Darkness

This was for a signature challenge on my forum. The theme was Light/Darkness, and well, you can see which one I used. I was really stumped for a while and after a lot of fiddling, I came up with this typography piece. It took me a few hours, but I think it really works and perfectly captures the kind of visceral way I imagine darkness would spread, almost like an infection. If light radiates, then darkness creeps. If you were wondering, I did win the challenge, but I really thought I was going to lose!

Font is Moonlight Shadow: [link]
I used 4 brushes, 3 by Axeraider70, 1 by LightSeer.

Winter Breeze: [link]
Inner Universe: [link]
Unstable: [link]
Shimmer Brushes: [link]

Done in GIMP 2.6. Feel free to wear this on forums if you like, just credit to me please.