Creating a new trident, I wanted to take elements from Perpetua Bold italic especially looking at the D to recreate the E. The top image was a mix of three D's I used to create a new shape which faced the other way and carried the angle and sweeping motion of the italic letters. Flipping the D's around and upside down I tried to create a shape which followed the curvature of Perpetua. Why did I choose perpetua? Because Eric Gill was a sculptor who used to create type. His original type faces were very much inspired by the chiselled letter forms he created. This reminded me of the Ancient Roman Type, which I could link back to the Roman God Neptune, who carried a trident. The Italic nature was used to create movement which I would bring into the animation.

The E in the middle image was accompanied with the N, but I chopped them up and used the E for size reference. The Serif parts of the front would be used to create the middle of the trident. The aim was to create a trident head which was made completely of parts from the original typeface.