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- Dip
- by Hayes Image
- Dip. Practice Ambigram.
- Number of views: 3971
- Date Submitted: Jan. 28 '08
- Added to Gallery: Feb. 02 '08
Jan. 28 '08
leighton_hubbell said:Very cool. The fun part is working with them in a layout situation. It opens up a lot of interesting possibilities to the overall design. Have fun;)
Jan. 28 '08
ramsak said:Avesome! I love it.
Jan. 28 '08
Hayes Image said:Wow, what a pleasant response, thanks guys :)
Jan. 28 '08
Hayes Image said:Thanks Mike!!
Jan. 28 '08
shiimera said:Great Concept, i love it.
Maybe if you try to make the d and p round smaller, it seem like a head with big ears btw.
Jan. 28 '08
Hayes Image said:You may be onto something there Shiimera :) Cheers
Jan. 29 '08
onesummer said:nice one! now try a word with 4 letters...the more letters you add, the harder it gets!
Jan. 29 '08
Hayes Image said:Thanks onesummer...I got a couple more in the works :)
Jan. 31 '08
Hayes Image said:Cheers Mertico :)
Feb. 02 '08
Hayes Image said:Thanks Alex :)
Feb. 02 '08
Hayes Image said:Really? Cool! Thanks David :)
Feb. 02 '08
ryantoyota said:Yeah, this works great. I read it as "dip" right away, and didn't realize it was an ambigram until seeing it on the logopond front page a second time.
Feb. 02 '08
Hayes Image said:Yeah, I know what you mean Ryan. I think it's because typical ambigrams are based on script & blackletter typefaces, they almost look 'antique'.
Although I was looking at Aztec/Inca carvings whilst sketching this up, I wanted to set it apart from the typical ones by giving it a more 'futuristic' edge.
Thanks :)
Feb. 03 '08
dache said:I think a real sense of achivement will come to you if you use some harder letters while practicing. The three letters used are a little easy but if its your first time in using this technique why not.
There are reasons to using ambigrams. Beginning a project saying to yourself you want to make an ambigram and then finding letters to work around it isnt really the reality of the professional world.
Feb. 03 '08
Hayes Image said:Yeah I see what you're saying, I decided to start off with a 3 letter form & then see where I'm at from there...
I did upload a slightly more complicated one last night;
http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/24220
Feb. 03 '08
kevadamson said:Nice mate nice. My only point would be that it would be nice to use a more fluid font (like your 'beast' example) so that you also get that kind of 'dip' feeling. 'Dip' to me suggests things like: fluid, water, flowing, smooth, relaxing etc.
Feb. 03 '08
Hayes Image said:Hey Kev, I see what you're saying, in way that's why I didn't take that approach...to me, being hard edge & slightly unsettling it makes the eye complete the ambigram process.
If it 'were' calming (& this is just my opinion) I'd imagine people look at it, be content & then stop thinking about it, making the ambigram motion a little muted.
The initial concept was; "I want to 'dip' it into the (logo)pond." :)
Feb. 03 '08
Hayes Image said:Thanks Guys :)
Feb. 04 '08
darrel said:that 'i' really pops! Nice one.
Feb. 04 '08
Hayes Image said:Cheers Darrel!!
Mar. 09 '08
Hayes Image said:Thanks A*Myth :)
Dec. 14 '08
estremke said:I do like the 'dip,' idea, but I read 'clip,' only because of the following:
http://arpad.deviantart.com/art/Logo-Folio-56000238
9th Row, 3rd Column.
Still good though.
Feb. 20 '09
Hayes Image said:Comes with the territory :)
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Jan. 28 '08
OcularInk said:Wow, Hayes. I'm impressed. This has a sense of style to it, and it evokes the word well too. I didn't read it as 'dip' straight away, but now that I know what it says that's all I see. Kudos!!