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Also, check your local library, there should be a few books about misdirection.

Performing magic does NOT directly lead to a need to go find "black art teachers". Whether you believe in it or not, it doesn't matter, but sometimes people go to these massive "voodoo" centers and think they are doing real magic, but honestly, these places are huge scams. They use illusions to...

Looks cool! If you get more footage from other gigs, maybe mix that in to get a more versatile look (kinda like how skaters might film a ton of video parts in one location and spread them out across their videos from multiple locations, almost making it seem like they went to a lot more...

What? I'm so confused rn :D

There are a ton of ways to do impossible location effects like this. There are a few products you can buy that allow you to actually obtain a duplicate (like this one http://www.penguinmagic.com/p/2916 ), but there are also other ways of doing it. If you learn a good switch, I'm sure you can...

I believe Verbal Magic by Juan Tamariz might help you (but I would double check with someone who really knows the book, because I could be 100% wrong here. I've only heard of it, and looked into it a bit, but do not own it).

I don't own it, but I'm fairly certain it's taught in Stars of Magic. Or maybe that was John Scarne's? Idk, I'm sure someone can help you. As for a "good cups and balls" routine, get Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic. It has a full chapter on the Cups and Balls, along with countless others...

If you look at the side - long - edge of the design, there is this curly vine thing that separates into smaller vines. Each of those smaller vines has a little circle at the end, which is what I shade in :) There are 5 of them, and they are relatively in a line, so it is pretty easy to see.

I think people are perfectly fine performing the same effect or even the same trick AS LONG AS it is personalized. For example, I perform "Be honest, what is it?" Quite a bit, but I never perform it like David Blaine did. I simply cannot pull off that style or that sort of patter, so I make mine...

You might also want to look into Les French Twins

A lot of the smaller tricks he does are available. If you find a price unfitting, don't buy it. There's no need to buy every trick, nor does he have to release anything. And your logic for calling him "David Kotkin" is pretty flawed here. "I don't like the fact that he sells what he uses to make...

The thing I would like to add is this:. While the fuzzy, each line effect is good, it came up a lot. Maybe just put in a few less? Because it blocked some of the flourishes.

Don't forget Justin Willman

Is there anything you guys can do about the random stuff being spread all over the forum. Every other day there's an ad for something completely unmagic related most of which are probably scams, and a lot of them are very ... inappropriate. I saw "new profile posts" and it is just spammed with...

P&T also write Broadway Shows. A lot of magicians consult for movies. Derren Brown appears on Rednose day occasionally. Brian Brushwood held a TV show (or 2). I'm sure there are more.

Or you can use both. Tape a camera onto your mirror where your face it and stick something behind it to angle it downwards (assuming it's a phone camera). Be careful not to break either one though! This way, the camera will record from an audience member's eye level, focus on your sleights...

Revolutionary Card Technique is great! It is a lot of intermediate and advanced stuff, but essentially he takes something and teaches you how to perfect It, then teaches you what you can do with it. There are 14 total "chapters" (they are more like 14 seperate small books) I think, each teaching...

Oh, just as an edit: No repeat tricks after they have been landed. It's perfectly fine to call out the same thing a few times if you don't land it. And you are allowed to tweak the rules as much as you want.

Tape your fingers to Popsicle sticks so you can't bend them :) But on a serious note, I don't think cracking your knuckles or popping your fingers will do much harm. I personally think my fingers feel more comfortable after I crack them. Whether that's placebo or not, idc, but it makes my...

Sounds great! Good luck! Btw, is it just TXI or other places too?