"GRAVE CANDLES" is a Halloween word-art piece in spiked gothic blackletter. Cream, stone-textured letters with cracks and orange-rust edges sit on black in two stacked lines, framed by curling thorn-like flourishes at the sides. Swap in your own name or title to remake it with a different shop, band or event name.

Create a square, print-ready Halloween show shirt graphic for a metal band. The only text is the exact phrase “GRAVE CANDLES”. Set it in one custom, sharply cut gothic blackletter, all capitals: very heavy strokes, narrow proportions, strong thick-thin contrast, pointed wedge terminals, blade-like ascenders, tight but clearly separated spacing, and open counters that remain legible at phone-thumbnail size. Arrange the two words as a centered, compact stacked lockup, with “GRAVE” above “CANDLES”; lettering dominates at least 75% of the canvas. Give the letterforms a raised bone-ivory surface with fine engraved cuts and restrained chipped stone texture. Use small ember-orange edge highlights on a few outer bevels, not inside the counters. Add only sparse, symmetrical thorn-like flourishes extending from the outer edges of the lettering; keep them secondary and away from the letter interiors. Solid near-black background, sharp silhouette, high contrast, controlled rim lighting, crisp vector-like edges with subtle dimensional relief. Screen-print graphic treatment, limited inks, no gradients that muddy the letterforms. No people, skulls, candles, blood, gore, props, extra symbols, borders, or other text. Keep all artwork within a generous safe margin.