Sanctuary
142/<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/365pmp/">365 Photo Manipulations Project</a>

All constructive criticism gratefully received.  

Please, no invitations to private groups, they will not be accepted.  Thank you.

with sincere thanks to the following, for making it possible to create this image;

light beam brushes care of <a href="http://www.obsidiandawn.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.obsidiandawn.com</a>
crack brushes courtesy <a href="http://anodyne-stock.deviantart.com/art/Cracked-Brush-Set-4992490" rel="noreferrer nofollow">anodyne-stock.deviantart.com/art/Cracked-Brush-Set-4992490</a>
background <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&amp;id=889450" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&amp;id=889450</a>
foreground <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/w_franklin/51297912">www.flickr.com/photos/w_franklin/51297912</a>
tombstone/celtic cross <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3165157399">www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/3165157399</a>
the tutorial I (mostly) followed can be found here <a href="http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/painting/apocalyptic-matte-painting" rel="noreferrer nofollow">psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/painting/apocalyptic-matte-pai...</a>

textures are my own
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