AMBIGRAMS

"Why didn't somebody tell me my ass was this big?"
—Mel Brooks (teleporter accident from Space Balls)

Ambigrams are drawings of words which can be correctly read either forwards and backwards, upside-down and right-side up, or both. A friend of mine put me on to this a year or so ago, and I was immediately hooked.

There is no obligation to make the words perfectly legible because it is really more of an art form than anything. However, the challenge for me is to make it as legible as possible while still creating a beautiful form. Below are some examples I created.