Ambigrams by nagfa

Sunday, January 06, 2008

nagfa's ambigram challenge (NAC) Jan 2008

A Happy A New Year to all!

Wow, and before we knew it, BOOZ comes along, pulling the carpets from beneath our feet, while we still tiptoe reaching for our NorthStar.. Rubbing our sore bottoms - and eyes - we struggle up again, the only stars now only encircling dust ones in our eyes.

After the first instalment of a new-format NAC, we start again, this time with a new Guest Challenger - the artist with the most prominent design: Kevin Pease of USA.

"I'm Kevin Pease, an artist, designer, and cartoonist. I was exposed to the works of Scott Kim and Douglas Hofstadter at an early age, and have been playing with ambigrams for most of my life. In 2003 I started taking ambigram commissions professionally, and so I was well situated when Dan Brown hit the spotlight. My ambigram page can be found at http://ceruleanstimuli.com/ambigram/ (and here I would like to remind everyone who has me in their links list that I lost cerulean.st to domain snipers last year), and at http://www.absurdnotions.org/ you can read my comic strips.

Many thanks to Homero Larrain, who would surely be the White Rabbit winner had I, not he, been the judge. "

This month's theme: Everything Shakespeare

"For the new theme, I challenge you all to brush up your Shakespeare. Choose the title of any of William Shakespeare's plays to ambigram, or even a distinctive phrase from out of their texts. Even beginners will make quick work of Macbeth, Hamlet, and Othello, so pick something to stand out of the crowd!"

Please submit designs to:

nagfa_ambigram@hotmail.com

hopefully before 25nd of January (for allowance for us to compile them before February). Please also include the chosen word for the design, your name (pseudonym allowed), country of origin, and website/blog (if any). *Designers are allowed to send in more than one design/entry..

All the best,
Salam,

Nagfa: Naguib & Fadilah

Singapore

Labels: ambigram, Kevin Pease, NAC, NAC January 2008, nagfa, shakespeare, theme

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

NAC JULY 2007 Theme

Hi again for the submissions from ambigram enthusiasts from around the world. NAC (nagfa ambigram challenge), since its first instalment, has undergone quite a bit of a change, in format and also in its format. Never have we thought that a simple invitational on a niche hobby - ambigrams - could be so successful in terms of participation and support. We owe it all to you, dear visitors and friends.

As nagfa - Naguib and Fadilah - ourselves have plunged into the whirlwind of marriage life. and our careers getting into the faster gears, we feel only right to share what we feel about the future of NAC..

When we started off, it was like being a wide-eyed kid starting his lemonade stand. He'll be standing there by his stand, waiting patiently, loyally for his clients - his customers, his regulars, his friends - to come by every now and then. And his regulars came from all walks of life: teachers, professionals, students... all dropping by in the midst of their busy schedules, sipping his lemonade as solace to a mundane life.

As this kid grows up, he himself knows, that how much he loves selling his lemonade, other obligations would creep up, and he will not set up his stand as regularly. Deep in his heart, the nostalgia of meeting and catching up with the regulars will be the best memories one can have. He hopes that when he is there with his loyal lemonade, that regulars could still offer the same 'hi, how do you do?' and 'How's it goin'?'. He misses that too.

Enjoy..

salam,

nagfa

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