For my front cover I decided to make a typeface. I firstly started this process by creating five sketchbook pages full of a variety of fonts. These different types of fonts included hand-written inspired fonts but also display styles. This gave me an idea of what type of font I would be aiming to create for my illustrated lyric book cover. Below are my first five pages of example font.
Once I'd finished my example typefaces and finished experimenting with different styles I went onto creating my own hand-written typeface. To do this I started with ink and a brush and began generally writing out the alphabet. After I'd done this I started to flick ink over my page at random and also spread some of the ink droplets over the top of the letters. This was somewhat of an experiment because I didn't know if it would work or not. 
Surprisingly it did and it worked well, to see the full effect of what my type may be like I placed it a draft I'd previously created. Doing this gave me the ability to properly see the effect of my typeface. I'm happy with the outcome and will be using my own typeface on my final piece.
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