Ambigram Art

Books shown in this video:
"Wordplay" by John Langdon: geni.us/Ambigrams
"Inversions" by Scott Kim: geni.us/CalligraphicCartwheels
Topsys & Turvys:
geni.us/TopysysTurvys
geni.us/TopysysTurvys2
Gustave Verbeek: geni.us/UpsideDownWorld
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John Langdon's site: www.johnlangdon.net
Scott Kim's site: www.scottkim.com
Ambigram wiki page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambigram
Online ambigram generator: flipscript.com/en/flip
More ambigrams:
design.tutsplus.com/articles/...
www.tripwiremagazine.com/ambig...
www.begindot.com/best-ambigra...
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[@kylelong7706]

“Hey my channel is Vsauce and this other one is Vsauce2” *long pause* lmao Michael I love u

[@froilanjosephpaz4941]

best part LMAO

[@zejdland]

I don't get it):

[@borkogot5738]

@@zejdland his third channel is called vsauce 3 (i dont think its tottaly ,,his thrird channel'' cuz he doesnt appear there)

[@theternal]

@@zejdland 5:02

[@zejdland]

@@theternal you have a murderer on your profile picture btw

[@mariateresa1415]

My favourite ambigram can be read as both "wave" and "particle"

[@blauesserpiroyal2887]

Where is it?

[@vituperation]

@@blauesserpiroyal2887 You can't know for certain until you look at it.

[@nanamacapagal8342]

@David Ivy took ya long enough

[@applepie1272]

Wat?Who?How?Where?When?Why?

[@lightbluepillowextras8863]

Light.

[@justsomedude8657]

Finally a book for australians

[@quantumyoutubeguy2]

WE ARE NOT UPSIDE DOWN!

[@nuloom]

QuantumMechGuy ... we all know but here’s something you don’t r/woosh

[@kaushalyafernando]

Ziey r/noose

[@dooterscoots2901]

Hey Ziey it's not an r/swooosh if it's also a joke ya know?

[@nuloom]

Don’t take away my pleasure of r/swoooshing dooterscoots

[@bluechicken4866]

I love the energy Michael gives to videos like these. He's like an excited little kid! And I love ambigrams too.

[@littelitt]

He’s like a serial killer too

[@husseinmokbel4813]

yeah, i watch DONG D:reviewing O:toys N:with G:Michael

[@bigheccinrat4061]

Y O U O B V I O U S L Y D O N T K N O W H O W A C R O N Y M

[@herb4n7egend]

Say_Hello_Aidan r/whooosh

[@quandale_iv]

Say_Hello_Aidan r/whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

[@rendexrz2105]

Yeah, I watch Vsauce V: Please S: Post A: Something U: We C: Need E: You : Michael

[@Canal10000]

Say_Hello_Aidan r/whoooosh over your head

[@rphxx6906]

2:18 As you can see, he wrote the word Me: LEARN!! Michael: teach

[@zenu903]

Me: Tears! Michael: Teach, learn My brain: ?????????

[@yuvx8516]

I see yanny

[@awesomeminingwizard]

Yuvekta Raka Yudishtira Um, actually, it’s ‘green needle’.

[@AtlasReburdened]

Doesn't look like anything to me.

[@want-diversecontent3887]

AwesomeMiningWizard Looks like laurel to me.

[@aurachanneler8396]

0:07 That's some great kerning you've got there. Real smooth.

[@symmetricksambigrams]

KEMING

[@symmetricksambigrams]

keming

[@nikinidefonseka4716]

Don’t you mean ‘reals mooth’

[@kristieleeann9387]

m i c h a l e l ' s world o fart

[@SarahMichelle777]

The people who makes those books are artistic geniuses.

[@dumitruene402]

Man, i can't see that lady, i just see a farmer upside down

[@BrutalBa5sMixedBag]

Same.

[@tjlifecore]

Dumitru Ene it works better when actually turn it upside down. If you're on mobile try locking your screen orientation and flipping your device.

[@richyjjsmith]

Yeah that one was particularly dodgy

[@SantoshNair1]

people, it was 1905 ! ... its pure genius someone created and published such kind of creative art even back then

[@SantoshNair1]

imagine no internet back then, just letters and no high speed communications like today, with just your thoughts, imagination and creativity. in that context, i am impressed by whoever did this ... :D

[@robbiesmith9838]

‘Imagine if my second channel was called Vsauce 2’ ... oh😂😂😂

[@Vodboi]

The story at the end was really impressive. I like how everything kinda works whichever way it is read, and that the story actually makes sense like that. I can just imagine creating something like that must be just like a puzzle, because every new element you want to add to the story has to work both ways.

[@eyebotthegreat]

5:12 Micheal: **mocking the book’s name** _two seconds later_ Micheal: My life is a lie

[@eyelandss]

Or he took a shot at Vsause 2 and 3

[@henry55]

Michael*

[@ShadNex]

@@eyelandssthat is literally what op said…

[@NikodAnimations]

​@@ShadNex It's misspelt

[@mustafaahmed3693]

5:02 Lol, that self-stab.

[@stockstreamtwitch]

I just love Michael's World of Art! It's one of my favorite history museums to visit from time to time.

[@couch_enthusiast8915]

*Michaels World o fArt!

[@joshuakarunchennamsetty]

Here's an Ambigram for you I

[@elemenopi9239]

Here’s one: SWIMS

[@Xnoob545]

@@elemenopi9239 smiws

[@elemenopi9239]

NOW NO SWIMS ON MON

[@birbistheword9973]

Edvinas Sungur You don’t get it

[@paradoxwastaken]

Ha ha

[@zerkieee]

Vsauce: “...That says ‘minimum’ not matter where you look at it.” Me: *Looks at it from the side*

[@DJAsHeRMusic]

That upside down story is pure genius great video.

[@zz-uk8iv]

michael's toys cured my depression

[@rhamby3470]

Slad Michael's toys cured my mesothelioma

[@PVMAS07]

michel's toys cured my cure

[@bobeck9443]

It cured my Communism.

[@99theanonymous]

2:19 , i read tears... amazing

[@elemenopi9239]

List of ambigrams: SWIMS passed no u pod lol MOW ɥeah suns

[@SimonPegasus]

BOB

[@ml7359]

Racecar

[@SimonPegasus]

@@ml7359 racecar is the same backwards but not upsidedown

[@___2557]

yeah

[@___2557]

It is the same both upside down and backwards @rnrsimon12

[@abraxamovic]

Fun Fact: John Langdon and Dan Brown (the author of the famous book The Da Vinci Code) are close friends. John Langdon served as an inspiration for the main character, Robert Langdon in Dan Brown’s book series: Inferno, Origin, The Lost Symbol, Angels & Demons, and of course the Da Vinci Code. Tom Hanks played Robert Langdon in three movies based on those books: Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno. And by the way, John Langdon’s ambigrams can found in Angels & Demons, both the book and the movie, which you can see in the beginning of this video. 🤓

[@dakrakenz5314]

I thought that was from Angels and Demons and it seemed to good to be coincidence.

[@John_C_J]

I knew Langdon sounded familiar.

[@dimitreze]

I was about to write that

[@Vulcanfaux]

Ibraheem Talha that's explains the name similarities.

[@acherongoon]

He also created the illuminati brands for angels and demons, illuminati, fire, water, air, earth and the words fire, water, air, earth together, fantastic.

[@cup_check_official]

0:00 - 0:05 Woah, i thought i was a baby and you were gonna pick me up

[@VaderDarth512]

Woke.

[@thorn9382]

His hands where huge

[@hishan.farfan]

babyhood flashbacks

[@cheesecakelasagna]

I almost said "daddy"

[@Hal_142]

Software Man whoa*

[@computergeek8299]

Am I the only one who feels like he put the “Michael’s world of art” so that it also looks like “Micheal’s world o fart”

[@anitagofradump5195]

100% he did that on purpose haha

[@bloonsfamily2066]

i feel like that too!

[@yoro33MV]

that was on purpose

[@computergeek8299]

@@yoro33MV I know... I wanted to see how many people noticed like I did...

[@JavierSalcedoC]

Dan Brown's main character in his novels is called Robert Langdon. Well done Dan, well done

[@hanniffydinn6019]

I love this art, I learnt to do my name. Used it in on business card. No one got it.

[@RossOzarka]

I love you

[@kurumi394]

I can see how it can be done haha

[@hmmyesinteresting]

Words, man. It's like, *w o a h*

[@mr8ty8]

hmm yes interesting. They are so wordy in their meaning.It's like covfefe,man

[@noahskennedy]

I SWEAR YOU ARE ME

[@Hal_142]

whoa*

[@U014B]

*Ч e o м*

[@acetate909]

That's, just, like your opinion man.

[@Looking4MyPants]

"so once you've got two characters that when upside down become the other, you could start having them go on adventures" oh ok

[@buttergraffiondorito6586]

“This is upside-down, now if you turn it… ITS STILL UPSIDE-DOWN!!!!!!”

[@AidanRatnage]

I can't see Luvkins like anything other than an upside down guy.

[@verde7595]

I'm sure in 1904 it looked great. I can *sort of* see it in certain panels, but it's too gimmicky.

[@Xnoob545]

L looks like Γ (greek letter gamma)

[@eggy543]

Muffaroo and Luvkins are one of the earliest cartoon-style characters to exist.

[@doctor_owl]

I can't see the old man at all. Just the lady!

[@perpetuarealityVODs]

*_If VSauce Is So Good How Come They Haven't Made VSauce 17 Alexa Send Tweet_*

[@iqan238]

2:05 *W H I C H I T D O E S*

[@Eyeclops_]

One of the princess bride's DVD box arts also read as the princess bride upside-down.

[@Leander_]

Gustave's Verbeek work is incredible! That was really cool to see.

[@aguywithsubs8956]

Feels weird when he doesn't say Hey Vsauce Michael here.

[@deluxeassortment]

˙ǝɹǝɥ ןǝɐɥɔıW ǝɔnɐSʌ 'ʎǝH

[@dgkm9320]

Alkyl Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride almost disliked your comment because I was reading it upside down

[@deluxeassortment]

MrXplosive 24 I don't blame, you, I often forget to turn my phone right side up from time to time

[@dgkm9320]

Alkyl Dimethyl Benzyl Ammonium Chloride haha I guess that's why when I check my photos I see people walking on the ceiling

[@neckbeardnecromancer8394]

Michael is never making free Vsause videos again, is he?

[@greenbin3028]

Sad man...

[@lizardwizard99]

at least we have dong tho

[@Suslent]

Pick it’s sad, we have reached the end of an era

[@m.browne2548]

call me crazy but personally i think he will upload eventually. Maybe a year from now?

[@maskedfoxx7173]

Yes hello I'm a premium member and he mentions in his show (and even in previous dong videos, fyi) that he's still committed to both channels as well as his show. He even says that he prefers Vsauce to Mind Field because he can make the video how he wants it to be. In short, he's still going to upload free content, managing a show plus doing videos for two channels is a lot of work, especially with the content he creates, and you should cut the man some slack and quit bitching. He doesn't *owe* you Vsauce videos. You should just be grateful he's even still on KZbin, because that can change at any moment if he decides he's done.

[@necrozma4029]

Oh my god, the first time I even saw an ambigram, I fell in love with it.

[@aubreeswart2206]

Yay Michael’s Dong!!

[@TheDarkness2146]

Aubree Swart sounds weird

[@aubreeswart2206]

ImZelo Precisely

[@twizzler123969]

i love Micheal's Dong

[@joeyscerbo7776]

Aubree Swart I can barely contain my excitement to enjoy Michael’s Dong! I just love watching Michael’s great Dong!

[@estherday2239]

Yay! I love his DONG

[@beytullahberk3632]

last time i was this early Micheal was a completely normal person

[@beytullahberk3632]

Mr Temporal I was never this early.

[@imaginerus]

I'm pretty sure he's playing a character. But I love that character.

[@abxyabxy281]

1:38 Benjamin had a stroke trying to read this and died

[@liliencalvel6151]

I first learned about these things yrs. ago and I am intrigued by them. They are some fascinating works of art

[@oledakaajel]

Reminds me of the story of Wind and Mr. Ug.

[@lauraturcu3364]

oledakaajel yes! when he mentioned story I immediately thought of them

[@Pacvalham]

I know that video, but I didn't think of it while watching this one.

[@celinak5062]

oledakaajel +

[@cosinev1265]

I haven't seen that video in so long. Thanks for reminding me about it!

[@otakuribo]

vihart - The Wind and Mr. Ug kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap7Hdqalqq6Lfa8

[@lewis5037]

here's an ambigram for ya: sapnu puas

[@Hitomii_]

Pooie Lewie ha nice

[@kobathor]

it has to work both ways...

[@lewis5037]

Koby Dunham shoosh

[@sand1218]

Lel

[@sand1218]

PornHub Premium?

[@almosthuman1398]

One of my favorites was the logo for the band, Angel. I saw their logo in 1975 and was inspired to spend many hours trying to create my own... with limited success. I was similarly inspired by MC Escher and managed to create a sort of logo from my initials that would tile a plane...

[@alaha8349]

this is the best series on youtube

[@joeyscerbo7776]

I can always only barely contain my excitement to enjoy Michael’s Dong! I just love watching Michael’s great Dong!

[@Hydratz]

SWIMS is an ambigram.

[@eboone]

so is ‘despacito’

[@pratikt5702]

So is NOON

[@jonahhaas6387]

"My channel's called Vsauce, and this other one's called Vsauce2.." He doesn't even realize that this channel will soon change from Dong to Ding.

[@lightbluepillowextras8863]

Do Inline Now Guys

[@BenjaminKassel]

Incredible content as always, Michael! I was privileged enough to have Scott Kim deliver a lecture in our art and game design class at Burlingame High School. Mr. Kim lives in Burlingame, and perhaps his children attended the school as well. Regardless, his work is fascinating, and his ideas really opened up the world of visual design for me.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I've seen that fifth panel of Lovekins and Muffaroo so many times, but never knew of what it was a part.

[@DetroitNickel]

I love story time with Michael! ♥

[@blommsnruins01u9]

Man, that Verbeek dude blew my mind!

[@nitro5247]

The fact that I’m really tired makes this way better

[@hamfrog9893]

How

[@elmadicine]

"some of what they drew has not aged well" beep beep do I detect some old fashioned racisms?

[@AdamSmith-qu5bv]

√366IU

[@shuey298]

nice

[@TrueLegoXman]

I sense some people have gotten more insensitive. ....

[@RealTallestSkil]

Bunch of cucks.

[@al-hn7fc]

haha probably. 😂

[@Plzpetmyrooster]

8:50 That 2nd panel upside down made me smile when you flipped it. That is really interesting and baffling as to how someone can come up with these.

[@nirakshara]

Michael.... You're awesome!! I want those ambigram art books badly...

[@misterhero7035]

Look at these zooms. I love them.

[@LarfleezeOrangestein]

"... says momentum equals mass times velocity," *stares in your soul* "which it does."

[@Seyah]

Ambigram artists: “aye how much for a shoutout?” Micheal “nah I gotchu fam”

[@henry55]

Michael*

[@Pt_Sd]

I would love to see a video about stereograms! Keep up with the amazing work. Love from Italy

[@randomsandwichian]

Really love ambigrams that also add a touch of flair with calligraphy (like the four element iron brands in the Da Vinci Code movie with Tom Hanks).

[@abrahamcabrera3849]

3:47 Me when I don't know the answer to a test

[@lilypadhome3135]

vsauce pls uplod on main chanel

[@abedfadila9266]

pls

[@lilypadhome3135]

Therealrobokaos yeah i know. It's a joke comment. Though, he really hasn't uploaded for a while now.

[@boogityhoo7452]

pobies its cause he has a Red series now. Vsauce has bexome a dead channel unfortunately.

[@lilypadhome3135]

Boogity Hoo Maybe after the youtube red show ends or takes a brake.

[@marciamakesmusic]

Maybe after they realize KZbin Red shows rarely have any kind of pull to attract an audience.

[@ajaykulkarni8875]

Interesting & Astonishing world of Ambigrams !

[@simonrodriguez452]

I love learning & laughing. This is my favorite place on the internet!

[@louisfoley6955]

John Langdon should make a ambigram that is "false" and "true" for those of us in school

[@Greg-ix4nu]

Louis Foley i.imgur.com/q6l3z.png

[@sidarthur8706]

falseanjf trueaslet there you are

[@clarenceclarence9529]

3:51

[@ossiankarki8305]

5:07 Vsauce but out of context

[@Minizemful]

How have I not seen this one, this was super cool!

[@idiotinium]

YES THANK YOU MICHAEL FOR MAKING A VIDEO ON AMBIGRAM

[@PranjulYadav94]

Have you heard about any book which can give you different story when you read it from backward? Here is a book Sri Raghava Yadhaveeyam. This book is written in such a way that you will enjoy the story of Rama when you read it in forward way while you will enjoy the story of Krishna when you read it from backward. Forward:- वन्देऽहं देवं तं श्रीतं रन्तारं कालं भासा यः । रामो रामाधीराप्यागो लीलामारायोध्ये वासे ॥ (Translation:- I pay my obeisance to Lord Shri Rama, who with his heart pining for Sita, travelled across the Sahyadri Hills and returned to Ayodhya after killing Ravana and sported with his consort, Sita, in Ayodhya for a long time.) Backward:- सेवाध्येयो रामालाली गोप्याराधी मारामोरा । यस्साभालंकारं तारं तं श्रीतं वन्देहं देवं ॥ (Translation:- I bow to Lord Shri Krishna, whose chest is the sporting resort of Shri Lakshmi; who is fit to be contemplated through penance and sacrifice, who fondles Rukmani and his other consorts and who is worshipped by the gopis, and who is decked with jewels radiating splendour.)

[@pratiklondhe5167]

Nice 👌

[@dheerashar8638]

That's interesting

[@jdjhahsbjf4653]

It's weird and in a way, hilarious that you can make a story that can be read upsidedown, and rightside up

[@scritte_a_testa_in_giu]

Che magia gli ambigrammi ❤ Da quando li ho scoperti non riesco a pensare ad altro!

[@yurinalin]

When the book with the comic strip was turned upside down , my head exploded!

[@EpicDoggiez]

2:25 no one else saw “tears?”

[@noidentity7873]

Me

[@spheredude6003]

Me

[@Tetracontakaitetragon]

I saw tearn

[@CesarSalad69]

Oh my hpd i vant unsee it

[@kamo7293]

I got into ambigrams from reading angels and demons. I was particularly fascinated by the diamond ambigram that comprised the four elements(if you search angels and demons ambigrams you'll find it). I wanted to see if I could do it myself. My first and last name both have 6 letters, and I can write them in an Ambigram. But instead of doing one at the time, I joined the first letter of my first name with the last 2 of my surname, and did the same with the last 2 letters of my first name with the first letter of my surname.

[@NighthawkGliders]

John Lane donned words splayed out to hide my kale curiosity. Box those up for me I am big on ram art! Peter knew old “Tops,” the tour R.V., saw this, too. Scott & Kim, in versions, were quite clever. On the upside, Dawn wore old hats while Gust Oliver’s beak was a puzzle in the end.

[@73chetan]

absolutely amazing!

[@MemesnShet]

4:19 that one on the left looks sooo weird and trippy when you move it bc of the colours

[@amalau2472]

No matter how long I stare I do NOT see the female character in The Upside-Down World book at all :(

[@sidarthur8706]

focus on the mouth

[@noidentity7873]

I didn't but I luckily found it

[@symmetricksambigrams]

i dont even understand WhERE ARE THE FEET?

[@JudgeDeadMJ]

@@symmetricksambigrams under the skirt (=

[@bhavanim4295]

Yeah

[@lemonysnickette]

This reminded me of one off my favorite childhood books. Round Trip by Ann Jonas.

[@BladeTushar]

great work micheal

[@theVHSvlog]

ＳＰＡＧＨＥＴＴＯ

[@aboriani]

theVHSvlog somebody touched it

[@christinahamilton7676]

"Hey, my channel's called Vsauce, and this other one's called Vsauce2- *sudden realization*"

[@1ich_mag_zuege]

2:18 Michael: It says teach or learn What I read: tearn

[@DerRobert28]

Absolutely, this is art! 👍👍👍

[@bobboby4869]

7:05 MUSTACHIO

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

Hey Vsauce, Dolan Dark here.

[@komi-sanmustbeprotected5665]

There's a starman waiting in the sky so it would seem ever Speedwagon watches Dong

[@oscarvanbommel9631]

wtf why are you everywhere

[@BigBassSmallBoike]

michael roasting vsauce 2 nonchallantly is so smooth

[@varshachauhan9950]

This book can be a nice gift

[@scritte_a_testa_in_giu]

Che magia gli ambigrammi ❤

[@shersher8228]

1:13 Omg I have to laugh 😂

[@MihaiStoian1]

I love those books! 🤩

[@alvinjones670]

THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!!! EXCELLENT!!!

[@rileybagnall2250]

Micheal could you please do a video on the 4th dimention?

[@alejrandom6592]

no

[@joshuwua5419]

Riley Bagnall no

[@MadeinHell2]

7:00 I really struggle to see "the little lady". In fact I don't see her at all.

[@isaacvillanueva-yi5ck]

"Michaels word ofart" 😂

[@karnika2404]

Langdon has also worked with Dan Brown for his novels, Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, Inferno and Origin. Brown named the protagonist of these novels, Robert Langdon, as a tribute to Mr. Langdon.

[@achrafhassine7314]

sapnu puas

[@sethgrasse9082]

Matritf tutos This is why we can't have nice ambigrams.

[@someoneincognito6445]

*Momentum* equals mass times velocity *WHICH IT DOES*

[@DrKjoergoe]

Also noteworthy is Mozart's "Tablemusic for two". When you turn the sheet music of the first violin upside down you get the sheet music of the second violin!

[@fathom6632]

michael: john langdon is so famous *ohmygos* THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH IDEK WHYY