This approach also allows text to appear less linear. Usually the words end up being round, square, or in a diagonal line, but since each word is a jumble of letters, it can take any shape. The end results often end up looking, at first glance, like Chinese characters. This facilitates borrowing from Chinese calligraphy in other ways: placement of words on the image as the Chinese place characters on the image.
To purchase a piece of calligraphy, send the word or words you would like, how much you care about legibility, and what size you would like. Also please let me know if you would like the calligraphy for a tattoo. Ideas for text: A quote, your name, a band, a poem.
About the Artist
Jim Davies studied Chinese calligraphy in Beijing and has worked as a graphic designer for Los Alamos National Laboratory.