I'm tired of just being able to draw felines! I'm through with having to "lionize" my favorite human characters so I can draw fan art of them or always having to choose feline subjects for my final projects at school. Srsly, it's gotten so bad that I drew only felines in my Drawing 2 class, which was suppose to be "figure drawing." I reffed from the model once, decided I wasn't as good compared to the others, and went back to drawing my cats. :P I really want to have the freedom to be able to draw anything I want without telling others "Nope. All I can draw for you is Simba." I guess I'm just feeling...trapped? After only drawing cats for more than 3 years now, I feel the need to move on to other things so I can expand my artistic skills more, but I'm not sure how to start.
One of the methods I think I may use is just finding a lot of screen shots from my favorite shows and redrawing them over and over for awhile. I know many people will disagree with me and say I should start working from real life first, but that's how I learned to draw my lions and I think it worked out for me okay. I even had a few of my teachers tell me I should stick with cartooning. To be honest, I really don't care if I end up with a style that looks like someone else's just as long as I can draw a person! That'll be enough for me! :D
I also want to be able to draw backgrounds that actually look believable too instead of the standard like ones I always draw. :P For this, I'll be reffing backgrounds from screen shots as well as sketching from outside...at least that much I can do from real life.
I think Tsukasa from .hack//sign will be my main reference for awhile. I love the dot hack style since it's simple yet really expressive and I think it would be easy for me to get a grasp on at first. It reminds me a lot of my style in it's simplicity too. The backgrounds in that anime are also really well done and I'd love to be able to ref some of those as well.
I'm not sure how much I'll be able to upload to my art sites in the next week or so because of this. I'm not the kind of person that will upload every little scrap I draw, but I'm also not the type of person to leave a site idle either. If I like a background or something, I'll upload it, but I know without a doubt that my upload rate will drop. I may loose fans over my inactivity or from drawing more anime fan art than I do my cute TLK-style cats, but who cares. I need to do this.
I have one last lionized picture I have planned out as a sort of "transition" picture as a way of announcing my decision stop drawing lionized versions of my favorite characters and actually draw them like they were suppose to look. :P
Monday, May 24, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Day 13: Keystones decided
:P I've decided that Keystones needs to be re-done completely from the start. The pages I have up now are not going the way I want the story to go. It doesn't even resemble the original Keystones story line at all and looking back now, that story had a much stronger plot. Dimeyi isn't even the same character either. D:
The character Dimeyi was suppose to be a young, shy, almost depressed like cheetah as a cub that rarely interacted with others. As he grew up he would sorta out grow his depressed behavior and start to take more risks but still retain his secluded nature. He was also a "Timeweaver". Timeweavers were a select group of animals, that were able to "weave" a path through time and space to travel anywhere, breaking all normal rules of nature. These individuals were extremely needed to keep the peace across the lands, going where there was trouble and solving the fights using their granted powers. However, there only ever existed one Timeweaver at any given period in history, so they were seen as deities throughout the animal kingdom.
A new individual was chosen to assume the role of "Timeweaver" when the existing animal no longer felt he could continue protecting the world or, in rare circumstances, was killed. This new Timeweaver was often picked from a group of newly born creatures and taken to be cared for by the Infinity Council, a group under the Timeweaver that insured the protection of the young "Timeweaver in training" until he had learned all the necessary skills and was ready to take over the role.
During the last parts of Dimeyi's training, a group (not sure what they're called yet) discovers the secret location of the Timeweaver and the Infinity Council and seeks to obtain the time and space weaving powers for themselves. They completely destroy their home and attempt to kill everyone there, especially Dimeyi. Their determination is so strong, not even the current Timeweaver can ease their thirst for power and uses up all his strength trying to do so. With his last bit of energy, he transports Dimeyi away from the struggle to a unknown location, just before being pounced on and killed by the leader of this group.
This is where our story would start. Dimeyi would have woken up in a strange place, not knowing where he was or how he got there.While he's still trying to get himself together, a young wolf pup startles him, explaining how strange he was and how they don't often see outsiders on their land since her father, the alpha, kept everyone off their territory. She starts asking about him and how he might have gotten there but Dimeyi can't remember anything about who he is, how he got there, or where he came from. All he can remember is his name and a phrase.
Of course, this still needs work, but this will be the new story of Keystones. :P I think it'll be a lot stronger and make more sense than the last story did.
The character Dimeyi was suppose to be a young, shy, almost depressed like cheetah as a cub that rarely interacted with others. As he grew up he would sorta out grow his depressed behavior and start to take more risks but still retain his secluded nature. He was also a "Timeweaver". Timeweavers were a select group of animals, that were able to "weave" a path through time and space to travel anywhere, breaking all normal rules of nature. These individuals were extremely needed to keep the peace across the lands, going where there was trouble and solving the fights using their granted powers. However, there only ever existed one Timeweaver at any given period in history, so they were seen as deities throughout the animal kingdom.
A new individual was chosen to assume the role of "Timeweaver" when the existing animal no longer felt he could continue protecting the world or, in rare circumstances, was killed. This new Timeweaver was often picked from a group of newly born creatures and taken to be cared for by the Infinity Council, a group under the Timeweaver that insured the protection of the young "Timeweaver in training" until he had learned all the necessary skills and was ready to take over the role.
During the last parts of Dimeyi's training, a group (not sure what they're called yet) discovers the secret location of the Timeweaver and the Infinity Council and seeks to obtain the time and space weaving powers for themselves. They completely destroy their home and attempt to kill everyone there, especially Dimeyi. Their determination is so strong, not even the current Timeweaver can ease their thirst for power and uses up all his strength trying to do so. With his last bit of energy, he transports Dimeyi away from the struggle to a unknown location, just before being pounced on and killed by the leader of this group.
This is where our story would start. Dimeyi would have woken up in a strange place, not knowing where he was or how he got there.While he's still trying to get himself together, a young wolf pup startles him, explaining how strange he was and how they don't often see outsiders on their land since her father, the alpha, kept everyone off their territory. She starts asking about him and how he might have gotten there but Dimeyi can't remember anything about who he is, how he got there, or where he came from. All he can remember is his name and a phrase.
Of course, this still needs work, but this will be the new story of Keystones. :P I think it'll be a lot stronger and make more sense than the last story did.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Day 12: Comics + New Character + MoonstarClan
Comics
KH2: The chapter cover for KH2 "Chapter 27: Pride Lands" is almost finished! :D I finished coloring and shading all the characters that appear on it today, so all there's left to finish it the background...which I might go finish after I post this. After that, I'll finally be able to start the comic. I've decided that I will include the Simba cub / Death of Mufasa opening that starts the Pride Lands world on the game in the comic, just because it won't seem right without it.
Keystones: I'm not entirely sure if I want to start Keystones over from the beginning or build off what I have now yet. :P There are a lot of changes I want to make to the first few pages that would heavily effect the story line. Plus I've found a new background style that I developed especially for my comics so...it really won't look right if I suddenly start using it at page 7. I think I may restart my comic. :P I'll make an official annoucement on dA tomorrow
New Character
I'm wanting to make another character that would fit within The Lion King universe as Kovu and Kiara's son. ;3 I've been wanting to make them my own fan character since I joined TLKFAA back in 2007 but I've never gotten around to it. D: Now that I'm working on a few story ideas with Vahn (a.k.a =WhiteDragonLove from dA) that involve a cub of Kovu and Kiara's to interact with a character called Takua. I wanna create my own version. xDD
I know I want their cub to be male and carry a mix of traits from both Kovu and Simba. I'd like for him to have darker colored fur, but not as dark as Kovu's. He'd have green eyes and a hair tuft, though he'd have a Pridelander styled nose. Not sure what color his tail and hair tuft would be yet. :P
Possible names:
MoonstarClan
My Warriors fan-made clan, MoonstarClan, will be getting it's promised summer make over. xD I need to finish a family tree, make an official territory for the clan, and finish making their rival clans, SkyClan, StormClan, and BoneClan. So I may be spending the next few days not working on art to upload, but support art for my Clan. :3
KH2: The chapter cover for KH2 "Chapter 27: Pride Lands" is almost finished! :D I finished coloring and shading all the characters that appear on it today, so all there's left to finish it the background...which I might go finish after I post this. After that, I'll finally be able to start the comic. I've decided that I will include the Simba cub / Death of Mufasa opening that starts the Pride Lands world on the game in the comic, just because it won't seem right without it.
Keystones: I'm not entirely sure if I want to start Keystones over from the beginning or build off what I have now yet. :P There are a lot of changes I want to make to the first few pages that would heavily effect the story line. Plus I've found a new background style that I developed especially for my comics so...it really won't look right if I suddenly start using it at page 7. I think I may restart my comic. :P I'll make an official annoucement on dA tomorrow
New Character
I'm wanting to make another character that would fit within The Lion King universe as Kovu and Kiara's son. ;3 I've been wanting to make them my own fan character since I joined TLKFAA back in 2007 but I've never gotten around to it. D: Now that I'm working on a few story ideas with Vahn (a.k.a =WhiteDragonLove from dA) that involve a cub of Kovu and Kiara's to interact with a character called Takua. I wanna create my own version. xDD
I know I want their cub to be male and carry a mix of traits from both Kovu and Simba. I'd like for him to have darker colored fur, but not as dark as Kovu's. He'd have green eyes and a hair tuft, though he'd have a Pridelander styled nose. Not sure what color his tail and hair tuft would be yet. :P
Possible names:
- Unabii meaning "prophecy"
- Shani meaning "crimson"
- Asani meaning "rebellious"
MoonstarClan
My Warriors fan-made clan, MoonstarClan, will be getting it's promised summer make over. xD I need to finish a family tree, make an official territory for the clan, and finish making their rival clans, SkyClan, StormClan, and BoneClan. So I may be spending the next few days not working on art to upload, but support art for my Clan. :3
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Day 10: More background practice
Still doing background practices for my comics. I think I'm improving a bit so hopefully by the start of June, I'll be able to start updating both comics on a regular basis again! :D
This was a cave background practice (as if you couldn't tell! xD) Pretty happy with how the rocks came out as well as the shading/highlights. ;3 My first time ever digitally painting somewhere that was mostly dark so this was a huge learning experience! :D
I drew up this pic as a special thank you to =WhiteDragonLove on deviantart for buying me a subscription!. <3 This was the first pic I've done that included both a character and a background in my new style. Overall, really happy with how this turned out! =3 I'll start doing more fully finished pictures now. ;3
Anyway, it's late. :P I think I'll go watch an episode of .hack//sign then head off to bed.
"Cave"
"Takua"
Anyway, it's late. :P I think I'll go watch an episode of .hack//sign then head off to bed.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Day 8: Keystones
D: Sorry for missing an update yesterday. :P Not sure why I forgot. xD I didn't have anything exciting to write about art wise anyway.
Keystones
I feel like I want to start the story over from the beginning again. I've been writing out the prologue to the story and I've found a better way to start the story than what my comic shows atm. So...I may end up scraping all the pages I have done now and restart from the beginning or I may just keep building off of what I have now and come back once I have several pages done and revamp them. I'm not sure what I want to do yet.
I recently started watching the anime that sorta inspired Keystones in the first place again so I may re-do the comic in its original story line too. :P I'll have an update about the story line of Keystones in a few days. xD
8:36pm update: Here's the new background style I'm wanting to use for the new pages of Keystones. It's a very painterly style that requires less of the background be inked. I really do like it more plus it looks more realistic than the old BG style. xD I'll be playing around with backgrounds for my comic the rest of the week just to see what comes out of it. ;3
Keystones
I feel like I want to start the story over from the beginning again. I've been writing out the prologue to the story and I've found a better way to start the story than what my comic shows atm. So...I may end up scraping all the pages I have done now and restart from the beginning or I may just keep building off of what I have now and come back once I have several pages done and revamp them. I'm not sure what I want to do yet.
I recently started watching the anime that sorta inspired Keystones in the first place again so I may re-do the comic in its original story line too. :P I'll have an update about the story line of Keystones in a few days. xD
8:36pm update: Here's the new background style I'm wanting to use for the new pages of Keystones. It's a very painterly style that requires less of the background be inked. I really do like it more plus it looks more realistic than the old BG style. xD I'll be playing around with backgrounds for my comic the rest of the week just to see what comes out of it. ;3
Background practice of the Land of Creation / Land of Ruin. <33
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Day 6
Not really much to update on today. :P
I'm slowly finishing the trades I owe. I really don't like owing people stuff I've promised them for long amounts of time, so hopefully I'll get all pics done and sent by next weekend. Then I can start on my two comic projects that srsly need to be worked on. :P The Prologue to Keystones is in the process of being written so as soon as most of that is finished, I can start drawing out pages again. :D KH2 doesn't need a written script since I know what's going to happen and such so it should go faster. Chapter cover for the Pride Lands is still in the process of being colored
...I need to draw some of my own characters soon too. I haven't drawn any of them in awhile. :P
I'm slowly finishing the trades I owe. I really don't like owing people stuff I've promised them for long amounts of time, so hopefully I'll get all pics done and sent by next weekend. Then I can start on my two comic projects that srsly need to be worked on. :P The Prologue to Keystones is in the process of being written so as soon as most of that is finished, I can start drawing out pages again. :D KH2 doesn't need a written script since I know what's going to happen and such so it should go faster. Chapter cover for the Pride Lands is still in the process of being colored
...I need to draw some of my own characters soon too. I haven't drawn any of them in awhile. :P
Monday, May 10, 2010
Day 5: Character Clean-up + Trades + Comics
:D Hey guys! Just thought I'd mention that this blog will only be updated Monday - Friday.
Character Clean-up:
This summer, I'll be doing an extreme clean-up of my current characters. I'd like to narrow it down from the 50+ I have to around 15, since I'll be bringing in new chars for my Keystones comic. However, most of the chars I decide I won't use any more will not be adopted out. They'd be be put on a "semi-retired" list just in case I decide to use them again for whatever reason.D: I find it really hard to part with my characters anyway. (See the list at the end of this post to see which chars I'm keeping)
Trades:
I'm slowly catching up on the work I put off on while I was going to school. :P I should be able to get to sketching out the trade I owe Alexus and then to the one I owe Hunt really soon! Sorry for taking so long. :P
Comics:
KH2: This comic's coming along really nicely. I finished inking the chapter cover for the Pride Lands last night and should be able to start coloring it today sometime. :P After that, I should be able to start sketching out actual comic pages. Reference sheets for lion Sora and the others should follow after that, though the refs sheets won't be posted online and will only be used for myself. xD I being really careful about what I post and I leave offline for this project since I'm using someone else's story and characters.
Keystones: I've sorta put Keystones off as a side project for now until I get through some other projects I need to get finished first. I thought I should at least start the KH2 comic since it IS suppose to be helping me with this comic. xD I'm still writing on the story line now and should have the Prologue chapter done by end of may. Page 7 should be done around the first of June.
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Character's list:
Keeping:
Manjoume
Aki
Anderson
Dimeyi
Ratha
Aster
Kuhn
Leo
Luna
Ayo
Hyaku
Oliver
Kazumi
Kris
Sandaa
Noah
Tallon
Yuuki
Atlus
Jun
Boomerang
Andante
All other characters of mine that don't appear on this list are "RETIRED" and won't be used in any other pictures, role plays, or stories past today. If you've adopted a char out to me and they've been retired, you can ask for it back by noting me on deviantArt or emailing me. I'll gladly return it. Characters from my comic "Keystones" besides Dimeyi are not listed because they're still in development, as well as character from the KH2 comic since they aren't mine. :P Aki's family that appeared in the one page I had finished of "Crimson Spirits" aren't listed as well. Chars from my MoonstarClan aren't listed either.
Character Clean-up:
This summer, I'll be doing an extreme clean-up of my current characters. I'd like to narrow it down from the 50+ I have to around 15, since I'll be bringing in new chars for my Keystones comic. However, most of the chars I decide I won't use any more will not be adopted out. They'd be be put on a "semi-retired" list just in case I decide to use them again for whatever reason.D: I find it really hard to part with my characters anyway. (See the list at the end of this post to see which chars I'm keeping)
Trades:
I'm slowly catching up on the work I put off on while I was going to school. :P I should be able to get to sketching out the trade I owe Alexus and then to the one I owe Hunt really soon! Sorry for taking so long. :P
Comics:
KH2: This comic's coming along really nicely. I finished inking the chapter cover for the Pride Lands last night and should be able to start coloring it today sometime. :P After that, I should be able to start sketching out actual comic pages. Reference sheets for lion Sora and the others should follow after that, though the refs sheets won't be posted online and will only be used for myself. xD I being really careful about what I post and I leave offline for this project since I'm using someone else's story and characters.
Keystones: I've sorta put Keystones off as a side project for now until I get through some other projects I need to get finished first. I thought I should at least start the KH2 comic since it IS suppose to be helping me with this comic. xD I'm still writing on the story line now and should have the Prologue chapter done by end of may. Page 7 should be done around the first of June.
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Character's list:
Keeping:
Manjoume
Aki
Anderson
Dimeyi
Ratha
Aster
Kuhn
Leo
Luna
Ayo
Hyaku
Oliver
Kazumi
Kris
Sandaa
Noah
Tallon
Yuuki
Atlus
Jun
Boomerang
Andante
All other characters of mine that don't appear on this list are "RETIRED" and won't be used in any other pictures, role plays, or stories past today. If you've adopted a char out to me and they've been retired, you can ask for it back by noting me on deviantArt or emailing me. I'll gladly return it. Characters from my comic "Keystones" besides Dimeyi are not listed because they're still in development, as well as character from the KH2 comic since they aren't mine. :P Aki's family that appeared in the one page I had finished of "Crimson Spirits" aren't listed as well. Chars from my MoonstarClan aren't listed either.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Day 2: Questions Answered
Concept for the KH2 comic Pride Lands chapter 27 is finished! I should have it enlarged to fit the comic page and inked by tomorrow. =3 Then the KH2 comic project will be officially underway. :D
Disclaimer: This is fan made comic made purely for fun. It is in no way official. The story line as well as all the characters are property of their original owners stated above. I won't be paid nor will I distribute any copies of this for profit. I also will not be referencing nor do I want it looking like the KH2 comic already published. Any resemblances will be purely coincidental
Fire's comic Q&A
Since uploading my KH2 comic cover concept yesterday, I've had a few questions about my comic status and what my plans for this comic as well as Keystones were. I'll be answering a few questions about that on my blog.
Q. Are you still doing Keystones?
A. Yes, I still plan to work on Keystones along with my KH2 comic.
Q. What's the uploading schedule for your comics now?
A. Each comic will have one new page per two weeks; or one new upload from me per week. I'll upload one new page of Keystones one week and then a new page of KH2 the next except for weeks I'm on vacation.
Q. You do know there's already a KH2 comic out there, right?
A. Yes, I'm fully aware of that. Read my disclaimer plz
Q. So why put effort into doing a comic that's not your own?
A. I'm doing a fan comic to help me with my original one in more than one way:
A. I'm on summer vacation now so very soon. x3 The first pages of the KH2 comic should be uploaded in 2 weeks and Keystones page 7 should be up by the beginning of June. :)
Fire's comic Q&A
Since uploading my KH2 comic cover concept yesterday, I've had a few questions about my comic status and what my plans for this comic as well as Keystones were. I'll be answering a few questions about that on my blog.
Q. Are you still doing Keystones?
A. Yes, I still plan to work on Keystones along with my KH2 comic.
Q. What's the uploading schedule for your comics now?
A. Each comic will have one new page per two weeks; or one new upload from me per week. I'll upload one new page of Keystones one week and then a new page of KH2 the next except for weeks I'm on vacation.
Q. You do know there's already a KH2 comic out there, right?
A. Yes, I'm fully aware of that. Read my disclaimer plz
Q. So why put effort into doing a comic that's not your own?
A. I'm doing a fan comic to help me with my original one in more than one way:
- Doing a comic of a story I already know well will help me with my comic structure/panel flow
- I want to learn how to draw other things. Doing a comic of someone else's story will force me to do that.
- I've been into drawing a lot of KH fanart recently and find it fun. Therefore, this comic will be made purely for fun. :D
A. I'm on summer vacation now so very soon. x3 The first pages of the KH2 comic should be uploaded in 2 weeks and Keystones page 7 should be up by the beginning of June. :)
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Day 1: Summer projects list
Today is my first official full day of summer vacation. =3 Its amazing so far! After almost 4 straight months of nothing but homework, I can finally say I have none. x3 I can spend the day as I see fit. xD. I <333 summer!
Anyway this update is strictly for me. I need to make a list somewhere of the projects I have to get done before I go on my first vacation, which is sometime in June.
Art Trades:
Comics:
Anyway this update is strictly for me. I need to make a list somewhere of the projects I have to get done before I go on my first vacation, which is sometime in June.
Art Trades:
- Finish an art trade with Hunt of her char Rosko
- Finish a commission I owe willowkit of her OC Willowtail
- Finish my half of a trade I owe Alexus of her fursona playing with Sora in the Prdielands
- Get around to doing my half of a collab with Yatima
Art Trades / Requests will be closed after I finish up the 4 pics I owe! They may be reopened later in the summer.
Comics:
- Get a final chapter cover design done for "Chpt 12: Pride Lands"
- Aim for 3-5 pages done in Pride Lands
- Start the smaller KH2 side comics
- Do reference sheets of the Pride Lands KH chars
- Sketch page 7 of Keystones
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Summer + KH2 comic project
Summer
I finished up my last final in Western Civ today, so that means I'm finally out of school for the summer! :D Now, I've got all the time I could ever want for 4 long months to do whatever I want, when ever I want! xD Expect more art to be uploaded really soon on my art sites! <3
KH2 comic project
Every year I choose some type of project to start during my time off from school. This year it'll be turning Kingdom Hearts 2 into a comic. Yes, I know it's already been done and published before, that's why this is strictly for my own enjoyment. I won't be doing this for the pageviews on deviantArt or the popularity of being another fan comic artists. No, I wanna do this so I can start getting myself used to drawing people more and to work on my comic structure and panel flow for Keystones. I think drawing a fan comic where I know how the story already plays out will help me do this. :D And since I've enjoyed drawing way too much KH fanart the last month or so, I figured I'd go ahead and combine the two.
Eventually the comic will span the entire storyline of the game, starting with Roxas in Twilight Town and ending with Xemnas' defeat in The World that Never Was. However, because I'm going to need awhile to practice more on my human drawing skills, I'll be starting with the part of the game I'm most familiar with: the Pride Lands.
Kc a.k.a lightliger on dA for those of you who know him there will be helping me with the concept for chapter covers as well as a series of smaller KH comics that will have nothing to do with the game what-so-ever but drawn purely for fun.
Comic Status:
Kingdom Hearts 2
- In Progress: Chapter 12: Pride Lands
- Where: Page "1", chpt 12
- Online: none (Projected release around the end of May)
Keystones
- In Progress: Prologue
- Where: Page 7
- Online: http://www.kaisertiger.deviantart.com/gallery/#Keystones
I finished up my last final in Western Civ today, so that means I'm finally out of school for the summer! :D Now, I've got all the time I could ever want for 4 long months to do whatever I want, when ever I want! xD Expect more art to be uploaded really soon on my art sites! <3
KH2 comic project
Every year I choose some type of project to start during my time off from school. This year it'll be turning Kingdom Hearts 2 into a comic. Yes, I know it's already been done and published before, that's why this is strictly for my own enjoyment. I won't be doing this for the pageviews on deviantArt or the popularity of being another fan comic artists. No, I wanna do this so I can start getting myself used to drawing people more and to work on my comic structure and panel flow for Keystones. I think drawing a fan comic where I know how the story already plays out will help me do this. :D And since I've enjoyed drawing way too much KH fanart the last month or so, I figured I'd go ahead and combine the two.
Eventually the comic will span the entire storyline of the game, starting with Roxas in Twilight Town and ending with Xemnas' defeat in The World that Never Was. However, because I'm going to need awhile to practice more on my human drawing skills, I'll be starting with the part of the game I'm most familiar with: the Pride Lands.
Kc a.k.a lightliger on dA for those of you who know him there will be helping me with the concept for chapter covers as well as a series of smaller KH comics that will have nothing to do with the game what-so-ever but drawn purely for fun.
Comic Status:
Kingdom Hearts 2
- In Progress: Chapter 12: Pride Lands
- Where: Page "1", chpt 12
- Online: none (Projected release around the end of May)
Keystones
- In Progress: Prologue
- Where: Page 7
- Online: http://www.kaisertiger.deviantart.com/gallery/#Keystones
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