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Saturday, 19 April 2014
19th Century Womans Fashion and Hairstyles
Women's fashion of the early 19th century consisted of corsets, bonnets, bustles and petticoats. Fashion in the Victorian period had a large amount of women wearing full skirts. Corsets were lightly bones and quilted. The Victorian style was finished off with frilled hems and petticoats. Bonnets and hats were worn outdoors but indoors linen caps were worn. Hairstyles during this time included raised top knots and a middle parting with curls either side of the face.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/i/introduction-to-19th-century-fashion/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/i/introduction-to-19th-century-fashion/
Hansel and Gretel: Character Development
The Witch
As stated in the story the witch is an old woman therefore this is my starting point for my character development. Due to this, old women will be my focus for this character and I will study their postures and appearance. I have decided to keep to the 19th century theme therefore I will look at 19th century lower class fashion and hairstyles.
Hansel
There isn't much of a description for Hansel in the story but I have a rough idea of how I want to go about creating him. Just like the witch I will look at lower class children's fashion and hairstyles of the 19th century to give me some guidance and inspiration.
Gretel
There is only a small description of Gretel and it states she is wearing a pinafore so I will work her appearance around that detail. Again, I will look at lower class children's fashion and hairstyles of the 19th century.
Father
The Father is a woodcutter in the story so I would expect him to look very grubby and rough. Maybe wearing work clothes of some kind. I will look at wood cutter uniforms for inspiration and mens hair/facial hairstyles.
Mother
The Mother is not described at all so I will look at lower class women of the 19th century and get inspiration for her character that way. I will most likely focus on middle aged women for this.
Hansel and Gretel: Illustrative Spikes
As I have chosen to illustrate Hansel and Gretel I re-read through the story and highlighted parts where I thought an illustration would fit, parts where imagery came to my head and descriptive phrases. I have also made bold the points I think are really important.
''wood cutter with his wife and his two children''
''boy was called Hansel and the Girl Gretel''
''early tomorrow morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is thickest. There we will light a fire for them, and give each of them one more piece of bread, and then we will go to our work and leave them alone. They will not find the way home again, and we shall be rid of them''
''The wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces''
''Gretel wept bitter tears''
''and when the old folks had fallen asleep, he got up, put on his little coat, opened the door below, and crept outside''
''the moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies''
''stuffed the little pocket of his coat with as many as he could get in''
''and he lay down again in his bed''
''but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children''
''we are going into the forest to fetch wood''
''she gave each a little piece of bread''
''they all set out together on the way to the forest''
''Hansel stood still and peeped back at the house, and did so again and again''
''I'm looking at my little white cat, which is sitting up on the roof''
''that is not your little cat, that is the morning sun which is shining on the chimneys''
''Hansel however...constantly throwing one of the white pebble-stones out of his pocket on the road''
''middle of the forest, the father said, 'now children, pile up some wood and I will light a fire that you may not be cold'''
''Gretel gathered brushwood together, as high as a little hill''
''the brushwood was lighted, and when the flames were burning very high''
''lay yourselves down by the fire and rest, we will go into the forest and cut some wood''
''sat by the fire...noon came, each ate a little piece of bread''
''branch which he had fastened to a withered tree which the wind was blowing backwards and forwards''
''been sitting a long time, their eyes closed with fatigue, and they fell fast asleep''
''when at last they awoke, it was already dark night''
''until the moon has risen...took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces''
''they walked the whole night long, and by break of day came once more to their father's house''
''they knocked at the door, and when the woman opened it''
''we have one half loaf left''
''we will take them further into the wood''
''Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door''
''their piece of bread was given to them, but it was still smaller than the time before''
''Hansel crumbled his in his pocket, and often stood still and threw a morsel on the ground''
''then a great fire was again made''
''when it was noon, Gretel shared her piece of bread with Hansel...they fell asleep as the evening passed''
''they did not wake until it was dark night''
''moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about''
''when the moon came they set out, but they found no crumbs''
''thousands of birds which fly about in the woods and fields had picked them all up''
''they had nothing to eat but two or three berries''
''lay down beneath a tree and fell asleep''
''mid-day, they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough...it spread it's wings and flew away before them...followed it until they reached a little house...saw that it was built of bread and cover with cakes, but that the windows were of clear sugar''
''Hansel reached above, and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted, and Gretel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes. Then a soft voice cried from the parlor-''
''Gretel pushed out the whole of one round window-pane, sat down, and enjoyed herself with it''
''the door opened, and a woman as old as the hills, who supported herself on crutches, came creeping out''
''terribly frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands''
''she took them both by the hand, and led them into her little house''
''food was set before them, milk and pancakes, with sugar, apples and nuts''
''two pretty little beds were covered with clean white linen, and Hansel and Gretel lay down in them, and thought they were in heaven''
''she was in reality a wicked witch''
''witches have red eyes''
''seized Hansel with her shriveled hand, carried him into a little stable, and locked him behind a grated door''
''Gretel wept bitterly''
''Hansel stretch out your finger''
''Hansel, however stretched out a little bone to her..thought it was Hansel's finger''
''Hansel still remained thin''
''pushed poor Gretel out to the oven, from which flames of the fire were already darting''
''and she crept up and thrust her head into the oven''
''Gretel gave her a push that drove her far into it, and shut the iron door, and fastened the bolt''
''she began to howl quite terribly''
''Hansel sprang like a bird from it's cage when the door is opened...how they did rejoice and embrace each other, and dance about and kiss each other''
''every corner there stood chests full of pearls and jewels''
''and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in''
''and filled her pinafore full''
''they came to a great stretch of water''
''i see no foot-plank, and no bridge''
''but a white duck is swimming there''
''Hansel seated himself on it's back''
''rushed to the parlor, and threw themselves around their father's neck''
''the woman however was dead''
''emptied her pinafore until pearls and precious stones ran about the room, and Hansel threw one handful after another out of his pocket to add to them''
''my tale is done, there runs a mouse''
''wood cutter with his wife and his two children''
''boy was called Hansel and the Girl Gretel''
''early tomorrow morning we will take the children out into the forest to where it is thickest. There we will light a fire for them, and give each of them one more piece of bread, and then we will go to our work and leave them alone. They will not find the way home again, and we shall be rid of them''
''The wild animals would soon come and tear them to pieces''
''Gretel wept bitter tears''
''and when the old folks had fallen asleep, he got up, put on his little coat, opened the door below, and crept outside''
''the moon shone brightly, and the white pebbles which lay in front of the house glittered like real silver pennies''
''stuffed the little pocket of his coat with as many as he could get in''
''and he lay down again in his bed''
''but before the sun had risen, the woman came and awoke the two children''
''we are going into the forest to fetch wood''
''she gave each a little piece of bread''
''they all set out together on the way to the forest''
''Hansel stood still and peeped back at the house, and did so again and again''
''I'm looking at my little white cat, which is sitting up on the roof''
''that is not your little cat, that is the morning sun which is shining on the chimneys''
''Hansel however...constantly throwing one of the white pebble-stones out of his pocket on the road''
''middle of the forest, the father said, 'now children, pile up some wood and I will light a fire that you may not be cold'''
''Gretel gathered brushwood together, as high as a little hill''
''the brushwood was lighted, and when the flames were burning very high''
''lay yourselves down by the fire and rest, we will go into the forest and cut some wood''
''sat by the fire...noon came, each ate a little piece of bread''
''branch which he had fastened to a withered tree which the wind was blowing backwards and forwards''
''been sitting a long time, their eyes closed with fatigue, and they fell fast asleep''
''when at last they awoke, it was already dark night''
''until the moon has risen...took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces''
''they walked the whole night long, and by break of day came once more to their father's house''
''they knocked at the door, and when the woman opened it''
''we have one half loaf left''
''we will take them further into the wood''
''Hansel again got up, and wanted to go out and pick up pebbles as he had done before, but the woman had locked the door''
''their piece of bread was given to them, but it was still smaller than the time before''
''Hansel crumbled his in his pocket, and often stood still and threw a morsel on the ground''
''then a great fire was again made''
''when it was noon, Gretel shared her piece of bread with Hansel...they fell asleep as the evening passed''
''they did not wake until it was dark night''
''moon rises, and then we shall see the crumbs of bread which I have strewn about''
''when the moon came they set out, but they found no crumbs''
''thousands of birds which fly about in the woods and fields had picked them all up''
''they had nothing to eat but two or three berries''
''lay down beneath a tree and fell asleep''
''mid-day, they saw a beautiful snow-white bird sitting on a bough...it spread it's wings and flew away before them...followed it until they reached a little house...saw that it was built of bread and cover with cakes, but that the windows were of clear sugar''
''Hansel reached above, and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted, and Gretel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes. Then a soft voice cried from the parlor-''
''Gretel pushed out the whole of one round window-pane, sat down, and enjoyed herself with it''
''the door opened, and a woman as old as the hills, who supported herself on crutches, came creeping out''
''terribly frightened that they let fall what they had in their hands''
''she took them both by the hand, and led them into her little house''
''food was set before them, milk and pancakes, with sugar, apples and nuts''
''two pretty little beds were covered with clean white linen, and Hansel and Gretel lay down in them, and thought they were in heaven''
''she was in reality a wicked witch''
''witches have red eyes''
''seized Hansel with her shriveled hand, carried him into a little stable, and locked him behind a grated door''
''Gretel wept bitterly''
''Hansel stretch out your finger''
''Hansel, however stretched out a little bone to her..thought it was Hansel's finger''
''Hansel still remained thin''
''pushed poor Gretel out to the oven, from which flames of the fire were already darting''
''and she crept up and thrust her head into the oven''
''Gretel gave her a push that drove her far into it, and shut the iron door, and fastened the bolt''
''she began to howl quite terribly''
''Hansel sprang like a bird from it's cage when the door is opened...how they did rejoice and embrace each other, and dance about and kiss each other''
''every corner there stood chests full of pearls and jewels''
''and thrust into his pockets whatever could be got in''
''and filled her pinafore full''
''they came to a great stretch of water''
''i see no foot-plank, and no bridge''
''but a white duck is swimming there''
''Hansel seated himself on it's back''
''rushed to the parlor, and threw themselves around their father's neck''
''the woman however was dead''
''emptied her pinafore until pearls and precious stones ran about the room, and Hansel threw one handful after another out of his pocket to add to them''
''my tale is done, there runs a mouse''
Sara Ogilvie
We recently had a visit from Sara Ogilvie to talk about her work and industry.
I really liked the way she worked and her prints a sketches were very inspiring. Lots of her images can be found on her website along with information about her as an illustrator. http://www.saraogilvie.com/
What caught my attention most when she came to visit was a version of The Wizard of Oz which she illustrated. I was really interested in this because it has been one of my favourite stories from childhood and I just loved her illustrations for it. She made some of her images black and white and some colour and I think the colours she used were great and it really worked. I also really liked how she incorporated the book sleeve with the book itself I thought it was really clever. You can find her version of this book here http://www.foliosociety.com/book/WWZ/wonderful-wizard-of-oz and I really do suggest giving it a look because it's great.
Her other books are also really nice, she has a unique style which is very effective in everything she creates.
I really liked the way she worked and her prints a sketches were very inspiring. Lots of her images can be found on her website along with information about her as an illustrator. http://www.saraogilvie.com/
What caught my attention most when she came to visit was a version of The Wizard of Oz which she illustrated. I was really interested in this because it has been one of my favourite stories from childhood and I just loved her illustrations for it. She made some of her images black and white and some colour and I think the colours she used were great and it really worked. I also really liked how she incorporated the book sleeve with the book itself I thought it was really clever. You can find her version of this book here http://www.foliosociety.com/book/WWZ/wonderful-wizard-of-oz and I really do suggest giving it a look because it's great.
Her other books are also really nice, she has a unique style which is very effective in everything she creates.
The Brother's Grimm: Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
First published in 1812
Phil West
I found on the Folio website an illustrator who creates silhouette prints and he made one for Hansel and Gretel and I really like how it looks. I think it is a very different style to illustrate a story with but I think it could work quite well.
Edition I read was published in 2009 by Wordsworth Editions Limited
Text: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrations: Arthur Rackham
Cover design: Robert Mathias
Cover illustration of the edition I read: Art Deco fashion illustration of the 1930's
Text typeset in Great Britain by Anthony Gray
Printed and bound by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
The Year 1812
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year Hansel and Gretel was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- Charles Dickens in born.
- War of 1812,
- Russia's Patriotic War.
- Peninsular War
- First Grimm's Fairy Tails is published in Germany.
- The last of the Elgin Marbles are removed from the Parthenon in Athens.
Arthur Rackham
The original illustrations for Hansel and Gretel were created by Arthur Rackham. I think the technique he has used suits the story and I think the use of black resembles the darkness of it as well.
The Year 1812
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year Hansel and Gretel was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- Charles Dickens in born.
- War of 1812,
- Russia's Patriotic War.
- Peninsular War
- First Grimm's Fairy Tails is published in Germany.
- The last of the Elgin Marbles are removed from the Parthenon in Athens.
The original illustrations for Hansel and Gretel were created by Arthur Rackham. I think the technique he has used suits the story and I think the use of black resembles the darkness of it as well.
Phil West
I found on the Folio website an illustrator who creates silhouette prints and he made one for Hansel and Gretel and I really like how it looks. I think it is a very different style to illustrate a story with but I think it could work quite well.
Felicitas Kuhn-Klapschy
I also found and artist called Felicitas Kuhn-Klapschy who also illustrated Hansel and Gretel and I really like their interpretation of it. I really like the colours that have been used because they are bright and pastel like and the layout of the images are very structured and neat which is really nice.
I am going to choose this book to illustrate because I think I could do a lot with it and I am very interested to see what ideas I can come up with. Especially for the characters.
Colin West: The Big Book of Nonsense - Moose
The Big Book of Nonsense
First published in 2001
I am really looking forward to illustrating this because I have a really good idea of what I want to draw and how I would like to do it.
Text: Colin West
Illustrations: Colin West
The year 2001
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year The Big Book of Nonsense was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- The worlds first artificial heart is implanted into Robert Tools.
- Microsoft launches Windows XP.
- 9/11 attacks, World Trade Centre, New York.
-A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall apears in Seattle.
- $100 million worth of art was destroyed in 9/11, works include that of Alexander Calder, Joan Miro and Roy Lichtenstein.
The Big Book of Nonsense was also on the list of books but it has now became something that we must do. I have to choose one poem from the book and create one illustration for it. I have decided to illustrate 'Moose' - "What use is a Moose? Except, perhaps, for coats and hats."The year 2001
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year The Big Book of Nonsense was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- The worlds first artificial heart is implanted into Robert Tools.
- Microsoft launches Windows XP.
- 9/11 attacks, World Trade Centre, New York.
-A black monolith measuring approximately 9 feet tall apears in Seattle.
- $100 million worth of art was destroyed in 9/11, works include that of Alexander Calder, Joan Miro and Roy Lichtenstein.
I am really looking forward to illustrating this because I have a really good idea of what I want to draw and how I would like to do it.
When I first read this poem I got an instant idea for what I would like to illustrate. My idea was to put a Moose head on a wooden plaque in the background and have a woman in the foreground wearing a fur coat and hat; to suggest the Moose fur has been used to make the hat and coat. After a lot of thinking I realised this could be a very sensitive and offensive subject considering a lot of people are against animal cruelty but I think with this idea I am creating a contrast between illustrations for kids and illustrations for adults. I have decided to proceed with this idea but I am in no way promoting animal cruelty.
Faith Jaques: The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes
The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes
Published in 1990 by Orchard Books
Illustrations by Faith Jaques
Designed by Faith Jaques
Printed in Malaysia
The year 1990
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- Cold War in Lithuania.
- Nelson Mandela is released.
- The Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth is sent back from Voyager 1.
- Brixton in South London is sealed off after a night of protests against the poll tax.
- Twelve paintings, collectively worth $100 to $300 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
- Robert Mapplethorpe's show of nude and homosexual photographs "The Perfect Moment" at Cincinnati Contemporary Art Centre.
- Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh is sold for $82.5 million.
- John Keane, war artist in the Gulf War due to being commissioned by British Imperial War Museum.
The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes is a book of some well known children's rhymes which most have illustrations by Faith Jaques. Below I have picked and scanned some of the Nursery Rhymes that I could see myself illustrating and that I found interesting. I noticed that the rhymes I chose all had structured illustrations which I think works really well and in my opinion finishes off the rhymes. I like how Faith uses her illustrations kind of like a border around the rhyme.
Sing a Song of Sixpence by Lilli Carre
Hush Baby by Sylvia Long
The Queen of Hearts by Therese Cilia
I don't think I am going to choose to illustrate this book because the choice is so wide and I don't think I see myself illustrating nursery rhymes because there isn't very far you can take it.
Published in 1990 by Orchard Books
Illustrations by Faith Jaques
Designed by Faith Jaques
Printed in Malaysia
The year 1990
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- Cold War in Lithuania.
- Nelson Mandela is released.
- The Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth is sent back from Voyager 1.
- Brixton in South London is sealed off after a night of protests against the poll tax.
- Twelve paintings, collectively worth $100 to $300 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
- Robert Mapplethorpe's show of nude and homosexual photographs "The Perfect Moment" at Cincinnati Contemporary Art Centre.
- Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh is sold for $82.5 million.
- John Keane, war artist in the Gulf War due to being commissioned by British Imperial War Museum.
The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes is a book of some well known children's rhymes which most have illustrations by Faith Jaques. Below I have picked and scanned some of the Nursery Rhymes that I could see myself illustrating and that I found interesting. I noticed that the rhymes I chose all had structured illustrations which I think works really well and in my opinion finishes off the rhymes. I like how Faith uses her illustrations kind of like a border around the rhyme.
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| I found this image really inspiring. I think the way she has gone about illustrating this nursery rhyme is really unique and effective. I really like the use of minimal colour and simplicity. I think it is highly aesthetically pleasing. |
Hush Baby by Sylvia Long
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| Sylvia Long's version of Hush Baby is different to the original but her illustrations really inspired me. She has portrayed the mother and baby of the rhymes as rabbits which I think is a really imaginative idea. It made me realise that because the poem doesn't state whether the characters are human you can literally draw anything to get the point of the rhyme across. |
The Queen of Hearts by Therese Cilia
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| I really like the illustrations for The Queen of Hearts that Therese Cilia created because they have a really nice style. In my opinion it's like a cross between Quentin Blake and Tim Burton. |
I don't think I am going to choose to illustrate this book because the choice is so wide and I don't think I see myself illustrating nursery rhymes because there isn't very far you can take it.
Roald Dahl: The Witches
The Witches
First published by Jonathan Cape 1983
Published in Puffin Books 1985
The edition I read was published in 2013
Text: Roald Dahl
Illustrations: Quentin Blake
Set in Monotype Baskerville
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
The year 1983
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year The Witches was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- The migration of ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed. (The beginning of true internet.)
- Britain's Conservative government which was led by Margaret Thatcher is re-elected by a landslide.
- Second Cold War.
- Neil Kinnock is elected leader of the British Labour Party.
- Contemporary art gallery, Galeria OMR, founded in Mexico City.
I have always been a fan of Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake and I think The Witches would be an interesting book to illustrate because there are a lot of different characters to think about and create an image for.
I read through the book and I found a lot spikes where an illustration would fit in. I also began to understand the mind of Quentin Blake when reading the book because the aspects he was illustrating I was also picturing in my head before I even seen the illustration which I think is good because it shows me I'm in the right mind set to illustrate a book.
I scanned some of the illustrations from the book which I really liked and would take inspiration from if I were to choose this book to illustrate. I think these images are very influential because it gives me a rough idea of what the characters appearance is like which I think can be both a good and a bad thing. It's good because I can understand the character better but bad because there is the possibility that I could end up illustrating it too similarly to Quentin Blake without even realising it. These are the illustrations I looked at:
First published by Jonathan Cape 1983
Published in Puffin Books 1985
The edition I read was published in 2013
Text: Roald Dahl
Illustrations: Quentin Blake
Set in Monotype Baskerville
Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc
The year 1983
I decided that I would research events that happened in the year The Witches was published. I picked out things that could have influenced the art of the time.
- The migration of ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed. (The beginning of true internet.)
- Britain's Conservative government which was led by Margaret Thatcher is re-elected by a landslide.
- Second Cold War.
- Neil Kinnock is elected leader of the British Labour Party.
- Contemporary art gallery, Galeria OMR, founded in Mexico City.
I read through the book and I found a lot spikes where an illustration would fit in. I also began to understand the mind of Quentin Blake when reading the book because the aspects he was illustrating I was also picturing in my head before I even seen the illustration which I think is good because it shows me I'm in the right mind set to illustrate a book.
I scanned some of the illustrations from the book which I really liked and would take inspiration from if I were to choose this book to illustrate. I think these images are very influential because it gives me a rough idea of what the characters appearance is like which I think can be both a good and a bad thing. It's good because I can understand the character better but bad because there is the possibility that I could end up illustrating it too similarly to Quentin Blake without even realising it. These are the illustrations I looked at:
Leighton Johns
Leighton Johns is a London based digital illustrator and I found that he had digitally drawn some illustrations for The Witches. I think that his work is really unique and I didn't think that digital illustration for this book would work, because the originals are so traditional, but after looking at the images Leighton has produced I changed my mind completely. The colours work amazingly and the style the illustrations have been drawn in give a sense of adventure which I think is really good. Here are some of the images he produced:
http://leightonjohns.blogspot.co.uk/2009/04/more-dahl-daubings.htmlhttp://www.leightonjohns.co.uk/thewitches.html
Amelie Glienke
Amelie Glienke is a German graphic artists, painter, illustrator and cartoonist. I came across her illustrations for The Witches on tygertale.wordpress.com and I really like the style she has created these images in because they are simple but they are really effective. The use of lines create texture and realism. In the image below of the pots and pans when the mouse is pouring the formula into the soup bowl there is a lot of lines being used but they work really well. Images from http://www.pinterest.com/.
I am really interested in this book and I think it would be really fun to illustrate. I think I could come up with some very effective images and techniques.
Choosing a book
My current project is Narrative Illustration and I was given a list of books to research and choose from. I have narrowed it down to 5 books that I would be quite interested in illustrating these include; The Witches by Roald Dahl, The Brother's Grimm Hansel and Gretel, The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes by Faith Jaques and The Big Book of Nonsense by Colin West.
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