Cayden Ambigram
HungOverRover (8 pencils) | Wed, 2010-11-03 18:36
Hello all,
I was asked to design an ambigram for a tattoo that says Cayden (clients new born son). I'm trying to stay away from the typical old english and script style and go with something more easy to read and modern.
This is my first post on this site. Ive known about it for a while but I figured if it's going to be a permanent mark on someones body then it should be critiqued.
Thanks
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i read:
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Im gonna have to agree with WGZN. The "C" and "N" are hard to read. Even the "E" is bordline "Y". The "baseline extenders?" on the "E" and "N" are causing a kerning problem too. I like the approach you took visually, but needs more tweaking. Good start IMO.
The kerning is a severe problem. thanks!
doesnt solve ALL the issues. but try this:
That is easier to read but it's no longer an ambigram :( If you can figure out a way to make the C and the N the same upside down... then i will be forever grateful.
I read that more as Cayden then the previous design. It is no longer a true ambigram though since the c and and n are no longer mirrored images. You may want to rethink your description of this because when you said the name you were trying to convey my thought process became biased and I could pick it out easier. An excellent approach to a tricky problem.
I read Cayder
Thanks gentleman. it's hard to mirror the C and the N. all the other letters were fairly easy so if anybody has a suggestion on how else to execute those 2 letters then I'm all ears. After the critiques, it's clear that those 2 are ruining everything. damn ambigrams.
i totally glossed over the ambigram part of your brief - DOH!
then ultimately, i think your original may be fine then. especially if they get it done vertically. nobody's gonna try to READ it anyway. and in this case the style, at least in my opinion. would take priority over easy legibility
I disagree with wgzn because the concept is more important than legibility because it's for personal use, just the "owner" could be happy to read it at different angles of his/her body.
yes I'm brazilian xD
Your letters still look very much Old English or Fraktur in style. I think if you took the bowl tails off the a and the e and rounded them instead - they would read a LOT easier. In general, I think the letters would be more unique if they were a little rounder as well - put a little curve in the y/d and they'll look a lot sexier and match the new a/e.
So far as the C and N - I can give you the idea and you have to work it out. Start with a capital C instead of a lower case C. That will also be the right leg of the N - which will end up as a grand end flourish. The hard part will be creating the left half of the N. You'll probably have to customize the top of the N/bottom of the C in some manner - maybe add a flat, short ascender at the very end or one of those round serifs (or both). Then you can extend the tail on the e so it comes up under the top of the N - then two letters should visually create the N. My guess it will not look like a perfect N, but it will READ as an N (just as your C now reads as a U, and your N as an R). On the other end, it will be obvious the C is a capital and the a will just have an extended flourish tail. The way I'm imagining it - it will be a lot smoother, rounder and flow much better.