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==Art style and reception== Itaru Hinoue has a distinct style of character art that evolved over the years, but there are still consistencies in her art style. Her characters have very small noses and mouths placed within close proximity of each other which leaves an abnormally large separation between the mouth and bottom of the chin. In contrast, she draws eyes relatively large and are widely spaced apart from each other. The limbs of her characters are depicted as long and narrow, along with possessing a long torso. Generally, despite this unique style, her female characters are often thought to be very [[Moe (slang)|moe]]. These recurring characteristics of her art are referred to by her [[Japanese people|Japanese]] fans as {{Nihongo|"Itaru-e"|いたる絵||meaning "Itaru drawings"}}. She is skilled in preserving the psychological description of her characters via their facial expressions. Her style of drawing erotic content is also seen as being distinct. As seen with her art from 2006 onwards, such as in ''[[Little Busters!]]'', much of her distinct style that she has become known for has generally either been omitted or improved upon. Shortly before the release of ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', two autographed illustrations by Hinoue were put onto the Japanese [[Yahoo!]] [[Online auction business model|Auction]] website in April 2004; bidding for the drawings started at 1 [[Japanese yen|yen]] (~[[United States dollar|US$]]0.01). One of the drawings was bid on by forty-eight people was sold for 479,000 yen (~US$4,300), while the second drawing was bid on by 113 people and fetched 531,000 yen (~US$4,800).<ref>{{citeweb| url=http://www.ta-ka-ra.com/best5044/tosen4.htm|title=Results of the highest bid-on items on Yahoo! Auction between April and October 2004|accessdate=2007-11-17|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url= http://monokuro.tv/cache/data/200405/02/page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/show/bid_hist_3FaID_3Dd47063737/|title=Archived version of the 531,000 yen Yahoo! Auction|accessdate=2007-11-17|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url= http://blog.livedoor.jp/geek/archives/498261.html|title=Blog entry of the 531,000 Yahoo! Auction with sample of the drawing auctioned|accessdate=2007-11-17|language=Japanese}}</ref> The latter item is the fifth most expensive item sold on Yahoo! Auction since April 2001, while the former is the eleventh most expensive.<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.ta-ka-ra.com/best50/tosen2.htm|title=Most expensive items sold on Yahoo! Auction since April 2001|accessdate=2007-12-02|language= Japanese}}</ref>
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