Kitsune Promo Pic

Kitsune - The Meeting (Part 1)  -> shiorierde.deviantart.com/art/…
Kitsune - The Farewell (Part 2) -> shiorierde.deviantart.com/art/…
Kitsune - The Cage (Part 3)     -> shiorierde.deviantart.com/art/…
Kitsune - The Reunion (Part 4) -> shiorierde.deviantart.com/art/…
Kitsune - The Finale (Part 5)   -> shiorierde.deviantart.com/art/…

The birth of this series of photostory started when 2 students were on their way home after their Japanese class. Initially, it was only a discussion of the character, Akane. Because at the previous DT-demon meet, most found her exceptionally cute in her Kitsune style. Later when I know that her background was still empty, I proposed that she join Miyazaki Clan - where one of my kitsune characters belongs (Miyazaki Akio). I'm glad the owner doesn't mind and hence more of those after class moments, me and Shiori would build her backstory with my characters. Can you imagine how long we had discussed this? It was far before I order my Hyperon ROW! o.O? And yessss~ Akio had arrived and straight after our exam, we hurried put the backstory into phototstories. 

Dolls featured in the story:-
Top (from left to right):
Miyazaki Kimiko (played by Masae belongs to me)
Miyazaki Akane (belongs to HikariAkiyama)
Miyazaki Akio (belongs to me)
Miyazaki Kinshiki (played by Haru belongs to ShioriErde)

Bottom (from left to right):
Tarou Kun (played by Ciel belongs to me)
Saitou Hajime (belongs to me)
Hijikata Toshizou (belongs to me)
Murayami Isao (played by Nozomi belongs to ShioriErde)

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Forewords from doll owners:-

ShioriErde
Honestly, this has been the longest and toughest photostory ive ever worked on xD ... I was starting to think that all the time I spent procrestinating clearing my backlogs came to haunt me all at once ._. Firstly, shooting the scenes were really difficult as there were so many characters and only 2 - 3 of us to watch them, making sure that the Domino Effect didnt happen... Then theres the problem with the weather messing with us.. on MULTIPLE occasions we had to run indoors because it started to drizzle but after 10mins or so, it stopped so we had to set everything back up and there were even times we had to shoot in the rain as we were nearly done with the scenes and got the perfect poses/angles upset emoticon ... There were alot of photoshopping to be done as well! Too many to explain but maybe we will post a before and after shots of some of the stuffs xD .... Ive learnt a fair bit from Zeta in shooting Photostories and posing the dolls too grin emoticon We honestly didnt expect it to have taken 3 and a half months to complete this photostory. Our initial plan was to release part 1 and 2 but ideas kept coming and we decided to just finish the entire story before uploading it ^^" ... I hope you enjoy reading it as much as we enjoyed creating it ~

Zetahadrian
I decided to put mine after Shiori's because I have the same feel, the longest and the most challenging photostory I ever made. I longed to do a more realistic kind of photostories which involves the outdoor and battle scenes. With a collab with Shiori, a photoshop expert, it was made possible! The amount of the photoshop processing applied in the whole story is no joke, we spent many late nights working on it. Also, I got quite a bit of photoshop tips from her! Beside that, we made props to cater to different scenes too. For example, the Japanese pillow in P1, Kitsune tails, Japanese table, garden bench, Akane's geta & the Shinsengumi flag (with the help from Shiori getting me the print in correct dimension) for the rest of the scenes. And Shiori saw that I couldn't cope, she also rolled up her sleeves and did the battle map in P4. All in all, I am very satisfied with the outcome and hope that you could take the time to read the entire story, especially if you are a Hakuouki fan!! XD

HikariAkiyama