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Jan 23 '07
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by castle   
This design is an ambigram: a graphical figure that spells out a word not only in its form as presented, but also in another direction or orientation. In this case the word "QUESTION" spells "REALITY" when it is turned upside down.

Please check my blog for better quality images of placement and color options.
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potatoesrus
potatoesrus on Jan 23 '07
wow. impressive. slightly hard to read, but really cool.
Amfo
Amfo on Jan 23 '07
good job. i like the placement as well. I can't see myself buying/wearing it though.
lisamazing
lisamazing on Jan 23 '07
impressive!
castle
   castle on Jan 23 '07
So, the link didn't work again. See my blog for a cleaner image and color options:

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this.passion.is.a.plagiarism
Dude.
A few months ago, I made a sign in my room that says, "Question Reality."
It's on my window right now.
weeeiirrd.
karma666
karma666 on Jan 23 '07
blue on brown. really neato.
Van am
Van am on Jan 23 '07
anyone read angels & deamons by dan brown? ambigrams show up throughout that book. rly awesome design btw
jwalsh
   jwalsh on Jan 23 '07
nice is this for the jot competition? very cool
ladykat
ladykat on Jan 23 '07
Sweet! I love the blue on blue.
J-Ray
J-Ray on Jan 23 '07
SWEET!!! definite $5 for me.

Not for JOT ??
castle
   castle on Jan 24 '07
It is for JOT!
PdmntPdl
PdmntPdl on Jan 24 '07
Love the design and the placement. Too cool; $5.
ianrose
ianrose on Jan 24 '07
kinda looks like "Question Redlito", but that's the price you pay for
it working both ways ... neat idea.
rev4n
rev4n on Jan 24 '07
$5
Veuch
Veuch on Jan 24 '07
good placement
welkin
welkin on Jan 24 '07
supremely lovely. $5
The Ending
The Ending on Jan 24 '07
Fantastic design, well executed! 5
Petanca
Petanca on Jan 24 '07
Agreed, question reality, great sentence for very interesting typo.
tomburns
   tomburns on Jan 24 '07
haha, awesome, i tried doing a bunch of these after i read 'angels & demons' the ones in there are so damn cool! great job!
canadianbeaver
canadianbeaver on Jan 24 '07
Very clever and works for headstands. 5
staffell
staffell on Jan 24 '07
great idea, I think the execution could be a little better, but i guess time wasn't on your side....ambigrams are some of my favourite things in the world
jen52983
jen52983 on Jan 24 '07
pretty wild.
insolity
insolity on Jan 24 '07
shit. i just had this idea yesterday. well a different phrase because its something i made 2 years ago, but i guess now i dont have to waste time looking for it on my old computer...:P
Whatfollowsusdown??
Whatfollowsusdown?? on Jan 24 '07
the ambigram idea is great it reminds me of the book angels& demons
Lowfat
Lowfat on Jan 24 '07
awesomely done.... very cool... 5
firebolt816
firebolt816 on Jan 24 '07
really cool, especially for JOT
lemonalle
lemonalle on Jan 24 '07
whoa
blandford
blandford on Jan 24 '07
amibigrams are COOL.
they're also really hard...
the "Reality" reads well, but I'm seeing the top as "Qultion."
that's the only weak part, the rest is really good.
emilyjay
emilyjay on Jan 24 '07
veery very good
you have mad skillzzzzzzzzzz
kudos!!!
Monkey II
   Monkey II on Jan 24 '07
one of the best JOTs
DeadSilence
DeadSilence on Jan 24 '07
i like it on the blue shirt [from your blog]. $5
Chengui
Chengui on Jan 24 '07
I've worked on a few ambigrams myself. HARD!
Impressive job. Check out Jonlangdon.com if you havn't already.
sonmi
   sonmi on Jan 24 '07
i think this turned out great! i hope it prints! $5
Kaleidoscope*swe*
Kaleidoscope*swe* on Jan 24 '07
ur last couple of designs have all been ace! multiple print baby. 5$
dennoman26
dennoman26 on Jan 24 '07
Am I the only one that feels like it says Qustion? I just don't see an E in there...
Frank Vice
Frank Vice on Jan 24 '07
is it just me or is the no E in question?
castle
   castle on Jan 24 '07
lower case "e" based on the upside down "L"
tfsr
tfsr on Jan 24 '07
Holy hell.
Those are really hard to make.
Good job.
castle
   castle on Jan 24 '07
Thanks for all the support thus far.

With something like this, there always seems to be a dispute over clarity. It was funny during the development, how one person could read one word but not the other only to be contradicted by the next person viewing it. So keep the comments coming!

The best thing I can hope for is that some people enjoy the design.

Thanks Again for taking a look and scoring the work!
styleboxx
styleboxx on Jan 24 '07
I love the shirt. It's hard to read, but once you get it it's really amazing work. I would buy this shirt right now if I could! $5!!
styleboxx
styleboxx on Jan 24 '07
Also, I like the blue on blue and the brown on blue best. :)
TAZL
TAZL on Jan 24 '07
WOW! awesome job. consider me impressed.
mayreeuhm
mayreeuhm on Jan 24 '07
cleverrrrrrrrr. i love it $5
i carnt spel
i carnt spel on Jan 24 '07
you clever bastard... nice job!
LittleFlower
LittleFlower on Jan 25 '07
I have been longing for an ambigram t-shirt! Love this one but would love it more if the placement were horizontal instead of diagonal. Nevertheless, $5 for sure!
FRICKINAWESOME
FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 25 '07
Quite neat-oh castle. Boy, this JOT comphas really brought out everyone's creativity! Fantastic design that works well wherever the hell you wanna put it on the tee. 4$
India
India on Jan 25 '07
that hurt my eyes something feirce
aniki21
aniki21 on Jan 25 '07
I am an ambigram whore - $5.

I'll be interested to see what colours the final version's available in.
cheekychappie4
cheekychappie4 on Jan 25 '07
this is awesome but a bit too much dan brown for me to wear. i've got mates that would though
joolia
joolia on Jan 25 '07
wow how in the world $4
alphabetapi
alphabetapi on Jan 25 '07
pretty damn cool!
invisibleprince
invisibleprince on Jan 25 '07
pretty kickass dude!

-p
helo
helo on Jan 25 '07
very nice work
squeegebeckenheim
squeegebeckenheim on Jan 25 '07
that is amazing!


i love the blue on blue and the blue on brown!
goldkiss
   goldkiss on Jan 25 '07
yes nice work
abbster
abbster on Jan 25 '07
Ambigrams are lovely. Whoo!
ohitsxnicole
ohitsxnicole on Jan 25 '07
I find this interesting. I would wear this. 4;
cityauctor
cityauctor on Jan 25 '07
wow, really well done. i like most of the color options. $5 from me
kittykatstavis
kittykatstavis on Jan 25 '07
I like the maroon and baby blue color combo. The link to your color options didn't seem to work.

Nice design, I would buy it.
itwasa_trick
itwasa_trick on Jan 26 '07
this is impressive! 5$
Willish
Willish on Jan 26 '07
Amazing, but not the choice of colour sceme.
Black on grey or vise versa?
letmenatalya
letmenatalya on Jan 26 '07
ambigrams are awesome, but this is not easy to read
sugarkitten
sugarkitten on Jan 26 '07
the u in question is well questionable. it there a way to adjust that without messing up the ambigram
originalvirtuoso
originalvirtuoso on Jan 26 '07
reminds me of paul mccartney's chaos album artwork. they did the same thing. cool going.
castle
   castle on Jan 26 '07
That's a new one.

I hadn't thought the "u" was hard to read.

Thanks for the all comments.
bjfewell
bjfewell on Jan 26 '07
i didn't have any trouble reading it at all - great design. 5$
androsaph
androsaph on Jan 26 '07
All ambigrams are in varying degrees of "difficult to read" , reference "The DaVinci Code"!!!

This is a wicked design and must have taken you a fair bit of time and empty hair follicles to execute.

A very definite $5 from me.

PRINT IT AND THEY WILL PURCHASE.... (me specifically)
silvrdoc
silvrdoc on Jan 26 '07
Like it, have dug that concept of the ambigram - it's tricky to execute. Not crazy about colors tho'.
pearly-pants
pearly-pants on Jan 26 '07
LOVE IT!!! $$$$$5555
Tortuga
Tortuga on Jan 27 '07
impressive
aliens
aliens on Jan 27 '07
kick ass
yelabela
yelabela on Jan 27 '07
saweeeeeeettt
atothej
atothej on Jan 27 '07
absolutly love it!! i hope it wins because i want it!!
CheesecakeBree
CheesecakeBree on Jan 27 '07
Interesting.
roseisrose
roseisrose on Jan 28 '07
i almost missed this,

this looks like a lot of work.

$5
DeChance
DeChance on Jan 28 '07
$5... $10 if I could
castle
   castle on Jan 28 '07
Great response so far!
I can honestly say I wasn't expecting this many positive comments!

Thanks
reetzy_chick
reetzy_chick on Jan 29 '07
very nice!!! $5
Maddie please
Maddie please on Jan 29 '07
this is way way cool!
AMANDACHIU
AMANDACHIU on Jan 29 '07
cool but where's the "s" in question? it looks like "quetion" (assuming that the upside down should be the "e")
AMANDACHIU
AMANDACHIU on Jan 29 '07
i meant the upside down "L"
dragoness
dragoness on Jan 29 '07
I love the idea but its REALLY hard to read.
dwalk51
dwalk51 on Jan 29 '07
VERY VERY VERY nice work. You havce TOTALLY earned a $5
castle
   castle on Jan 29 '07
The "s" could not appear complete because it would read as an "s" upside down in the word reality. So, it is connected to the cross stroke of the "t" There is a break in it and it points to the bottom of the "e" where it curls inward, thus optically completing it.

It's based on the idea that if you cover up the bottom portion of the letters in a word, most people can still read the word. It's really the only way I found to get around it.
derrenleepoole
derrenleepoole on Jan 30 '07
I design ambigrams on a commission basis, and this is not bad attempt really. The combination of upper and lower case letters can (should) be avoided in this (any) design in my humble opinion. A taming of the flourishes on certain letters would make it more legible as you intended. The design will certainly work better if all the letters are in upper case.

BTW, this is technically called a symbiotogram style ambigram. Just in case anybody wanted to know :)

Worth a 5 for imagination, but my super finky attention to detail radar scores it a high 3 - get the design right and then it's a 5 for sure ;)
castle
   castle on Jan 30 '07
thanks for the critique
derangeddaoist
derangeddaoist on Jan 30 '07
The style is very apt for the concept itself. first 5 i've given in months.
MizShellL
MizShellL on Jan 30 '07
These are very difficult to create, but I love it!
invisibleprince
invisibleprince on Jan 30 '07
I hope this one scores well!
It really looks sweet on the shirt!
Good luck

Still $5

-p
derrenleepoole
derrenleepoole on Jan 31 '07
Hey Castle, don't know if you're aware if it, but there's an ambigram work group over at Flickr which myself and others continually add designs to. It would be good to see you there:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ambigram/
DeChance
DeChance on Feb 01 '07
So if you question reality, what question would you ask it?
6 days later
derrenleepoole
derrenleepoole on Feb 07 '07
My interpretation to this ambigram can found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fourfingerfunk/375539767/

This is NOT meant to upstage the work done here BTW. I saw a solution which I think offers a different take on the initial idea. See what you think.
13 days later
lauraneuron
lauraneuron on Feb 21 '07
i am going to get that tattooed
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