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I used a photo of a brick wall (I think I overlaid it with itself twice), a photo of some ornamental gee-gaws (the round things that look like cucumber slices) I think I found on a printed page, the lattice work on the front porch of a couple of older houses, some free GIF curlicues, and, if I remember correctly, a fancy old frame in a museum.

To be honest, at some level the exact choice of what goes into the grungy composite is less important than its overall colors, overall contrast, general level of texture vs big features, what it subliminally suggests psychologically, etc.  For some reason, the concept of a brick wall goal defense lineup entered my mind and I went down that path, adding a few feminine touches (eg, the gee-gaws, the curlicues, etc.) since it was woman's soccer.

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