Kristina's Ambigram - Dream/Believe

It may be warm here in New York today, but last month we had a typical January day where temperatures were seasonably frigid. Not necessarily great inkspotting weather, but I ran into Kristina in Penn Station after seeing this tattoo on her calf:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGwDPrgg0z_kK2ouaDEcagvxvhJEDqZtCi3hEVAB929A3IaKRgqwo_WaYICCEOqbOmel5dgWw0KjH9kfDyBY6EuLhqHNQ2cTXH1OUXiuEZSbcIiVugRBSjrHGoMaXU2prz9rN1TacCn0/s1600/dream+Ambigram+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGwDPrgg0z_kK2ouaDEcagvxvhJEDqZtCi3hEVAB929A3IaKRgqwo_WaYICCEOqbOmel5dgWw0KjH9kfDyBY6EuLhqHNQ2cTXH1OUXiuEZSbcIiVugRBSjrHGoMaXU2prz9rN1TacCn0/s400/dream+Ambigram+alt.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br />This is an ambigram, which is a design that reads differently, depending on the way you look at it. It appears as the word "dream"<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; tuext-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-ZgiwpjmH1ZfYi3COvzDrIG9nuLav9wKtNoZD6iREAp5zCJNh9RAw6zXOd_5aYqcuZGcDRYOYnt1j2U0wNtoomEkh3MGT5RpiMNi1JeKjyHVixKNYY6qIsnrlmwJ3R2SmwQj5R54s7s/s1600/dream+ambigram+horiz+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-ZgiwpjmH1ZfYi3COvzDrIG9nuLav9wKtNoZD6iREAp5zCJNh9RAw6zXOd_5aYqcuZGcDRYOYnt1j2U0wNtoomEkh3MGT5RpiMNi1JeKjyHVixKNYY6qIsnrlmwJ3R2SmwQj5R54s7s/s400/dream+ambigram+horiz+alt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />If you flip your perspective, you see a similarly-inspiring message:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu0ro1YUmoFMOuUz-Gl1hmk7QsmqPPel3xNW9QpLBNcvnK8ixpyaxPuqyazrwJHJhPIe5Pv7hqgNKLVmiEXdqW9bv8Xb1ytn62G2ztivpsUx_qJ1uURsyHYeBnDSOy9GxbjWdgUU54YQ/s1600/believe+ambigram+horiz+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJu0ro1YUmoFMOuUz-Gl1hmk7QsmqPPel3xNW9QpLBNcvnK8ixpyaxPuqyazrwJHJhPIe5Pv7hqgNKLVmiEXdqW9bv8Xb1ytn62G2ztivpsUx_qJ1uURsyHYeBnDSOy9GxbjWdgUU54YQ/s400/believe+ambigram+horiz+alt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />That says "believe".<br /><br />Kristina credited an artist named Scott in Farmingdale, New York. <del> I will take a leap and assume this was done by Scott Trerrotola at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tattoo-Ritual/164210323599272?sk=info">Tattoo Ritual</a>. It should be noted that Scott recently opened a new shop in Bellmore called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alchemy-Tattoo-Arts/232850266778614?sk=info">Alchemy Tattoo Arts</a>.</del> The artist is otherwise unknown.<br /><br />Thanks to Kristina for sharing this, one of her four tattoos, here with us on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2012 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div>

Kristina's Ambigram - Dream/Believe

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Tattoosday's First Ambigram Tattoo

Now that we have the horrific ink-hiding months of January and February behind us, I was looking forward to seeing what March provided.<br /><br />I was rewarded by the cooperation of Brian, who shared this, one of his five tattoos:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWueqNkAiBHxCgezOO6ZKOIg59XjQK6DCugCtHW7g6SiHXJl9gyREUn3wLyIwCcWoY9uwb0gbXvJmREmFfmPM2EbrsUGM779saNWfikzVW3Cv8wXal5_v5IskN4vWzCWE1eAI82oNf/s1600-h/Ambigram+Life.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444365346738599058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWueqNkAiBHxCgezOO6ZKOIg59XjQK6DCugCtHW7g6SiHXJl9gyREUn3wLyIwCcWoY9uwb0gbXvJmREmFfmPM2EbrsUGM779saNWfikzVW3Cv8wXal5_v5IskN4vWzCWE1eAI82oNf/s400/Ambigram+Life.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><br />For those readers unfamiliar with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram">ambigrams</a>, they are designs that reveal images or words from both perspectives.<br /><br />Brian's tattoo, for example, reads "Life" from this perspective. But, when flipped, reads "Death". In this case, a perfect dichotomy, with each word opposing the other.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdJBdC4zyhyGlCKZSUXlFO_CVhQuOp36s3mAvMXw9YRoR83TmA6phk3cX1bcF4lLxSBVkMM9OWwsSnyhNWuaCZui9J6kgBT-8-Zqz2PlTh4QkFeAuReGl3zp__j4x4Xmulgsl60BH/s1600-h/Ambigram+Life.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444365203384731506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCdJBdC4zyhyGlCKZSUXlFO_CVhQuOp36s3mAvMXw9YRoR83TmA6phk3cX1bcF4lLxSBVkMM9OWwsSnyhNWuaCZui9J6kgBT-8-Zqz2PlTh4QkFeAuReGl3zp__j4x4Xmulgsl60BH/s400/Ambigram+Life.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OVYIO3qxWHAjwW9zFqLraEXdiZf8ah3EPyv1DkGhOUIz-_cGlR2w4LNkieOb3S3pp-GZsWArIGIireOba0zZoDrbg4lH-ZS0OlbDqdtmbHmS6DCgUL1mSvc85Z5d0m4mFuncwz8h/s1600-h/Ambigram+Death.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444364498909235602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OVYIO3qxWHAjwW9zFqLraEXdiZf8ah3EPyv1DkGhOUIz-_cGlR2w4LNkieOb3S3pp-GZsWArIGIireOba0zZoDrbg4lH-ZS0OlbDqdtmbHmS6DCgUL1mSvc85Z5d0m4mFuncwz8h/s400/Ambigram+Death.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><br />The better ambigrams have a correlating juxtaposition, emulating a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_yang" style="font-style: italic;">yin and yang</a> approach to the art form.<br /><br />Brian got this done by Melissa at <a href="http://sparrowtattoo.com/">Sparrow Tattoo</a> in West Hempstead, New York.<br /><br />I must say, as ambigram tattoos go, this one is pretty cool, and I'm happy to have it be the first of its kind featured here on the site.<br /><br />Thanks to Brian for sharing his life/death tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="color:#888888;"><br /></span>

Tattoosday's First Ambigram Tattoo

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