# ASCII art + GLSL shaders

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-art-glsl-shaders/44122>\
**Category:** Project Guidance\
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-art-glsl-shaders/44122 "2024-03-20T02:40:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![funnyrectangles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d78d45/32.png) [@funnyrectangles](https://discourse.processing.org/u/funnyrectangles)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/ascii-art-glsl-shaders/44122/1 "2024-03-20T02:40:39Z")

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Hi!

I would like to start coding some animations like this:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/9/2/92a80edbeda0b6c7bad17bf1f0b6f0c219642d9f.jpeg)

[https://twitter.com/i/status/1767859604191318235](https://twitter.com/i/status/1767859604191318235)  
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CznnRLEI7yL/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/CznnRLEI7yL/?img_index=1)  
[https://www.instagram.com/p/C4YcE1-NaWI/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4YcE1-NaWI/?img_index=1)  
[https://www.instagram.com/p/C4tEv5dNHah/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4tEv5dNHah/?img_index=1)

For me it is easy to convert a video into ASCII art, but it is difficult to imagine how to achieve more complex results as the ones in these videos, especially when combining them with shaders.

Any ideas, tips, tutorials pointing in this direction?

Thanks a lot!!!