Ambigram Greeting Card Styles
The descriptions below provide a notation "(_)" as a key to the ambigram style of the greeting card titles further below.
Rotational Ambigram
• 180-Degrees (r)The majority of my greeting cards can be rotated 180 degrees (turned up-side-down) and still read the same.
Using "normal" letters, it is much like looking at the word NOON when written in all caps. • 90-Degree Acrostic (q)All of my Scripture Art (so far) fits the "Acrostic" category - the ambigram is formed by a sequence of words whose initial letters do their second job as one new word or phrase when rotated a quarter turn - and can be formatted to fit on the cover of a greeting card. Please visit my Scripture Art page for a list of what scriptures I have drawn in this style.
• Infinity Chain (i)Some words and phrases are better suited to a rotation that overlaps its inversion, in an infinite chain. For example, you may want to try the word "SURPRISE," and invert the initial "S" with the "S" near the end of the word instead of inverting it with the final "E." If you were to do this, you'd have it reading "SURPRISE" in one direction, and "ESURPRIS" in the other direction, so repeating the word as a continuous chain would allow you to read the full word in either direction. These "Infinity Chains" look nice arranged in a ring.
Perception Shift (o)Also know as "Oscillation," a Perception Shift can be described as seeing more than one object or message within the image without rotating or flipping it. One common example is "Do you see a silhouette of two faces, or an ornate vase?"
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Reflected Ambigram
A reflected ambigram is also called "bilateral," whether on the vertical or horizontal axis.
• Mirrored (on Vertical Axis) (m)Greeting Cards in this category will look the same when viewed in a mirror or when viewed through the other side of the paper -- much easier to see when back-lit.
Using "normal" letters, here are a few examples: OTTO, MOM, TAT, OXAWAXO (OK, so that one's not a real word, but it gives you a visual image of letters that look the same left-to-right). • Lake Reflection (on Horizontal Axis) (l)I am more likely to use this style of reflection in Word Art rather than on a Greeting Card. These ambigrams will work when flipped on the horizontal axis, like seeing it in a reflection on the surface of a still lake.
Here are some examples in "normal" letters. (The mixing of upper- and lower-case lettering must be permitted here, as some of these examples would not work without it.) OHIO, HEllO, COD, BOX, OK. Non-Ambigram (n)Yes, you will even find greeting cards that aren't made with "real" ambigrams.
In the "Love and Friendship" section below, the thumbnail image with a child's hand showing the American Sign Language sign for "I Love You" is from one of a few non-ambigram greeting cards. I have added lettering to finish writing the words "I Love You" on the wall, and there is room above the hand to put the name of your or your child's recipient, written as though with the unsteady hand of a child in the "crayon color" of your choice. Whether you have a Grumpa, MeeMaw, PopPop, Gigi, Uncle Tio (yes, I know that's redundant), Auntie Bubba (what my own nieces and nephews call me) ... if you can spell it, I can put it on the card for you. In the Encouragement/Sympathy section below, you will find some thumbnails of photographic greeting cards with quotes from some of my favorite Bible verses. I used regular font typeface for these photographic greeting cards. |
Greeting Card Categories and Partial Images
Thank You Cards
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There are so many ways to say thank you.
"Many Thanks" - (r) "Thanks a Bunch!" - (r) "Thanks a Lot!" - (r) "Thank You for Being my Friend!" - (r) "Thankful" - (r) |
Shower/Wedding/Anniversary
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"On Your Wedding Day" - (r)
"Happy Anniversary" - (r) "A Bridal Shower" - (i) "It's a Boy!" - (r) / "It's a Girl!" - (r) |
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Love and Friendship
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"You Are Cute as a Bug" - (r)
"Hugs and Kisses"- (r) "Live Laugh Love"- (r) Limited supply of original design as shown in thumbnail. "Color brick" style also available. When supply of original design is depleted, new thumbnail of "color brick" design will be posted. "Missing You"- (r) "I Am Nuts Over You!"- (r) "Just Because"- (r) "You Are My Shining Star"- (r) "You Are My Sunshine"- (r) "You Are Special"- (r) "I ♥ (Love) You" - (o) "(Provide Name) I Love You" with ASL Hand - (n) "I Miss You" - (m) Thumbnail image coming soon |
Encouragement / Sympathy / Apology
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"Smile" - (r)
"I'm Sorry" or "I'm So Sorry" - (r) 
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"Feel Better Soon" - (r)
"Hang in There" - (r) 
"Heartfelt Sympathy" - (r)
"In Loving Memory" - (r) 
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Congratulatory
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"Awesome" - (r)
"Best Wishes" - (r) "Congratulations" - (r) - Can be themed with graduation cap and school colors. "On Your Special Day" - (i) |
Scripture Art - (q or n)
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All Acrostic Ambigram Scripture Art designs can be sized to fit Greeting Card format. Here is a partial image of a favorite scripture, "Love Never Fails" (1 Corinthians 13:1-8), on a faded photographic background of an open Bible.
As shown in the "Encouragement..." section above, I am also including photographic scripture-based greeting card options in regular font typeface. If you don't see your favorite Bible verses listed above or on the Scripture Art page, please feel free to submit a Scripture Art or Greeting Card request via my Contact page. |
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