Hi Guys,
After a busy day today, what with having friends over, taking a guitar lesson, teaching a magic lesson, and deleting Viagra ads on this forum, I decided to write a little review on the product that has gotten much talk lately. Watermark.
This will not be a traditional review, with categories like Angles, Quality, Difficulty, etc. I am writing this like what I would tell a friend if they asked me my thoughts on it. So here we go:
Water Mark by Mathieu Bich.
I am a fan of Mathieu's work, and more importantly a fan of Mathieu. I had the pleasure of meeting him at Magic LIVE, and he is one of the most humble, and nice magicians I have ever met. What ever they say about the French being mean is hella wrong.
Watermark is a unique effect. Watch the demo and you WILL be fooled. The method may disappoint some, but personally I think it is BRILLIANT. Watch the demo again.
Imagine being able to do what Dan does in the demo and make ANYTHING appear. And I am not exaggerating. Using it as a revelation is FAR from all that you can achieve from this effect. Imagine having your own FACE appear on the napkin. With the right presentation this trick could get HELLA freaky.
A friend and I had the idea of making the iconic Obama "Hope" icon appear. The possibilities with the effect alone are endless.
The method is very interesting. As I said before, some of you will not like the method because without revealing too much, each napkin must be prepared before hand. However, I do not see this as a turn off. Each one takes less than 3 seconds to prepare, and once you have prepared one, you are set for weeks ahead. You can even keep the napkin, let it dry, and perform the effect again. There are NO angle issues, and they can examine the napkin at any point throughout the routine. Once they are prepared, there is nothing to be discovered, which is what makes this so deceptive.
The price is really quite astonishing considering the effect. It is so easy, so direct, and so POWERFUL, that a 10 dollar price-point is crazy. Most companies would try and chalk this up as a 25 dollar, one trick DVD. If you are turned off by the price, than you really do not fully understand how many uses there are out of this effect. You could present this in so many different ways. It could be as simple as a card revelation, or go as far as to make baby jesus appear in their hands. The choice is yours
Over all I really do like the simplicity, and directness of the effect. It is powerful, easy to do, angle proof, and genius. The quality is good as always, and you for the first time, you get the learn from Mathieu himself.
Do not hesitate to pick this up.
Thanks,
~Zach
After a busy day today, what with having friends over, taking a guitar lesson, teaching a magic lesson, and deleting Viagra ads on this forum, I decided to write a little review on the product that has gotten much talk lately. Watermark.
This will not be a traditional review, with categories like Angles, Quality, Difficulty, etc. I am writing this like what I would tell a friend if they asked me my thoughts on it. So here we go:
Water Mark by Mathieu Bich.
I am a fan of Mathieu's work, and more importantly a fan of Mathieu. I had the pleasure of meeting him at Magic LIVE, and he is one of the most humble, and nice magicians I have ever met. What ever they say about the French being mean is hella wrong.
Watermark is a unique effect. Watch the demo and you WILL be fooled. The method may disappoint some, but personally I think it is BRILLIANT. Watch the demo again.
Imagine being able to do what Dan does in the demo and make ANYTHING appear. And I am not exaggerating. Using it as a revelation is FAR from all that you can achieve from this effect. Imagine having your own FACE appear on the napkin. With the right presentation this trick could get HELLA freaky.
A friend and I had the idea of making the iconic Obama "Hope" icon appear. The possibilities with the effect alone are endless.
The method is very interesting. As I said before, some of you will not like the method because without revealing too much, each napkin must be prepared before hand. However, I do not see this as a turn off. Each one takes less than 3 seconds to prepare, and once you have prepared one, you are set for weeks ahead. You can even keep the napkin, let it dry, and perform the effect again. There are NO angle issues, and they can examine the napkin at any point throughout the routine. Once they are prepared, there is nothing to be discovered, which is what makes this so deceptive.
The price is really quite astonishing considering the effect. It is so easy, so direct, and so POWERFUL, that a 10 dollar price-point is crazy. Most companies would try and chalk this up as a 25 dollar, one trick DVD. If you are turned off by the price, than you really do not fully understand how many uses there are out of this effect. You could present this in so many different ways. It could be as simple as a card revelation, or go as far as to make baby jesus appear in their hands. The choice is yours
Over all I really do like the simplicity, and directness of the effect. It is powerful, easy to do, angle proof, and genius. The quality is good as always, and you for the first time, you get the learn from Mathieu himself.
Do not hesitate to pick this up.
Thanks,
~Zach