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I just worked with an Enochian spirit to make a sigil for the ethereal software I’m shipping with my book. He sent me 6 symbols (similar look to Enochian letters), told me to tie each of them individually to my software, and then construct a sigil (any sigil) out of them. Presumably, you could tie different sigils to different commands, like you do for the different Enochian angels, but that’s more advanced than I need right now.
Before tying the symbols to the software, I want to computerize them*. Which brings me to my question:
What computer software do you use to draw sigils? The symbols consist of curves, lines and dots. I’ll also need to combine the symbols into a sigil. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I’m on a mac, but can get access to a windows box.
*Why computerize the symbols first? Right now they’re arbitrary, so it doesn’t matter if I transcribe them poorly. After I tie a symbol to my ethereal software, then it becomes important to reproduce it faithfully, but until then, it’s just lines on paper.
If the symbols are arbitrary, why did I bother asking the Enochian spirit for help? Because I have zero experience here, and any symbols I made would probably look like English letters, which wouldn’t work well because, well, those symbols are everywhere.
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Z-Brush or Photoshop. Those are the only ones I use, so they’re the only ones I can recommend. You could also use paint, but it’s not good. To combine them, you can actually make them into stamps using photoshop.
I am on a mac and use GIMP — free open source and it allows you to add layers so you can ‘build up’ the sigil layer by layer (or add or subtract as needed). It’s not a polished package like Photoshop but does all PS does and then some.
Why not sketch it on pen and paper first? Once you’re happy with it, then scan it then trace it in a vector graphics-capable software (Adobe Illustrator?).
Thanks guys, these are all really helpful. I’m going to start with GIMP, as a legally-free option, and see where I wind up. Thanks a bunch.
I would also look into Inkscape. This program lets you make vector drawings so you can scale the size of the sigil any size you want. Inkscape also has a very nice caligraphy drawing brush.
Also look into Mypaint and alchemy, not vector drawings but useful.