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(20th ANNUAL)



"A nix on St Nicks! I don't see the reason!" said Steven, who hated the holiday season
This Christmas curmudgeon felt it was a farce - he'd sooner stick crackers up Saint Santa's -(Editor's note: our copywriter has been given a stern warning and asked to stick to the guidelines)
This year, like the last, and the one before that, we'll be Secreting Santa - and that will be that.
On Pixel! On Joint! On Discord we'll be, with digital gifts on the digital tree
The gifts are unwrapped in the news and the forum - "But wait!" said the Steven (who had no decorum),
"Just how do I know who to gift, huh? Which one?"
"You don't" - said the mods - "and that there's half the fun!"
The Steven just wished that he -(Editor's note: the writer's been fired, the miserable goat)
 

Take a look at the previous years' Secret Santas here:

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2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005
 

Taking Part
  • After reading the instructions below, sign up by putting a message as a comment to this news post, simply saying "I'm In"!

  • Only sign up if you're sure that you'll be to able to complete your gift, by checking the dates below. If you don't complete your gift you won't be able to join next year's Secret Santa and make someone very sad. Also you will miss the unique Secret Santa profile award.
     
  • Provide some indication of your likes/dislikes: this is important! You can be as specific or broad as you like, but be aware this is all your Santa has to go by if they don't know you!
  • If you have at least a few pieces in your PJ gallery, your Secret Santa will know you better.
  • You'll receive your partner's name via private message (gallery PM). Consider turning on email notification for this in your profile settings!
  • Start making your gift, you have nearly a month!
  • Submit a gift box to the gallery (not the artwork!), and send your gift artwork in a message to gawroneSee the submission guide below.
  • Here's a sample post if you are somehow still lost.  You can format however you want, however please include "I'm in!" or something similar in your post.

        "Count me in!
        I like:
        hating fun, being a curmudgeon and getting free stuff!!!!
        I do NOT like:
         chocolate, childrens' smiles, and also Christmas (which probably makes things a bit awkward, really, but oh well)

        Thanks! P.S. no spiders"
 
Submission Guide
 
Important!!! Follow these submission instructions carefully, to not spoil any surprises:
  • When you've finished your gift, first choose Submit Pixel Art from the main site and upload your gift wrap (see Gift Wrap section below) as the preview (small) image and do not upload anything else. The description should only say “Secret Santa” and should not include the name of the person you’re gifting, at least until the official reveal.
  • Note: For the Secret Santa purposes, you can upload the template gift wraps below. Still, custom wraps rock!
  • Now, send your real gift to gawrone by PM or email. You can use imgur.com, or if you can't, you can send it in a DM to him on Discord or to gawrone@interia.pl. We will edit and change your pixel art submission with the real one, so we can reveal all presents at the same time. Please don't post your gift anywhere else before December 25th, that would spoil the surprise.
 
Dates
  • November 9th ~ November 25th - Sign-ups in these weeks only! Send this post to your friends, share on Twitter or Bluesky and post in your Discords. If there's anyone you'd love to get a gift from, send them this thread!
  • November 26th - A PM with your partner's name will be sent out to you; keep it a secret and start early!
  • November 26th ~ December 22nd - You have nearly a month to make and hand in a beautiful pixel present!
  • December 22nd - Last day to send in your gift!
  • Night of December 26thPRESENTS !!!
Feel free to ask questions under this post, or PM gawrone if you're confused about anything or have any questions to ask after consulting the FAQ below.
 
Santa's Help Desk

What kind of gift do I make?
Anything you want, just so long as it involves pixel art. Tailor it to your partner's listed interests, or towards them and their work if you are familiar. Any subject you think will be well received is fair game. You can make them a mockup, animation, sprites; you name it! If you're worried about time, don't overly complicate things, relax and do what you do best.

But I'm quite likely to be embroiled in some sort of ~festive revelry~ around the end of December; can I still take part?

You can send your gift in as early as you like. The 22nd is the deadline, but submissions will be accepted from the time you receive your partner's name via PM, up until the 22nd. It's not fun to try and rush this stuff leading up to Christmas, getting it done with time to spare is highly recommended.

I'm not going to manage finishing my present in time, will I still be banned from next year's Secret Santa?

WIPs will be OK temporarily... It's better to have your WIP under the tree than nothing, but please finish quickly afterwards to avoid consequences. If you know you won't be able to finish, for whatever reason, let gawrone know ASAP so that something else can be sorted out for your partner.

I think making a present for so-and-so would be really fun, I wish I was their Santa!
If you finish your present early, you're more than welcome to make gifts for multiple people. Spread the holiday cheer! But concentrate on your partner first.

 
Gift Wrap!

You can use one of these generic gift wraps as the preview icon of your gallery submission:



Alternatively: Make a custom wrapping for your gift; in this way you can have a bit of fun teasing the contents within. Just submit this in your gallery as the preview image. So it should be max 100x100 px. Here are a few examples from previous years... with a link to their gifts, for ideas. (you can't use these! come up with your own!)

by Jeremy
 

Still awake? Read everything? Great!! If you sign up below before or on the 25th of November, you'll be added to this list. After you submit your gift, we'll mark you on our list with a little 


Posted by gawrone @ 11/8/2024 03:25  |    65

Discussion

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Artificer-111 (Level 6 Time Traveller) @ 11/25/2024 18:46

I'm in

I like:

  • Fantasy creatures (Merfolk, Nagas, Dryads),
  • aquatic and wetland environments,
  • ruins and remnants of past times.
  • The interplay of beautiful and dangerous things, 
  • LucasArts adventure games (The Dig), OddWorld, Tiberian Sun, Dune, Twilight Princess/Majora's Mask

Dislikes:

  • Not really interested in sex focused nsfw

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Taks (Level 6 Chrysanthemum) @ 11/25/2024 17:20

I'm in! Finally my first secret santa!

Things I Like:

floral design/patterns, chrysanthemums, frogs, interesting colors, muted colors, the ocean, dogs, tropical forests, funny and/or subtle references, skulls, weird (but satisfying to look at) objects.

Things I Don't Like:

gore, horny, dirty scenes, animal abuse,


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myrmyxo (Level 4 Rubbish) @ 11/25/2024 13:32
I'm inn ! Literally tavernmaxxing rn
 
Fav games :
- Rain World best game of all time
- GHOST TRICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK i've played/seen people play it 3 times I always cry at some point through it
- Lobotomy Corporation (gameplay kinda zzzz but I love the lore and athmosphere) (I adore Knight of Despair and Dreaming Current)
- Yume Nikki (I love Monoko especially) and its fangames, love LCDDEM and Yume Graffiti
- the What Did I Do To Deserve This My Lord/No Heroes Allowed video games series (that sadly only 3 people in the world know about lmao)
 
Other stuff I love :
- every animal. Biolgogy
- VOCALOID and UTAU ! Kasane Teto is my fav UTAU (love K also), and I love Luka and GUMI in terms of Vocaloids 
- My favorite composer is KIKUO he's very kikuific
- In terms of graphic(al?) artists, si_ku is my favorite, I'm in love with everythig she does, I love TEASUNNH and his imagery, Daiyou-Uonome as well for his insane rendering, Funamusea's style, Heimantahei's style too... 
- Body Horror stuff (I find it HELLA cool when it's done well)
- I love Touhou, Alice is my fav characters (I really like epic psycho grandma Nemuno too)
- MADs/YTPMVs
- Animation
 
I'm not really into :
- Furry stuff I guess ? I don't mind it but that's not my kinda stuff I guess, same for bronies and all idk
- idk really I like a lot of things

If i'm your secret santee, first of all hello :D, and second of all (all is 2 things but hwatever) DRAW ANYTHING YOU WANT ! !! ! Not Safe for Waluigi, Cutesy, gory, horrible, not horrible, adorable, tooth enamel..... I love animation too, feel free to make an animated gif if you so desire
 
Goot luck on the drawig !!!!

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jok (Level 11 Master Assassin) @ 11/25/2024 00:41

Count me in!
    I like:


   Amiga (OCS specs. = points for original  resolution and colors)
   Fantasy, mythical themes
   Landscapes
, panoramic aspect ratio
   Ancient civilisations (like predeluvian)
   

  I do NOT like:
     chocolate, childrens' smiles, and also Christmas
(which probably makes things a bit awkward, really, but oh well)
    Thanks! P.S. no spiders

;P

But seriously, better look at my favs/gallery


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Yantar (Level 3 Dodo) @ 11/24/2024 23:22

I'm in, if it's not too late! 

Likes: 

  • Fantasy
  • Steampunk
  • Prehistoric stuff
  • Landscapes of any type (preferably urban)
  • Orcs! (and all related)
  • Post apocalyptic stuff

Dislikes:

  • NSFW 
  • Political stuff
  • Anime style
  • Abstracts/patterns

If this helps (hope I'm not breaking any rules, but mods feel free to edit my comment or ping me here/on discord), I have a lot more pieces on my Instagram/twitter - yantar.pxl


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looloopaa (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 11/24/2024 21:46

I'm in! Hope I'm not too late!
Likes:

  • fantasy
  • 80s-90s anime style
  • clowns
  • Rocket Knight
  • Shining Force
  • Ghostbusters
  • Star Wars
  • just wizard / witch hats in general
  • pinball
  • Left 4 Dead 2

Dislikes:

  • nsfw
  • politics

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zedOFF (Level 5 Harbor Seal) @ 11/24/2024 07:35

I'm in! It's been a while now.

 

I like:

  • Frogs
  • Gnomes (whimsical!)
  • Bugs, beetles, arachnids
  • Y2K and Frutiger Aero type shi7
  • Cool material looking UI like some of those Windows Media Player themes
  • Psychedelic art
  • Robots and tech
  • Cool ornaments and patterns
  • FASHION
  • The Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie
  • prog rock album art (Gentle Giant, Pink Floyd, ELP, King Crimson)
  • Games: Jet Set Radio, Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, Lethal League Blaze,
    Disco Elysium, Hylics, killer7, Street Fighter III, Yakuza
  • Art of manga artists like: Hirohiko Araki, Q Hayashida, Tsutomu Nihei
  • Tasteful nudity

NOIDONTWANTTHIS:

  • Medieval fantasy
  • Cyberpunk2077-like cyberpunk
  • the EDG palette family

And MOST IMPORTANTLY, I hope you enjoy making it!
Obviously don't try cramming all of these things in one piece LOL 


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iivii (Level 2 Labradorite) @ 11/24/2024 06:23

I´m in! o/

I like:
- The moon.
- Insects.
- Cats.
- Taking small photos of the city.
- Management Games .
- Monsters/kaijus.
- Mechas.
- Brocoli.
- Sci Fi.

I don´t like:
-Raw onions.
-Religion.
-Politics.
-Furries.
-Real military/war/guns.

 


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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 11/24/2024 04:47

I'm adding Kao.

https://pixeljoint.com/p/263744.htm?pg=1&sec= 

I like:

- insects

- ruins

- things covered in moss

- terror/horror

- rats

- yokais

I don't like:

- politics

- religion, religious things

- sci-fi

- war and military stuff

- furries


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Silwra (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 11/24/2024 04:30

I'm in!!

Likes:

  • Full-length human portraits
  • Animals
  • Maps
  • Ethnic arts, patterns, stylized pictures
  • Plot in the picture
  • joy and humor
Dislikes:
  • psychedelic and surreal art
  • Psychiatric disorders 
  • gore, violence, horror

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MoreOfAGoofus (Level 3 Dodo) @ 11/24/2024 02:19

I'm in!

Likes:

  • Cute and/or bizzare aliens and monsters
  • Parasaurolophus and other duck-bill dinosaurs
  • Birds
  • Beetles
  • Dwarves and gnomes
  • Mockups and demakes
  • Post-apocalypse and cyberpunk
  • NES, GBC, C64 and other low-palette formats.
Dislikes:
  • Pin-ups and cheesecake
  • Military and firearms
  • Mechs and vehicles
  • "memes"

Fan art I'd be into:

  • Dungeons and Dragons
  • The Simpsons
  • Futurama
  • Half Life
  • Pokemon (Some faves: Marowak, Octillery, Gliscor, Scrafty)
  • Jojo's Bizzare Adventure
  • Delicious in Dungeon

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Mr_Hk_ (Level 6 Hitman) @ 11/23/2024 14:24

I'm in !

I like Science Fiction (Asimov <3), Video games ( From Software <3), Cooking, Music, Diving and Citrus tree.


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magickbird (Level 7 Underboss) @ 11/22/2024 11:30

I'm down!

Like:

  • spooky stuff
  • vampires
  • espionage 
  • detective
  • mystery
  • game aesthetics like mockups, stylized portraits or UI
  • night
  • industrial aesthetics 
  • sceneries
  • winter
  • woods

Dislike:

  • sci-fi


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Henrique (Level 3 Nasturtium) @ 11/22/2024 09:33

I'm in!!

What i like:

  • Big monsters.
  • Animals.
  • Plants.
  • BEETLES.
  • Adventure time.
  • Ghibli.
  • Architecture.
  • Brasil. (I'm from Rio)
  • Old cars.
  • Grafitti.
  • Hollow knight.
  • Owlboy.
  • BombRush CyberFunk.
  • Jest Set Radio.
  • Outer wilds.
  • Insects.
  • Papers, Please.
  • Sherlock Holmes.
  • Hotline Miami.
  • Stardew Valley.
  • Katana Zero.
  • Insects.....

What i don't like:

  • Furrie like content

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orangemagik (Level 6 Time Traveller) @ 11/21/2024 17:11

IN!

Likes: retro hard science fiction, post-apocalypse, tasteful pin-up, female warriors in realistic practical armour, vintage dark fantasy

Dislikes: furries and lazy work.


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MIERDINSKY (Level 10 Pixel artist) @ 11/21/2024 16:19

 I´m in!!
Likes: orcs, pico-8 palette, horror characters
Dislikes: politics, palettes with many colors


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arcadehero (Level 6 GBC) @ 11/21/2024 13:36

I'm in!

Things I'm in love with:

  • Horror, gloomy, creepy atmospheric stuff
  • NES-like aesthetics
  • GBC aesthetics
  • Sets of small characters or icons
  • Mockups
  • VFX animations
  • Western aesthetics

I don't like:

  • Military stuff
  • Sci-fi
  • Politics


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Theodote (Level 3 Game Boy) @ 11/21/2024 04:23

I'm in! It's been a while since I drew anything and I can't wait to have some fun this December.

Media I love:
- Remembrance of Earth's Past!!! (aka the Three Body Problem trilogy)
- Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou!!
- BLAME!
- Control (2019)
- Ashita no Joe
- JJBA (especially Steel Ball Run)
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Last Exile!
- Project Hail Mary
- Death Stranding

Miscellaneous likes:
- Wallpapers!! Anything 16:9 to put in my slideshow folder
- Floating islands!!!!!!!
- Göndola the bear!!
- Old phones!! (think pre-android java phones circa 00's)
- Post-Y2K PC & electronics aesthetics!! Win7, CRT monitors, Vaio netbooks, you name it
- Platonic solids and related polyhedra
- Futurism and retro-futurism, especially Soviet-esque and space-themed
- Brutalism!
- Dieselpunk
- Frogs

Dislikes:
- Gore
- Violence
- Horror


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vemigvan (Level 3 Nasturtium) @ 11/21/2024 02:02

I'm in

I love:

  • Plants, mold, mushrooms
  • Ocean life, especially non fish ones, like molluscs, echinoderms, worms etc
  • Stanislaw Lem's kind of scifi, exoplanets, xenobiology
  • Horror, Giger's artworks, body horror, biopunk, "meat and veins" stuff
  • Post-soviet aesthetic, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games
  • little girls. They make me feel so 
  • I also really love mockups, NES/GBC-inspired styles, topdown view, item sets etc., so if you draw things like this from time to time, would be really cool to see this kind of work from you! Though if you don't, I'd prefer any type of piece you usually do

Things I don't like do exist, but I don't want to hit the things you like drawing. Really hope even if you don't like my themes you'll make the piece the way you enjoy


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Irenaart (Level 10 HP Lovecraft (Author)) @ 11/19/2024 03:27

I'm in!

Likes: animals, all sorts of them,.. sf and fantasy.

Dislikes: gore, horrors, politics, wars and any theme related to them.


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Tipleloop (Level 2 Quiet One) @ 11/18/2024 21:59

I'm in!
What I likes:

  1. Post-apocalyptic word (Emphasize on "Decay", it must feel nature already take over) modern ruin building with plant and wild animal already settle in, or maybe just a rusting car on the side of empty road, like human are just suddenly disappear).
  2. Warm and cozy things (person or animal drinking hot Choco with think sweeter, or maybe someone reading book in book nook, the lofi girl's vibe with cat and all). Cozy camping with bonfire in middle of forest/snow with hot drink. (it doesn't need o be human.
  3. Beautiful tropical plant (leaf or foliage), small pound with water lily with duck/fish swimming around
  4. Neon cyberpunk city. (at night with a lot of Neon light)
  5. Cute things, search "Food cat drawing, "cute creatures" in pintrest (it doesn't have to be"cat" but you get the point)
  6. Final Fantasy 7,8,9,10,12
  7. Persona 3,4,5

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MrJEF (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 11/18/2024 19:45

Im in!!!

Likes:

  • Santa
  • Krampus
  • Snowy Mountains
  • Christmas trees and lights
  • Scifi
  • Fantasy
  • Emperor of Mankind
  • Big guns and jagged blades

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Trigonomicon (Level 10 Archaeropteryx) @ 11/18/2024 11:07

I'm in!
Likes:

• Mythology/folklore/fairlytale stuff, particularly celtic/scandinavian/slavic

• Weird fantasy

• Medieval (or earlier) history, and associated historical art trends and art forms.

• Skeletons, dragons, trolls and goblins

• Deep forests and overgrown ruins and all that good stuff

• Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures

• Strange and unusuall contemporary animals are pretty neat too

• Sci-fi and Mechas, of the lived-in, boxy, and grebbly kind.

• Post apocalypse of the strange and eerie kind (no 50s retrofuturism plz)


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betacamel (Level 2 Wolpentinger) @ 11/18/2024 10:34
 

I'm in! 

Likes: I don't want to be too specific or picky, make what you like! My favorite film is Oldboy, I like reading manga as well (I mostly make Jojo's art because the designs are so cool) and love horror games like silent hill, amnesia, fear and hunger etc !! I don't really know what I want myself so go crazy; I don't mind if you want to do a study or something of that nature as well, i know I've been busy doing a lot of those lately

Dislikes: Only thing I'd prefer not to receive is something that's overly cutesy or has a very simple artstyle, although its not a big deal to me and if you make something interesting with those features I don't mind


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Terff (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 11/16/2024 08:35

I'm in!

Likes:

  • Portraits
  • Gnomes
  • Goblins
  • Ghouls
  • Gremlins
  • Anything really


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Space-AgeWrangler (Level 8 Queen) @ 11/15/2024 05:40

I'm Him!

Likes:

  • Trees, especially really big, gnarled, old-looking ones, and forests.
  • Frank Zappa.
  • Expressionism (Kokoschka, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Alice Neel...), and other early 20th century movements (post impressionism, early abstract stuff).
  • Octopuses and other sea creatures.
  • Aliens (funny-looking ones).
  • Cathedrals.
  • A portrait of me, but you do it without knowing what I look like.
  • If you draw anything and title it "Mute Rooster Morning".
  • ZX Spectrum.
  • Fantasy and sci-fi are ok too.
  • Assorted list of media: Rain World, Minecraft, Cardiacs, Sergei Prokofiev, Pharoah Sanders, Akira Kurosawa, Fritz Lang (Die Nibelungen!), Thomas Covenant, The Karamazov Brothers.
  • Great Snub Dodecicosidodecahedron.
  • Islamic patterning.

(To clarify, you don't have to do all of these, even if you just focus on one it's good. Or do something else if you want to, I'll like it anyway).

Dislikes:

  • Pixel art.
  • Would rather have something original and not a master painting study. (With the exception of Paul Klee's Revolving House of course).

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Mirre (Level 9 Whale Shark) @ 11/14/2024 15:57

I'm in!

 
Loves:
- My original characters: https://artfight.net/~linneart/characters (The Witch is my fave at the moment)
- Myself inserted into anything related to the below likes (for example: me as a Pokémon Trainer...) If you need any reference material of me, there are photos in my instagram, also there's my PJ avatar.

Likes:
- Mermaids
- Pokémon (especially water, dark, and ghost types, some favourites: Wooper, Mudkip, Ditto, Sableye, Cosmog, Shinx/Luxio/Luxray, Vaporeon, Espeon, Lunala, Misdreavus/Mismagius, Popplio/Brionne/Primarina, Shuppet, Gastly/Haunter/Gengar, Drifloon/Drifblim)
- Stardew Valley, Ace Attorney, LoZ: The Minish Cap, Sea of Stars
- Purple, blue, green, teal
- Dinosaurs; especially pterosaurs, triceratops, stegosaurus
- Frogs, Salamanders, Geckos, Axolotls, Bats, Cats
- Fantasy, Sci-fi, Steampunk, Cyberpunk
- Folklore, Witches, Knights, Monsters
- Scenes, ISO, RPGs, strategy/turn based/puzzle games
- Mockups
- Mushrooms
- Tasteful nudity (for example: topless mermaids)
 
Dislikes:
- Religious themes
- Gore
- Boobplate armour, chainmail bikinis
- Sexism, over-sexualization
- Orange
 
(I'm pretty sure I'll like whatever I get though, so please have fun with this!)

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BleuPale (Level 5 Mothman) @ 11/14/2024 08:35

I'm in!

I like :

  - Sci-fi and Hard sci-fi (I really loved Remembrance of Earth's Past series, and also Cowboy Bebop),

  - Heroic fantasy and Dark fantasy (I'm really into the Malazan Book of the Fallen series rn, but I also love the classic Zelda game series),

  - Adventure, cozy fantasy (I'm really enjoying watching Hilda rn, I love the art style/direction, the whole atmosphere and the stories/themes)

  - Impressionism, Surrealism, naïve art, Romanticism,

  - Dramatic landscapes (stormy sea, blizzard etc.) or peacefull/cozy landscapes ^^

  - Cosmic horror and weird horror,

  - Comics style (I'm a big fan of Mœbius art style, but I also love "simpler" more "refined" styles like Black Hole by Charles Burns),

  - Legends and Myths.

I don't really like:

  - Toilet humour


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rogue_frog (Level 4 Deputy) @ 11/13/2024 23:23

I'm in!

I like certain Miyazaki films: Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Boy and the Heron, Castle in the Sky.

Dark fantasy: Dark souls, Bloodborne.

Chiaroscuro painting style, the styles and subject matter of N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell.

Twin Peaks

I don't like:

Sci fi, body horror, horror that isn't Bloodborne or Resident Evil 4 related specifically, abstract

City and urban scenes, unless you are going very David Lynch inspired with it


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TofuPxl (Level 4 Peony) @ 11/13/2024 21:29

i'm in! i finally have time to join !!

i like:

  • good omens (crowley and aziraphale <3) !!!
  • dark fantasy, analog horror, creatures with many eyes, scary stuff
  • surreal stuff (go crazy)
  • weird colours
  • animals (all of them)
  • natural landscapes : )
  • overgrown / abandoned / ruins and ancient stuff

don't really like:

  • sci fi and robots
  • city / urban scenes

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Squingo (Level 3 Game Boy) @ 11/13/2024 09:54

I'd like to join!

I like:

  • Intense 1 on 1 fights:
    • Boss Fights
    • Ultimate Attacks
    • Black Flashes from Jujutsu Kaisen
    • Transformations/Ultimate Forms
  • Pokemon:
    • Ursaluna
    • Lucario
    • Substitute Doll
    • Shiny Pokemon!!!! 
  • Forests:
    • Mushrooms (Chanterelles are the best )
    • Moss
    • Creeks
    • And of course, trees!
  • Color:
    • Flashy colors! (Demon Slayer comes to mind)

I Don't Like:

  • Non Shiny Pokemon
  • Realism
  • Isometric Pixel Art
  • Magic/Beam Attacks (Sorry Dragon Ball)
  • Cartoon Effects/Style
  • Comic Book Style


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filou-ROD (Level 2 Moon) @ 11/13/2024 09:26

   I'm in!

   I like:
    old school pixel art.
    Any style, any subject that could be understood by someone that never used a computer. (Something that i could show to my grandma);

    I do NOT like:
         
     VGA,SVA...
  


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Eggy (Level 6 SWAT) @ 11/13/2024 08:29

For the first time in forever, I think I'll join.

Things I like

  • Gargamel (cartoon/comic version)
  • The Smurfs
  • Legend of Zelda (I am big on BotW and TotK right now)
    • Link
    • Zelda
    • Ganondorf
    • Yiga (Master Kohga included)
  • Animals - here are some I like more:
    • Birds, particularly parrots (especially cockatiels) and owls (especially barn owls)
    • Alligators and crocodiles
    • Cute lil lizards
  • Colorful palettes (not neon or excessively saturated)
  • Splatoon
  • Crossovers!
  • Sushi
  • Fantasy and mythical creatures in general
  • Pokemon
    • My favorite, period: Weavile
    • My favorite out of the starters: Torchic line, especially Blaziken

Things I don't like

  • Toilet humor
  • Shock humor
  • Excessive/detailed violence
  • Drab/dirty colors
  • Plain old realism (fantasy/cartoon/game characters made realistic is ok)

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FancyPudding (Level 2 Churros) @ 11/12/2024 11:03

Im in!

    I like:
  • Frogs
  • Fairys
  • Medieval
  • Junji Ito
  • Horror
  • Landscape
  • Ducks
  • Pidgeon's
  • Dave the Diver Game
  • Fish
  • Winter
  • Cactus
  • My Favorite Anime is FLCL, Favorite character in that is Haruko and her Vespa
  • I love Vespas and scooters
    I do NOT like:
  • Taylor Swift
  • Animals being harmed
  • Puke Green/yellow
  • Too Dark hard to see stuff
  • Pillow shading
  • Using No Color
    Thanks! P.S. no Warm tones if possible"
 

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poolord (Level 3 King Kong) @ 11/12/2024 09:04

Im in!

I like:

  • my little pony (twilight sparkle is my favorite but i love all the characters)
  • pokemon (big into pikachu)
  • interesting and unusual use of colors
  • limited color palettes
  • grunge and grime
  • other than than I love to see all kinds of artwork! im also okay with gore and horror themes

I dislike:

  • very straightforward and normal color palettes
  • gradients


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CopheeMoth (Level 5 Mothman) @ 11/12/2024 06:16

I'm in!

Likes:

  • Unusual guys (shadow people, robots, demons); bonus for masked or faceless with glowing eyes
  • Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelite art
  • 70s sci-fi art and similarly "alien" fantasy, floating islands
  • Early 3D render art (like 2000s reflective orbs above an ocean)
  • Surrealism (including horror)
  • "Alien" complimentary color combinations (like red+cyan)
  • Certain gloomy aesthetics (e. g. Fear and Hunger 2: Termina)
  • Magicky stuff (robes, staves, jewels, tomes...)
  • Moths (luna, silk, Saturniidae)
  • Games: HoMM 3 and 4, RPG Maker horror, Myst series

Dislikes:

  • Khrushchevkas / "russian doomer" aesthetic
  • Most superhero or Disney stuff, Harry Potter, misc. modern pop culture
  • Toilet humor, pus, rotting flesh, "pest" insects
  • "Boob plate" (e.g. cover of King's Bounty: Armored Princess)
  • Ultra-saturated rainbow stuff (e.g Lisa Frank or certain early internet art)

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bexvalentineart (Level 3 Nasturtium) @ 11/11/2024 12:28

I'm in!

I like:

  • slimes (like in stardew valley, slime rancher, and the like)
  • cute creatures
  • horror (not mixed with cute creatures though lol)
  • pokemon! my top favs are clodsire, snom, and goomy
  • ocean creatures / underwater landscapes 
  • muted pastel colors, or darker color palettes

I dislike:

  • needles 
  • most insects, but especially ants
  • politics
  • sexually objectifying / overtly sexual stuff

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Umbohr (Level 7 Merfolk) @ 11/11/2024 06:37

I'm in !

I like

portraits, gestures, landscapes are fine too especially if it features some characters.

Fantasy setting with no Manichaeism (like no "humans good, orcs bad"), mythical or folklore creatures like chimeras, harpies etc..

19th/20th century, impressionism/ post-impressionism, expressionism, belle époque and pretty dresses and costumes

Circus golden age/ western stuff. If historical, anachronisms really welcome 

Sci fi too (Final Fantasy 8!!, Ursula k le guin,  outer wilds, the expanse, disco elisyum, etc...)

Children book style illustrations.

Nudity welcome

Don't like :

Toilet humour, caricatures are risky too, nationalism 


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Reo (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 11/11/2024 06:19

I'm in!

I like: Retro tokusatsu creatures, leather+spikes+chains, secret rooms, ancient statues of mystic origin, arcane wizards, crusty crustaceans, detailed tiles, swords n' sandals fantasy, otherwordly atmospheres, bizarre demons, funky & chunky robots & mechs, colorful knights, Moebius, towers, dungeons, swamps, patterns, skulls, creatures, ruins. 

I dislike: Realism, chibi art, animal cruelty, sexism, dragons.


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 11/10/2024 09:47

I'm in!

Things I like:

  • Dolphins
  • CGA palettes (other 4-colour palettes are good, too!)
  • Weird monsters/creatures
  • Zdzisław Beksiński
  • Surrealism
  • Roger Dean
  • 1970s interior design

Feel free to check out my favourites if you wanna get a better sense of stuff I like.


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Sarahboev (Level 8 Odds and Ends) @ 11/10/2024 08:07

I'm in!

(Once again, don't mind the copy-pasted list. :'D)

I'm kinda all over the place for likes but you can look through my tumblr for some ideas too.

I like: (in no particular order)
-Colorful stuff! Especially with pastels or rich colors!
-Cute/interesting critters/creatures (I'm a big fan of Pokemon! Here's a list of my favs)
-Harlequinesque/jester/clown stuff, think like Jules Chéret, George Barbier, Armand Vallée etc. 
-Old school fantasy illustration stuff like Warwick Goble, Arthur Rackham, Kay Nielsen, John Bauer etc.
-Memphis Group design :'D
-Imps, demons and devils 
-Puffy Dresses! (cool/interesting fashion in general)
-"tasteful" gore/body horror (examples)
-Jojo's Bizarre Adventure :'D (Part 4 is my fav lol)
-Studio Ghibli films (my favorite is Kiki's Delivery Service)
-Katamari! 

Dislikes:
-Mean spirited stuff
-Bleak dystopian/war stuff
-Dull colors
-Politics
-Overtly sexual stuff

So excited to join in on this!


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werebike (Level 6 Blue Crab) @ 11/10/2024 08:05

I'm in!

I like:

-animals of any kind, fictional, wearing clothes, on four legs, whatever you name it! especially goofy looking ones. yes, even bugs though in that case maybe just a little less realistic looking

-non-humanoid races- related to above slightly.

-limited colour palette

-tokusatsu, especially showa era (I am most familiar with Ultra series and Godzilla)

-fictionalised knights

-robots/cyborgs

-men (as in like *like*)

-worldbuilding, especially if it focuses on mundane details, for example how elegant outfit would look like for orcs

-style studies (for example: drawing non-kirby characters in the first kirby's game style)

I dislike:

-gross-out humour

-anything military related thats not at least 3 centuries old


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SeDiceBisonte (Level 8 Spaceman) @ 11/10/2024 04:14

I was ill last month so couldn't do Pixelween, but hopefully that means I've got it out of the way. I'm in!

Likes:

  • Pictures of people or with people prominently featured.
  • Atmosphere, emotion and personality. I'd love to see your personality and style in this as much as anything I've asked for.
  • Original artwork as opposed to fanart (I know I have more fanart than original work in my gallery but I hope to do more as I gain confidence).
  • Pre-Raphaelite artists and others associated with them. I particularly like John William Waterhouse.
  • Some directors whose aesthetic I like: Dario Argento, Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Park Chan-wook, Wong Kar-wai (I don't like his films but his regular cinematographer, Christopher Doyle's, creates remarkable images), Pedro Almodóvar, Andrei Tarkovsky.
  • Fashion.
  • C64 art (I put this in every year because I like it, but really don't feel you have to go there. I know it's a big ask).

Dislikes:

  • Spiders. Seriously, no spiders.
  • Fantasy. I know there's overlap with sci-fi, but I'm generally not a fan of anything too wizardy or elfish. That said, I do love Andrzej Sapkowski and China Miéville so do with that info what you will.
  • Anime art for the most part, but I will add that I love some examples so it's not a hard and fast rule either.
  • Anthropomorphic animals.
  • Superheroes.


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amberMechanic (Level 5 Harbor Seal) @ 11/10/2024 04:09
I'm in!

Some things I like:

aardvarks, androids, birds, cityscapes, detail,
hidden detail, Iain M. Banks, jackalopes, 
multicoloured robots, nineteenth century art & illustration, 
original sci-fi worlds, 1-bit dither, 
pictures made up of lots of smaller pictures, 
robots made to look like things that aren't robots, 
skies, storytelling, swirliness,
tasteful melancholy, wizards, 
wimmelbilder, xenon 2, yaks,
zebras that on closer inspection turn out to be actually robots again.

And some I don't:

brand name TV/movie scifi (Star Wars and Treks etc)
 

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pixelglade (Level 2 Tulip) @ 11/9/2024 17:59

I'm in!

I like:

  • anime characters
  • nature imagery
  • outer space
  • computing or programming
  • retro gaming (SNES, GB, GBC, GBA)
  • slice of life scenes
  • classic sword and sorcery fantasy
  • solarpunk themes

My homepage is linked on my profile for more ideas.

I dislike: 

  • animal based foods or animal exploitation (I'm vegan for context)
  • excessive or frenetic motion
  • nsfw imagery
  • gore and violence
  • horror (no ghosts, zombies)
  • hyper-realism

Pixel Art Suggestions

  • limited colour palettes (1bit, 4, 8, or max 16 colour palettes)
  • a sprite, user Livejournal style avatar, or a character, object, or scene
  • canvas dimensions and size (square, or portrait or horizontal - maximum size 640x480)

 
 
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Grimm_Dingo (Level 4 Deputy) @ 11/9/2024 17:40

I'm In!

Likes: anything eldritch and or surreal and or dark fantasy and or anything grimdark or grotesque. alternatively or in combination industrial punk stuff. or if it's too far out of your comfort zone; I don't mind idylic nature oriented stuff too (bonus if combined with one or multiple of the above in some way).

Dislike: anything too political, relating to real modern warfare, non-fictional violence, overly sexualized content (fine with nsfw as long as it's tasteful), anything too mundane.


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kumori (Level 2 Wolpentinger) @ 11/9/2024 17:03

// ¡count in me!

> OK_1: original, obscure, Character|s with opposite personality, stylized/semi-real, inkwash/blockprint, cloud, rain『just rain』, overgrown, nature, flower, scenery, forest, moody/dramatic light [godray, dusty-light], bioluminescent, shadow/reflection, ethereal, extreme perspective, sideview/top-down, impermanence, imperfect, death/decay, desolate/ruin, rust, old, retro, NEC pc-􏿿􏿿, traditional, calm, lo-fi, harmony, muted/vibrant color, kw/moe/cute ◉〰◉, dreamy, bj-doll, unique/rare/micro organism, in//vertebrate, gearwork|s/mechanism/:Automata, apo/dysto/cyberpunk_er, symbol/glyph/any nón-latin етс, psychedelic, illusion, glitch, twist, juxtapose, surreal, empty-world, dino, skeleton, flesh, blut/brutal-gore, gloom/grim/dark, paranormal, horror, cryptic, mysterious, sudden/jitter/weird movement,

> OK_2miku zero-makina & bacterial-contamination by: deino, radio the universe, 包丁少女幻窓曲 memories of replica (it yume-nikki but akumajo~vania), irisu syndrome【いりす症候群】, 天使のたまご……

> NG :  cliché, real-violence/drug/abuse, ko-me-di/goof, big-smile, ad|s&media™, furri, centaurlike, giga buubies, too indistinct color, 'John no kudannnai bouken' , coplo.

make fictional game「 mockup or sprite or poster or mix em up? idc」…… ¡lez go!

  • Canvas size: open, ratio 8*5 (ex: 160*100, 320*200, 640*400, ...).
  • Color|s: min 16.
  • Transparency: no.
  • Animation: ¿optional?

※ choose u re poison。

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olive (Level 4 Peony) @ 11/9/2024 16:59

I'm in :3333

I really like: trains, witches/magic (especially if it's like. magic with technology, that shit rocks), dieselpunk, solarpunk, math, interesting palettes, cute animations :3

I don't like: iunno just dont be bigoted and we'll be fine, I really just like seeing cool art c:


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hby (Level 5 Elder Thing (The Mountains of Madness)) @ 11/9/2024 15:25

I'm in!!!!!

I like: nature, nature mixed with city/machinery/any kind of man made things, overgrown post-apocalypse, bright and sunny scenes, human and nature in harmony, cyberpunk, souls games, silent hill, miyazaki movies (especially Nausicaa), "weird fiction" type horror, twin peaks, insects/spiders/centipedes/maggots/butterflies idc

I dislike: Nothing really comes to mind.


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QueenKami (Level 11 Godzilla) @ 11/9/2024 14:54

I'm in!!

 
I like spooky stuff, gothic themes, Satanic things, gore (obv within site rules LMAO,) Pokemon, Xenoblade, Rimworld, furries, godzilla/kaiju, undertale, etc.
 
I don't like : mechs, cars, machines, right wing maga slop, facism, etc
 
I'm not picky, I like girls with cute clothes, booba, etc. But if you want to do something more personal, my fursona is in my gallery a few times (her name is Kami :3c )
 
Looking forward to another year of SS. ♥ ♥

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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 11/9/2024 14:32

Count me in! As always I'll be a bit specific. 

This year I'd like a story panel for a fictional game. The subject can be anything. 


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jeremy (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 11/9/2024 14:06

i'm in

i like
birds, flowers/plants/fungi, broken statues, haloes, joan of arc, interesting palettes, patterns, james turrell, félix vallotton, mythology, retrofuturist sci-fi, a sense of scale

i don't like
epic pop culture mash-ups
"internet culture"


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Normal-Neighbor (Level 3 Sea Otter) @ 11/9/2024 13:29

I'm in!

I like: Surrealism, badass/strange/scary/goofy looking creatures, 90s-00s era game consoles/aesthetics, skateboarding, 90s hip-hop/rap, vintage fantasy/western/horror illustration, animals in the outdoors, blending astract and realistic elements to make things weird!

I dislike: Politics, nfsw art, violence outside of fictional context, and super cute characters!

 


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Flinigan (Level 6 Bird) @ 11/9/2024 13:27

I'm in

Likes: birds (especially corvids), rats, cats, scarves, autumn, winter, fantasy, sci-fi, peaceful/thought-provoking landscapes, golden hour, depth

Dislikes: very saturated colors

If nothing seems inspiring or interesting, draw what you like; I also enjoy seeing people do what they like. No stress, have fun =)


user
marceles (Level 5 Soldier) @ 11/9/2024 12:26
I'm in!!
 
I like: Historical stuff, landscapes, female heros.
 
i dont like: fascism

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AdamF (Level 11 CEO) @ 11/9/2024 11:08

reposting my comment from last year 

I'm in!

Likes: Fantasy, dark fantasy (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Game of Thrones, etc.), knights, castles, vast landscapes, mountains, Romanticism, Baroque, owls, naturalism / realism, academic drawing, anatomy / figure drawing, sci-fi, dragons, etc etc

Dislikes: the more years I do this the less I really care about dislikes, lol... tbh I'm happy with whatever someone has the time to make. If I had to pick, maybe cutesy / cartoony stuff / super saturated bright colors


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Paperfoe (Level 2 Tulip) @ 11/9/2024 09:27

I'm in

Preferences: 
- electronic devices (retro phones, synthesizers, cameras etc)
- vibrant colors, dithering
- dota 
- cars
- music
- art

Go crazy!


user
Zorreta (Level 4 Peony) @ 11/9/2024 09:21

I'm in!
I like:
- birds
- mountains and all sorts of landscapes 
- I'm a huge fan of Disco Elysium and Like a Dragon game series
- colorful pictures
- medieval stuff, knights espesially 

I do not like:
- nsfw 
- politics
- war and military stuff


user
Weerdmeester (Level 8 Mongolian Death Worm) @ 11/9/2024 09:16

I'm in!

Likes;
Original works.
Pieces with storytelling.
People/objects/animals etc. placed in a setting.
Rembrandt van Rijn/Petrus van Schendel/early works of Piet Mondriaan.
Controversial/thought-provoking pieces; rattle my cage, left or right.

But really, take inspiration and make whatever you like. I enjoy a surprise.

Dislikes; (I don't dislike these, but would rather like so see something else)
Transparency/things without a background.
Remakes/redraws of existing media/paintings etc.
Anime

Have fun ;D!


user
Triangular (Level 7 Mammal) @ 11/9/2024 09:07

I'm in!

I like:

  • Happy
  • Cute
  • Funny
  • Sexy (any gender)
  • Techy
  • Magicy


I dislike:

  • Violence
  • Cruelty
  • Depress-y

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BStoneman (Level 2 Corporal) @ 11/9/2024 08:51

I'm in

Likes:

- Mystery
- The Cold
- Homely

Dislikes:

- Politics

- Religeon


user
gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 11/9/2024 08:42

I'm In!

I like gore horror and cute animals (never mixed up).
I also love fantasy and post-apo. And I adore complementary colour schemes, like teal and red, blue and orange, green and purple, etc. but a gift for me should have a bit of turquoise, even if it is a darkest tomb nightmare.

I don't like: war, religion, guns, cars, sports, violence outside of fictional context, large palettes.
 


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DimWiddy (Level 4 Egg Tart) @ 11/9/2024 08:39

I'm in!

I LIKE:

  • moles, golden moles, microbats, owls
  • "realistic" fantasy mapmaking
  • novel color schemes and palettes
  • dithering
  • cool and/or cute cartoon character designs
  • ZX Spectrum (and other "color-per-tile" restrictions)
  • C64 (and other nonstandard pixel shapes)

I DON'T LIKE:

  • extremely large and/or "realistic" color palettes (makes it too easy to make stuff look "right")
  • That's all I can think of... even then I'm willing to be convinced otherwise...

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AlexL (Level 5 Irish Elk) @ 11/9/2024 08:34

I think I am the first? Anyway, count me one

Likes: Cute, colourful, story-wise

Dislike: none, just go for what you have in your mind!


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b236 (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 11/9/2024 08:31

i'm in!
i like sci-fi. alien worlds, space stations, robots, that sort of stuff.
not much a fan of fantasy. i don't like gore and spiders.


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