Happy Thanksgiving, 2 new ambigrams

by | Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I wake up every day just feeling incredibly lucky for what I have – and to have a special day devoted to celebrating that idea… how very cool.

So here are two new and unique ambigram designs to celebrate this wonderful day. The first is a free standing rotational ambigram and the other is a chain ambigram where “thanks” and “giving” map onto themselves. Enjoy

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  1. Bikash Bhandary Chetry

    Both ambigrams are amazing 🙂

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