ASCII pics.
From a URL.

Put text in the URL, get a banner back. Point it at a photo, get ASCII art back. SVG, PNG, or raw characters — embeddable anywhere an <img> goes. Free.

Try it

Edit the URL. Watch the image change. The URL is the API.

Edit the URL — try /b/<text> or /a?src=<image>

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ · the image above is a real render.

How it works

<img src="https://shrug.pics/b/HELLO">

<img src="https://shrug.pics/b/Ship%20it?font=slant&fg=lime">

<img src="https://shrug.pics/a?src=…/cat.jpg&color=1">