convert small images like sprites to terminal ready ascii art. Not mine. I forgot where i downloaded it from.

img2ascii.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo -e " \n \t ERROR: No arguments provided"
    echo -e " \t USAGE: img2sf <path/to/image> <path/to/output>\n"
    exit 1
fi

imgw=$(convert -print "%w\n" "$1" /dev/null)

# generate the image
TMPFILE="tmp"
img2xterm "$1" > $TMPFILE

# form the output file
#echo 'startline="0"' > $2
#echo 'fulloutput=(' >> $2
IFS=''
cat $TMPFILE |
while read line
do
    nspaces=$(grep -o " " <<< "$line" | wc -l)
    nup=$(grep -o "▀" <<< "$line" | wc -l)
    ndown=$(grep -o "▄" <<< "$line" | wc -l)
    spaces=$(expr "$imgw" - "$nspaces" - "$nup" - "$ndown")
#   printf "\"%s%${spaces}s %%s\"\n" "$line" "" >> $2
	printf "%s%${spaces}s \\n" "$line"  >> $2
done
#echo ")" >> $2

sed -i "0,/%s/{s/%s/ %s/}" "$2"

# clean up
rm $TMPFILE