ascii_art.pde

String [] poem1 ={"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j", "k", "l", "m", "n", "o", "p", "q", "r", "s", "t", "u", "v", "w", "x", "y", "z"};
String [] poem ={"e", "x", "m", "a", "c", "h", "i", "n", "a", "c", "t", "r", "l", "o", "r", "g", "m", "o", "d", "e", "i", "c", "e", "n", "o", "x"};

String loadPath = "./sample.jpg"
PImage picture;
int devisions = 1; // pixels
PFont font;
float xDiv;
float yDiv;

void setup() {
  picture = loadImage(loadPath);
  size(780, 439);
  font = createFont("Kokoner", 1);
  xDiv = picture.width/devisions;
  yDiv = picture.height/devisions;
}

void draw() {
  background(255);
  textFont(font, devisions+3);
  for (int i = 0; i < height; i+= devisions) {
    for (int j = 0; j < width; j+= devisions) {
      color filler = picture.get(int(j), int(i));
      fill(color(red(filler), green(filler), blue(filler)));
      //gets char depending on brightness
      float value = brightness(filler);
      String charac = poem[int(random(poem.length))];
      text(charac, (j), (i));
    }
  }
}

void keyPressed() {
  if (key == CODED) {
    if (keyCode == UP) {
      devisions++;
    } else if (keyCode == DOWN) {
      if (devisions > 0) {
        devisions--;
      };
    }
  }
  if (key == 'e') {
    draw();
  }
  constrain(devisions, 1, 99);
}