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Just thought I'd share some "bold" moves I've been playing with. Any feedback is appreciated, but i'm mostly curious about what you guys think of the shuffle. The other two I think have potential.. but I really cannot tell if that shuffle is too bold or could actually be pulled off...

Hey guys, I've been working on a variation on the classic change replacement, but I am really not happy with the get-ready. My goal with this move is fluidity, and using a sidesteal as a get-ready just doesn't cut it for smoothness. I am curious if you guys have any suggestions on other...

So we all talk about how we need to pay attention to our spectators and listen to their comments very closely after our performances. Well I just wanted to share with you guys a wonderful example of this. I performed french kiss for my bosses brother, and after the astonishment and all that he...

Hey guys, for my writing class I am planning to do an essay on the morality of deception in magic. In other words, why we feel its okay to deceive or sometimes outright lie in our magic. I am not precisely asking for help, I have a pretty clear idea of how I'm going about it. However I'd be very...

Hey guys I just wanted to share a new impromptu concept i've been playing with, any feedback is appreciated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pam5rte70uo

This is a variation on the well known Angel Display that I have been playing with for about a year now. I would like to know what you guys think about the idea and my handling of it, and whether or not there is any interest in seeing this on the wire as my first submission. I'm pretty excited...

Hey guys, I'm sorry if I am posting too much about this, but I am really proud of this effect. I think that it is pretty fooling. So i'm curious, can someone tell me how it was done? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXP5NiCiYhM And if the first person to tell me how it was done would like, I'll...

So I submitted this a while back for the SNC, "under control" and I didn't win. Which really, really disappointed me as I thought it was one of the coolest applications of an old idea I'd come across. Recently it has come to my attention that people have questioned my integrity on this, as well...

Does anyone know of a move in which a single, selected card shoots out of the deck in the middle of a spring? Like actually coming out of the middle of the spring, no illusion. Secondly, I am looking for any and all resources which directly describe how to execute a centersteal that ends in...

So yesterday I am at a Cafe at on campus, and perform for two students. French kiss, followed by what was going to be an ACAAN, but turned into an impromptu brainwave. (I lucked out, his thought of card was in my pocket from a different trick). Mind's we're blown. I go back in today, and...

Hey guys, I am looking for any and all good sources for watching magicians in live performance. I have no interest in learning effects, I am much more interested in watching how each magician approaches their magic. I am really hoping and looking for things such as Penn and Teller Fool Us, large...

Hi guys, this is an effect I have been working on for about a year now. As you can see, it is in dire need of some good scripting, patter, presentation, and so on, however that's something I'll have to take care of myself in the months to come. For now I am simply looking for critique/advice on...

Hey guys, I again turn to you for advise! I'm sure some of you have seen me around the forums, if not, a quick bio: I've been active in magic for about three years. I do almost exclusively card work, with my only real deviations being stuff out of Paul Harris' work or random effects from here...

Hey guys, this is an effect I have been working on for a while. I have yet to come up with a presentation or script that I like, but at this point I'd love to just hear reviews on the moves themselves. The currently linked video will be edited out soon (hopefully tomorrow night) in exchange for...

This is one of my personal favorite card forums, a place that I love coming to for the heaps of excellent advice as well as the joy of giving some of my own every now and then. There has been a recent trend however that i'd like to address, in the most likely vain hope that it might curb this...

Hey guys, I have a really bizarre idea that I am playing with in the realm of flourishes, and am looking for someone with a broad knowledge of the art and it's history to help me out a little bit. I don't want to tip my hand or hat too early, so please PM me if your willing and able to help.

I'm wondering if anyone on here can help me learn Lennart Green's Snap Deal. I have had a copy of his original booklet for a couple of years now, and have yet to be able to grasp the move after numerous attempts. Please PM me if your willing/able to help out!

I've been playing with a fun little idea, that has been mentioned hundreds of times throughout magic's history I'm sure, but that I've only recently tried to implement myself. The idea of believing your own lies. Through sheer willpower, convincing yourself in every way possible that the card on...

Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone out there knows of any good video editing software that is compatible with the linux operating system?

I'm going to be in Vegas on Sunday night this weekend, I have currently found David Copperfield and Jan Rouven as performing magicians that night. Do you guys know anyone else I should look into? Any suggestions on what to do? I am only 18 if that makes any difference.