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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to the start of my series on how to draw the mountains in the mist!

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How to Draw Mist

During the video I seem to have an issue with the difference between clouds and mist haha. They both have very similar techniques for drawing them so that is the main reason why I was mixing them up during the video. :)

The Mist layer starts out with just using the blending stump from last video and blending out the bottoms of the mountains. Then using a combination of an eraser and a pencil, I go back in and start to erase out some cloud like shapes that will become the mist. It is then just a matter of going back in and adding some shadows to the mist and this layering effect will start to really show through creating some nice looking mist.

I hope you all enjoyed this one and I hope to see you all again for the next part of how to draw the mountains in the mist!

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Artist: DJ Lang59
Song: Drops of H20
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to a new drawing video. This time I draw a Hawaiian sunset in colored pastels.

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This drawing started off with a fairly simple outlining sketch of the background mountains and some of the foreground details such as the wave and the rocks on the left side of the page. I did not want to define too many things at first. I wanted to leave most of it up for interpretation for when I actually got to drawing it. Some areas of the drawing I had an original intent on how I wanted it to look but when it came time for drawing it, I decided to do slight changes here and there. So keeping a light sketch helps this process.

Once the sketch is done the sky is almost always the next step since it is the furthest thing in the background and everything else gets drawn on top of it. Even though this was more of a sunset type scene, I still wanted to keep the sky light in color. I used a lot of washed out yellows and a few oranges to get a nice calm tone going. The tone gets lighter and lighter as it hits the horizon. I also made the sky more blue towards the top of the page. I made the dividing area between these 2 colors clouds. Just to help separate them. Using the white pastel sometimes does not always do its job with sitting on top of all the other colors so using white charcoal can help that process a lot. The white charcoal can really show up much better and helps with drawing in the clouds with the strong whites.

Next area I drew in was the mountains. I had a difficult time getting the right shades in and took some practice to figure out how to do it the way I wanted it to look. The distant mountains I added a lot of blues and purples into to help push it into the distance. I also used some yellows and greens to add just a hint of highlights to them.

The closer set of mountains I used a lot of black to really silhouette them out. But for the areas where I did highlight them, I used more of an olive green instead of an emerald green just to fit the sunset tone that the image had. Colors are going to be much warmer for the highlights because of the sunset.

The closer hills I filled in with vegetation. Used several varying shades and colors of green to create the vegetation. I also used a lot of black to create some of the rocks that make their way down to the beach. And shades of brown for where the water meets the dirt and rocks.

Adding in the water I used shades of dark blue with some purple and dark green. And used black to darken the whole thing down and then blended horizontally to create the water. I added in highlights by where the sun was setting.

The large wave I used several shades of dark blue and a lot of the white charcoal again to really punch those highlights. I did the same for the foam on the beach. For the sand I used quite a few shades of tan and brown for where the foam meets the sand.

I added in a few rocks on the beach to add in a nice touch. The left side of the page was filled in with mostly rocks and a few bushes. I finished up the image with some palm trees mostly silhouetted out. Added in just a hint of color

I hope you all enjoyed this one and stay tuned for next weeks video!

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song by Alex Beroza
Song: Improvisation on Friday

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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to the start of my series on how to draw the mountains in the mist!

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How to Draw Mountains

The mountains start out by lightly shading in the highlight and shadow sides of the mountain. Keep the shadow side rather dark and keep the highlight side lighter. When all the mountains have some shading in them, you will be able to tell much more easily how they are going to end up looking towards the final stages. Using a combination of H pencils and B pencils. I add a lot of texture along the way to really give the mountains a lot of details. This takes time and constantly going back and forth between pencils and erasers to get the desired effect.
Remember, it just takes time and practice. But most of all, drawing takes patience.
Thanks everyone for watching!

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Artist: DJ Rkod
Song: Faster Than the Eye Can Persieve
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to How to Draw a Beach Series Part 1 - How to Start a Sketch


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I know many of you have been asking for colored tutorials and I hope that this series will be a great addition to my tutorials on the channel. This one will be about how to draw a sand dune beach scene with pastels. This first episode will mainly be about drawing in the sketch. You will primarily only need an HB or 2B pencil for the sketch and perhaps an eraser to fix any quick mistakes.

I did not use the grid method like I did for a lot of my other real time videos. The composition was simple enough to transfer over without too many issues. My other real time drawings had a lot more detail and needed more careful attention to placement. Although the composition is rather simple, there still will be a pretty good amount of detail added into the drawing.

I hope you all enjoyed the drawing and ill see you all next time for part 2 where I start to draw in the sky in pastel.

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Song: Corporate Uplifting Rock
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Song: The Red Chair
Artist: Brown House Media
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

The Basics of Drawing Pencils:

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Welcome back everyone to a video where I talk about the basics of pencils and the pencils that I use. A lot of different pencil brands work just fine but Faber Castell is what I use. Here is a list of the Pencils that I have and Use.

6H 4H 2H HB B 2B 4B

Mechanical Pencils

2 of each: .7mm .5mm .3mm
I have 2H and B for most of them that I use.

Clutch Pencils

6H 4H 2H HB 2B 4B

Faber Castell Graphite 2mm Refills found off Ebay
Rosetta Clutch Pencils off Ebay

Going for clutch pencils or regular pencils personal preference. They are very similar but both have their advantages.

Kimberly 9XXB Drawing Pencil
This is the one I was talking about in the video that is almost black and has no shine while drawing.

I just want to let everyone know that in my experiences, any "artist drawing pencils" are pretty good. Faber Castell is just the name brand that I have gotten used to seeing and using. Also I use a range from 6H to 4B because of the camera and making sure that anything that I draw will show up on camera. Anything lighter than 6H has a hard time showing up on camera and anything higher than 4B has a lot of shine.

I hope you all enjoyed this video that gives you a little bit of information about drawing pencils and which ones that I use in drawings. Next video I will be talking about general use and textures that you can use to help in your drawings.

Thanks for watching everyone!

TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

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Did this drawing for a good friend of mine.

Drawing done with Sennelier oil pastels on 11 by 14 inch paper.

Approx drawing time was about 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Song: You May Run
Artist: Ryan Farish
Farish Music International (BMI)
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to this weeks drawing tutorial about thumbnailing.

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In this video, I go over and show you different ways to go about thumb nailing your artwork so that you can work out you thoughts on a concept or idea or for future ideas.

This starts off by just having a small idea of some sort of design you wish to have in a final composition. The thumb nailing comes in handy when you need to work out certain problems or working out different angles and placement of objects. It is a very fast and efficient way to get ideas down quickly without spending a tremendous amount of time doing a large format drawing. These types of drawings are great for keeping yourself motivated and helps to bring up new ideas for future work.

I hope you all enjoy the video and thanks for watching!

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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to a new real time drawing tutorial series. In this series, I will take you step by step to show you how to draw a spring meadow.

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In this video I get back into the landscape and start to add in some of those shadows and highlights that will be showing up in and around different objects in the drawing. This is a pretty good time to get that out of the way because I am getting towards the end of the drawing process and don't want to wait too long. Also by doing this, it enables me to make some last minute decisions about the drawing if I want to add or take away different elements of the drawing.

I also start to shade in the main tree on the left side of the drawing. That is something that I have been waiting on to do and something quick to get out of the way for the next video. This will help me on my way to creating the leaves on the tree as well.

So, this video was mainly just setting up everything so that it can be finished up in the future videos. I hope you all enjoyed and thanks a lot for watching!

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Artist; Ghost
Song: Reverie Small Theme
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Decided to take a Sunday off and go to Island Beach state park New Jersey. I took along my painting set along with the camera and had a great time.

I brought along my french easel and used a 10 by 20 inch canvas.

I always use gamblin oil paints. I have quite a large variety of colors.

For the sky colors:
Used a mixture of 80% prussan blue and 20 % titanium white for darkest blue part of the sky.

I kept adding more and more titanium white to lighten the color until I got to the horizon line.

I did the same for the sand. Starting out with about a 80% raw siena and 20% titianium white for the darker areas and mixed more and more titanium white to get the lighter shades.

The song is called Isolated and it is performed by Kevin MacLeod

TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to a new real time drawing tutorial series. In this series, I will take you step by step to show you how to draw a spring meadow.

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Drawing trees is probably going to be one of the more time consuming aspects of the drawing. With some practice and patience, they will begin to take shape on their own. For drawing these trees, I wanted to use a darker pencil so that they would stand out more against the sky. So I used more of an HB to 2B pencil range. After the skeleton work of the tree is completed, that is when I start to work on the leaves.

Drawing in the leaves can present its challenges. First off the average tree probably has over a few hundred leaves. So drawing that many objects is very time consuming. Although drawing each leave would make an amazing looking tree, I just really don't feel like doing that so I spent time finding textures that would best be suitable for drawing them. So what I ended up doing was using a sharp pencil and using it on its side. Making small scribble like movements helps to replicate thee leaves of the tree. This method eliminates a lot of time that would otherwise be spent on drawing each individual leaf. I also enjoy doing it this way because it gives the tree a bit more character.

I hope you all enjoyed this video and stay tuned next week for part 5! Thanks everyone for watching!

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Artist; Ghost
Song: Reverie Small Theme
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

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Welcome to how to draw dead trees part 1. This video will show you a technique I saw and I thought it was very cool. I think you will be able to learn from it quite easily.
The process starts off with drawing cylinders and being able to shade them. Another shape to learn to draw is a cone like shape. Combining and altering these shapes help to form a tree shape. After that is done. The shading part comes in next. You need to make a big decision and decide where the light will be coming from. The spots where the light would hit would be the lighter areas on the tree or "highlight" and the are of the tree that the light isnt hitting would be the "shadow" area. This adds volume and 3d to the drawing. It also makes it more interesting.
After this, you could add more tree branches as you see fit. Put in a ground or foundation for the tree to sit by scribbling in some lines or actually spending time to put in some grass and some roots popping out of the ground.

TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to my drawing tutorial on how to draw a hollyhock flower.

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The supplies for this drawing remain relatively simple. I used an HB pencil for the sketch and used a 2B for starting process of shading. For the real dark areas, I used a 4B.

This drawing started with a sketch on the page just for the rough placement of all the objects. I also used a grid method again for this drawing. It is a good process for aiding in the accuracy of object size and placement. I don't always use it but when I do, it is a big help.

Starting with the flowers, I used a 2B pencil to start working in some dark lines. Work them in a radial direction working out from the center. Then I used a blending stump to smooth everything out and added in some lines again just to bring out some more details.

The leaves are done in a similar way. I used a 2B pencil to give it a general shading and then used the eraser to bring out the vein lines in the leaves. Then using a regular pencil again, I made a line that follows the highlight to give it some depth.

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Song: The Owl Named Orion
Artist: DanoSongs
Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

This is great drawing practice if anybody wants to gain a boost in artistic talent. Believe me, when I first started drawing, I could only draw stick figures. After drawing like this for about a year or so, I can do all the things I do now. I do believe that art is something you are born with but I also believe that one can also learn the skill. Try and draw at least 1 thing every day and you will get much better as time goes on.

Song: Indian Summer
Artist: Ryan Farish
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Licensed with permission, RYTONE Entertainment
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to the start of my series on how to draw the mountains in the mist!

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How to Draw a Tree

I usually start off my trees with just a simple guide line to show the full height of the tree before I even get started. This is so that I know the tree will fit within the composition of the drawing and fit in well. I like to start off with a 2H or B pencil and putting in very fine and small details for the top of the tree. The top of the trees I think are the most important. I put the most detail there.

After I get the first layer down. Ill go back in with a darker pencil like a 2B and just add in some darker shadows to help bring it out.

When drawing in the details of the tree, I like to stagger and separate some of the details to help bring out a natural look to the tree. I also like to give it a bit of character by adding in some dead branches and having some branches smaller or larger than others. It just needs a little bit of variation to help give it that nice natural look. It can be easily overdone so just be careful.

I hope you all enjoyed this video, please give it a thumbs up as it always helps out and thanks everyone for watching!!!

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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to the start of my series on how to draw the mountains in the mist!

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How to draw the Misty Trees

In this video, I highly recommend having a range of pencils. Pencil drawing is by far one of the cheapest artist mediums to get into and buying a set of pencils will run you about 10 - 15 dollars. I would recommend having pencil set or buying individual pencils. For this video I used 4H 2H HB 2B and a 4B for finishing touches. That is my general range of pencil usage for any type of drawing. I do not usually go much higher than that because the higher number B pencils can give off a shine.

Getting back to the drawing, I started off way in the background with a 4H and 2H pencils. I usually create a vertical line close together sort of like hatching and place those marks in moving along the image horizontally. The best way I can describe how to draw this is to make it look sort of like a sound file or one of those meters that measure an earthquake activity. Those up and down vertical lines that are created by these devices are very similar to what I am doing here. After the light layer is placed, I switched to an HB pencil to lay in a slightly darker line in the same way. Also I try to avoid creating a tree line that is too even. I try to vary it so that the natural mist that I drew in last video can move around and about the trees that we are drawing in. After the HB layer, I will usually go for a 2B for the final layer. this layer will also go all the way down the the bottom of the page. After this layer is added, I go back in and pick out some individual trees to add in details to. I don't want to over do the details here because I want to convey that the trees are far away. Far away objects tend to have less details.

I also go in to show you the details of adding in the river bank. For this all I do is put the pencil on its side so that the maximum amount of graphite on the pencil is on contact with the paper. And with a quick motion, I hold the pencil horizontally on the page and go in a side to side motion. this helps to just create a "filler" texture that takes the shape of a river bank. It is a neat little trick.

I hope you all enjoyed this video and stay tuned for next week for the continuation of this series. Thanks everyone!

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Artist: Dokashiteru
Song: Echo
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

This is the way I have setup my drawing "studio". It used to be very basic and only consisted of the original reflector holder stand and a simple camera. But now that I am getting more of an audience and want to deliver better quality content, I have upgraded my setup.

I still use the reflector holder as the main camera mounting system. They can be found on amazon as well. I am also sure that stores that specialize in cameras and studio equipment would have the reflector stands. And I just use a pipe clamp to hold the cameras in place. The newer pipe clamps have hinge on one side so I needed to get a 3/4 inch size instead of a 1/2 like my older one that I have. Wit the pipe clamp, there is a hole on the top in which you can put a 1/4 inch screw and use a nut to secure it down in place. I then use the ballmounts and secure those on so that all I have to do is use that to adjust the camera angle.

Lighting is basic. I have very simple lamps with full spectrum bulbs in them. The bulbs cost more than the lamps haha. I then got some translucent 12 inch filters from interfit. I also got some 18 gauge wire so that I could have them hang from the lamps.

I use an Audio Technica AT2020 USB microphone for recording. There are parts of this video where the microphone does not sound all that great due to moving around so much haha. The microphone is Unidirectional which means that it only records good audio from 1 direction. Anything else it does not perform well. This is to help eliminate background noise that might occur. So keep that in mind :)

Other than that. I have a computer rig with high end components to help with the video editing and rendering. I use Audacity while recording with the microphone and use Adobe Premeire Pro CS6 to put it all together.

Hope you all enjoyed this one and ill see you all later!

TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Here in this video, I do my best to explain how I set up my camera to record drawings so that you may better understand and maybe get some ideas on how you can do it.

video recorded on my HTC Rezound

Info about things I use in the video:

Main camera: Canon SX20IS 720P Digital Camera
Web Cam: Microsoft Studio LifeCam 1080P camera.
Microphone: Audio Technica AT2020

Camera Stand: Photo Basics reflector stand.

TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to a new real time drawing tutorial series. In this series, I will take you step by step to show you how to draw a spring meadow.

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So, this is the final video of this series where I show you how to make some quick finishing touches to really bring out the final product. Some of the main aspects that I left to this very part was the water. Water is something that can be easily overdone if too much detail is added. But it also depends on the look that you are looking for. In this one, I just wanted some simple details to help bring out the drawing.

I also left out the details beneath the tree where the water line is. This area I made very dark just to show the shadows that would be there. I also took an eraser and erased out some roots that would be in the area to help add in some details. Once I erased them out a little bit, I went back in with the pencil to add some more detail and shadow to them.

A bit later in the video, I also add in another longer waterfall towards the bottom of the page. This waterfall took quite a lot of steps to achieve the effect but it is mostly layering. I would start by adding in a tone of pencil and then using the eraser to start to create the water fall. Once I have erased some parts out, I would then go back in with my pencil and just try and darken some of those areas to help make them pop. Going back and forth like this is what in the end really helped to make the waterfall turn out well.

I hope that you all enjoyed this drawing series and I hope to see your results on Facebook! Thanks a lot everyone for watching!!

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Artist; Ghost
Song: Reverie Small Theme
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

Welcome back everyone to How to Draw - Summer in the Mountains Part Six - Drawing Tree Texture

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Besides from polishing over a few things in this video, I mainly focused on finishing up the main tree within the drawing. I wan'ted to get that out of the way so that for the next video, I would be able to clearly see where I would need to add in some finishing touches.

I used a combination of pencils for drawing in the tree. I wanted a lot of bark texture for it and a great way of using that is starting off with 2 different pencils. I used a 4H or 2H pencil and gave the tree a general shading. Then using either an HB or 2B, shade over the area to create a textured bark effect. The texture will happen as you draw. H and B pencils don't mix well so it will create a nice effect for it. Getting up towards the top of the tree, I started to draw in some branches that I will later fill in with leaves.

The leaves are very much like any other leaves I will draw. I start off with the underhand grip and work in some details in small circular motions. Ill leave little details towards the outer most branches while making more compact texture for areas with a lot of leaves.

I hope you are all enjoying the series and I hope to see you again for the next one! Thanks a lot everyone!

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Artist: DanoSongs
Song: Remember How it Started
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TylersArtShack
0 Bekeken · 6 jaar geleden

This tutorial will take You through the steps to complete a drawing of a tree. I show you the all pencils and techniques that are needed.

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Welcome back everybody, This is the continuation of how to draw trees with leaves tutorial. I recombine that you see part 1 first before this one. That way you know what is going on in this video. Also, if you have not seen my other tree tutorial drawing. That was how to draw a dead tree part 1 and 2. I recommend that you see that one before you watch part 1 or part 2 of this video.

This whole tutorial thus far has only been done with using a 4h pencil. as you can see this pencil is light and the whole tree is mainly one tone. When I divided the page or tree down the center, everything to the right will be darker than everything to the left of that line. This will help you later with the shading and overall progression of the tree.

For shading the tree darker, I used an HB pencil and a 2B pencil. Wherever I used the 4H to make a darker tone on the tree, I am going to use the HB to make that area darker. I shade darker on the right side of tree than the left. The bottom of the tree will be the darkest part of the tree. The top left of the tree will be the lightest while the bottom right will be the darkest. The area between those two parts will transition slowly from light to dark.

I start to fill in the trunk area of the tree. I fill it in using a method called hatching. That is putting parallel lines close to each other to make dark tones. I use this to help give the tree a realistic look along with some character. It mimics the bark and other details of the tree. You also want to be able to decipher where the tree trunk ends and the leaves begin.

A cool way to situate the tree into the ground is to take a dark pencil and shade where the tree trunk is. Shade in that area to give the tree a nice large shadow.

The tree is pretty much complete from this point. You can go back in and add in little details at this point. I go back in with an eraser and put some highlights in some areas to make it look like light is hitting it.

You can add some tree branches here and there around the tree to make it look like there is a tree under all the leaves. I do this by just adding little branches and cover them up with leaves. I also add a few branches sticking out of the tree as well. it sort of adds a likeness to it.

I hope you learned from this tutorial.




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