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Love it already, only why arn't you "ragging" the black background?
ReplyDeleteem..ragging? what's that?
ReplyDeleteAh you know, rubbing it lightly with a cloth, to get a nice interesting structure.
ReplyDeleteaah 'ragging'...using a 'rag'. Oh don't know really, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. No difference really as its covered up already....
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