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The 500+

Every Month/Week/Day I stumble across more and more amazing artists’ websites; people who’s work I may never have discovered had it not been for the internet. My bookmarks folder is constantly brimming with treasures and names I’m sure will one day be associated with the greatest artists of our time; some (arguably) already are!

These talented individuals hail from all four corners of the globe; from Toronto to Taipei… some are professionals with years of experience, some are students – others just hobbyists. Nevertheless, each website has given me some insight into my own developing art; be that an inspiration, a technique or simply a demonstration of what can be done if one has the drive and willpower to succeed.

I am proud to present (in alphabetical order), The 500+… over five hundred artists that inspire me with their body of work, their determination, and their dedication to art. I plan on keeping this list growing, adding links as I come across them… so feel free to keep this link as a resource!

  1. 777Run
  2. 7teen
  3. Aaron Nather
  4. Aaron Renier
  5. Adam Koford
  6. Adam Ford
  7. Adam Nickels
  8. Adam Pekalski
  9. Adam Rex
  10. Adolie Day
  11. Adrian Johnson
  12. Agnès Geoffray NEW
  13. akida
  14. Alan Beadle
  15. Alberto Ceriteño NEW
  16. Alessandro Carloni
  17. Alekos Alexakis
  18. Aleks Sennwald NEW
  19. Alex Dukal
  20. Alex Fito
  21. Alex Gallego
  22. Alex Leighton
  23. Alex Noriega
  24. Alex Statue Fuentes
  25. Alexander Serra NEW
  26. Alexandria Neonakis NEW
  27. Alina Chau
  28. Allan Sanders NEW
  29. Amy Bennett NEW
  30. Amy Earles
  31. Andre Weiss
  32. Andrzej Sykut
  33. Andy Belanger
  34. Andy Ducett
  35. Andy Gonsalves
  36. Andy Smith
  37. Andrea Mayer
  38. Andrew Bell
  39. Andrew Jones
  40. Andrea Wicklund
  41. Andrew Fulton
  42. Andrew Hem
  43. Andrew King
  44. Andy Kehoe
  45. Andy Welland
  46. Anais Goldemberg
  47. Anthony Clark
  48. Antoine Carrion
  49. Anton Bogaty
  50. ares
  51. Arthur De Pins
  52. Arthur Jones
  53. Asaf Hanuka
  54. Ashleigh Firth
  55. Audrey Kawasaki
  56. Aurel Schmidt
  57. Autumn Turkel
  58. Autumn Whitehurst
  59. Avid Liongoren
  60. Aya Kakeda
  61. Barnaby Ward
  62. Barry Gott NEW
  63. beach
  64. Becky Cloonan NEW
  65. Ben Kehoe
  66. Ben Pieratt
  67. Ben Schlitter
  68. Ben Templesmith
  69. Bendik Kaltenborn
  70. Birgit Kröber
  71. Björn Hurri NEW
  72. Blaine Fontana
  73. bluEnju
  74. Bob Archibald
  75. Bob Dob
  76. Bob Flynn
  77. Bob Horner
  78. Bob MacNeil
  79. Bob Staake
  80. Boris Zatko
  81. Borja Bonaque NEW
  82. Brandt Peters
  83. Brendan Danielsson
  84. Brain Despain NEW
  85. Brian Gubicza
  86. Brian McLachlan
  87. Brian Raszka
  88. Brian Taylor
  89. Brooke Nuñez
  90. Brooks Shane Salzwedel NEW
  91. Bruno Gentile
  92. Bryan K. Malley
  93. Cai Guo-Qiang
  94. Caleb Prochnow
  95. Cameron Stewart
  96. Camille Rose Garcia
  97. Carlo Giovani
  98. caro
  99. Catalina Estrada
  100. Cathy Delanssay
  101. Catia Chien
  102. Carl F. Holtermann
  103. Carlo Giovani
  104. Carlos Villagra
  105. Claudia Carieri NEW
  106. Cedric Hohnstadt
  107. Celyn Brazier
  108. Chad Geran
  109. Chad Thomas
  110. Charlie Griak
  111. Charles Kaufman
  112. Chase Toole NEW
  113. Chet Phillips
  114. Chiho Aoshima
  115. Chris Appelhans NEW
  116. Chris Bishop
  117. Chris Collenberger
  118. Chris Gardner
  119. Chris J. Anderson NEW
  120. Chris Park
  121. Chris Rodenhurst
  122. Chris Saksida
  123. Chris Sanchez
  124. Chris Turnham
  125. Chris Wahl
  126. Chris Walker
  127. Christian Alzmann
  128. Christian Lindemann
  129. Christian Zebitz
  130. Christopher Koelle
  131. Christopher Neilsen
  132. Christopher Rahn NEW
  133. Christopher Silas Neal
  134. Chuck Ungemach NEW
  135. Claire Robertson
  136. Claudia Carieri
  137. Clay Sisk
  138. Clayton Junior
  139. Cody Miles
  140. Colby Nichols NEW
  141. Colin Upton
  142. Colleen Lynne Cox
  143. concaf
  144. Cong Hua Lu NEW
  145. Corey S. Lewis
  146. Cory Godbey
  147. Craig Mackay
  148. Craig Mullins
  149. Cristian Turdera NEW
  150. Cristina Paulos
  151. Dagan Moriarty
  152. Dale Sattler NEW
  153. Dalton Webb
  154. Dan Bob Thompson
  155. Dan Dos Santos
  156. Dan Helle
  157. Dan James
  158. Dani Jones
  159. Daniel Adel
  160. Daniel Elder
  161. Daniel M. Davis
  162. Darren Ward
  163. Dave Chung
  164. Dave Cooper
  165. Dave Schlafman
  166. David Choe
  167. David DeGrand
  168. David Foldvari
  169. David Fullarton
  170. David Horvath
  171. David Kilpatrick
  172. David Kirk Kim
  173. David Kulen
  174. David Pintor
  175. Dean MacAdam
  176. Dean Trippe
  177. dee
  178. Devon Bowman
  179. Derek Toye
  180. Domitille Collardey NEW
  181. Don Jorge
  182. Donnie Gillies
  183. Drew Beckmeyer
  184. Drew Edwards
  185. drout750
  186. Dustin Hostetler
  187. Dwayne Clare
  188. Ed Tadem
  189. Eddie Campbell
  190. Eddie Fett
  191. Edgardo Carosia
  192. Edward Crosby
  193. Edward Kinsella NEW
  194. Edward Kinsella III
  195. Edwin Ushiro
  196. Elwood H. Smith
  197. Emily Eibel
  198. Emmanuel Malin
  199. Eric Canete
  200. Eric White
  201. Eric Wight
  202. Erin McGuire NEW
  203. Esao Andrews
  204. ethanbee
  205. Evan Spiridellis
  206. Eyvind Earle NEW
  207. Farel Dalrymple
  208. Fay Grambart
  209. Femke Heimstra
  210. Fernando Calvi
  211. finepoint
  212. Fiona Hewitt
  213. Floran Fiebig
  214. Florence Chan
  215. Fons Schiedon
  216. Francis Vallejo NEW
  217. Frank Stockton
  218. Gabe Swarr
  219. Gabi Campanario
  220. Gary Baseman
  221. Gautam Rao
  222. Gene Blakefield
  223. Gerry Embleton
  224. Gianluca Ciufoli
  225. Gilles Ketting
  226. Gino Real
  227. Gino Whitehall
  228. Giovanni Da Re
  229. gipi
  230. Giuseppe Ferrario
  231. Glen Mullaly
  232. gordei
  233. Graham Corcoran
  234. Grant Gilliland
  235. Grant Gould
  236. Greg Martin NEW
  237. Gregory Brotherton NEW
  238. Gregory Jacobsen
  239. Guy Burwell
  240. Hadibi Hassan Alban
  241. Hassegawa
  242. Hazim Abdul Hamid NEW
  243. Heiko Müller
  244. Herman Meji­a
  245. Hethe Srodawa NEW
  246. Ho Che Anderson
  247. Hope Larson
  248. hydro74
  249. Ian Benjamin Kenny
  250. Ilya Modestnikov NEW
  251. Inge Jørgensen
  252. Ingi Erlingsson
  253. Irene Gallo
  254. Irisz Agocs
  255. Isaac Orloff NEW
  256. J. Chris Campbell
  257. J.C. Debroize NEW
  258. Jabari “Elicser” Elliot
  259. Jacek Yerka
  260. Jacob Benison
  261. Jacob Souva
  262. Jake Parker
  263. jakze
  264. James Clyne NEW
  265. James Jean
  266. James Riches
  267. James Wingall
  268. Jaime Anderson NEW
  269. Jaime Jones NEW
  270. Jamie Wieck
  271. Jamie Zollars
  272. Jan Kallwejt NEW
  273. Jared Chapman
  274. Jared Nickerson NEW
  275. Jason Chan
  276. Jason Levesque
  277. Jason Turner
  278. Jasper Oostland NEW
  279. Jay Stephens
  280. Jean-Baptiste Monge NEW
  281. Jean Sébastien Rossbach
  282. Jeaux Janovsky
  283. Jed Voltz
  284. Jedrek Kostecki
  285. Jeff Roysdon
  286. Jeff Soto
  287. Jeff Victor
  288. Jelle Gijsberts NEW
  289. Jens Claessens
  290. Jeremiah Ketner
  291. Jeremy Enecio
  292. Jesse Lefkowitz
  293. Jillian Tamaki
  294. Jim Bradshaw
  295. Jim Flora
  296. Jimmy Pickering
  297. Jinyoung Shin
  298. Joao Paulo Alvares Ruas
  299. Joe Altiero
  300. Joe Pogan
  301. Joel Priddy
  302. Joel Trussel NEW
  303. Johan Camou
  304. John Aardema
  305. John Joven
  306. John Kenn NEW
  307. John Manders NEW
  308. John Martz
  309. John Reddinger
  310. John Uibel
  311. Johnny Yanok
  312. Jon Burgerman
  313. Jon Contino
  314. Jon Han
  315. Jonathan Burton
  316. Jonathan Edwards
  317. Jonathan Keegan
  318. Jonathan Morris
  319. Jordan Crane
  1. Jorge González
  2. Jorge R. Gutierrez
  3. Jose Garibaldi
  4. José Martins
  5. Josh Cole
  6. Josh Kenyon NEW
  7. Josh Powers
  8. Joshua Budich
  9. Joy Ang
  10. Joyce Colson
  11. jules
  12. Julian Hector
  13. Julie Morstad
  14. Julie West
  15. Julien Canavezes
  16. Julien Girardy
  17. Julien Martinière
  18. Jung Sic Park
  19. Junko Mizuno
  20. Justin Cox
  21. Justin DeGamo
  22. Justin Gerard
  23. Justin White
  24. Kagan McLeod
  25. Kalman Andrasofsky
  26. Karen Watkins
  27. Karl Kerschl
  28. Kathie Olivas
  29. Katie Rice
  30. Kawa Yoo
  31. Kellie Strøm
  32. Kelly Murphy
  33. Ken Wong
  34. Kenichi Hoshine
  35. Kenji Toyooka
  36. Kenneth Lavallee
  37. Kent Williams
  38. Kevin Dalton
  39. Kevin Dart
  40. Kikuo Johnson
  41. Kim and Matthjis
  42. kozyndan
  43. Kris Anka
  44. Kris Chau
  45. Kris Kuksi NEW
  46. Kris Vandormael
  47. Kuang Hong
  48. Lane Smith
  49. Lance Sells
  50. Laura Logan
  51. Lee Misenheimer
  52. lelis
  53. Limha Lekan
  54. limoon NEW
  55. Lisandro Demarchi
  56. lomp
  57. Lorenzo Ceccotti
  58. Losq brothers
  59. Louis Gonzales
  60. Luc Latulippe
  61. Lucy Vigrass
  62. Lydia Nichols NEW
  63. Majeak Ann
  64. Manolo Prieto
  65. Manuel Larino
  66. Mar Hernández
  67. Marco Brucci
  68. Marcos Chin
  69. Marek Colek
  70. Marguerite Sauvage
  71. Marie M. Barr
  72. Mario Hugo
  73. Mario Martinez
  74. Mark Ackland
  75. Mark Andrews
  76. Mark Behm
  77. Mark Gervais
  78. Mark Ryden
  79. Mark Verhaagen
  80. Mathias Verhasselt
  81. Martijn Rijven
  82. Martin Wittfooth
  83. Matei Apostolescu
  84. Mats Minnhagen
  85. Matt Brinkman
  86. Matt Curry
  87. Matt Dawson
  88. Matt Dixon
  89. Matt Forsythe
  90. Matt Gaser NEW
  91. Matt Hammil
  92. Matthew Feyld
  93. Matthew Laznicka
  94. Matthew Scott NEW
  95. Matthew Woodson
  96. Matthieu Bessudo
  97. Matthieu Forichon NEW
  98. Maureen Gubia
  99. Mauricio Salmon
  100. Maxiluchini
  101. Maxwell Holyoke-Hirsch
  102. Meg Hunt
  103. Meghan Murphy NEW
  104. Mélanie Baillairgé
  105. Mia Hansen
  106. micca
  107. Michael Bills
  108. Michael Cho
  109. Michael Ciervo NEW
  110. Michael Fleming
  111. Michael Kirkham
  112. Michael Slack
  113. Michael V. Manalo NEW
  114. Michael Walton
  115. Michael Wandelmaier
  116. Michelle White
  117. Mickey Duzyj
  118. Mike Bertino
  119. Mike Cressy
  120. Mike Egan
  121. Mike Herrod
  122. Mike Maihack
  123. Mike Nguyen
  124. Miguel Porto
  125. Mirna Kantarevic
  126. miss van
  127. Mo Willems
  128. Moira Hahn
  129. msxi NEW
  130. Nate Jurevicus
  131. Nathan Fox
  132. Nathan Ota
  133. Natsu Tomo
  134. Neal Iwan
  135. Nefario Monzón
  136. Nicholas Blicharski
  137. Nicholas Di Genova
  138. Nicholas Nemiri
  139. Nimit Malavia NEW
  140. Noah Z. Jones
  141. Noriko Oura NEW
  142. Normand Lemay
  143. Oleg Milshtein
  144. Olumuyiwa Ajagbe
  145. Oren Haskins
  146. Ori Toor NEW
  147. Oriol Roca
  148. Oscar Pastarus
  149. Oskar Mendez
  150. Ossi Pirkonen
  151. Pablo Bernasconi
  152. Pascal Campion
  153. Pat Lewis
  154. Patricia Storms
  155. Patricio Betteo
  156. Patrick Boyer
  157. Paul Antonson
  158. Paul Pope
  159. Penelope Dullaghan
  160. Peter Callesen NEW
  161. Peter de Sève
  162. Peter Taylor
  163. Phil Rynda
  164. Philip Straub
  165. Phillip Fivel Nessen
  166. Pia Grambart
  167. Pietari Posti NEW
  168. PJ Fidler
  169. Poly Bernatene NEW
  170. Preshaa
  171. Ramon Perez
  172. Raphaël Grosjean NEW
  173. Ray Caesar
  174. Ray Frenden
  175. Raquel Aparicio
  176. reach
  177. Reagan Lodge
  178. Reece Hobbins
  179. Reilly Stroope
  180. Reinhard Kleist
  181. remka
  182. Renato Alarcão
  183. Rene Antunes
  184. Rex Crowle
  185. Rhode Montijo
  186. Ric Stultz
  187. Richard Tingley
  188. Richard Wilkinson NEW
  189. Rick C. Kercz
  190. Rick Froberg
  191. Ridd Sorensen
  192. Rob Laro NEW
  193. Roberto Goring
  194. Roberto Robert
  195. Robin Chyo
  196. Robin Ellis
  197. Robin Joseph
  198. Robin Williams
  199. Ronald Kurniawan
  200. Rory Walker
  201. Rosemary Travale
  202. roundeye NEW
  203. Ruth Gwily
  204. Ryan Church
  205. Ryan Cole
  206. Ryan Cox
  207. Ryan Heshka
  208. Ryan Smith
  209. Ryan Wood
  210. S. Blake
  211. Sam Gilbey
  212. Sam Hendricks
  213. Sam Hiti
  214. Sam McKenzie
  215. Sam Weber
  216. Samuel Cochetel
  217. Sarah J How
  218. Sarah Mensinga
  219. Sascha Hommer
  220. Scott Altmann NEW
  221. Scott Campbell
  222. Scott Hepburn
  223. Scott Saw
  224. Seonna Hong
  225. Serge Seidlitz
  226. Sergio Aquindo
  227. Seth Hippen
  228. Shail Shah
  229. Shane Glines
  230. Shane Hillman
  231. Shary Boyle
  232. Shaun Tan
  233. Shawn Witt
  234. Shin Tanaka
  235. Silja Goetz
  236. Simon Kim NEW
  237. Simon Landrien NEW
  238. Spike Trottman
  239. Stacy Curtis
  240. Stefan Grambart
  241. Stephan Martiniere
  242. Stéphane Halleux NEW
  243. Stéphane Tartelin
  244. Stephanie LoStimolo
  245. Stephen Kelleher
  246. Sterling Hundley
  247. Steve James
  248. Steve Rolston
  249. Steve Simpson
  250. Steven C. Manale
  251. Steven Harrington
  252. Steven Topley NEW
  253. Steve Wacksman
  254. Stuart Immonen
  255. Sue Rubira
  256. Sunder Raj
  257. Susie Ghahremani
  258. Taeeun Yoo
  259. Tara Fortin
  260. Tara McPherson
  261. Taylor McKimens
  262. Ted Dawson
  263. Ted Mathot
  264. Terry Taylor
  265. thadeus maximus
  266. Thom Glick
  267. Thomas Allen
  268. Thomas Doyle NEW
  269. Thomas Fuchs
  270. Thomas Han
  271. Till Lassmann
  272. Tim Biskup
  273. Tim Gough
  274. Tim Mcburnie NEW
  275. Timothy Banks
  276. Toby Cypress
  277. Toby Thane Neighbors
  278. Todd Harris
  279. Todd Kaufmann
  280. Tom Bagley
  281. Tom Wilson
  282. Tom Stockwell
  283. Tomer Hanuka
  284. Tony DiTerlizzi
  285. Tony Weinstock
  286. Touka Neyestani
  287. tra slethrow
  288. Travis Lampe
  289. Trevor Brown
  290. Tuomas Korpi
  291. Valéry Grancher
  292. Van Monken
  293. Vera Brosgol
  294. Veronique Meignaud NEW
  295. Victor Dubrovsky NEW
  296. Vincent Hui
  297. Vincent Leveque
  298. Vladymyr Yakobchuk
  299. Von Glitschka
  300. Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz
  301. Ward Jenkins
  302. Wayne Harris
  303. Wayne Pate NEW
  304. Wes Hargis
  305. Wil Freeborn
  306. William J. Dunn
  307. William Wray
  308. Wojtek Krosnowski
  309. Xiaobaosg
  310. Yellena James
  311. Yoann Lemoine
  312. You Byun NEW
  313. Yuka Yamaguchi
  314. Yuta Onoda NEW
  315. Zach Johnsen
  316. Zachary Flagg Baldus
  317. Zara Picken NEW
  318. Zdzislaw Beksinski NEW
  319. zeloot

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27 Responses to “The 500+”

  1. Ryan Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 9:14 pm

    Hey, thanks for the link! I’ve been to your site quite a few times now and have been meaning to put a link up; I love your work. I’m going to go throw up a link right now.

  2. Wilbur Says:
    July 26th, 2006 at 8:55 am

    this is a great list, I’ve been slowly making my way through it, thanks for putting it online!
    w

  3. RADROBOT Says:
    July 27th, 2006 at 3:40 pm

    Great list, I’m going to have to come back when I have more time and check out everyone I don’t know.

  4. hazim Says:
    July 27th, 2006 at 9:57 pm

    hey ripsey, thanks for the link. was wondering where the traffic was coming from! (almost) makes me wanna update more.

    and yeah, i think a lot of people will be spending a lot of time going through all of the links. good work!

  5. LRNZ Says:
    July 28th, 2006 at 9:09 pm

    I’m honoured to be a part of this! HUGE THANKYOUS! LRNZ

  6. till Says:
    July 30th, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    many thanks from me. too. great stuff yourself and the others in the list are producing.

    keep on rocking, all!

  7. xiaobaosg Says:
    July 30th, 2006 at 3:51 pm

    Hi Ripsey, thanks for the link.

  8. Ric Stultz Says:
    July 31st, 2006 at 10:59 pm

    thanks for the link yo… real cool.

  9. Robert Norton Says:
    August 11th, 2006 at 12:25 am

    Can I be linked to your very cool site, If so what do I need to do…
    Thanks
    R.

  10. Tyler Durden Says:
    August 29th, 2006 at 4:41 pm

    http://blog.cole13.com
    http://www.cole13.com

    Ahh, shameless self promotion *sly grin*

  11. The Little Chimp Society :: Illustration and Art by Illustrators and Artists. » Blog Archive » 200+ from Ripsey Says:
    August 30th, 2006 at 5:56 am

    […] Check out this great list of fantastic artists and illustrators at http://www.Ripsey.com […]

  12. theApe Says:
    August 30th, 2006 at 5:56 am

    Hi Ripsey, What a fantastic list!
    I’m going to post a link up on the LCS

    You can check it out at http://thelittlechimpsociety.com

    Would you (Ripsey) like an Invite to become a member?
    If so drop me a quick email at http://thelittlechimpsociety.com/?page_id=390

  13. oriol Says:
    August 30th, 2006 at 6:58 am

    Hola Ripsey…thanks a lot for the link.
    Best regards

  14. Jeaux Janovsky Says:
    August 30th, 2006 at 12:52 pm

    Thanks for adding Cristina and I on yr artist list Stefan! We gave you a little peep out on our Double Date Collective blog. Thanks again!
    Sincerely,
    JX!

  15. Cristina Paulos Says:
    August 30th, 2006 at 11:01 pm

    Thanks so much for linking me!! It means a lot to me because I don’t get a lot of links my way!
    I’ll add a link to your site too. Your blog is very nice and I love the designs!
    All the best,
    heart: cristina

  16. Marek Says:
    August 31st, 2006 at 7:22 pm

    hello Ripsey,

    What a surprize this was …thanks so much for adding me to this list !

    all the best
    Marek

  17. Aaron Nather / Crickskipper Says:
    October 4th, 2006 at 2:30 am

    Howdy Ripsey

    How excellent to be included among this fine group of artists. Can’t thank you enough for the shout-out.

    Cheers,
    Aaron

  18. uncle phil Says:
    October 22nd, 2006 at 9:46 pm

    woo! i’m number 207! Thanks dude. I feel totally honored.

  19. Kris Aubin Says:
    November 14th, 2006 at 6:09 pm

    Hey man, check out Joe Sorren, I love this guy. Thats right, I said “guy”.
    http://joesorren.com/

  20. Kelly Says:
    November 29th, 2006 at 2:10 pm

    Check out Steven E. Hughes
    http://www.primaryhughes.com

  21. catharine Says:
    December 24th, 2006 at 10:38 pm

    I was looking through these a little while ago, and I found one artist I really REALLY liked. Of course I forgot to bookmark it and I was wondering if you could tell me the name of him. I’m pretty sure it was a him, I think it was a japanese name and his style was somewhat similar to Chiho Aoshima, only more in browns and a little more intricate. If you have any ideas could you email me back? Thank you Very much.

  22. Karen Watkins Says:
    March 28th, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    Thank you for linking me!

  23. Van Monken Says:
    March 29th, 2007 at 4:48 am

    Wow, you must have been scraping the bottom of the barrel by the time you go to my entry on the list, haha. But no, seriously, thanks for including me! I guess a little ego-surfing on Google has paid off for me tonight! Thanks mate. :)

  24. Thom Glick Says:
    May 8th, 2007 at 12:07 am

    Hey thanks for the link totally honored to be on this list, which I stumbled upon for the first time this evening. You should check out a couple of friends of mine, http://www.josholland.com and http://www.shannonbonatakis.com.

    Again thanks for adding me to the list.

    Cheers.
    Thom Glick

  25. mr.ed Says:
    August 1st, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    awesome list!

    (and thanks)

  26. Rosemary Travale Says:
    October 11th, 2007 at 7:52 pm

    hi there! I just wanted to thank you so much for the kind words and including me on such an amazing list of other creators! As a freshly graduated student, I really appreciate the encouragement!

  27. fan de musica cristiana Says:
    October 12th, 2007 at 9:33 am

    great list, thank u 4 sharing!

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