Slime, an oozing, dripping, slimey, snot-style display typeface for you and yours.
While working on some projects in January of 2011, I needed some horror inspiration. I turned to the old EC Comics and vintage horror posters, but didn't quite find what I was looking for in regards to typography. I searched the web, but felt there was a hole. I began to draw out some letterforms, first on my iPad, then on my tablet using Art Rage, then in my sketchbook (for more refinement). Finally, I begun working on a full character set in full vector form using Adobe Illustrator. Below are the examples leading up to the finished font, in reverse order.
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.. and here's the full piece. The door is a found object that I used to do the painting on. It's about 6 1/2 feet wide. The frosting on the glass is natural from being left outside, I'm guessing. Cool effect.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0e0c5a447c6a00d346282f491315f31e/07d0f58442cfc46caa6ca95e_rw_1200.png?h=415d991e52036bef76e04d25795eb4f2)
Another example.
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An example of what could be done with the typeface.
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Initial vectors in Adobe Illustrator. You can see the B letterform was getting some extra love.
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Here's me working on some painted letterforms in my sketchbook.
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I really dig the colors and painterly quality of these. The outer blue color is actually the initial letterform. I thought it worked as a sloppy but nice-looking highlight.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0e0c5a447c6a00d346282f491315f31e/b7d7fe4c4f7f6a134cd25d32_rw_1920.png?h=2e2380abb6baf32cad6b717c64928fbe)
The iPad explorations. These were finger drawn in Art Rage application.
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A more fleshed out version with highlights and shadows. I love this one.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/0e0c5a447c6a00d346282f491315f31e/55225d58859c0365b46715e3_rw_1920.png?h=5c5479d66a52606ad78cf7434c11bcf1)
Initial explorations of the letterforms. All of these are hand drawn in Art Rage using a Cintiq tablet.
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Cut-out vinyl letters for the studio.
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Handpainted for the Celade, Texas art show in Austin, Texas