Magic of Kaito Kid

In this week’s theme is the art of illusion and those known magicians. One fictional magician uses his craft in order to steal the precious jewels all over Japan. In order to capture the feeling of magic used by the “Magician in the Moonlight”, better known by Detective Conan fans as Kaito Kid, I had to employ a number of special effects and take full advantage of Photoshop. Though I couldn’t have done it without the help of Tempest photo, who ran the photo booth at Vancouver’s Cos & Effect and captured such great shots of me dressed as Kaito Kid. This image just shows that with some imagination and the right mix of tools, the art of illusion is not far away.

# of layers = 24

# of pictures = 8 (2 pics of birds, used twice)

# of special effects = 20

# of hours spent = 6