As you may notice, my site is being rained with ambigrams. I’m really into it now – an addict if you want to call me one. Ambigrams fascinate me even before. Someone had shared John Langdon‘s site of his Wordplay before but that time it did not push me to have my pen scribbles these inversions. Not until I made my first ambigram which the original intent is to support my argument that someone and I are some how destined. I forgot John Langdon and did not Google for any ambigramistas out there. Everything will then be personal.

As I learn the curves and curls, succeeding ambigrams became easy. As I previously narrated, some of the ambigrams went live for few minutes or during transit. I also made and keep on updating a codex or CBA (current best approach) – lookup table of letter pairs like u-n, triplets (1:2) such as n-et and even quadruplets (1:3) for m-nie. By the way, my codex is plotted on 2007 Starbucks planner. I haven’t filled that organizer for its original use.

I only used to know few Pinoy ambigramistas, college classmates – Mai (who introduced John Langdon to me before) and Daryll who is known ambigramista of our student org. I came across with other Pinoy ambigramistas as well, Felvir, Jinoe and Ruel who had a dedicated blog for their art pieces. They are linking their sites to Nagfa and that’s when I became global. Imagine a blog of ambigramistas all over the world. It’s a friendly community with same interest – of course, ambigrams. More and more Pinoys are actually participating on that circle.

All of them port their sketches to Photoshop (or perhaps Gimp). I don’t completely replicate them with computer tools for I don’t have enough time to do it due for having other interests and the more important stuff for now – work@echpe. Promise to all those who suggest that I need to port them – I will. Just give me time. Time is gold but I need cash. Thus working.

I recently joined an ambigram challenge – to form an ambigram for Living The Dream.

“Living The Dream”. Nazty Ambigrams by Jonas Roque

Here’s the catch: I learned it a day before the submission while QMR patching. Because I’ve already visualized mentally how perfect Living The Dream phrase would be, I scribbled it down. Presto, it’s less than 15 minutes. I took AA (administrative assistant)’s pencil, ruler, eraser and stuffs like that. I hurriedly submitted to Nagfa. Short and simple.

Here’s his reply to my ambigram as he welcomes me to his family of ambigramistas.

clever, clever as of flow and perspective. we love your solution for the n-r. the central ‘the’ (incredible t-e solution is worth a mention!) works very well as the division for the 3-word phrase. overall, a more defined work compared to your usual one-word designs; you’re developing into a fine ‘ambigramista’, man

And today, I pronounce my newest dream imagined – an attainable goal. I’m setting up an ambigram-by-order t-shirt store. W00t! W00t!