im2ascii

def asciify(path, invert=False, square=True):

    from PIL import Image

    ASCII_CHARS = ['.',',',':',';','+','*','?','%','S','#','@']

    if invert == False:

        ASCII_CHARS = ASCII_CHARS[::-1]

    result = []

    im = Image.open(str(path))

    im = im.convert('L')

    im = im.resize((50, 50))

    for i in range(50):

        for j in range(50):

            pixel = im.getpixel((i, j))

            result.append(ASCII_CHARS[(round(pixel/25))])

            if square == True:

                result.append(' ')

        result.append('\n')

    return ''.join(result)