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Cat ASCII Art
The classic three-line cat face — the most copied ASCII animal on the internet.
Copy-paste collection
ASCII Art
Small ASCII art you can paste into chat, code comments, terminals or a bio. Every piece is plain text, so it renders anywhere a monospace font does.
36 entries
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Sleeping Cat ASCII Art
A longer curled-up cat drawing, best viewed in a monospace font.
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`Y'Heart ASCII Art
A solid heart shape drawn with 8s and quote marks.
<3
Small Heart ASCII Art
The original two-character heart, older than emoji itself.
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Skull ASCII Art
A compact skull face with hollow eyes and a toothy jaw.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Shrug ASCII
The universal 'who knows' shrug, built from a Japanese katakana face.
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A tiny bloom on a stem, drawn with parentheses.
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'Star ASCII Art
A single five-point star outline in text.
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
Bear ASCII Art
A five-character bear face, small enough to sit inline in a sentence.
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o_(")(")Rabbit ASCII Art
A three-line rabbit with long ears drawn from backslashes and parentheses.
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Fish ASCII Art
The classic one-line fish, swimming left to right.
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Coffee Cup ASCII Art
A steaming mug drawn in six lines, with the steam rising above the rim.
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Music Note ASCII Art
A stave fragment with notes above it, built from slashes and underscores.
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Tree ASCII Art
A simple conifer with a trunk, five lines tall.
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/\Rocket ASCII Art
A launch vehicle with fins and a hatched body, drawn in eight lines.
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Wave ASCII Art
Three rows of tildes offset against each other to suggest moving water.
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Dog ASCII Art
A four-line dog in profile, ears back and tail curling behind it.
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Butterfly ASCII Art
A symmetrical butterfly with four wings around a small body.
. * . \ | / ( o o o ) |_____|
Crown ASCII Art
A small crown with three points and a jewelled band.
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Sword ASCII Art
A vertical sword with a crossguard, drawn in six lines.
/\ / \ /____\ | | | [] | |____|
House ASCII Art
A pitched-roof house with a single window, six lines tall.
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~~~~~~~Boat ASCII Art
A small sailing boat with a triangular sail above a waterline.
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Snowman ASCII Art
A four-line snowman with a hat, buttons and stubby arms.
_.-._ / o \ | o o | \_____/ | | _|_|_
Mushroom ASCII Art
A spotted toadstool with a domed cap and a short stem.
╭∩╮(-_-)╭∩╮
Middle Finger ASCII
A flat face with both hands raised in the rudest gesture text can manage.
,___, (O,O) /)_) ^ ^
Owl ASCII Art
A small perched owl with wide round eyes, four lines tall.
^..^ (oo) (____)
Pig ASCII Art
Three lines: ears, a snout and a round body.
@..@ (----) ( >__< ) ^^ ^^
Frog ASCII Art
Bulging eyes over a wide mouth with feet at the bottom.
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Penguin ASCII Art
A side-on penguin with a beak and one flipper out.
.---. / o \ | | |_| |_|
Among Us ASCII Art
The crewmate silhouette: a visor, a rounded body and two legs.
\ /\ / \(oo)/ /( )\ / /\ \
Spider ASCII Art
A symmetrical spider with eight legs spreading from a small body.
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Guitar ASCII Art
A guitar seen head-on: tuning pegs, neck, body and sound hole.
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Cake ASCII Art
A layered cake with candles burning on top.
(\/)(;,,;)(\/)
Crab ASCII Art
The one-line crab, claws raised either side of a bristled face.
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Sitting Cat ASCII Art
A full-body cat sitting upright with its tail curled out behind it.
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Dog Face ASCII Art
A front-on dog face with long ears hanging either side of the muzzle.
Collection guide
How to use ascii art
ASCII art builds recognisable pictures from ordinary keyboard characters. Small drawings travel well in source files, terminal output and plain-text messages because they do not require an image attachment.
Compatibility and display
Monospace fonts preserve the intended spacing. Use fenced code blocks or preformatted text in apps that collapse repeated spaces, and check backslashes when pasting into source code.
Keep every line break
A missing line can flatten the picture or move its details out of place.
Preserve leading spaces
Indentation often centres ears, eyes, points or other parts of the drawing.
Test the destination
Mobile chat, Markdown and terminals handle whitespace differently, so preview the final paste once.
Common questions
About ascii art
Why does ASCII art break after I paste it?
The destination is probably using a proportional font or collapsing repeated spaces. A code block usually fixes both problems.
Is all text art technically ASCII?
No. Many modern drawings include Unicode symbols, but people commonly use ASCII art as a broad name for pictures made from text.