I saw this message, apparently on a bumper sticker, on a photo somewhere online and the wheels started turning...

Each of what appears to be one letter is actually five or six stacked atop one another with blending modes used to... well, to blend them together. I used to avoid using layers and blending modes, but now I don't see how I did without them.

It came out a bit darker than I really wanted, but when I tried to redo it with less-dark outlines, it came out with almost no outlines at all, making the overall effect less dynamic.