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The Gaia Artists' Hospital

Artists hospital album | Artists hospital.com | DA Artists hospital



ART BLOCK! HELP ME!!
Tell me how I can get better at art?
Why is it I lack the inspiration lately?

Then this is the place to help. Docs and nurses will be here to examine the cause of the art blocks, artistic struggles, and help you with art improvement and skill, and be providing personal improvement programs.


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exclaim IF YOU ARE JUST A VISITOR, READ THIS:

Due to other life priorities, I no longer mod the thread. But there are a few helpful souls who will still help out here (aka Jemmeh) You are welcome to post anyway.

exclaim Disclaimer: The results will not be garrenteed, and we will not be responsible for anyone's life improvement or art improvement results, you work with us, and we will work with you to help you at the best we can.






*The diagnose is FREE*
Doctor list:
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Doctors Qualifications:

arrow Have to know the correct way to give constructive criticism, (know the art terms I have listed on the first page) harsh critic is accepted, as long as it's not destructive.


domokun Full time docs:
1. Watch the thread and comment on artworks posted daily. (at least every 2-3 days.)


ninja Part time doc:
1. Check the thread and help out weekly, or as often as you can.
2. May give comments, crits to people who post and pm you, and give suggestions for practices, or one time assignments.
3. Try to be here often as well, but longer breaks accepted.

pirate Specialist Docs:
1. Requirement is the same as part time docs, but need to make in depth comment on your area of speciality.
2. You can design tutorials on how to use the mediums and give crit specifically toward the area of your speciality.


Doctors on Shift (Always hiring): At your own willingness.



Nurses list: at your own willingness.
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Nurses Job:
arrow Comment with care, use what you know, provide tutorial links you can find.
arrow Answer the obvious gaia technical questions, and the obvious clinic questions, FAQs.

wahmbulance HOSPITAL WILL BE MOVED TO WIP FORUM - shortly due to the changes in policy in the Artists' Discussion and Picture post forum. I have been notified by the mods.



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3/4/06: In Need of Fresh Recruits

For this hospital thread, we need more docs, nurses, and specialist for different shifts, especially when the oldie need their rest. (Including me.)

1/14/06: http://www.altarstudio.com/forumz/topic.php?t=521
Those who wish to help out on the artists' hospital.com project, please report to my fourm for further discussions.

12/10/05: Hospital Staff announcement-why hospital?
11/1/5: artistshospital.deviantart.com is opened.

10/1/05: Artists Hopital Uniform Design Contest!! heart

To staff: Please go to the thread and post your avatar's personality describtion.

9/30/05: for Hiring Nurse Supervisors

5/26 Art elements and principle list updated.
I will be finding examples for the harder to understand ones later.

5/25 Symtoms list update

5/24/05 Grand Opening!




domokun The Assignment Thread domokun - Go here for art assignments and self-improvement. The delicated group of artists will take care of you.

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You are welcome to use these informations provided to get help for yourself.

***** 5 stars: very good - detailed with image, clear steps, very applicatable
**** 4 stars: good - standard details and images, clear steps, applicatable
*** 3 stars: standard - standard details and images,
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exclaim Gaia Admin Sticky exclaim - links to free open canvas 1.1, other free trial art software, links to useful site, please check it out!




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exclaim Check out Our DA Hospital Liberary - with excellent resources organized by CaliforniaClipper



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arrow Animals:

*** Make the Fur: link

arrow Anatomy:

***** How to paint an eye: step by step animation
**** Portrait Artist: link
+ Anime-Anatomy tutorial: link
*****Anatomy lessons on saveloomis: (doc recommanded) link
**** Bones and muscles reference (flash): link
**** Polykarbon tutorials link
+ Learning to draw hands with: blind contour
**** Drawing hands: http://www.anticz.com/handtut.htm
**** How to render life: the light is key

On DA:
Hand tutorial:
**** http://www.deviantart.com/view/23565813/
*** http://www.deviantart.com/view/25417817/
**** Human anatomy proportion guide(doc recommand) link
*****How to draw poses: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32796586/

**** Anatomy Reference for artists sad male n***s) link
**** Anatomy Reference for artists: (female n***s) link

**** Body types and other references: 3d.sk

+ Fine art references: finart.sk

**** human figure construction: link
Human skeleton: front and side
Human porprotion(include children):

****link

***** Draw the ear

***** Elfwood hand references

**** Zips demonstration downloads: (doc recommanded)
Head Proporions >> link
Lips >> link
Head>> link
Eyes >> link
Nose >> link
Ear >> link
Chest front >> link
Chest side>>link
Chest back >> link
Chest 3/4 >> link
Leg basics >> link
Top hand >>link
Under hand >> link
Hand side>> link
Arm size>> link
Arm Placement>> link
Shadows >> link
Female Pose >> link
Female face>> link



idea Docs and nurses Special Lessons session:

**** Organize your junk: page 60

+Comments' weight: page165

+Clay work: page 151

+ Talks on popular traditional mediums: page 237

+ Talks on Charcoal: Page 252

+Drawing on the right side of your brain: page 261

+ Let your thoughts guide you: (and talks on copying issue) page 300

+ Tips on making unquie characters and designs - page 402

+ Tips on shading hair: page 437

+ What do to when you have boring homework and art classes?


arrow Calligraphy/ink related:

+ Raidograph Art gallery: link
**** Talk on Calligraphy pens: link
****Ink Technquies



heart ***** Chris' collections:
Drawing ellipses: http://www.drawthrough.com/tutorials/ellipses.html
Spherical perspective : http://www.treeshark.com/Persptut.html
Perspective tutorial : http://www.drawthrough.com/tutorials/index.html
Perspective tutorial : http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/space2.html
Perspective tutorials : http://www.teamgt.com/ft-tutes.htm
Value and forms: pic link

arrow College:

+ College talks: page194


arrow Flash:
**** Action script: newgrounds
+ Action script: http://www.actionscripts.org/
+Flash tutorial by Snow Templer: page 282
+ Flash and sound: page 306
+ Flash Advance motion and Tween part I: page 310
**** Inking in Flash: http://www.blackrevolver.com/flashtut.html
+ Page flipping Engine: http://www.quasimondo.com/archives/000352.php

arrow General art lessons:

**** Color theory: http://www.worqx.com/color/color_basics.htm
**** Art volcab: artlex.com
***** Ewell's Edges talk: Edges
+ Quotes for visual artists: link
***** Wannalearn.com: link
*** Watermark your work: link
**** Painting outline of line: Linda Kemp
***** Landscape design: WetCanvas tutorial
**** Illustrator tutorial for beginers
**** Cedarseed tutorial collections



arrow Manga:

*** Blue Jade's tutorials: link
*** How to draw manga tutorials: link
**** How to CG in photoshop element:link
+ Mayshing's anime face at different angles: link
+ Mayshing's manga paneling talk: link
+Create screen tone in PS: link
***** Eyes in different angles: pseudome studio
**** Anime body/proportion: http://animeworld.com/howtodraw/bodies1.html

+Screentones stock:
http://psychobob.xepher.net/screentonez/
http://www.ashuramanga.com/tone.htm
http://www.akadotretail.com/shop/shop_showbook.php?id=maspset&client=ma

arrow Photoshop:

*** Good-tutorials.com: link

***** PS-basics: link

***** BIGASS TUTORIAL for painting in photoshop: link

**** How to Photoshop Glass: link

***** How to make circles in photoshop: page 59

****General digital medium tutorials:link

***** Al's photoshop tutorials

Paint clouds: http://tutorials.epilogue.net/tutorials/perfect-clouds-in-5-easy-steps

Space art with photoshop:

**** Making planet ring: link

**** Making a planet: link

*****solarvoyager.com

**** Photoshop Basic tutorial:
-Coloring: link
-Preparing Lineart: link
**** Preparing Lineart II: by MincedNiku
***** neondragonart tutorials for photoshop: (best for beginners) link
**** Photoshop pen tool tutorial
***** Photoshop Coloring for Dummies

arrow Lights!!
**** Shedding some light: link
**** Different light source: link
***** PS art tutorial: link
***** Light tut @ Itchy Animation: itchy animation

arrow Photography:
Photo class on DA: photo class

arrow Oekakis Paint BBS tutorial:

http://www.geocities.com/bw_tutorials/o01.html
http://harusame.net/ooekaki/tutorials/tutorial1.html

arrow Places to get good Crits:

**** http://www.artcorner.org/
***** http://www.conceptart.org

arrow Perspectives:

**** Basic perspective: link
***** Interactive perspective: link

***** Perspective and art history: link
***** Step by step introduction: (doc recommanded) link
*** Eye level perspective for crowds: link
**** Will Terrell Perspective tutorial for comic artists


arrow Recommanded books:

****Perspective for comic book artists: link
****Animator's survival kit!: link
+Drawing the head and figure: link



Luc_iole
I made a few tutorials, I hope they would be of some help. They're mostly traditional art centered, but some are digital:

Watercoloring Shojo Anime Art
Scanning & Adjusting Traditional Artwork
Designing Fantasy Wings
Watercoloring Manga Style Faces and Hair
Spring Fairy Averire Walkthrough
Digital Screentoning
Lilithia (Moongazer) Walkthrough
Imperial Fairies Walkthrough
Adding Dots and Sparkles To Your Paintings
All The Stars... Walkthrough
Digital Eye Painting in Corel Painter
Drawing Hands
Manga Eye Painting
Traditional Media and Comic Art
Marker Brand Comparisons
Drawing Feet
Choosing a Tablet
Using Prismacolor Markers For Shojo Pics

An Introduction to Colouring With Markers
Anatomy in Detail
Bringing Drawings To Life
Cell Shading in Paint Shop Pro
Cell Shading With a Mouse
Cellshading Like Zammies
CG Hair Using One Color
Clothing Folds
Color Theory
Coloring 3D Spheres
Coloring In Photoshop
Digital Art Walkthrough With Kry1
Digital Coloring - The Lazy Way
Digital Line Art Setup
Digital Painting
Digital Painting / Spicy Curry Brush
Digital Painting / Waffle-y Process
Drawing Anime
Drawing Males AnimeVampire Style
Drawing the Manga Eye: a Brief Guide
Drawing the Manga Mouth: A Brief Guide
Drawing the Manga Nose - A Brief Guide
Eye Guide by Jakuu
Gesture Drawing
Glow Effects in Paint Shop Pro
How to Cell Shade : JSRF Gum
How to Color An a**: Neolucky Style!
How to Colour eyes with Markers
How to Colour hair with Naughty-kitty
How to Colour Skin with Markers
How to Draw Cute Characters
How to Draw Ears
How to Draw Hair With Naughty-Kitty
How to Draw Heads
How To Draw Heads 3/4 View
How To Draw Heads Front View
How To Draw Men Or Bishounen
How to Draw With Nner Illustration Tips
How to Paint Hair
Masking In Photoshop
Naughty-kitty's CG Skin Tutorial
Oekaki Tutorial
Painting Hair With Photoshop CS
Process of -Promenade- via Photoshop!
Process of an Art Piece
Sketching and Inking Faces
The Gemstone Effect
The Great Big Breast Tutorial
Wacom Line-Art Using Adobe Illustrator
Working With Photoshop's Pen Tool

At the moment, I am taking tutorial requests. Please PM me if you would like to request specific tutorials from me and I shall post it here and PM you when it is done!
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~~SYMPTONS CHECK LISTS~~

1. ART BLOCKS- "I want to draw but nothing comes to my mind!"
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Possible causes:
1. Too stressful: A mind that is over-stressed by enviroment, expectations and family is more pron to this problem.

2. Low self-esteem: Low self-esteem and high self-expectations can cause art blocks, because the person will be too busy self-beating rather than focusing on improving.

3. Lack of exploration: When you stay if your own pond too long, it will dry up.

4. Too relaxed: When you are away too long, you find it hard to get back into that motion you used to have while you create.

Possible Healing:
1. Find out what is truely stressing you at the moment in life, try to resolve the problem if you can, if the situation is beyond your control, try to find materials, activities, or consoling that can help ease your stress.

2. Try to look at the world and yourself with "half-full" view of life.. we always have rooms for improvement. See what your strength is, because that is just as true as your mistakes.

3. Try some art that is completely different from your own, or just stop thinking about creating for a while and search for interesting subjects that are completely not related to your work instead. To find inspiration.

4. Try to take a look back at your own work, read/view them over again, and critque yourself, or do a few sketches/drafts that are in relation to the old work to get yourself going.

5. Get into the habit of drawing/doodling whatever everyday, when it's natural to draw for you, you will overcome the bad days of drawing.

2. EMPTYNESS: "I have been staring at the blank page and don't know what to do... my mind is just.... blank."
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Possible causes:
1. Fear: Fear of failure can cause the blockage of ideas coming into your mind.
2. Too concerntrated: When your mind is too concerntrated and focused on "trying to create something good" you will loose the focus on the creative process itself, and the lack of "fun" is a killer to creativity.

Possible Healing:
1. Relax yourself, do something you like to do, don't force ideas to come, then you will have them.
2. PLAY: Play with whatever you have, and you can come up something new easily with simple drawing games.


3. BORINGNESS: "My art just looks boring, the background is always blank, my character is always in the center, I can only draw the same pose. Not many people comment on my art, maybe I suck."
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Possible Causes:
1. Lack of training: You will need to self-improve on the knowledge of element and principle of designs, knowing those knowledge will help you to get out of the boringness your work has.
2. Lack of Experiementation: You haven't explored enough and learn what you can from artists who are very different from you. You are more stuck with your current level and practice rather than exploring into different possiblities.

Possible Healing: Train yourself in the understanding of art principles and elements, practice according to practical goals you know you can achieve, but they should still be challenging. Go out and see artists that are totally different, dig the art you don't look at.


4. LACK OF INSPIRATION: "I have so many ideas, but none of them seem to be any good."
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Possible cause:
1. Your mind is stressed, similar to art blocks, but this is particularly due to high-expectations of self.
2. Other pressure: Pressure to perform and do well will stress the mind too much to create.
3. Over and Over: You are doing the same thing, using similar solutions to the problems, the variety is little, soon you may run out of ideas.

Possible healing: Try to rest your mind, do things that make you enjoy yourself, and go outside to explore new enviroment, new art.


5. THE "I suck" syndrome: "I can never do what they did. I suck." "This is wrong... that is wrong... my picture suck, I know I suck!"
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Possible Causes:
1. Affects from others: when others give you bad comments and you took it for real and believe in it, while others could have just been uneducated or uncaring to give constructive comments to help you to get better.

2. Seeking Comfort: You could be the most skillful artist and not realize your own strength because you seek comfort in saying "I suck" or "I did this and that badly..." and have others say "No you don't you did great!" to feel better about yourself. With this problem, you are less likely to improve because if others give you criticism, you have developed no capacity to take it into account, you can simply brush it over by the word " I know I suck anyway." or "Oh yeah? then how well do you do?"

3. Seeking self-improvement: You'd say "I suck" to make yourself get better, but that's not the best way to get yourself better. Think about what you are doing to yourself, you are whipping yourself to go forward. When you make it, you are also quite wounded in the process. Then you can't develop to your full protiential.

Possible healing:
1. Learn about art terms, and use them to critic your own work before you put it out, and understand others may or may not be educated enough to help you, you have to help yourself.

2. Stop seeking comfort in saying "I suck" seek comfort in saying: "I am good enough and I can get better." And find out what you can get better in.

3. See your own strength, and your own weakness. Develop your strength to the fullest, and improve on your weakness.


6. JEALOUSY syndrome: "She is not so great, she still got the hands wrong, the anatomy is wrong too." "Damn, how did this person got so popular? S/he doesn't deserve it."
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Possible Causes:
1. You see yourself less than others, instead of appreciate other's strength and learn to increase your own, you will seek to tear others down or beat down others, that's when jealousy become destructive and harmful.

2. Discrimination: You see popular people who aren't as skillful in your own perfection, but they gain so much more attention than you. It's easy then to become jealous. Although most of us won't admit it, and rather bash the others.

Possible Healing:
1. Knowing Jealousy is merely an emotion, it can do both good and bad depending what you do with it.

2. People>> Connection >> Self: understand this world is really not just about individual efford, popularity is gained through the audience's favor, and the artist's efford. Skill alone does not determine popularity, but skill and efford is required to gain popularity.

3. Everyone's got a different background, different start, different development: This world is NOT fair in our own terms, but it's because of that, this world has variety. We all start from different stage, different time, different goals, and different families. That influences our skill level and development.

4. Let Jealousy work for you: Jealousy can make you improve if you decided to catch up to the one you are jealous at, as long as you focus on gaining strength instead of tearing down, you will get better in the race.


7. BURNT OUT syndrome: "I have ideas.... but I just don't want to draw... but yet I want to draw, but I am too tired.... ARGGG!!!" "I have got no time for myself!!!"
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Possible Causes:
1. Got too involved in things that distract you from your most important goals.
2. Made promises that you shouldn't.
3. Can't say NO to people.

Possible Healling:
1. Sit down, leave what you are doing until your mind can be calm, then think about what is the most important, list them down and do them in order. It's a disciplin that can help you in the future.
2. If you can't make it, don't promise it; know your own limit, and apologize for failed promise that you can't keep.
3. Learn to say NO for your own good, everyone needs to set a bondry. If your life keeps you busy, then don't take art trades, or requests etc.
4. Rest- For some, resting is hard, but resting is a state of mind where you are calm and can think logically over things, you are not rushing to complete anything because you know you won't die even if you don't do it.
Resting is also enjoying life, give up striving, and just appreciate art as art, and appreciate doing art.



More Details of these symtoms be updated later.
Critque Styles


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Critque is just pointing out the mistakes of the picture.

WRONG, WRONG WRONG and WRONG

The statement you just read was pure criticism. A proper critique is more than that. A critique can always contain criticism, but a criticism doesn't always content a critique.

A proper critique should include:
arrow Use of technical terms and terms of art listed below.
arrow Point out the cause of the problem as well as the effect of the problem
arrow Recongize the strong points as well as the weak points.
arrow Possibly give a direction or suggestion for improvement.
arrow anaylize the problem critically, and have a organized output.
arrow critique is not always about criticism, it can also be for praise.

Styles of Critiques:
1. Praise critque: using artistic vocab to appreciate an artwork that has been done.
2. Encouragement critque: Encourage the artist to move on focusing on suggestions and directions to improve.
3. Criticism Critique: Critques that tears down, points out root cause of a problem in the artwork. (not just surfacial problems)
4. Blunt Critique: Frank statements about the artworks, straight to the points of likes and dislikes and why.

(Read more)


Artistic Terms and vocab

Every artists should know these terms.

Remembering them and thinking in these terms helps your work to move to a professional level and you will take critic less personally.

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=Element of Design=
Line:
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1. a connection of two points in space
2. an edge
3. one dimension, length

Shape:
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1. two dimensional, length and width
2. any area with an inside and an outside

Form: three dimensional, length, width, and depth
Texture: the way something feels by actual touch or by sight.
Value: the lightness or darkness of color
Space: the area around, above, below and within the subject
Color: the way an object appears when light is reflected or emitted by it
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primary- red, blue, yellow
secondary- orange, green, violet
intermediate- red-orange, red-violet, blue-green, blue-violet, yellow-organge... etc
tint- any color plus white
shade- any color plus black
tone- any color plus white and black (like value)
warm colors- orange, red, and yellow
cool colors- blue, green, violet
intensity- the brightness or dullness of a color
analogous- colors next to each other on color wheel (ex: red, orange)
complementary- colors opposite on color wheel (ex: yellow, purple)


=Principle of Design=
Balance- an equilibrium within the design area (deals with weight distribution), two kinds:
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1 symmetry- weight is equal side to side, items are similar or identical, formal balance.
2.asymmetry- weight is equal side to side, but the items are not the same, informal balance.

Harmony- the similarities between the elements of design
Contrast- the differences between the elements of design; helps to create visual interest
Dominance or Emphasis- the most important element of design in the composition, that which your eyes see first. (Center of interest)
Movement- combining elements to cause the viewers' eyes to travel over the work; the way the artist makes your eyes sweep over the work in a certain manner.
Gradation- combining elements using a series of gradual changes in those elements
Rhythm- repeated elements that create a visual tempo or beat
Proportion- the relationship of certain elements to the whole and to each other
Unity- describes the total effect of the work of art through the effective use of the elements and principles. (summery of how everything works together.)


the assignments I may be giving will be based on them and individual needs.

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EXTRA: The Trend of Thinking in our Art history

1. The Natural trend: Nature, it is a form of beauty of all kinds, no one denies that; thus it was the standard for acient calligraphy artists to study, and used to describe many forms of art.

2. The elemental trend: Lines, dots, shape, tints, shades and color, those are art element related thinking trend; most of the art teacher today uses this trend of thinking to critique

3. Being: The beauty of the artwork is determined by the viewer, its beyond all standard of beauty and ugliness. Being yourself and express through your art is the most important thing. (So some goes for extreme ugliness, or extreme beauty)

4. Moral: The beauty of the artwork lies in it's moral value, and what it is inspired by.

5. Art that denies art: (or caligraphy that denies calligraphy) Movement such as Da Da, which challenges and ask people to redefine what art means.
Hey, look, first customer! (I think...)

My Elfwood corner is here.... Plus a few more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. 8 is my most recent, and is such crappy quality because my dad's scanner now hates me.
I like your sig picture
melan blue did you make it?
Para Doom
I like your sig picture
melan blue did you make it?

Which one? I drew the one where she's wearing the purple tube top and the striped stockings.
Melan Blue
Hey, look, first customer! (I think...)

My Elfwood corner is here.... Plus a few more: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. 8 is my most recent, and is such crappy quality because my dad's scanner now hates me.


Hello there~ How are you doing today?
Lemme see~
Your drawing is not bad~ So what area do you feel you are struggling with? What do you think it's your killing weakness in your work?
This interviewed is only done for the reason of better service. wink
*walks in looks around, and smiles* Hi, I was wondering if I could become one of your nurses.
rurousha_inga
*walks in looks around, and smiles* Hi, I was wondering if I could become one of your nurses.


Hello~ thanks for visiting and taking interest in this clinic.

Will you be willing to check back as often to this thread as you can and take care of the people who come here?
mayshing
rurousha_inga
*walks in looks around, and smiles* Hi, I was wondering if I could become one of your nurses.


Hello~ thanks for visiting and taking interest in this clinic.

Will you be willing to check back as often to this thread as you can and take care of the people who come here?
Of course.

Invisible Fairy

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hello, just passing by smile .

(peeks)

oohh... this looks interesting. 3nodding I might visit here one of these days... 3nodding
Corrette Grail
hello, just passing by smile .

(peeks)

oohh... this looks interesting. 3nodding I might visit here one of these days... 3nodding


Hee hee, thank you for visiting,
stop by again when you find the need. heart
rurousha_inga
mayshing
rurousha_inga
*walks in looks around, and smiles* Hi, I was wondering if I could become one of your nurses.


Hello~ thanks for visiting and taking interest in this clinic.

Will you be willing to check back as often to this thread as you can and take care of the people who come here?
Of course.


Cool~ :3 You will be listed as one of the nurses.
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