Full title: LOVE - KINDNESS - FRIENDSHIP - COMPASSION - HOPE

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Those of you who follow my Blogress Report have seen me talk about “the magical girl photo project” for almost an entire year.

That’s just how long I’ve been talking about it. This is two and a half years of planning, eight months (off and on) of shooting and reshooting, over five years of collecting, and heaven only knows how many hours of Photoshop editing… including eight hours today alone. This is forty figures, dozens of individual shots, and easily over a hundred layers all together.

THIS… is THE Magical Girl Photo Project™

Though I may be a shameless self-promoter, and all five series represented here are part of it, this isn’t necessarily connected to Shattered Skies. In fact, this project has been sapping a lot of time and energy away from both that story and Tasakeru, which somewhat explains the slow updates. Now that this is finally done, though, I plan to go back to writing full-time after I crash for a couple days. XD

This picture was a labor of love in the truest sense of the phrase. Getting all the pictures was arduous enough; most of the special effects you see here are a result of teaching myself innumerable Photoshop techniques and tricks through trial, error, trial, and more error. I’ve learned a hell of a lot, though, and I look forward to putting my new skills to good use in the future. I couldn’t have done this without the help of Deviants and Photoshoppers far more talented and experienced than I am… there’s a long, long list of thank-yous down below to people who provided brushes, tutorials, and other stuff. If I left anyone’s out, I deeply apologize and I’ll add you as soon as I can.

All pictures were taken with an Olympus SH-2. All the special effects save for Sailor Moon's butterfly wings, the Silver Crystal, the Tiro Finale cannon, the Marble Screw shockwave parts, and Nanoha's Starlight Breaker runic loop were added in Photoshop CS5. The runic loop was built in SketchUp. My figures were acquired from multiple sources, the primary ones being Hobby Link Japan, Nippon-Yasan, Amazon, eBay, and a few from private collectors on MyFigureCollection.net.

If this doesn’t prove to you all that I’m one of the most dedicated and obsessive fans of the magical girl genre on Earth… well, I’ll argue it after I get some much-needed sleep.