kind courteousy of the following websites for textures/brushes and stock images:

37 Pence 9th North Wind
Aethereality Asian Fanatics
Chaotic Colorfilter
Daisukicons
Flying High Fractured Sanity
Graficamente Grieved Lightness
Hakfest Hapix Hybrid Genesis
Immortality Interlude
Mad Satsuki Miss M Misplaced Moments Moargh
Rain Harbour
Soompi StockII
Time Drawer

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Escape
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