Calligraphy - Typography Inspiration

As well as taking inspiration form the work of Drew Melton, I also looked in some books on calligraphy.  Firstly, I looked at "A Book of Contemporary Inspiration – Calligraphy” by Denise Lach. 

This book enabled me to experiment with the flow of letters and to start to stylise the beginning letter of "Sweetea" in a calligraphic style, which is not something I had considered before.

I also looked at “The Art & Craft of Hand Lettering” by Annie Cicale.

This book made me more willing to experiment with the thickness and texture of the typography that I was creating in similar ways to that of Drew Melton. I found that using books as opposed to an internet source was useful because they were both thick journals with a lot of different examples of lettering in them, which I was able to easily flick through and see what caught my eye. They included a lot of practical advice and techniques to help me out when designing my own typography for my logo. I was also able to use the Bibliographies in these books to look for future books that could be of relevance to my project.