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Free item - Polo wraps and Brushing boot

Hello all of you! 💃

Today will you guys be getting the third part the tron set; Polo wraps and brushing boots!

 The Tron set is a very basic set that both can work for shows as well as for training at the stable.
The polo wraps and brushing boots comes in 30 different colors as well as in both with and without the rhinestones.

  As always are you free to recolor, tweak and warp it to make it work the best for you.

I hope that you are excited about the rest of the set. Next up from this set will be something for the rider...👀

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Free item - show jumping breeches

Hello and happy monday 🫶🏻

Finally it's time for more breeches, and this time in a show jumping position!

Say hello to "Annabelle"

The breeches comes in side view and with 8 different colors, but you can also choose between black or brown belt!

For now they come only in side view, but you know we are working on getting more 3/4 view items made, so be patient ❤️

Feel free to recolor, warp or adjust to make it fit your need perfectly!

Wish you all a lovely day and week!

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Monthly mystery box - May

Every first Sunday of each month are we sharing a post that comes with one (or more) mystery boxes.

The "boxes" contains items, props, tools, brushes++ you can use in your artwork.

Each month's box have a theme and every box will contain new and different things. This month's theme is "Who let the horses out".

A little preview of the items from one of the boxes (different style in the other)...

We have a hashtag you can use if you want make a post to include the things from this box in, like a monthly challenge: #NSMonthlyChallenge

We hope you like! ❤️

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Free item - Saddle pads

Hello everyone! 🤎

Today will you guys be getting the second part the tron set; Saddle pads!

 The Tron set is a very basic set that both can work for shows as well as for training at the stable.
The saddle pads comes in 30 different colors as well as in both with and without the rhinestones, but also in both dressage and showjumping cut!

 As always are you free to recolor, tweak and warp it to make it work the best for you.

I hope that you are excited about the rest of the set. Next up from this set will be something for the horse legs...👀

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Background tutorial - forest pasture

Hello and happy monday! Hope you have had an amazing weekend ❤️

Today I want to provide you with a background tutorial, more specific a pasture background.

Hope you find it helpful!

Step 1: Start with blocking in the base colors. Don't mind how messy it looks, the messiness will gradually disappear as you go!
PS: keep in mind to make separate layers for each new thing you put down, to make it easier to work with later. For example the sky in one layer, the trees in the back in one, the grass in the back in one, the grass further to "the camera" in one and so on.

Don't get overwhelmed with how "detailed" or "complicated" the base looks, cause I have only used regular round brushes, both soft and hard, but also the "more detailed pine tree" in my summer brush pack, but nothing else!

Step 2: break it down layer by layer so you don't get overwhelmed by all the stuff going on on the canvas. We're starting with the trees the furthest back. The mountains doesn't need any more attention since they're so far away that you don't need details. Add more depth and color by starting off with a regular round brush on 50% opacity and blend together the colors afterwards.

Step 3: If you want to you can add slightly details with using the "more detailed pine tree" brush over the tree tops, but this is not necessary.

Step 4: move on to the next layer, the trees in front of these again, add more contrast, depth and color. Again, I have only used one brush for these trees, the same as mentioned above. I have used several different colors to create depth.

Step 5: repeat step 4 on the next tree layer.

Step 6: create simple shadows and the grass area furthest back. Don't worry about details here since it's so far away.

Step 7: repeat with the grass on the next layer

Step 8: on this layer you can start adding a bit of details. Here also I have only used grass brushes from my summer pack. I have used several different grass brushes to make it more realistic.
Brushes used: "grass base (or distant grass)", "grass details", "grass" and "clover". Just splatter them randomly around.

Step 9: Repeat step 6, 7 and 8 on the grass layer in the front, but here you add even more details.

Step 10: add some foliage/shrubs in front of the trees in the front, to make a more natural transition from the grass to the trees.
I have used the "tree base", "tree build-up", "thuja bush" and "tree texture" to create the shrubs. I have also added shadow on the bottom and highlights on the tops of the shrubs.

Step 11: I'm horrible at adding details to pine trees, so therefore I have done it very simple with going over the trees with the "pine tree needles" brush with several different colors from the summer pack + shaded and highlighted slightly with the burn and dodge tool, and it kind of works.

Step 12: adding clouds to the sky. Here again I chose to work smarter and not harder and just used my cloud stamps and brushes from the summer pack!

Step 13 (optional): if you're one like me who likes to gradually blur your backgrounds, then you can do this step too. Layer by layer I'm blurring, starting with the sky and mountains with the most blur, and then I blur less and less the further to the front I come. Choose the blur % how you like it, but I started off with 5% furthest back.

And that completes all the steps!

Feel free to ask away if you have any questions!

I have included the final result in the attachments, if you want to use it for your artwork. Feel free to add/change anything you want to make it fit your style!

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Exclusive first look - bookish fan art commission

I got a commission from an online bookstore to create fan art of the book they were providing in a bookish box in May, which was The shadow of the gods. Here are the result!
Spent approximately 2 months on this piece!

This piece haven't been shown to anyone except the commissioner and have been a secret project of mine since the products in the bookish box is a secret until the customer gets it in the mail, so this is a very exclusive look!

Free item - Ear bonnets

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a good day 🌸

Today will you guys be getting the first part of a new set that will come to our Patreon; The Tron Set.

We have seen that you guys like the idea of us making more sets, as it could be easier to find things that goes well together etc.
The Tron set will be a very basic set that both can work for shows as well as for training at the stable. First part of this 4 to 5 piece (I've not yet decided 👀) set will be ear bonnets!

The Tron ear bonnets comes in 30 different colors, as well as in both with and without the rhinestones. Something the rest of the stuff from this set also will 😎

As always are you free to recolor, tweak and warp it to make it work the best for you.

I hope you'll enjoy them and that you are excited about the rest of the set. Next up from this set will be saddle pads...👀

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Exclusive first look - New boy Mythos

Hey Everyone 🤎

A first look at my next instagram post - my new boy Mythos!
Plan is to maybe start him in some shows, most likely dressage.

I spent around 4-6 hours on this work (I do need to be better at keeping track of the time). Horse is done with greyscale. I used a mix of two reference pictures. The horse design is made by Cygnus Olympic Royal Royal Horse. Background is the new design of Birk's Royal Stable, a mix between sso content and brushes from Cath and brushes I've made.

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Free item - 3/4 view girth

Hello everyone!

Here comes the anticipated 3/4 view girth that were supposed to go up yesterday.

Say hello to "Yrsa"!

All items shown in the preview picture are already released on Patreon

The girth comes in the normal swatches, but as well with and without fur.

You're as usual allowed to adjust and recolor if you need or want to!

Stay tuned for more 3/4 view girths, and other items in this view in general!

Wish you a lovely week ❤️

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Monthly mystery box - April

Every first Sunday of each month are we sharing a post that comes with one (or more) mystery boxes.

The "boxes" contains items, props, tools, brushes++ you can use in your artwork.

Each month's box have a theme and every box will contain new and different things. This month's theme is "Accident happens".

A little preview..

We have a hashtag you can use if you want make a post to include the things from this box in, like a monthly challenge: #NSMonthlyChallenge

We hope you like! ❤️

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Easy/quick reins tutorial

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a great Monday!

Here comes a quit easy and quick tutorial on how i make my everyday reins for my art.

1. Base
I first draw with a hard brush the base i want the reins to be in. I many times do them in sections as it can be easier to shade them then. Use a color that is the same or simillar to your tack. If it is black take a dark grey and not black as the base.

2. Harsh shadow
I then take a darker shade of the base with the hard brush and kind of follows the shape where the natural shadow would be. Reins are in most cases square shaped, so i either don't blend this or just slightly blend it to make the edge not as sharp looking (here i did not do it) Sometimes i change the opacity slightly if i think it looks too dark. Here i decided not to.

It might be hard, but don't think too much when you draw this line to get a more natural flow of it. Reins can be anything from a bit hard to more soft, so they can live their own life a bit when it comes to how they natural falls.

3. Shadow and highlight details
I then draw a few lines or dots that a smudge out to get some contrast and depth in the reins depending how the harsh shadow turned out. Where could it maybe be a "wave" in the reins flow and not.

4. Buckle attachment
Here is a more close up how i do where the attachment to the buckle is. I draw the harsh shadow a bit bigger here and removes a bit of it at the bottom so it looks like the metal of the buckle is going in between.

5. Rein buckle
You can do this in so many different ways as there are so many options for this nowadays, but i usually does the standard old school looking rein buckle.
I first draw the base in the same color as the metal of the bridle. I then does a quick shading with a darker shade and then a lighter of the metal color to add shadow and highlight to the buckle. Super quick.

6. Reins...end...start?
Hahah i hope you get what i mean. But i add this underneath the rein buckle and do the exact same procedure as with the reins; base color with the hard brush, harsh shadow, then the shadow and highlight details

7. Holes in the reins
Underneath the buckle do i add some black dots in a row with a tiny bit white/light color as a highlight detail on the side of the black dots. I then slight smudge it.

8. Finishing touches
I then add some more shadows around where the reins is going under and between the hand, and then add a leather texture over the reins - Done!


Don't forget the other side if the reins is hanging so it should be visible on the opposite side. I to be honest just usually duplicate the reins i already did and just puts them on a layer that's underneath the horse. Think smarter not harder ✌️

That's basically just it. This is just my standard and quick way. Sometimes i do this more in depth and adds more details, but most of the time it is just like this.

I hope you found this interesting!
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Free item - running martingale

Hello dear friends!

Today you finally get the running martingale that initially were supposed to get posted two weeks ago, so sorry about the mixup! 🫡

Say hello to Astrid!

All items showed in this picture is already provided on patreon

The martingale only comes in one angle version, but I have tested it on several angles and it works great for both side view, slightly 3/4 view and full 3/4 view! The martingale also comes in the usual color swatches, but feel free to both recolor and adjust the angle if you need to!

Hope you like!

Also if you have any wishes for future posts, doesn't matter if it's items, brushes, tutorials, backgrounds... you name it! Please let us know ❤️

Wish you all a great day and week!

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Exclusive full format version - Uruz in the woods

Hey Everyone 🤎

As I won't show the full version of this work over at my instagram did I think that you guys could be able to both see it before I post there, but also, and mostly, see the full version of it!

I spent over 4-6 hours on it. Horse is done with greyscale. Background is a mix between sso content and brushes from Cath.

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Free item - Riding gloves in 3/4 view

Hello everyone. Hope you are ready for a new post 📫

Today you will be getting a few more 3/4 view objects - gloves!

"Svea" comes in black, middle brown, light brown and white, as well as in both gold and silver metal detail.

As always are you free to recolor, tweak and warp it to make it work the best for you.

I hope you'll enjoy them!

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Exclusive first look - Chase and Cath

Hey guys!

We want to try to give you exclusive first view/early access to finished artwork, before we post it for the public, so from time to time you'll get these post in between regular scheduled posts, hope you like!

This artwork I spent around 6 hours on, and everything is drawn from scratch, including the background!
The saddle, saddle pad, reins, gloves, stirrup and bridle are items already released on patreon!

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Free item - 3/4 view saddle pads

Hello everyone, hope you have had a great weekend 🫶🏻

Sooooo this is me, forgetting that I was supposed to post the running martingales today and made the saddle pads in stead, sorry! You'll get the martingales in two weeks 🫢

Anyways, I have made two different saddle pads in 3/4 view; one western styled pad and one show jumping pad. But ofc you can use it for whatever style you want!

All the pads come in 8 different color swatches + one black leather and one brown leather, so really a total of 32 different pads! You're as usual allowed to tweak and recolor if you want to!

Also since we know it can be hard to find specific items you need here on patreon, we have decided to make it easier to find different viewed items, so this post will both be placed in the "Saddle pads" collection, but also in the new "3/4 view items" collection. We will try to create new collections for each view, and sort old post in there as well, hope this helps!

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Free item - Show jackets

Hello everyone. I hope you all are having a nice day 💃

Today you guys will be getting a few long waited showjackets! 

"Rana" comes in both side view and 3/4, in both dressage/flat and showjumping posture.
We decided on 7 colors we think you can see in the showring more often (to not just have black). More posture angles will come.

As always are you free to recolor, tweak and warp it to make it work the best for you.

I hope you'll enjoy them!
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Monthly mystery box - March

Every first Sunday of each month are we sharing a post that comes with one (or more) mystery boxes.

The "boxes" contains items, props, tools, brushes++ you can use in your artwork.

Each month's box have a theme and every box will contain new and different things. This month's theme is "Get clean for show season".

A little preview..

We have a hashtag you can use if you want make a post to include the things from this box in, like a monthly challenge: #NSMonthlyChallenge

We hope you like! ❤️

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Free item - reins

Hey lovelies!

As some of you might have seen, today is the day for braided reins!
Say hello to Charlie!

The reins comes in the usual color swatches, and they should be very easy to adjust to fit more angles, therefore I only did them in side view!

You're allowed to adjust and recolor as usual!

Hope you like them ❤️

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Free item - Lunging and long-reining set

Hello everyone! I hope you have a good day.

Something that has been long on our to do list - a lunging and long-reining set in one!

This is quite the set with not only the surcingle, but with three more things + a brush!

The surcingle/girth comes in the base colors and metals. It is a lunging and long-reining girth in one depending on what you want to do.

The elastic/resistance bands attached to the saddle pad is a core training equipment.
It can be used both during lunging, long-reining and riding! If you want to search on it look up "Equiband". The pad comes in both black and white.

A long whip that you can just paint in the end in the shape you want it to be. Comes in our base colors and base metal colors. Can also be used as normal dressage whip.

Instead of providing with finished lunging lines, did i choose to just make the start of the lines. Like that can you decide yourself on the shape. But also use it for lead ropes etc!
I also added a texture brush if you want the whole line to be of the same texture. You will have to rotate and warp it to make it fit the best.

As always are you free to recolor, tweak, warp etc to make it fit your work the absolute best.

I hope you'll like it!

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Free item - open front boots

Hello guys!

Today's item is also a commission made by one of the patrons, and they wished to share this one as well with you guys!

Today's item is open front boots, both front and hind in side view. Say hello to Seguro (which means "safe" in Spanish)

The boots comes in the usual leather/metal color combos. You're as usual allowed to recolor and warp/adjust to your ref. If the straps are too long you're allowed to erase to make it shorter!

Hope you'll have an amazing week ❤️

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Horse coat color palette (part 2)

Hello everyone! Hope you're having a good day 🌟

You really seemed to like our horse coat color palettes, so here comes more!

Today you'll get color palettes that includes another four colors; Grulla, Buckskin, Silver black and double cream.

Many of these can come in a big variety of tones and hues, that's why you can se both very bright and dark for grulla and buckskin especially! You would most likely be able to find even more if you look around online and on social media.

More complex/unique coat pallets will be coming. But, which four would you like to see next?

Let us know what you think!

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Monthly mystery box - February

The first mystery box of the new year!

Every first Sunday of each month are we sharing a post that comes with one (or more) mystery boxes.

The "boxes" contains items, props, tools, brushes++ you can use in your artwork.

Each month's box have a theme and every box will contain new and different things. This month's theme is "Yummy for your (horses) tummy".

A little preview...

We've a hashtag you can use if you want make a post to include the things from this box in, like a monthly challenge: #NSMonthlyChallenge

We hope you like! ❤️

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Tier benefits

Free item - anatomical girth

Hello, and happy Monday!

A while ago I got a tack commission from one of the patrons, and she was kind enough to offer the finished product for you as well, in exchange for a small discount!

One of the items were an anatomical girth in side view, with and without fur, and here's the result!

As we were allowed to post this for you guys, we had to come up with our own name, and I decided to name it after one of Cath's horses; Brisa!

You're as usual allowed to recolor, warp and adjust to make it perfect for your use!

Hope you'll have a lovely week ❤️

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Commission info

GOLD PATRONS gets one annual free drawing commission of their choice + one annual free tack commission + one annual free horse portrait commission. In addition to this, they also get -30% off commissions outside of the free ones and -30% off on gumroad purchases.

SILVER PATRONS gets -20% off on commissions and gumroad

BRONZE PATRONS gets -10% off on commissions and gumroad

Unique discount codes for each tier can be found on Patreon, just search for example "Bronze Star discount code" in the search bar and you will find the post!

It has also been of interest from other patrons to offer an even better price, in exchange for giving us permission to share the finished piece (tack for example) with the rest of the patrons, so if this is something you want, let us know and we can discuss a price.

TERMS OF USE

• Both the customer and the creator own the finished piece after it’s delivered to the customer, which means we have legal rights to for example post the result on Patreon, discord or on Instagram, in this case a piece of artwork (to show the result, not to share for others to use)
• If the customer orders a custom tack piece, no one else but the customer are allowed to use the finished item(s) unless other matters have been discussed and agreed on beforehand. If we have agreed that it’s okay for the customer to share with others (for example a boarding stable, a gift for a friend etc.), the people who gets the items must at all times give credit to NorthStar Patreon every time the item(s) are being used
• The customer aren’t allow to custom, change or alter the finished commission, neither if it’s an artwork or a tack piece. If it’s desired to make any changes (for example recoloring), this must have been agreed on beforehand
• We reserve the rights to say no to specific requests if we feel they are too complex for us to handle. If we feel they are to complex, we will make sure to let you know so we can come to an agreement together to satisfy your request
• You may choose whoever you want to commission from (Cath or Lucia) and you can also choose to commission us both, which means we collaborate on your commission. This also means that if you decide you want us to collaborate, your commission will get done faster
• If you have requested a payed commission, all payment must be done (via paypal) before we send you the finished piece

If you aren't a part of the gold tier that receive free commissions, or you are a gold member but have already used your free slots, these are the price list we go after (keep in mind these are the base prices, not included your tier discount):

PRICE LIST

- Horse headshot: 35USD
- Horse + human headshot: 45USD
- Horse full body: 45USD
- Horse + human full body: 60USD
- Horse full body greyscale: 35USD
- Horse headshot greyscale: 20USD
- Pet added in either of the options above (cat/dog): 20USD
- Pet (full body cat/dog): 45USD
- Tack: 25USD (per piece)
- Recolored/altered versions of a tack: extra 3USD per additional item
- Simple background (solid/gradient/heavly blurred): free
- More complex background: 5USD
- Postcard sized print (A6/4x6in/10,5x15cm) shipped to your home address: 10USD (not included in the discount and free for gold members who place their annual free commissions)

Price might change based on complexity. Won’t do gore, nsfw, 18+

For all prices listed, we are open to discussing package deals if you want to order a larger commission.

If you want to place a commission reach out to either Cath or Lucia on either Discord, Instagram or directly here on Patreon!
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

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Patreon changes

Hello everyone! 

Remember we mentioned that some things would change in 2024? Well, here comes a list of what! And don't worry, it's nothing drastic!

MONTHLY MYSTERY BOX

The monthly mystery box is mostly just that now, a mystery box. Even if you are still able to join it as a challenge we first advertised it as, do we understand that the majority won't be able to join it every month.  Nothing will however change with the box itself, only the text on the tier and in the text in the post will change a bit. In other words, it will only be a box with mystery items, most likely a theme in each box, but we will not make it a challenge. If you want to make it a challenge, then you are of course free to!

THE TIERS

We have done some slight changes to many of the tiers, but nothing huge and nothing you in general will notice, but:
- We have changed the free edit request to one free yearly horse portrait (with simple background) instead in the gold tier. This because neither of us really edit much anymore on a general basis, so it ends up with 90% drawing anyways.
Both this new addition + the annual commission that has always been on the gold tier, will be printed and sent out to the patron who ordered it.
- We have also added one free annual horse design/offspring to each patron that's a part of the bronze, silver or gold tier. This will replace the previously advent/christmas batches we have done in the past

Please keep in mind that all free annual requests is your responsibility as a patron to request, so if you would want to place your annual order, please contact us!

THE ESTATE

Yes, we know, we know, we have totally abandoned the whole thing and we are truly sorry for that! But to be fair did we realize afterwards that it was a bit too much work for us to have two separate, different estates (one sso inspired free to use for the public + one made from scratch for the patrons).
The plan now is to remake it and instead work on just one estate together. This new estate will be one only patrons can use, both if you just want backgrounds (for example you and your horse travel to a stable to train in your rp), but you can also board there if you want to.
We will however not push it as a boarding stable at all, just to not feel overwhelmed into making a lot of backgrounds in a short amount of time. So backgrounds will be coming out from time to time. The old estate backgrounds will still be up, just not as the NorthStar estate backgrounds.
The estate will be available for bronze, silver and gold patrons.
This means we will eventually delete the estate discord, since we all will be gathered in the normal patreon discord. But some changes will happen there too in regards of the new estate, maybe you have already spotted something? 👀 

COMMISSIONS

Some changes will also happen with the commissions, but since that's a whole topic by itself, we will post that info in a separate post!

If you have any questions regarding these changes, don't hesitate to ask us!

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Free item - Equestrian body protector

Hello guys! I hope you have a good Monday 💙

Today we are sharing the body protector (safety vest) "Nanna".

The vest comes in the base colors black (middle) brown and (light brown) chestnut. But also one in black and brown, and one in chestnut and black. All colors comes in both a side view and a 3/4 view!

As always are you free to recolor, tweak, warp etc to make it fit your work the absolute best.

I hope you'll like them!

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Free item - sample brush pack

Hello friends, so good to be back to a normal posting schedule 🤩

Hope you had a great ending to 2023, and let's hope 2024 will be even better than last year!

To kick off this years first post I want to give you a sample pack from a brush pack I have been working on for... forever. Remember the Stable equipment pack I talked about? Well thanks to your suggestions it's name is now "Starstar's barn textures" and you'll get a sample of 10 brushes from the pack!

In this background you see here I have used many of the brushes! The wood panel, bricks, metal, concrete floor and bedding is all from the pack!

In the sample pack you'll get to try a few of them, hope you enjoy ❤️

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Back from the holidays 🎄

Hello everyone, and happy new year!

Just wanted to pop in with a post and say that we will start to update regularly on the 15th of January.

We will also be sharing a post of some things we will be changing this year and maybe a look back at the past year.

We hope you are excited for another year as our loyal patron and to see what we will be sharing with you all!

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