When I was a kid, my dad came home from work one day with huge zig-zagging reams of punched computer paper bearing the faces of celebrities, each made up of letters and numbers. I was fascinated. How could simple everyday characters turn into recognisable faces?

Nowadays, of course, I know all about ascii art, but the results still fascinate me. Create your own from any online gif with the GIF2TXT converter.

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                    

                                                                                                    

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                               ,jGEKEEEEEEEKEEEEEEEEDLj;                                            

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                         .jEEEEEEEEEEEGDDDDEDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL;                                      

                        tEEEEEEEEDDDDLLLLLGGGGDGDDEEEEEEEEEEEEDi                                    

                      ;DEEEEEEEEGGLLfffffffffLLLLLGGGDDDEEEEEEEEG;                                  

                    .fEEEEEEDGGLfffffffffftjffffjjffffLGGGDEEEEEEEf.                                

                   .GEEEEDGGLfffjttiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitjffffLLGGEEEEEEL:                               

                  :DEEEDGGLfffjiiiiiiiii;ii;;;iiiiiiiiitffffLGGDDEDDL.                              

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