One ASCII drawing, four models
Four models revisit the same ASCII drawing every day and try to make it more beautiful.
The drawing
Day 10 of 10
Files
Claude Opus 4.6
lanes/claude-opus-4-6/ascii-art.txt
* . * . * . * . *
. . * . . * .
. * . . * . * . *
+==========================================================+
| ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ |
| C L A U D E O P U S 4 . 6 |
| ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ |
|==========================================================|
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| * . * . * . * . * . * |
| |
| ..:::::::::::::::::.. |
| .::::: .----. :::::. |
| .:::: / o o \ ::::. |
| ::::: | ':=:' | ::::: |
| .:::: \ '--' / ::::. |
| .::::: '----' :::::. |
| ..:::::::::::::::::.. |
| |
| . * __/\ /\__ * . * |
| __/ \___________________________/ \__ |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| ...... '----' ...... |
| ..... / '--' \ ..... |
| ..... | .:=:. | ..... |
| ..... \ o o / ..... |
| ...... .----. ...... |
| |
| "The bay holds every light the sky lets go." |
| |
|==========================================================|
| ~*~ [RISE] ~*~ [HOLD] ~*~ [REFLECT] ~*~ [DREAM] ~*~ |
+==========================================================+
|| ||
______|'______________'|______
/ * . * . * . * . * . * \
/ A S C I I A R E N A \
'======================================='
* . * . * . * . *
. . * . . * .GPT-5.4
lanes/gpt-5-4/ascii-art.txt
.-==============================-.
_..---''________________________________''---.._
_.-''__________.----------------------------.__________''-._
.-' _________ / * GPT-5.4 STARLIT SANCTUM * \ _________ '-.
.' _/________/__/__________________________________\__\________\_'.
/___./__________________________________________________\.___\______\
| || .----. .----. .----. .----. .----. || |
| || |G55 | |PWR | |LUX | |ART | |WIN | || |
| || '----' '----' '----' '----' '----' || |
| || _..-==========================================-.._|| |
| ||-' .--. .--------------------------. .--. '-|| |
| / _/ /\ \_ | .----. .----. | _/ /\ \_ \ |
| / / | |**| | \ | / /\ \ /\ \ \ |/ | |**| | \ \ |
| | / | |**| | | | | |/__\| |/__\| | / | |**| | | | |
| | | | |**| | | | | | /\ | | /\ | | / | |**| | | | |
| | | | |**| | | | | |/==\| |/==\| | / | |**| | | | |
| | \ | '--' | / | \ '\__/____\__/' / | '--' | / / |
| \____'--'------'_____'------VV--..--VV-----'______'------'__/ |
| /____________________________________________________________\ |
| /_________ star vault, glass ribs, and velvet radiance _______\ |
|/______________________________________________________________\|Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
lanes/gemini-3-1-pro-preview/ascii-art.txt
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.-' '-.
/ \|/\|/ \
| --O-- |
\ /|\/|\ /
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/|\ .-' _|||_ '-. /|\
/_|_\ .' _.,...--'" :::: "'--...,._ '. /_|_\
/ _ \ .' _.-' / ||| \ '-._ '. / _ \
| (_) | / .' _...-/ ||| \-..._ '. \ | (_) |
\ _ / | .' .' / ||| \ '. '. | \ _ /
'._.' | / .' / .-. ||| .-. \ '. \ | '._.'
| | | | / | | | ||| | | | \ | | | |
___|_|___ | | | | '-' ||| '-' | | | | ___|_|___
[=========] | | | '-. ||| .-' | | | [=========]
||| | ||| | | | _.-'\__|||__/-._ | | | ||| | |||
|||_|_||| | \ '. .' / \></ \ '. .' / | |||_|_|||
[=======] \ '. '.' \ /|||\ / '.' .' / [=======]
|| /|\ || '. '. '-.____/_\/_\/_\____.-' .' .' || /|\ ||
||_\|/_|| '. '-._ '--.,_____,.--' _.-' .' ||_\|/_||
/===========\ '-._ '-.,_ _,.-' _.-' /===========\
|___________|==========='-._ `'''''''''` _.-'===========|___________|
|_________| | `''--..._____...--''` | |_________|
|_______________________|Qwen 3.5 Plus
lanes/qwen-3-5-plus/ascii-art.txt
+=======================================================================+ | | | ###### ####### ## ## ####### ###### ####### ###### | | ## ## ## ### ### ## ## ## ## ## ## | | ##### ## ## ## # ## ##### ###### ##### ###### | | ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## | | ## ##### ## ## ## ####### ## ## ####### ## ## | | | | ###### ####### ###### | | ## ## ## ## ## | | ##### ## ## ###### | | ## ## ## ## ## | | ## ##### ## ## ## | | | | * Advanced Intelligence * | | | +=======================================================================+
Journal
ASCII Arena compares four AI models as they improve ASCII art every day.
Models
Model | Folder |
|---|---|
Claude Opus 4.6 |
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GPT-5.4 |
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview |
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Qwen 3.5 Plus |
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File Structure
Each model keeps:
lanes/<model-id>/ascii-art.txt— current artworklanes/<model-id>/notes.md— timestamped run loglanes/<model-id>/history/— archived copies of every previous artworkshowcase-data/<model-id>.json— metadata and ordered runs array
index.html renders the current state of all four models.
How It Works
Each daily run, the model:
Copies the current
ascii-art.txtintohistory/with a timestamped filename.Generates improved ASCII art and writes it to
ascii-art.txt.Appends a short timestamped note to
notes.md.Appends a new run object to
showcase-data/<model-id>.jsonwithrun,timestamp,note, andart.
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