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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2025 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: January 15, 2024, 01:14:56 PM »
Please submit any queries or artwork (Fan Calendar specific) to the newly designated email address: elfquestfanartcalendar@gmail.com


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Art and Elfquest / 2025 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: January 15, 2024, 01:09:33 PM »
The theme for the 2025 EQ Fan Art Calendar is: MAKERS - The Creativity of Elfquest

**You may use characters from the original quest to the final quest but, you must do your best not to spoil things for those who have not yet read the most recent installment of the series**

Submissions for the 2025 Calendar are being accepted:
February 3, 2024, through November 3, 2024

THEME

Submitted artwork should represent the theme "Makers", which means the creativity of characters in the Elfquest series. 

IMPORTANT: Don't go too far outside the realm of possibility with this theme. The character(s) you choose must have been seen doing the task/hobby you decided on somewhere in the comics or there should be mention of them doing the task/hobby in print (EQ comic, novels etc.). Entries that go too far off into a 'this probably didn't happen' scenario and are not canon in nature will not be accepted. 

You may show characters doing mundane tasks but I would like there to always be an element of creativity in the action, so nothing so mundane/out of necessity as to not be creative on some level. 

Please try to refrain from simply putting things we have already seen in the comic into your art style, for example, Winnowill shaping Tyldak, or Redlance making a seed sprout for Minyah in the Sun Village. Be creative. 

DETAILS

Read carefully...

If you would like to participate please email me (at the new Fan Calendar Gmail: elfquestfanartcalendar@gmail.com) to let me know you are thinking about submitting something for the 2025 calendar. Along with the following information:

Your Name:
EQFA User Name:
Email Address:


Please don't give any details about your submission at this time, just let me know that you want to get involved. Once your email is received I will change your primary member group so you can access the secret fan calendar thread.

Feel free to use the hidden thread to talk about ideas, themes etc. As always I would like to keep the calendar varied, so chatting a bit about characters and themes is a good way to help make that happen.

This year an email letting me know you want to participate is how you will get into the calendar hideout but not how you will get into the calendar. For this, I would like a finished sketch. You have from February 3 to May 31 to send in your sketch. Once your sketch is received you will be added to the participant list, your character choice will be locked in and I will expect you to finish your submission and have it in by the deadline at the beginning of November.

The number of submissions required: 11

By mid-May, you should have sent in your sketch or have it nearly finished. Use the Fan Calendar Hideout to give updates on your progress. This will help to determine if we have enough entries for the calendar. If at any time you feel you cannot continue just send a message, there won't be any hard feelings.

Please keep in mind that you have approx. 4 months to get your sketch ready and an additional 5 months to finish your piece. There will be no extensions, November 3 is the final day for submissions. Now that I have permanent permission to post the printed version I would like to get that up on Zazzle by December 1, 2024, so those who want to purchase it can have it on or before January 1. 

You may submit up to three entries for the calendar but before you contemplate that second or third entry you must first finish and submit one entry to Maggie.

GROUPS

You may work in groups of two if that makes things easier for you. Please let me know who you will work with when you sign up.

How you work in your group is totally up to you. One of you may supply a sketch for the other to ink and colour or you may work together to complete the scene. It doesn't matter so long as you both agree.

CONTENT

Entries must be original artwork created specifically for the calendar. The use of photos or "borrowed" art for backgrounds is not allowed.

Entries must not be available for the general public to view online until the okay is given for general sharing. Before then, any entries found online in any form (thumbnails, crops, etc.) will be disqualified and removed.

Canon Elfquest characters (of any race) only. No what-if characters (i.e., Worldpool).

PG-13 or under.

FORMAT

**Please make sure your submissions are the correct size. Any submissions that are not 3300x2550 pixels or 11 x 8.5 inches at 300dpi will not be accepted**

All entries should be in full colour, with a full background. No font please (this does not include your signature or mark used to sign your work).

Size: 11"x 8.5" (pictures must be landscape oriented - wider than they are tall)

Resolution: 3300 x 2550 pixels (11" x 8.5" at 300dpi)

File format: JPEG/PNG format only

IMPORTANT: I am no longer adding a white border to the printed version of the calendar so please leave about a half-inch around the edge of your work, that doesn't contain any important elements. I don't want arms cut off or a hole in a character's head. I cannot be responsible if bits get cut off on the printed version. To be safe leave room around the edges of your work, with all important elements safely in the center. 

I will no longer be putting credits and titles on the individual submissions for the printed version of the calendar. These details will now go on the back of the calendar, so consider this when you decide on a title, there isn't a lot of space, so try and keep it short where possible.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Please email your full-sized entry to Maggie (the new email for submissions is: elfquestfanartcalendar@gmail.com). Email directly (using the new address) when you have an entry ready to be submitted. Submissions should now be named, using the title of your submission and the artist credit you want to use (for example: Vintage by Maggie Atkinson). Do not embed your image, attach it to the email. 
Entries should be received by midnight CST, November 3, 2024.

CREDIT

The artist's credit will be used for credits on the calendar/website.

PUBLISHING

The eleven winners will be chosen by a panel of judges (if more than 11 entries are submitted).

The finished calendar will be available for download at elfquestfanart.com. In addition, the calendar may be published and available for purchase.

QUESTIONS

Any questions about the calendar may be asked and answered on this thread or PM/email Maggie.

Don't know what this is all about, check out the current and past Fan Art Calendars here: http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=fanartc

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Art and Elfquest / Re: Elfquest Animated Series - for real!!
« on: January 11, 2024, 12:41:20 PM »
It would be great if it were true. I assume we'll get updates from the Pini's as things progress if they progress. Thanks for sharing.

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I'm going to get the details up for the next calendar asap. Hopefully, by Monday at the latest so hold on to those ideas. ;D

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Chit-Chat / Re: MOAR Music of Elfquest
« on: December 15, 2023, 03:32:59 PM »
Thanks for the link, I'm going to check it out. ;D

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Chit-Chat / Re: MOAR Music of Elfquest
« on: December 13, 2023, 10:38:07 AM »
Ack. I completely forgot there was an Elfquest album. I know I have it somewhere but I haven't seen/listened to it in ages. I remember learning an EQ song on the flute in grade school.

I will not be good at remembering any songs not on the album. :baghead But (I'm sure you've probably seen this) https://elfquest.com/a-wolfriders-reflections-lyrics/

Thanks for bringing this up.

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Time to choose our next calendar theme...

I've gone with the unused themes we've had from previous years, there are a lot of them and I feel like adding more would be silly and make choosing even more difficult. ;D

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2024 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: June 18, 2023, 08:30:31 AM »
@kandrinchae - Submissions for the 2024 Calendar are being accepted: February 3, 2023, through November 3, 2023 so you aren't too late. I haven't received a PM from you but I've gone ahead and changed your primary member group so you can access the secret fan calendar thread. ;D

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2024 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: March 25, 2023, 05:21:01 PM »
Our 2023 Fan Calendar is trending on Zazzle. We're so fancy. ;D


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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2024 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: March 02, 2023, 07:08:21 AM »
@Wildfire - You can access the calendar thread now  ;D

@Yavia - No, I'm sorry I can't change it to portrait format since the image wouldn't work for the printed version.  :(

@ShujiE - You can access the calendar thread now  ;D

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2024 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: February 22, 2023, 07:56:55 AM »
I didn't get a PM from you but I know you want to get involved so that's all I need. You can access the hideout now.  ;D

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Art and Elfquest / Re: printed calendar for 2023
« on: February 04, 2023, 05:57:39 PM »
With regards to the alignment, It doesn't matter what it looks like, on the Zazzle site, some bits of the images get cut off or are embedded in the coil anyway, white border or not.

As for the border, it doesn't help much (I prefer it without the border, as you can see more details in the works). I did mention in the guidelines for last year's calendar that I am no longer adding a white border to the printed version of the calendar so please leave about a half-inch around the edge of your work, that doesn't contain any important elements (I don't want arms cut off or a hole in a character's head). At this point, 20+ years on everyone should know not to take the image right to the edge and that there is a hole in the calendar. :D

Of course, everyone is welcome to leave feedback but honestly, the calendar is as good as it's going to get. It isn't fancy and I have very little control over what happens once the nice people at Zazzle take it and print it and to be fair not much before, it's not a complex system. Yes, last year the calendar was badly done by Zazzle when it hadn't been like that in the past. I understood the complaints and was disappointed too. If you are unhappy you can as always get a refund, you know that.

Aside from the coil which does interfere with the bottom of some images (it wouldn't have if everyone had left space as asked) it's fine. It's a fan calendar, it's not meant to be anything more than a keepsake. If the Pini's are happy to put it in their archives, then that's good enough for me. ;D


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Art and Elfquest / 2024 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: February 02, 2023, 11:11:37 AM »
The theme for the 2023 EQ Fan Art Calendar is: ALL ELDERS

**You may use characters from the original quest to the final quest but you must do your best not to totally spoil things for those who have not yet read the most recent installment of the series**

Submissions for the 2024 Calendar are being accepted:
February 3, 2023, through November 3, 2023

THEME

Submitted artwork should represent the theme "All Elders", which means older (possibly wiser) Elfquest Characters (Savah, Lord Voll, Treestump, Ekuar, Timmain, Salt etc).

DETAILS

Please read carefully...

If you would like to participate please PM me via the site (Maggie) to let me know you are thinking about submitting something for the 2024 calendar. Please don't give any details about your submission at this time, just let me know that you want to get involved. Once your PM is received I will change your primary member group so you can access the secret fan calendar thread.

Feel free to use the hidden thread to discuss ideas, themes etc. As always I would like to keep the calendar varied, so chatting a bit about characters and themes is a good way to help make that happen.

This year a PM letting me know you want to participate is how you will get into the calendar hideout but not how you will get into the calendar. For this, I would like a finished sketch. You have from February 3 to May 31 to send in your sketch, along with the usual details. Once your sketch and details are received you will be added to the participant list, your character choice will be locked in and I will expect you to finish your submission and have it in by the deadline at the beginning of November.

I'm hoping this will be a good way for each participant to really decide if they can manage a submission. I know we all tend to procrastinate when there is a lot of time between the start and end of this project. So giving several months to come up with a sketch, seemed like a remedy to that. Figuring out those first details tends to be more difficult than taking things from a solid concept/sketch to a finished submission.

The number of submissions required: 11

IMPORTANT:
 I will no longer be putting credits and titles on the individual submissions for the printed version of the calendar. These details will now go on the back of the calendar, so consider this when you decide on a title, there isn't a lot of space, so try and keep it short where possible.

Your Name:
EQFA User Name:
Artist Credit (Real or User only):
Artwork Title:
Email Address:


You will be asked to update Maggie and the rest of the participants via the secret thread in mid-May with your progress. By this time you should have sent in your sketch or have it nearly finished. This will help to determine if we have enough entries for the calendar. If at any time you feel you cannot continue just send a message, there won't be any hard feelings.

Please keep in mind that you have approx. 4 months to get your sketch ready and an additional 5 months to finish your piece. There will be no extensions, November 3 is the final day for submissions (with the exception of artists who jump in to help if I don't receive the required number of submissions by the firm deadline). Now that I have permanent permission to post the printed version I would like to get that up on Zazzle, so those that want to purchase it can have it on or before Jan 1. 

You may submit up to three entries for the calendar but before you contemplate that second or third entry you must first finish and submit one entry to Maggie.

GROUPS

You may work in groups of two if that makes things easier for you. Please let me know who you will be working with when you sign up.

How you work in your group is totally up to you. One of you may supply a sketch for the other to ink and colour or you may work together to complete the scene. It doesn't matter so long as you both agree.

CONTENT

Entries must be original artwork created specifically for the calendar. The use of photos or "borrowed" art for backgrounds is not allowed.

Entries must not be available for the general public to view online until the okay is given for general sharing. Before then, any entries found online in any form (thumbnails, crops, etc.) will be disqualified and removed.

Canon Elfquest characters (of any race) only. No what-if characters (i.e., Worldpool).

PG-13 or under.

FORMAT


**Please make sure your submissions are the correct size. Any submissions that are not 3300x2550 pixels or 11 x 8.5 inches at 300dpi will not be accepted**

All entries should be in full colour, with a full background. No font please (this does not include your signature or mark used to sign your work).

Size: 11"x 8.5" (pictures must be landscape oriented - wider than they are tall)

Resolution: 3300 x 2550 pixels (11" x 8.5" at 300dpi)

File format: JPEG/PNG format only

IMPORTANT: I am no longer adding a white border to the printed version of the calendar so please leave about a half-inch around the edge of your work, that doesn't contain any important elements. I don't want arms cut off or a hole in a character's head.

HOW TO SUBMIT

When you are ready please email your full-sized entry to Maggie. Please PM Maggie when you have an entry ready to be submitted.

Entries should be received by midnight CST, November 3, 2023.

Include the following: Your submission as an attachment, please don't embed it into an email.

CREDIT

The artist's credit will be used for credits on the calendar/website.

PUBLISHING

The eleven winners will be chosen by a panel of judges (if more than 11 entries are submitted).

The finished calendar will be available for download at elfquestfanart.com. In addition, the calendar may be published and available for purchase.

QUESTIONS

Any questions about the calendar may be asked and answered on this thread or PM Maggie.

Don't know what this is all about, check out the current and past Fan Art Calendars here: http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=fanartcalendar

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It's close, I wonder if we'll have a tie?  :hyper

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I know what you mean and I still snuck in the elder's one (even though we have so many choices). No worries about taking your time, the poll runs until Feb 1.  ;)

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Time to choose our next calendar theme...

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2023 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: February 28, 2022, 04:36:48 PM »
I hope everyone is excited about this year's theme...

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2022 EQ Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: February 28, 2022, 04:34:39 PM »
I wanted to share the review Richard left for the fan calendar...

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Art and Elfquest / 2023 Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: February 28, 2022, 04:30:40 PM »
The theme for the 2023 EQ Fan Art Calendar is: ARTISTS CHOICE

**You may use characters from the original quest to the final quest but you must do your best not to totally spoil things for those who have not yet read the most recent installment of the series**

Submissions for the 2023 Calendar are being accepted:
March 1st, 2022 through August 31st, 2022
**The guidelines have been modified, so please read carefully**

THEME

Submitted artwork should represent the theme "Artists Choice", which means you are free to choose your own theme this year.

There will also be the added fun of a hidden message in each submission. You are free to express this in any way you like but you are required to "hide" 21 of something in your submission, to represent 21 years of the EQ fan calendar. It doesn't have to be obvious but it should be something that people viewing the submission are able to discover without too much effort. For example, Moonshade stitching a new vest for Redlance and she has completed 21 stitches. Or Pike, with 21 dreamberries scattered around him. You could even take on the extreme challenge of putting 21 characters in your submission.

As always a secret thread will be created for participants to discuss submission ideas and characters so we can keep things varied for the calendar.

The number of submissions required: 11

DETAILS

Joining the calendar will be a bit different this year, so please read carefully.

If you would like to participate please PM me via the site (Maggie) to let me know you are thinking about submitting something for the 2023 calendar. Please don't give any details about your submission at this time, just let me know that you want to get involved. Once your PM is received I will change your primary member group so you can access the secret fan calendar thread.

Feel free to use the hidden thread to discuss ideas, themes etc. As always I would like to keep the calendar varied, so chatting a bit about characters and themes is a good way to help make that happen.

This year a PM letting me know you want to participate is how you will get into the calendar hideout but not how you will get into the calendar. For this, I would like a finished sketch. You have from March 1st to May 31st to send in your sketch, along with the usual details. Once your sketch and details are received you will be added to the participant list and I will expect you to finish your submission and have it in by the deadline at the end of August.

I'm hoping this will be a good way for each participant to really decide if they can manage a submission. I know we all tend to procrastinate when there is a lot of time between the start and end of this project. So giving three months to come up with a theme and sketch, seemed like a remedy to that. Figuring out those first details tends to be more difficult than taking things from a solid concept/sketch to a finished submission.

IMPORTANT: I will no longer be putting credits and titles on the individual submissions for the printed version of the calendar. These details will now go on the back of the calendar, so consider this when you decide on a title, there isn't a lot of space, so try and keep it short where possible.

Your Name:
EQFA User Name:
Artist Credit (Real or User only):
Artwork Title:
Submission Theme:
Hidden Item (for my eyes only):
Email Address:


You will be asked to update Maggie and the rest of the participants via the secret thread in mid-July with your progress. This will help to determine if we have enough entries for the calendar. If at any time you feel you cannot continue just send a message, there won't be any hard feelings.

Please keep in mind that you have 3 months to get your sketch ready and an additional 3 months to finish your piece. An additional 3 months (Sept, Oct, Nov) will be used for those who need a bit more time (extenuating circumstances only) or for artists who jump in to help if I don't receive the required number of submissions by the end of August.

You may submit up to three entries for the calendar but before you contemplate that second or third entry you must first finish and submit one entry to Maggie.

GROUPS

You may work in groups of two if that makes things easier for you. Please let me know who you will be working with when you sign up.

How you work in your group is totally up to you. One of you may supply a sketch for the other to ink and colour or you may work together to complete the scene. It doesn't matter so long as you both agree.

CONTENT

Entries must be original artwork created specifically for the calendar. The use of photos or "borrowed" art for backgrounds is not allowed.

Entries must not be available for the general public to view online until the okay is given for general sharing. Before then, any entries found online in any form (thumbnails, crops, etc.) will be disqualified and removed.

Canon Elfquest characters (of any race) only. No what-if characters (i.e., Worldpool).

PG-13 or under.

FORMAT

**Please make sure your submissions are the correct size. Any submissions that are not 3300x2550 pixels or 11 x 8.5 inches at 300dpi will not be accepted**

All entries should be in full colour, with a full background. No font please (this does not include your signature or mark used to sign your work).

Size: 11"x 8.5" (pictures must be landscape oriented - wider than they are tall)

Resolution: 3300 x 2550 pixels (11" x 8.5" at 300dpi)

File format: JPEG/PNG format only

IMPORTANT: I am no longer adding a white border to the printed version of the calendar so please leave about a half-inch around the edge of your work, that doesn't contain any important elements. I don't want arms cut off or a hole in a character's head.

HOW TO SUBMIT

When you are ready please email your full-sized entry to Maggie. Please PM Maggie when you have an entry ready to be submitted.

Entries should be received by midnight CST, August 31st, 2022. For those that need an extension please contact Maggie to discuss (before the deadline).

Include the following: Your submission as an attachment, please don't embed it into an email.

CREDIT

The artist's credit will be used for credits on the calendar/website.

PUBLISHING

The eleven winners will be chosen by a panel of judges (if more than 11 entries are submitted).

The finished calendar will be available for download at elfquestfanart.com. In addition, the calendar may be published and available for purchase.

QUESTIONS

Any questions about the calendar may be asked and answered on this thread or PM Maggie.

Don't know what this is all about, check out the current and past Fan Art Calendars here: http://www.elfquestfanart.com/index.php?action=fanartcalendar

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2022 EQ Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: February 16, 2022, 08:46:17 AM »
Yes, the customer service is pretty good at Zazzle. I think for the next calendar I'm going to put the titles/credits on the back cover, just so this kind of thing can't happen. It's 100% Zazzles fault, I'm not sure how they managed it, as the items are sent through quality control before they get put on the marketplace for sale.

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2023 Fan Art Calendar - Theme Chit Chat
« on: February 16, 2022, 08:43:32 AM »
I'm going to post the rules/details for the next installment of the calendar on March 1st, so if anyone wants to post anything else with regards to themes or ideas please do it between now and then.  ;)

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2023 Fan Art Calendar - Theme Chit Chat
« on: January 19, 2022, 04:13:24 PM »
Playing off of what Yavia suggested...

I was thinking maybe each image could feature 21 of something that the viewer can seek out, like a fun little game. If you used Pike you could hide 21 dreamberries in the scene. 21 stitches on something Moonshine is sewing. A simple way to give a shout-out to 21 years of EQ fandom in calendar form.

I also thought it might be nice to let each person that signed up decide on their own theme so 12 different themes in one calendar. Now that's a celebration.

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2022 EQ Fan Art Calendar Guidelines
« on: January 19, 2022, 03:54:36 PM »
Question, does the title/artist credit have the calendar coil going through them on yours? I got mine a couple of days ago and noticed that right away. I double-checked the preview of the calendar on Zazzle and nothing is cut off on that.

I did the calendar the same as the previous year and the names were not embedded in the coil. I'm hoping it's just my copy.

This calendar is exactly the same size as last year (not sure if you bought a copy). This and last year are the only two this size from Zazzle, other years were produced on other sites. And the 2020 one was the small portrait style (but was also from Zazzle).

Don't forget you can always bitch to Zazzle, they have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. ;)

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Art and Elfquest / Re: 2023 Fan Art Calendar - Theme Chit Chat
« on: January 06, 2022, 10:03:46 AM »
I mentioned voting for the next topic using the ones we haven't used yet in the calendar participant thread and intended to put up the poll this weekend.

What I meant was less about choosing a theme but more about trying to make the calendar a little special this time and was asking if anyone had any ideas with regards to that.  ;D I realize that was probably not as clear as I wanted since I put theme chit-chat in the thread title.

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Art and Elfquest / 2023 Fan Art Calendar - Theme Chit Chat
« on: January 05, 2022, 05:54:23 PM »
I realized when I was putting the 2022 calendar on the site that the fan calendar is 20 years old (this year) and that the 2023 calendar will be my 10th year organizing (I took over in 2013). I think we need to do something special to commemorate 21 years of fan calendars.

Any suggestions?

Not really looking for theme ideas I think we have enough of those we can go to (unless you have a brilliant one, then please post). Trying to find a way to make the calendar a little special this time. Ideas on how to go about doing that are most welcome.

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