I need help. I'm looking for a strong, ungimmicked, back to back, drawing duplication. I've tried thinking of a method but i cant come up with one. iv made up one with billets, but you don't draw at the same time, and that's something that i would really like (like telepathy). So if anyone could direct me to a product, it would be greatly appreciated.
-nate
Caleb Strange, in his book Garden of the Strange, has a drawing duplication that's done by an audience member. Someone selects a picture from a book (though there's numerous ways to have them select and imagine this image), and the audience member is able to replicate it through free-drawing.
There's also an effect that's more of a straightforward drawing duplication: someone draws a simple picture, and you can either draw it as well, or name it out loud. It's a wide ranged principle - he shows how to do it with pad and paper, sparklers in the air, a metal wand and a bowl of water, etc.
Both rely on either sleights or audience control, and require only the slightest of setup (slight as in, if you're presenting pads and paper to the audience anyway, you'll be set to go!)
(Although it's important to note that Caleb's work is a bit ambitious, and certainly not for everyone. He thinks on a much grander scale than the average magician.)