Typophile - Anyone create any Ambigrams before? - Comments

I apologize...Simonson...not

Fantômas — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:27:38 -0700

I apologize...Simonson...not Simpson. The effects of staying up too late is blurry vision...

Hey Y’all, Some updates to

Fantômas — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:30:08 -0700

Hey Y’all,
Some updates to the blog:

1. Submissions by Typophile’s Mark Simpson, as well as a few others, including one or two video submissions
2. Interview with Scott Kim (conducted via email this week)

Thanks to everyone so far!

Mark, Thank you!

Fantômas — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:43:55 -0700

Mark,
Thank you!

Nikita, I’ll send you some

Mark Simonson — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:07:41 -0700

Nikita, I’ll send you some stuff when I get a chance.

My brain just does not work

iffy — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:21:20 -0700

My brain just does not work in this way!

You guys impress me.

Cerulean, you’re right,

Fantômas — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:08:46 -0700

Cerulean,

you’re right, and it wasn’t meant to be a plea. Just a humble request...but i realize that post-whoring my blog everyone isn’t a good approach either.

Sorry guys...i thought I

Fantômas — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:35:07 -0700

Sorry guys...i thought I included the link!!

http://ambigramblog.blogspot.com/

So far I have a small article that I wrote and an interview w/ John Langdon (conducted via email.)

I assumed from that fact,

dtw — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 08:45:18 -0700

I assumed from that fact, that “I am starting” really meant “I am going to start (but haven’t yet...)”
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Ever since I chose to block pop-ups, my toaster’s stopped working.

I have looked all over your

cerulean — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 07:00:29 -0700

I have looked all over your post, your e-mails, and your website, and I cannot find a link to the blog itself. Where is it? To “spread the word” about something, people have to be able to see it, and get some idea of what you have to offer besides pleas for content.

One of the first dedicated

freed — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:51:59 -0700

One of the first dedicated Mac software packages was from Scott Kim and Robin Fe Samelson called ’Letterforms and Illusion’. It was based on Scott Kim’s book ’Inversions’ that he published in 1981 (see illustration). There was a design page in the magazine OMNI which explored ambigrams, probably also by Scott Kim. I still have the software, but no Mac anymore with MacOS 6 or 7...

I like Randy’s: for one

dtw — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 02:40:11 -0700

I like Randy’s: for one thing it has the benefit of readability. (I think Langdon said that Blackletter was the lest resort when other styles weren’t gonna work.)
For my own part, not up to the technical quality of some these, but I did paint this one onto a mug for a colleague who was leaving just last month...

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bumping Looking for some

Fantômas — Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:24:30 -0700

bumping

Looking for some submissions guys..i already have a bit of content on there..would love some work from other artists...

Hello Everyone, As some of

Fantômas — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:48:04 -0700

Hello Everyone,

As some of you know from my Typophile or HOW Magazine forum posts, I’m starting up a blog devoted solely to ambigrams. Rather than have this blog be just a showcase of work, I would like it to be as much about the process as it is about the final product. So, this is what I’m asking the participants to contribute. I know that everyone is busy with work, life, family, etc. So submit what you can, and lets have a blast!!

Email to send the submissions to:
ambigblog@gmail.com

Required part of the submission:
a. One ambigram in jpg/gif/tiff format. You do not have to size it down to a specific size, as I will take care of that.
b. A few sentences about your ambigram. Include who the client was, whether it was a personal or freelance project, and why you decided to use an ambigram for the specific project. Include a sentence or two (or three) about your thought process if you can!!
c. The most important part: SKETCHES! More so than the work, I’d love to see the process. So any sketches you have, whether it’s 1 or 10 sketches showing the creative process, please scan them in and send them to me. I will resize them and convert them to the appropriate file format. And the sketches do not have to be perfect; they can be as doodle-esque or unorganized as you want them to be, as long as they are SOMEWHAT clear ;) If you don’t have any sketches, that’s perfectly fine. I would still love to have your submissions for the blog!

Optional part of the submission:
a. More than one ambigram. I would like everyone to submit at least ONE. But if you have to time to submit more than one, along with sketches, descriptions, etc., why not??

Include the following with your submissions (only if you want to!):
a. A URL to your work (if you want people to look at your other work as well)
b. Your real name or a monicker (could be a forum nickname, could be another nickname, etc) but someway to identify yourselves
“I will not post any of your personal contact info, email, URL, name or otherwise without your explicit permission.”

And finally, spread the word! I want this to be a website about ambigrams, about the process, and about networking and getting to know artists that have similar interests! If you know anyone who is interested in ambigrams, who has created them before, or wants to take a crack at it, send forward this email to them or have them shoot me an email with some questions, which I will be more than happy to answer.

Some other things to be included on the website: interviews with artists and well known designers that specialize in ambigrams and typography, case studies, etc. I will shoot out periodic emails informing everyone of new developments!

Thanks everyone! Looking forward to all the great work!

Nikita

I’ve done a

kyrmse — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:25:59 -0700

I’ve done a few...

http://www.geocities.com/kyrmse/inversions.htm

Ronald Kyrmse
www.geocities.com/kyrmse & www.geocities.com/otsoandor/

I should be working, but I

AGL — Tue, 3 Jun 2008 07:13:37 -0700

I should be working, but I hereby stop, to add my quick one :-)

You can find the font here.
Now, i suppose you can kneel to the Master.

Anyone create any Ambigrams before?

Fantômas — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:00:19 -0700

EDIT: My reason for this post

I am starting a blog devoted purely to ambigrams. I was wondering who has done them before (as I have a few on my own) and who would like to contribute some of their work, sketches, and maybe a quick write-up about the process.

If you’ve ever done any of these, interested in doing one, or in the process of creating one, shoot me an email please to npgraphicdesign@yahoo.com. I’ll email you back with more details, why I am asking for this, etc.

A short wikipedia link describing ambigrams - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram

These are ambigrams btw..