I made some, right after reading Dan Brown’s “Angels and Demons” (that’s where these samples come from).

My tag:

My favourite game :-)

I used Illustrator. It boils down to “a good idea” (you can’t just take any phrase and turn it into an ambigram), followed by a lot of work. Place an upside-down copy on a layer below your working copy; swap them at (ir)regular intervals until they are the same.

Another one, based on — (what font was that?)

Nikita, you can take a look here and also use the search to find
more ...

http://www.typophile.com/node/1516

I think Kevin is probably the most prolific, among those who post here.

http://ceruleanstimuli.com/ambigram/

I have this simple one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chibachiba/1285096927/

I don’t see it on his site, but Mark Simonson had posted a tattoo ambigram that
was stunning.

Love this one Kevin. Among so many others.

I got your email Nikita. I’ve done a handful in the past 5 years.
will post a link later tonite.

I know there is a thread somwhere on Typophile that has a lot of ambigrams. Google search on Typophile for “Ambigram”.

There are also some nice examples on Flickr.

ah, here’s Mark’s work as referenced above ...

and a few i’ve done
http://www.agency26.com/ambi1.jpg

Here is another one I did. Not especially difficult, though it turned out nice:

John Langdon is the master. I just dabble.

Check out Shamrock’s ambigrams:
http://www.shamrocking.com/

I did these many moons ago:
http://www.moreducks.com/images/ambigram_luke.jpg
(a symbiotogram)
http://www.moreducks.com/images/deck.swf

After reading this thread, I decided to try and make my my first ambigram. It’s rather pathetic compared to some of the examples posted, but here goes:

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Personal Art and Design Portal of Ivan Gulkov
www.ivangdesign.com

It says “Noah,” right?

Or “Joan”? (there’d be no reason for the “dot” with “Noah”)

Ivan :)
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Personal Art and Design Portal of Ivan Gulkov
www.ivangdesign.com

hey Ivan..

you got mail...

Try this:
http://www.johnlangdon.net/

There is information on different methods and lots of advice.

Stephen

Stephen,
sorry I wasn’t clearer about my purpose for this thread, but I’ve made changes to my first post & added more details.

And John Langdon was the one who inspired me to work on ambigrams. I actually got in touch with him a while ago and used some of his work as examples in a typography course I taught a year ago.

Sounds cool! I love them, but haven’t ever had any success designing them as yet.

Stephen

John Langdon was one of my professors before I graduated college last year. I do a good amount of his production work as well as some ambigrams of my own. I’ll point him to this thread in case he has anything to add. :o)

Dave,
You had John Langdon as a professor? Oh jealousy overwhelms me! :)
I actually contacted him about a year ago to ask permission to use some of his ambigrams in a typography class that I was teaching. I’m working on a list of questions to ask him about ambigrams, and hoping that he’d be willing to answer them.

Fant: John is the reason I developed a love for Type! I still work for/keep in touch with him. I linked him to this thread, but if you’re compiling questions your best bet would be to use the contact form on his website and I’ll make sure he knows they’re coming.

Created in 2004:

hey Dave,
I also shot you an email to the addy on your website. Look forward to keeping in touch.

Randy,
That is very nice. Works perfectly!

Thanks Fantômas for the inspiration to create a ambigram.

Busy working on a logotype for a personal project and the first image shows what I’ve come up with thus far. The second image is a brief timeline from initial sketch, and onto the progression of the design through various stages and methods of tweaking.

My next phase would be to look at adding some contrast to the weight of the strokes, but we’ll see what happens, as that will inevitably lead to more adjustments to the characters. And so the process continues…

Feedback appreciated.

Just trying to figure out why my images aren’t visible? anyone. have tried Gif, Jpeg, PNG

Hi Adrian,
this might help: How to post a sample or image
F

Thanks Florian,

Did exactly that before, still doesn’t work.
Solution? Don’t put an ampersand in your filename. My bad.

And here is the work.

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.

I’ve done a few...

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

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

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

bumping

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

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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Ever since I chose to block pop-ups, my toaster’s stopped working.

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 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.

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.

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.)

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.

My brain just does not work in this way!

You guys impress me.

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

Mark,
Thank you!

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!

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