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I just love the dresses that you drew for each of your other drawings.
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but i never got any new e-mails from you >.< actually i was waiting for a reply from u from the last e-mail i sent u
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*shock!*
I was waiting for a reply that i send you too!!!
What's with my dam email and missing mails ~_~....
*cries*
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*pats her head* its ok. so i guess we're both missing emails or the internet is turning in to crap. atleast now we know lol. btw i can't wait to c u at AN
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i tell u, its a conspiracy!!!!
oh please add computer problems to my list too!!!
I thought u were too busy to msg me back so I was waiting... silently XD!
AN!!!!! Btw, high chance i won't be at FX this year. I didn't sign up for hte table last year (its 300$ the table and i have a lot of expenses ~_~...). So it'll jsut be AN in toronto this year. I'll see if there'll be other cons that i can do i guess? XD
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i thought u were busy too lol but i was planning to email u eventually when i finished the fanfic i was writing so u could read it. i've never been to FX, i only go to AN since its really close by like an 20min drive away from me. Though i'm planning to go youmacon this year cuz theres some events i want to attend over there.
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lol! I was planning to ask u if u were going to AN this year since i grabbed a table there. Youmacon... isnt that in the states? (at least i think so since i know the names of most canadian convention. I never attend con's events 
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i already bought my pass for AN, i'm hoping to volunteer there too. Yeah youmacon is in the states but it's just on the other side of the border so its not that far.
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ooo! volunteer!!! its great since it's only 20omin of drive.
well if u go there, dun forget to take ltos of pictures 
I like to see how cons at the states are, and photo the artist alley too! <---my only pleasure at cons
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lol well i'm definetly taking a camera. are u going to have new stuff at AN for the symphony of fate characters? cuz i'm planning to write a one-shot instead of full chapter fic incase u add more character designs. Btw do u take any breaks during the convention or have any time after to hang out?
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unfortunately, I'm not adding in any new SOF characters. The main characters (actually more like the only ones worth mentioning are these 6 girls. (unless if we're talking about the game version which has more characters but the game won't be made so
I rarely take breaks during cons. I'm almost always at my table alone so I cannot afford to take breaks. Well I do make a small tour of the dealer's room and AA on sunday just to see what im missing out
so ur going to have the bird series at AN? ur not staying at a hotel during AN? it would be troubling to go back and forth between hamilton and toronto. well then i'll c u at ur table then and hang around for a bit if theres not a huge crowd lol
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yea i'll have the bird series at AN. I just dpn't have enough time to draw more (adn I'm only at 4/6 for the birds and i have less than a month to draw sigh...)
It is quite troubling, but my parents want to take care of my sis when we're near hamilton, and i want to see her. so >_>...
Definitely come visit me!!!! it's a must!!!!!!! or else u'll get spammed by hate mails
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no, not the hate mail! XD well i wanna buy the bird series so i'll have no choice but to visit u lol can't wait to c u there
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U'll buy something that you have never seen before??? 
At least look at it before saying you'll buy it! Don't have that much faith in me!
(though I do think that they are better than symphony of fate's 
seeing me is one thing, but TALKING is another thing
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i like all your drawings even the work-in-progress ones lol so yes i have that much faith in your artist abilities. i'll talk with you. too bad you can't leave the stand or we could hang out. plus ur table is probably going to be crowded like last time so it'll be hard for me to stand there and talk to u. i hope i don't get pushed around lol
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*o*...
I don't know what to say~! such high praise!!! But I don't want it to get to my head. I think that constant critics and vigilance will make me improve and not slack off to draw whatever
Well I think Sunda yis less busy and it wont be as crowded. I've too much stock so people choose for too long at my table, and then I don't get the items fast enough so it crowds up fast.
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yeah i remember lol it took me some time to decide if i wanted the symphony series or not but I bought them, i also bought the bookmarks, i kind of went crazy lol and bought as much art as i could. but i still went over to your table on each day cuz my friends wanted to c ur stuff. yeah, you should try to avoid getting a huge ego but don't ever downsize ur work. You should be happy with each thing you draw cuz if you keep thinking ur work sucks, it might get to you. Thats what happened to me, I used to draw alot and I knew I wasn't good but I kept on trying to improve. Then I joined this animation class and it was filled with really talented people. Since my friends were in the class and one of my friends is a really great artist, I would ask her for criticism and help for my work. All I got from her was criticism on things I already knew I needed to improve -_- eventually I felt like my drawings skills were pretty useless and my drawings sucked and I could never be as good as my friend or the other asian people in my class so I stopped drawing. I recently realized I gave up too easily (thanks to this random artist on youtube) and if I love something, I should keep on trying. Also since the youtube artist had really bad drawings (kind of like mine) back in the day but now her drawings are really amazing and shes working on a manga. So now I'm going to start drawing too ^-^ I wanna make beautiful drawings like you and her. lol i think i wrote too much
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lol well you weren't the craziest one! Actually I like that people come back to my table so that I get a chance to talk to them and not just thanks for buying. I like making new friends, and conventions are such a nice way to meet new friends!!!
I don't think that I can ever get an ego since im very low confident
I totally get waht you mean by wanting to give up. My dad thinks that my drawings are exactly the same apart from colors. My mom doesn't approve art. She thinks that it's a waste of time. Wehn I was doing design for Kisekae dolls, she would approve it only because it was something that she can brag about. I take 1-2 years per doll so it didn't take up too much of my studying time so she didn't mind that much. I used to compare myself to the other artists, and my mom too. She said that I can never be great or anything so I should give up in the road of arts. I gave up on drawings so many times, and the only 2 things keeping me to draw was kisekae dolls and my stories (I loved designing). I almost did nothing but designing at that time.
taught me about 3 and a half years ago how to draw on photoshop, and I had so much fun! Still I wasn't confident in my artwork. My mom would say it's "pretty" and then tell me to not waste so much time on it. I then started to draw for myself, and not showing to people (apart from lina and my sis), and I found out how fun it is! It wasn't because I want to impress people or to please other people that I draw anymore. I was drawing for myself. From that moment on, I didnt' care about what my mom said, or whatever peopel wanted me to draw. I jsut draw for myself. I found out that it's SOOOOOO relieving! and FUN!!!!
I think that every person has their own tale of giving up something. I'm really glad that you picked up drawing again! it's not for other peopel that you are drawing, but for yourself! other peopel cannot draw what you have in your mind, and with practices, you will become better! (and KO people to give you critics that are useful). Well telling you that "oh the leg is wrong" isnt' a critic. but why it's wrong, and how it can be improved, now that's a real critic. you have no idea how much versions of a drawing that I make my sis and lina see b4 the pic is actually done >_>... lololol
lol its a race for longer reply!!!
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lol my mom didn't support my drawings. When I would draw, she said I should my chores or homework (i was one of those ppl that never did their homework). The only time my mom would support me was when my aunt and cousins came over and my mom would brag about my drawings -_-' my moms weird.
You're lucky you have someone to teach you. One of my friends is a natural artist, she draws and her work is amazing but she doesn't do it as a hobby or anything. My other friend is also a bit of a natural artist (she was the one I went for critics and help and i never got much help) and she's aiming to be an animator or something to do with anime. Both of them are naturally gifted at what they do but they don't know HOW to teach another person or give good advice on drawing lol.
And the critics you're talking about ("oh the leg is wrong" and not telling you how it can be improved) was what I usually got from my friend who is aiming to an animator. It would get me fustrated and kind of destroy what little self-esteem I had.
It's a good thing you have a lot of support so it doesn't keep your spirits down lol plus that means there are ppl that are willing to pay as much as they can to buy your work
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your mom isn't weird, that's EXACTLY what my mom did to me. She would go brag about me to my family and her co-workers, but never really support me (Until I sell them at conventions).
Lina taught me photoshop
One thing about being a natural artist is that they cannot see how other peopel don't get it, so they have a harder time to teach you. What's best is that you find someone on par with your level of drawing, and improve together. Do a smaller critic everytime, and improve with the partner over time. do try to draw the body every time even if u hide everything under clothes. it'll help you so much more for anatomy! I'm the nurture over nature type artist so I had to work on my own too. I only started to care for anatomy in the past 3 years and I still have a lot of catching ups to do.
for your friends, tell them to do a lineart over it. Add some red lines as to how they think it should be drawn if they cannot explain it in words. I don't think that every good artists are natural. I think that more than 80% of them are nurtured to be a good artist, and never give up wanting to improve. With hard work, nurture can win against nature
support or not, my worst enemy is myself. I beat myself down and kill my own spirits. Every time that I'm drawing, it's like im going to a battlefield and killing myself. Though I know that im being very harsh on myself, I know that it'll help me improve ^^... and that's also why i'm spending much more time on quality than quantity for my drawings... and hence never getting enough artworks out for convention!!! I think that i'm jsut happy that peopel like my thigns enough to buy them xD!
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*sighs* moms, they can't be helped
i saw a few of lina's works cuz of ur link. they are so cute. i saw her fanart of your fallen angel and it is so beautiful especially the background.
i also suck at anatomy and its hard to find good books on helping you improve. now that i haven't drawn for a like couple of years, my skills are probably back to beginners.
I think there aren't that many good natural artists because they don't really care about it themselves, its just another skill for them but good nurtured artists are people that are in love with the art so they work hard at it and aim to go into it as a career or main hobby.
as long as you're not killing your self-esteem then i think its ok to be harsh since you're using that to improve your skills. Quality will always be better than quantity. Its makes people appreciate your work.
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Lina is my inspiration ^^. She's my partner for improving! She is really great in backgrounds and anatomy.
books suck for drawing. No offense to them. I've been trying (sometimes... too lazy to practice) to do this everyday (aka only do it for 1 month and stop for 3-4 months).
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You learn a lot from it. don't jsut draw. Analyze a pic when you redraw. like there are spots where we do not draw a flat line. we have bumps and everythings, which makes it look like the anatomy is better (i really don't know how to say it >
i agree with u. peopel with talent don't always appreciate it. drawing is my main hobby. I can';t draw it as my main job since my hand has some problem and when i draw too much or use it to omuch it'll start hurting. >
I do kill my self esteem before. But I've learned to control it. I rather that people appreciate my work than them buying it, and when they buy, it'll be because they are worth to buy them and not because of the artist's fame. XD!
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That's great that you have a partner. I'll check out the link later since my laptop got virus attacked so I'm getting it fixed (i'm on my dads computer right now).
Well of course your hand is going to hurt from drawing too much. I'm not used to using a pen or pencil that much anymore (most of my classes required using a computer) so I can't write or draw for a long period of time cuz my hand starts hurting. So thats normal I would say.
Also last night since my laptop broke down and I had nothing to do, I got all my art stuff out. My sketchbook, anime pictures I printed out cuz I wanted to draw them, pencil crayons, and this new manga drawing kit a bought a few months ago (it came with inking and shading markers so I was like, why not?). Then I took an anime picture that I wanted to draw and then I sketched it and coloured it in but first I used my markers first cuz I wanted to try inking it professionally since I had the markers so I was like might as well. The shading didn't go as much as I expected it to go. Like from one point it looks ok but then at a another point I was thinking it doesn't look right. So I coloured it in and tried my best to save it from looking terrible. When I finished, it looked ok especially after not drawing for a while. When I get my laptop back, I'll put it on deviantart so you can see it.
I'm pretty sure people buy your work cuz they love it and appreciate it not cuz your known on deviantart. I didn't know who you were and I randomly bought your stuff. I wasn't even planning to go to AN to buy artwork, all I wanted were plushies lol. Plus its better to buy artwork cuz then I can put it up in my room and appreciate it whenever I see it. Much better than dragging myself on the internet and take all that time just to get on deviantart just to look at it. Saves me some time lol
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Im quite lucky to get a partner like Lina. We started off around the same level, and grew together. <3 I can always do random critics for you, though not before AN since im massively drawing
that link is random pose and you need to draw them within 30seconds. of course, if u cannot finish it in 30s, you go with 45s, or 1 min. it trains you to understand anatomy without thinking about it.
I used to play piano, and my hand was really too small (smallest hand compare to everyone of my age and younger ~_~). So I had to stretch my hand to max and I injured something. Well my shoulder would hurt since i was carrying a 10-20lbs schoolback every day back in high school and It was so heavy that it jsut wasn't human. I remember that i needed the rotational force to lift it up to get it on the table so i can wear it.
Why did your laptop break? is this the laptop breaking season? U are the 3rd one this month taht broke one!!!) Do put it up on DA. one trick for traditional drawing (especially inking) is htat you put it under the light, and look at the drawing from the back. you can see much more errors that way. (I do a flip on pc). I don't do markers since I cannot color by hand >< (that was kinda like the category that I get my lowest art grade in >
yay! it means so much more that people like my work for my work and not my name (though I'm really not famous at all
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lol i have small hands too compared to my friends and i'm also short >.< even though i'm 19, people think i'm younger than that since i'm so short. i used to play piano too (only cuz it was part of the school curriculum) but never had trouble reaching the keys. how come ur schoolbag weighed so much? i would leave half my stuff in my locker and take the rest of my stuff home so my bag would be easier to carry. were u in a semester school and non-semester school?
My laptop got attacked by a random virus while i was reading manga -_- my brother-in law is a computer nerd so i gave it to him to fix it. i'm suppose to get it back sometime today.
I'll try the inking trick. I've always been good at colouring but shading and knowing where light comes from makes me clueless lol. in grade 9, i had a terrible art teacher so i stopped going to art class so i missed a lot like shading. but i couldn't help it, i didn't want to learn from a teacher that treated art like math and stomped on creativity. i still managed to like a 76% in class even though i wasn't in class 60% of the time.
well one day when you do become famous, maybe you'll have enough money (after paying back people) to buy artwork again lol and hang it up on ur wall.
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I'm only 5ft tall, and I've reached the end of my growth. XD! I'm 24 already T_T! People give me my age from 16-22 so its not that bad! I play piano when i was about 12, and my hands were literally tiny tiny, and I advanced fast (earlier but then I slack off and spend 75% of my time talking to the teacher and not playing). So I was playing things that were kinda harder, and required much more extended hand usage. (my left hand can stretch to 10 notes... >_>...). and I was drawing with my mouse for pixel art and I further injured there.
My schoolbag was that heavy in high school since our lockers are very small, and I tend to use my breaks to finish up whatever homework that I have (especially for french) so that I do not have to carry them home. French homework are 3 books that are 1" min each. I cannot get home with that school back so I tend to try to finish them in school. and yes, what a nerd XD~! And then at college, my school was kinda big, and all my stupid science classes (my LOVABLE 3-4" books) requires book in class, and this one is semester. we have 10 minutes b/w classes and i'm always late already, so there's no time to go to a locker. And teachers gave penalties for lateness. But see, my school was STUPID! you cannot get from 5th floor of Wing A to 5th floor of Wing E!!!! you have to go down to 2nd floor, and then back up the stairs again! you cannot walk that up in 10 minutes. Impossible >_>...
By the time that i reached university which dun require me to bring my books, my back was already problematic.
you should use Spybot search and destroy, and adware. they clean off a lot of crap for me. and then get a internet security. jsut a anti virus isnt enough ~_~.
I never took art classes. if u wanted to take science classes, u cannot take art (lol wtf?). I feel bad for horrible teachers like that!!! Well light is kinda hard for me too. I've been practicing contrasts lately so that i will get better at it. I always draw a little sun as to where the light comes from so that I won't forget. and i imagine how they will be if that was the only light, and what will cover what.
lol me famous? dream on XD
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i got my laptop back! ^_________^
omg i'm 5ft tall too! *huggles* i have found a person as short as me!
damn, you have too much school stuff. My high school was semester and we only had 4 classes a day so homework and how many textbooks you carried depended on what courses you took. I took a variety of different things. I basically tried a bit of everything especially during grade 11 and 12. I took chemistry, co-op, parenting, writer's craft, web design, etc. I realized I was an idiot to take chemistry, I almost failed the class. Luckily I made it out with a 51%. So when I realized that math and science did not go together with me, I just avoided them especially when my counsellor said I didn't need to take it if my future career had nothing to do with them.
Yeah I need better internet security stuff. >.<
Hey, you could be famous one day. It's always good to dream big cuz one day it might just come true.
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5ft tall PAWNS!!!!!
I'd thought that u'd notice when you last saw me at AN XD!
My HS has 7 class a day. I don't know how they manage that, and there's a cycle of 9 days wiht differnet classes, so you tend to forget which day is today, and u ended up having to borrow the book of ur locker mate. It's really stupid. I was never stellar in chemistry too. I was lucky to find a tutor that was really good at teaching. so i wont listen in class n jstu listent ot him teaching me things, and he'd teach me everything i need in class. What's your future career XD?
lol dream big = unrealistic. I'm a pessimistic person, and I jsut don't dream like that XD
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You were behind a table, I never got a good look at you lol. It was my first AN convention so I was pretty much overwhelmed.
My future career is Early Childhood Education and then hopefully Kindergarten Teacher. But first I need to get my degree. I start college in September and I'm nervous yet excited about it.
I can be optimistic or pessimistic, it just depends on my mood. I sometimes get depressed easily so I try to see to good side of things to get through it. I only get pessimistic when it comes to things like getting a job offer. But I just go either way, I try to be reasonable. Dreaming big might not always be unrealistic if the dream can be realistic. For example, I want to be a Kindergarten Teacher, that's a pretty realistic dream and for me its a big dream so it could come true. But something like creating an anime portal so I can go to the anime world is a big dream that is very unrealisitc so it'll most likely not come true. Though it would be nice if scientists could create an anime portal lol.
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true. well my table is filled, and i then to like to kneel on the chair, half sit on it with my 4 boxes of pins.
this sounds interesting! I hope that you can become a good teacher! I can't stand lil kids screaming (mostly cuz they make me have migraines) XD!
and man, your example is really good! I had a laugh! well i have 2 dreams. WRiting a book and becoming an art therapist. Its realistic but I kinda screwed up a lot in the way. so I have to do a lot more solving for it b4 i can pursue it. but for now, i just want to get a job XD!
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lol i also wanted to write a book except i'm so lazy. i type one page and then i get too lazy to type more. i want to be able to write a book on a notebook than on the computer cuz then i can write random pages of my book and then see in the end how it'll come together but my hand hurts pretty easily from writing. makes me feel pretty useless.
i wanna get a job too. is easier to get a job in quebec? cuz over here its so hard. my sis told me that its easier to get a job in alberta or manitoba but i'd rather not move a province just to get a job. i like ontario and living beside toronto. celebrities come to the city like this weekend, ashley tisdale is in town. too bad i can't go c her 
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my book is a 4 book series. and it has been sitting in cold air for 9 years. so i think that you are way better than me. I am actually planning to write another stoyry first. actualyl 2 other stories first. i've them planned... to some extend. i like writing on laptop. notebook, i tend to correct too much.But all the ideas are on papers. i ahte writing with a desktop tho. if ur hands hurt from writing it menas that you are using too much force when you hold the pencil/pen. i had that too when i write 10 pages note per class (x4-5 classes a day). but if u bandage joint of ur hand, it will be much better.
its very hard to get a job in qc. i actually want to get a job in ontario. i want to get away from here as soon as possible (i dun want to stay with my parents). why dun you go se her? i mean it is ur fav celeb! at least try xD? I'm not big on celebrities. i jsut want to live near my sis.
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hmm bandage the joint of my hand? i guess i'll try that
well good luck, getting a job around here is hard unless you already know a person working at the place you want to work so you can get a reference. i don't know if it's the same for other cities but it's like that for Mississauga (where i live).
my mom is really over protective and doesn't really let me go out anywhere even though i'm 19 (which sucks). She doesn't mind me roaming the city we live in as long as i come home before 9pm. But Toronto is much bigger than Mississauga so she's afraid something might happen to me. Hopefully she'll get over that when I go to college since my college is in the downtown area of Toronto.
Aww, you seem so close with your sister. I don't know what kind of relationship i have with my sisters. I love them and sometimes they get on my nerves. They're all way older than me and married so sometimes we can't relate. But they're always there for me no matter what. Sibling relationships are so complex lol
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I know its hard like that, but I've got to try! I really wanna live near my sis (at least within 1 hour of bus). So what can u do XD?
I know what u mean by mom being too protective. I think the first time that i went out late was at 17 and it was accompanied with my friend's parent to se a late night movie. At least she lets u out till 9. when i was 19, she didn't let me out to anywhere (I was in college back then) and I had to come home straight away. I don't think that i ever went out, and if i did, she would call me every hour or so (she still does... every 2 hours now). I mean i'd understand if i'm a drugger, alcoholic, or something liek that, but i dun drink or smoke. >_>... Thinkgs got better when i was having meetings almost every day in the week with my sister for student council. and then she loosen up a bit. but she would still call me everytime that im out. And seriosuly, cuz i have problems with the dark, I don't stay out after 8-9, or till 9:30 when my dad picks me up. And most of the time im at school library studying. I mean what's up with THAT?
I'm really close to my sis. I guess it was how we grow up. I was bullied and she would come to save me (though at home we fight SO MUCH) and then she got bullied. by bullying i meant hit. xD! My sis gets on my nerves sometimes, but i would jsut bluntly say, B, you are getting on my nerves. stop making me work at 2am when im brain dead. She'd understand, and we get on with life. We are jsut 2 years apart in age so we are closer since the mentality is somewhat closer (altho my sis's mentality is much older than her age). I'm glad that they are jhere for u. i think that all siblings are like that. u love each other, but they can be the biggest asses sometimes. When my sis is being an ass, i tell her straight forwardly. and when i do, she does too. we help each otehr for everything. I tell u, if i cant get married i'll blame her xD
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