were drawn for this site. A few are old one line pieces that nobody owns, and some came from the old version of this page with no known artist.

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