First, choose an easy word or a word containing 3-5 letters,
I'll pick the word "GUITAR" for you,
now think of the first letter(G) and the inverted last letter®, look for their similarities(examples of similarities and common stem of letter
), and create different solutions for it (or simply draw the letters in a paper, and rotate it[180degrees])
remember the first letter of the word is equivalent to the last letter of the word when it was rotated 180deg. same to the second, third, and so on.
example-
G-R, the RED text shows the letter "G", the blue text shows the rotated "G", that shows the letter "R"
U-A,
I-T,
Final Output:
Advice on Ambigrams by John Langdon
1. Have fun, be patient, don't expect miracles (for a while). I discovered the ability to create ambigrams by playing with words. If you keep a playful attitude, you may discover something even better than ambigrams, and that would be your personal specialty.
2. Study and draw conventional letterforms. When you're doodling while you're talking on the phone, draw letters. The more familiar you become with knowing, understanding and loving conventional letters, the better you will become at creating unconventional letters. You'll know exactly how much manipulation you can get away with and how to know when you've gone too far.
3. When a word or a name you're trying to make into an ambigram seems impossible, or if the result is too hard to read or hideously ugly, don't call it an ambigram. Call it trash and throw it away. For the first year, just keep looking for words that will cooperate, not forcing words that won't. The longer you use that approach, the more words will cooperate.
4. Never force the ambigram into any pre-conceived style. I tell all the people commissioning ambigrams that the style of an ambigram is almost 100% determined by the manipulations required to make it readable and aesthetically harmonious.
Ready enough to join ambigram challenges?
try joining [url="http://nagfa.blogspot.com"]nagfa's ambigram challenge[/url]
they have different themes every month.
