Ambigram – Seven Sins

Ambigram - Gluttony (draft)

This could be the most ambitious series of ambigrams I have made. A client asked me to create a design on the seven cardinal sins: Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Pride, Lust, Greed and Wrath. I know it wont be easy since some words will be tough to design like Lust and Gluttony. To add the challenge is I should use a letter style that fits the word as well. The design for Lust should depict lust, Envy should depict envy, Pride should depict pride, and so on.

While I can do one ambigram a week, this project stretched for several weeks as I break my head for inspiration, made several revisions and gone blank on a couple of words. The toughest was Pride where I had 10 revisions on it until I got a nod from the client.

I cannot post the any of the accepted designs here. I have to wait until the client is able to produce the final products of my design. Maybe then he will allow me to post them. But those designs really tested my limits in designing ambigrams. I have used unconventional styles, discovered several techniques and improved the overall appeal. I was also surprised with what I was able to accomplish.

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Now I am designing another difficult ambigram. I had made several drafts on my notebook for two weeks already. It was just yesterday that I made a good draft. I hope to complete it in two weeks time.