Swamp Thing
Client Atomic Monster / DC Universe
Studio Filmograph
Creative Director Aaron Becker
Design Alphonse Swinehart
Title reveal pitch board for the DC Universe show “Swamp Thing”. During a curious bout of letter obsession that my two year old son possesed at the time, I had formed an alphabet made from his toy plasticine clay. Inspired by this process, I veered toward an experiment to combine the aesthetic of tactile letterforms strangled by vines with digital texturing and compositing.
︎ Final Main Title Look
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a8e8bbbf47375ed222e92ff4997024bbc55fbc6091a732e0e8242092e8836e9/swamp_thing_main_title_04.jpg)
︎ Clay letterforms created as a foundation for texturing in Photoshop
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/feb9e87d0956d27ebd1aeb25817b9fcc628931986ef66bbb436639893472ee93/S.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edbe07ad7960da74fcc206eae22fd3bd768e2b709a94958bbb0517b35a0c7119/W.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53f7269eef3a7fd420d0bb655f81e22d17dac85ffc29b9ed137f7c6ed9287bcf/A.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ca4d4b8ab9913033502f0229ebb7eac077237dd0eb345df902b8d4241562f7e/M.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3998d283a7194d04575cebafb528ae4cbe61e665575d87be4a57d100e98fc63e/P.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24baf9b945d9b79a7bf8e9b7d3b57bc2c00b7904c53b2809d89b5ce78c27c9fc/T_macro.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a308522fcd2849da9ee24dbd6924a806c541be0138a629522dae04e0e68a433/S_macro.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9021483265245dee4975f81d17a8bfae17cbc6008b6ca6b428f44a25dfbc08ec/I_macro.jpg)
︎ Textures and reference
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a12342eafff86f1cc9f1affcaf437cbd0659fb66285b8b15e3f64be0e6a5f71e/swamp_thing_texture_01.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ef433986985edd7bc34d0737de027cae817d2efb3d3aab4a3cb806d64c08ade/swamp_thing_texture_02.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22c7f9a61cdf54b57ea80892ad756b9fb063a7549daeba8230e83b92d7a57e75/swamp_thing_texture_03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a55a8bd45bf98913777d9ba1fbf9296d35f06ac3a4f5a15d6666ed6f6bee855/swamp_thing_texture_04.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c52a6ec4c66d9a3f8643e3caeff2b9bf6a867915e944f77fccf03c176ddc78b/swamp_thing_texture_05.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4170e0aa00f1a329b745bf7f12b5ec188d16a5a818aa260e2a49f3df2b873bf9/swamp_thing_texture_06.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da1fd5a72b5c933b1a1c65fb208af76612487af2508a73d3c495e7ac1ea81ec1/swamp_thing_texture_07.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bef045cd9f8a4e9658422f6794ac1edb7be8ed72917893e49152eada462eee7f/swamp_thing_texture_08.jpg)
︎ R & D
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a37dc0e6c876d9c8a6fb0ce9992301d434c0c9e2d895c83fdad82b92d30466d9/swamp_thing_r-d_01.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5870d1ba3e7dbaaa2203389587fc2ed009de89eb5e8d012dee6109e4bc2440c2/swamp_thing_r-d_02.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab763d80e20fa394dbbf80d004a120ba6290726732ad72b485611f2b6e5d009d/swamp_thing_r-d_03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6ea437ce9ba61346aa9bb5aea3aad0df1ec1efbd6909fe8391174809aa94582/swamp_thing_r-d_04.jpg)
︎ Alternate Look
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78d503e77b279013634ec8d01d500f3171fc521a80f5eef98bc6c149d3ff076c/swamp_thing_alternate_main_title_03.jpg)