I used a free version of something called Project dogwaffle, on a site called thebest3d. even though it's free, it is a full version, with no time trial. There are newer versions, too, that you can buy, but for now I'm sticking with the free version. And, I should have another coming up in my next post. It's called Firebird, and it's really bright colored.
And now I present to you: Firebird. And that glow effect of the first one? I just used some black (I think it was something in oils, streak or something else) around Dark Matter, but not before I made the lettering. I used as many circles of Med. simple as the letters I needed, then used 'smear' in the special effects (not organic effects) to shape it into letters. That's what I did with that one hand of his, just smeared it into shape.