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[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Um, hi. New here. Name's Rosalee LuAnn, but thats Rosie to you all.
I've been poking around this community the last couple days--great fun. I look forward to getting to know all of you. :)
One of the things I like to do when I'm not reading obsessively (or painting, or baking, or sleeping...) is make ambigrams. An ambigram is a word that can be read from different directions. There are all sorts of ambigrams, but I stick to the simple turn-upside-down kind. It's easiest to make a word read the same way right-side-up and up-side-down, because once you're half done you're finished, if that makes any sense, but it's also fun to make words read differently each way. If that makes sense. I'm not explaining this very well... *facepalm*

Anyway, I promise I'm not posting this just to ramble. (One of my greatest shortcomings. I either say far too much or nothing at all.)

This is where this all starts to be on-topic. ;)

I wanted to share some ambigrams I made inspired by MWT's amazing books. I have yet to make a satisfactorily readable one of "Eugenides", which has been driving me crazy, but here are some that turned out.

Comments

[emerald-happy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, they're great! The Gen/Thief one is really clever. wow, they all are *rubs eyes* *offers cookies*

Welcome! *waves*

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Ooh, fun, Rosie! Thanks for sharing these.

[arts-inferno.livejournal.com]

Wow! Those are amazing!

How did you get into that?

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Its hard to remember exactly how I started making ambigrams. I know that I saw an ambigram and thought, "Hey, I can do that." and tried it and didn't stop, but I don't remember what that first ambigram I saw was. Some people can make really amazing, intricate ones, mine are pretty straightforward.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Neat. *neck is stuck again*

Hi again! *waves*

[bookaddict88.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. Those are cool!

[avian-xj.livejournal.com]

welcome! *waves* oh, how cool! now i'm gonna have to try making some of those :)

[tiloo.livejournal.com]

Hello :) And welcome :D
I have always loved ambigrams, but yours are really good! I love the Gen/Thief one. I wanna see more!
Again welcome! Hope to hear from you more :D

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

I've tried to make one of 'Sounis', which basically makes itself into an ambigram were it not for the o/i switch over, because the S, u, and n work automatically. No matter what I try, the O will not look like an I. It always looks like 'Sounos' with a couple of random dots next to it. *sigh*

[(Anonymous)]

Wow! Brava! Welcome!

~Feir Dearig

[rowana.livejournal.com]

Welcome! These are fantastic, like everyone else I love the Thief/Gen one.

It's nice to meet you Rosie. :)

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

You are made of awesome.

Wow.

[peggy-2.livejournal.com]

Wow Rosie, these are pretty neat! I had never heard of ambigrams before. They look like they were embroidered.

[scottykarrde.livejournal.com]

Whoa!!! Never even knew this intellectual art existed. Awesome Rosalee! And so elegantly Eugenides' world, too.

[crazyviolin.livejournal.com]

Welcome :)

They're incredible! I like the Sophos one best.

[adnamarine.livejournal.com]

Very, very clever, especially Gen/Thief. That one looks especially difficult. Can we look forward to more?

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

More? Well, if I get others that work. I was working on one that said Queen/Eddis, and it was actually almost working. I'm still having a hard time with the word Eugenides, it's stubbornly refusing to be either led or driven, lol.

[meltintall3.livejournal.com]

Those are very, very, very (and so on and so forth) clever. Attolia is just so similar to how I actually write... and the red on black. I think it might be my favourite, and then I look at Gen, and it's way cool, and perky, just like Gen... and then there's Sophos, and it looks like Sophos, so maybe I like it the best.

And then I take a really good look at Thief/Gen which I had been trying to read as Thief/Thief... *slaps forehead*

Really, the only one that clearly gets sent to the bottom of the pile is Magus, and that's only because the type doesn't seem to fit his character.

*babbles a bit more*

Thank you for sharing, and welcome!

[filkferengi]

These are very cleverly done! Thanks for sharing your talent.