Any Tattoo Designers/Artists????? - Page 3 - Motorola Q Forum

cheri · 06-24-2008, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by rudeboy

I might :}

potQ9c

Oh well, ok....

oddllama · 06-26-2008, 05:15 AM

I've been drawing ambigrams for a few years now and will be doing my name on my forearm soon (as soon as I perfect the look of it). I have seen only a few done on other people in the past and if done right, it can be real impressive.

crazykay · 06-26-2008, 06:53 PM

ok possibly an extremely stupid question coming up but since im to lazy to search the web or grab a dictionary ill ask here.. what is an ambigram?...

sherri · 06-26-2008, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by crazykay

ok possibly an extremely stupid question coming up but since im to lazy to search the web or grab a dictionary ill ask here.. what is an ambigram?...

Not stupid at all...I had no idea, so...
Ambigram

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An animation of a rotationally symmetric ambigram for the word "ambigram"

An ambigram, also sometimes known as an inversion, is a graphical figure that spells out a word not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. The text can also consist of a few words, and the text spelled out in the other direction or orientation is often the same, but can also be a different text. Douglas R. Hofstadter describes an ambigram as a "calligraphic design that manages to squeeze two different readings into the selfsame set of curves."
According to practitioner John Langdon, ambigrams were independently invented by himself and by Scott Kim in the 1970s.[1] Kim used the name Inversions as the title of his first collection in 1981. The first published reference to "ambigram" was by Hofstadter, who attributes the origin of the word to conversations among a small group of friends during 1983–1984.[1] The 1999 edition of Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach features a 3-D ambigram on the cover.
Ambigrams became much more popular as a result of Dan Brown incorporating them into the plot of his bestseller, Angels & Demons; Langdon produced ambigrams that were used for the book cover, and a link to his website from Brown's meant he was "suddenly inundated" with commissions.[1].In fact the name Robert Langdon (the hero from the novel) is also an appreciation to Mr. John Langdon

crazykay · 06-28-2008, 01:27 PM

OH OK Cool!! Thats a pretty neat idea!

rudeboy · 06-29-2008, 09:00 PM

wth... so i have a ambigram tattoo ? it reads life, and turn it around it spells death..

Geekster · 06-30-2008, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by rudeboy

wth... so i have a ambigram tattoo ? it reads life, and turn it around it spells death..

I want to see!!!!!
*In my best whiny spoiled voice*

miguelchin36 · 06-30-2008, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by crazykay

Is anyone on here a good artist or tattoo designer??? My husband is wanting a custom tattoo for his forearm so I thought I would check with my familia here at EQ to see if anyone could help...???

i think the best advise i can give is, that if you dont find an artist here who will do the actual tattoo, it be better to go to your local shops(maybe browse there website so you have a bit of input about them, this will make it more personal and brake the ice with the artist) give your idea or a sketch and let them run with it and put there signature touch on it, this way they will put there best efort and they will be proud to do it. most shops have at least 3 artis who specialize in diferent types of art, if you don't like it, give them your input or find a diferent artist very rarely they will dupolicate and idea. the work i have on me and future i given the idea to the artist and let him make it his own. good luck!