Creating Sigils- Best Method? Options

Hello everyone! I wanted to hear everyone's thoughts on what they consider is the best method for creating sigils (i.e. words, pictures, or mantras)? Obviously, everyone has different results based on their experiences, so please share which method worked best for you, or if you think a combination of words, pictures and mantras are more effective. I'm in the starting process of creating sigils, and I plan to try different methods, both by the book and creating what works best for me, so I will report my finds as I see results. So far, I've only experimented with the word method, mainly because it was the easiest, and I want to be come proficient at one way before I attempt another. I also incorporated a symbol within the symbol I created out of words. I.e. If I'm making a sigil for love, I drew a symbol for what I feel love means to me. Although I'm not sure if this was a good idea, because I had created various sigils, put them aside until I forgot which each one represented to charge them at a later time. But having incorporated a symbol within a symbol for the intent almost gives it away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/black eye.gif)

Also, feel free to share different methods for charging sigil!

Sigilization is one of those feilds where in my opinion I think you can just make things up as you want, so long as you understand the meaning behind the symbols and they work for you.

Personally I use a linear graphical cipher. For example the witch's wheel: This can used to mathematically arrange letters around a pentegram or other secred shape. Say you want to work with a pentagram, draw one out, a good sized one so you have room to work with. It should be pointed up for this exercise. Then you would start the letter A at the top point. I'm predominantely right handed at writing, so I continue clock wise. But because you can do such a variety of different things with sigils, that is why you just have to experiment on your own to find what works for you.

To continue on with this example the next point on the pentagram reads B, the next is C and followed by D and E on the last point. Now for this graphical cipher you can choose to do what ever next. You can continue to write out the rest of the alphabet you are working with, or you can mix things up however you wish. But if you continue in a linear pattern the letter under A is F and the letter under B is G and so forth until you run out of letters. Since there are 26 letters in the English alphabet, Z is a remainder and the rest of the letters should circle your pentagram in decending order and I would put Z at the center. Then because this is a linear graphical cipher, if you want make a sigil representing a word of power you simiply write out the word following the witch's wheel as though you were just connecting the dots to appropriate letters. And there you have the simple construction of a sigil.

There are plenty of other ways to make sigils. In fact I think it'd be awesome if someone could just make this or another related topic into a pinned topic for people to just share their own methods. I know I have plenty more on my own.