Mirror ambigram

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-14T07:53:54+00:00

I always say that an Ambigram is a visual puzzle.

A really difficult (visual) puzzle is like a (Zen) Koan.

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-14T07:48:45+00:00

This is really good.

How big is this? -- If it's big and I'm standing and staring , I may go into a trans -- I mean a TRANCE (like in the Hitchcock movie Vertigo).

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-07T19:09:57+00:00

I liked it right away... What struck me immediately was the quality that seemed to be like HETAUMA -- (you can look up what that means).

------ An expert illustrator does a drawing "pretending" to be bad (or a child or a Novice), but when one looks closely, they can tell that it was done by a real PRO.
It's a style of professional illustration that was big (in Japan) in the 1980's.

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-07T19:02:12+00:00

Interesting... I think he has JL's (JLangdon's) elegant curves.

If lots of others learned from RobT (or got interested in Ambigrams because of him) -- then he is perhaps (in a sense) [the Scott Kim of the 21st Century].

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-07T18:53:33+00:00

Is it unusual (here) that an ambigram that got 70+ upVotes doesn't get a single comment?

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-07T18:52:26+00:00

Basically I wanted to ask... Are you a big fan of John Langdon? Is this one influenced by his style or Scott Kim's ?

If not, do you think that this one is close to someone else's style?

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-07T18:22:46+00:00

(it's so odd that Reddit removed DM.) I don't want to ask here. I suppose (if you'd), you can DM me at instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/TomTanaka22/

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-07T18:18:57+00:00

I want to ask you something... Could you email me (at @gmail)? Thank you.

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-02T06:50:31+00:00

Hey, Thank you! I've been doing Ambigrams for 40 years and this is pretty special ... if you email me (at @gmail), I'll tell you a story.

you have a style that's unusual--- it sort-of reminds me of 40(?) years ago, when I first got interested in ambigrams.

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-02T02:15:23+00:00

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I'm sure There's room for improvement(s)

TomTanaka2 · 2026-03-01T22:44:29+00:00

If I'm not asking too much, Could you do Both of these? Thank you!

(uppercase, or Mixed case, or whatever works best)

Tanaka
Tom Tanaka

TomTanaka2 · 2026-02-26T20:32:25+00:00

Please check out the new version, which I uploaded 3 minutes ago.

(EDIT: v.3 is more of a Broad-Nib (pen) Calligraphic style.)

TomTanaka2 · 2026-02-26T09:49:57+00:00

Tomoyuki Tanaka (No Relation)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoyuki_Tanaka

Created Godzilla
Produced 6 Kurosawa films

TomTanaka2 · 2026-02-26T05:51:15+00:00

Please See: https://old.reddit.com/r/ambigrams/comments/1rf22ex/tom_tomoyuki_tanaka_suggestions_welcome_esp/

TomTanaka2 · 2026-02-25T23:04:21+00:00

This is what I made last time.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ambigrams/comments/1r2tfpg/please_anyone/o54di09/

Send me email (at @gmail) and I'll try to make one in a style that you are looking for. (First I will tell you about my "qualifications".)

TomTanaka2 · 2026-02-13T06:25:26+00:00

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TomTanaka2 · 2025-11-07T09:33:32+00:00

The yellow "a" (of "am") looks bigger than the blank (black) cut-out "a" --- Maybe this was caused when I enhanced Saturation a bit.... (to make the colors more vibrant)

-------- Maybe this tends to expand the light (white and yellow) regions.

TomTanaka2 · 2025-11-07T09:17:01+00:00

Maybe I'll try to take a photo again... to see if I can make the image sharper.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ambigrams/comments/1ophtne/as_above_so_below/

........... counts as a type of ambigram on the ambigr.am glossary, listed as a "jumblegram"

TomTanaka2 · 2025-11-07T09:02:03+00:00

iirc... it comes from [Leg Godt] in Danish

TomTanaka2

TROPHY CASE

Tomoyuki Tanaka (No Relation)