Flip it and Reverse it

I really try to post something every day.  Not even just something, but something interesting.  I really hate when I hit a blog that I love and I find “Hey, I couldn’t think of anything to say today, so here’s a picture of a bunny with a waffle on it’s head.  Actually…  I do enjoy that…  But I didn’t post anything yesterday and, even though I’m busy I wanted to post something even if at the last moment

Tonight I want to share with you, my love for ambigrams.  I bought a book called Wordplay from an artist named John Langdon.  I really liked the idea and bought it just to look through, at first.  One day I took my sketchbook on a mini-hike through a big park and stopped on the trail to doodle something.  The bag I was carrying said “fancy” on the side, and as I stared blankly at that word, it occurred to me that you could flip it pretty easy.  I drew up a rough draft, then scanned and traced it and reworked it in Illustrator.

fancy

Later, with one of these under my belt I decided to try a name.  That’s that people like, right?  Something fancy done with their very own special one-of-a-kind snowflake name?  So I set out to make one for my friend Lauren.  I started with a base of the Shoebop font from Veer.  After a lot of alterations and perfections, I came up with this.

Lauren

I really liked how this one came out and decided I needed one too.  Something darker.  Something tattoo-worthy even though I’d never get my own name tattooed on my body.  I forget what blackletter type I used as a base, but I wanted to add something special.  I made it all emo and deep by making one side day and the other night.  Yeah…  I’m that much of a loser.  Shut up give me back my lunch money, ya bully.

my name...

It might be hard to read.  It’s easier if you know what it should say…  I don’t know… This one’s not a total win, but I was happy with it.

Not all words/phrases/names are suited for flipping/reversing/mirroring.  Sometimes you just get close.  Eh…  Excuses.  I’m sorry.  There, are you happy.  Shit.

This has been a while.  I probably did all three of these a couple years ago.  I drew more then.  I wish I did more now… *tear*  So recently, I decided to make a new one for a friend.  His name is Roger.

Roger

This one has some more depth, which allows me to show you the same image flipped.  So there’s the dealio.

I think what I’ve shared here is that I’m a complete geek.  Thank God most of you guys don’t know where I live and can’t come here to give me wedgies and push me down.

I’m dying to know, do you draw or design?