#python function to print an #image within #console using special characters and colors

print_image.py

import sys, numpy as np, fire, sty
from PIL import Image

def print_image(filename, scale=0.1, ratio=7/4, character='█'):
    """
    Args:
        filename (Str): input image
        scale (float): output scale. Default [0.1], means 48 cells width
        ratio (float): image2cells ratio. Default [7/4]
        character (char): character used to fill cells
    """
    img = Image.open(filename).convert('RGB')
    img.thumbnail([480,480])
    S = (round(img.size[0]*scale*ratio), round(img.size[1]*scale) )
    img = np.array(img.resize(S))
    for i in range(img.shape[0]):
        buf = []
        for j in range(img.shape[1]):
            sty.fg.col = sty.Style(sty.RgbFg(img[i,j,0], img[i,j,1], img[i,j,2]))
            buf.append(sty.fg.col + str(character) + sty.fg.rs)
        print(''.join(buf))

if __name__ == '__main__': fire.Fire(print_image)