Hofstadter describes an ambigram as a ‘calligraphic design that manages to squeeze two different readings into the selfsame set of curves. The words readable in the other viewpoint, direction or orientation may be the same or different from the original words. “An ambigram is a typographical design or art form that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation.
Dan Brown is also famous for his bestselling novel The Davinci code (published 2003) both these novels feature the fictional college professor Robert Langdon as the main character or hero in the story. Or maybe you, yourself? Give it a try! Please share your wordplay with me. Angels and demons is a heart pounding adventure written by the author Dan Brown and published in 2000. It needs the refinement of a sensitive ambigram artist like John Langdon. What it puts out is at best a starting point. Don’t get too excited though about the generator. The earliest known ambigram dates 100 years before! Wikipedia’s ambigrams page (see excerpt below) has a good history of the technique. But I recently discovered to my surprise he didn’t invent the art. John’s inevitable success was obvious even then. Can’t recall if we ever actually followed through though.
We exchanged cards and talked of exchanging products. We were impressed with each other’s optical illusion fun. John and I met 15 years ago when we were both exhibiting at a big trade show in New York City. Rotate the art 180° and it still reads the same! Remember the Angels & Demons logo for Dan Brown’s book and film? John Langdon created it. I made a color version first, but the black and white version is much better from a graphical point of view.Ambigrams. “Bian Lian” is the ancient chinese art of quick face/mask changing and I wanted to incorporate that into the design. Number 3: “Bian Lian”, rotational ambigram I’m very happy for the consistent style, especially the lower case “a”s. It took some time until I came up with the “z/G” solution, but after that it all came naturally. Langdon also produced the ambigram that was used for some versions of the books cover.
Number 2: “Amazing Grace”, rotational ambigram Ambigrams became more popular as a result of Dan Brown incorporating John Langdons designs into the plot of his bestseller, Angels & Demons, and the DVD release of the Angels & Demons movie contains a bonus chapter called 'This is an Ambigram'. This one was quite easy because I could build upon an older design of mine, but I like it very much for its readability. Number 1: “Dan Chan”, rotational ambigram Simply choose what kind of image you would like.
Download Angels And Demons Ambigram Generator Tattoos free and unlimited. The ambigram generator allows you to type in any two names, words or phrases and create your own unique, personalized ambigrams which can be read upright or upside-down. It was quite an elaborate challenge with seven different categories (read all about it here) and I submitted three different designs for three different categories – and they all won! Angels And Demons Ambigram Generator Tattoos. It’s been quite some time since I took part in an ACAC ( ambigram challenge), but this time I was tempted again. Right now Darren is working on something special… stay tuned. It’s easy to read and the perspective underlines the meanings of the words. “Above / Below” – This is my personal favorite from this selection.
“Jesus Christ, Son of God / Jesus Christ Lamb of God” – Can you find the fish symbol hidden in the image? Now after a number of years of practice and studying other ambigramists, I can make almost any word read as another upside-down.”
“The artwork came to me naturally, which by the way is if you hadn’t noticed is the ability to make one word read as another upside-down. The ambigram will be really cool when you make it as a. It is artistic yet very intelligence because you need to imagine on how it looks when you see it one side to another whether it is correct or not. Since then, I have been amazed by how the ambigram looks. After looking at samples of his work, I had no other choice than to answer: YES, YES, YES!ĭarren has been designing graffiti-style symmetric typography since 2004, before he ever heard of John Langdon, his work on “Angels and Demons” or ambigrams in general, naming them Magigrapix (Magic Graffiti Pictures). I heard about ambigram for the first time when I read Dan Browns Angel and Demons. I’ve been contacted by the talented Darren Bent, who asked me if I could show some of his work on this webpage.