Another ambigram

I have worked on my fiancé’s name for a while, and it proved to be much more difficult, but finally I found a solution that looked quite cool. Her name is Mia-Maria.

Completely different style this time.

Ambigrams

Last year we went for a weekend trip to London, and as you might expect, the return plane was delayed. To pass some time I went to the store to look for a book, and came out with Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. The book sucked, and I wouldn’t reccomend it to anyone, but there was one interesting topic there; ambigrams.

An ambigram is a word written in a way that it may be read two or more directions. It may take different meanings, or the same when you turn it around. The ambigrams presented in the book were symetrical, so when you turned it upside down, the same word appeared. In the book, this was presented as a very difficult art, close to magic, but a couple of days ago I stumbled accross some web pages about the subject. It appears that quit many people either entertain themselves, or make a living out of creating ambigrams.

Fueled by the inspiration from these web pages, I decided to create an ambigram of my own first name, Kjell. It wasn’t too difficult. The result can be viewed below, and being my first attempt at this artform, I’m very pleased with the result.