# ASCII 3D Render: motion graphics style

> The word turns in 3D as an extruded slab, drawn entirely in monospace characters whose ink density follows the lighting, amber to white-hot on near-black. A real-time ASCII renderer for dev tools, tech and terminal-loving brands.

- Category: [Generative & Math Art](https://aimotions.art/category/generative-math-art/)
- Also known as: ascii art, ascii render, text mode 3d, character shading, ascii animation, monospace art
- Demo built with: WebGL · Energy: Calm · Background: Dark bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/ascii-render/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/ascii-render/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Render the word [TEXT] as a thick extruded 3D slab of letters drawn entirely in ASCII characters on a near-black background. The screen is a grid of monospace character cells; each cell shows the glyph whose ink density matches the shaded brightness at that point, using a ramp like space, dot, colon, dash, equals, plus, asterisk, hash, percent, at-sign. The letters spin in from edge-on, then swing gently left and right while a light orbits them, so the characters on each face shift density as the lighting changes. Color the characters warm amber, brightening to white-hot on lit faces and rims, with a dim perspective floor grid of dashes and colons that catches the letters' soft shadow, and sparse drifting dots above. At the end the word spins out edge-on and the loop repeats.
```

## Visual DNA

- Every cell is a monospace glyph picked by brightness: . : - = + * # % @
- Raymarched extruded letters swing in 3D under an orbiting light
- Amber characters brightening to white-hot on lit faces and rims
- ASCII floor grid catching the letters' soft shadow, dust drifting above
- Spins in edge-on from one side and out the other each loop

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: ASCII 3D Render, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/ascii-render/