A simple exercise after noticing a cooperative word.

Done during breaks in a meeting. Strategic Planning.

Been a while since our last post. Ambigram opportunities came and went. From the double symmetry date of 13MEI (13 May in Malay) to a rotational symmetry of 21.5.12. Well, Carpe Diem. Or not. Without much ado:

Hand-drawn using a humble pencil: Promotion Ceremony.

One of the factors that make an ambigram work is the positions of the characters/letters/glyphs in a particular word or phrase. Ambigrams of 'awesome', 'mayhem' or 'edge', for example, are abundant and done in numerous styles. They work. A 'John Mayer', 'Angelina Jolie' and 'Jamie Oliver' ambigram may be easily done, too, if one were to study the letter placements in these names. Similarly, this 'DareDevil' ambigram provide for an easy solution. We did this in less than 15 minutes. Hand drawn.

A surprisingly cooperative word.

Hand drawn sketch (above), and with some very basic cross-hatchings:

Back when we were younger, it was known only as 'an excursion'.

A Side-B, if you will, of a 'Fearful Symmetry' ambigram. Based on the following book: The ambigram, hand-drawn these days: