This is how i have been feeling lately with my magic. I don't know what i like, or what other people like.
I am very new to magic and flourishing. i know i like xcm, even though i still don't know much, but i am practicing.
here is the deal.
I'm just a Russian, fat, 18 year old. im not like the kids on youtube that are crazy good lol. i wonder if im getting into it too late, but then again who cares.
the problem is just that when i think of effects that suit me, im blank. i have seen the work of many great magicians. And i just don't know. I'm trying to explain. Torn and restored stuff, mentalism, all the crazy stuff that what i call "eyeliner magicians" do.
I just watched some of "dangerous" being a flavor of the month, and the magic was awesome. but i just don't know if making a corner appear somewhere is my style. It just doesn't fit my image.
Maybe i have a misconception, but i just don't like gimmicks or anything. the only tricks that I actually like are gambling themed type stuff with maybe like cool kickers at the end. And i think these effects go great with some cool flourishes mixed in. BUT what I've noticed with these are they don't really impress! despite getting some reactions, it seems like spectators want to see a card torn, signed, changed, vanished, or stabbed. I enjoy tricks that catch people off guard and make them wonder how you played them. i love deck color changes for that reason.
Take distortion, an amazing trick! (my gimmick broke right away) I used to perform 2 card transpo all the time, and people LOVE it. its a classic. But if i whipped out that trick and visual changed it, i don't think anyone would be impressed. people know magic isn't real, and since i don't have any criss angel finesse, i know i just wouldn't sell it.
i just don't know! People give your input on this type of thing (assuming i made any sense)
and also maybe suggest some material for me. like i said, im new to this.
Final statement: I just don't think that some of the crazy new visual miracles fit my image, there is no room for jokes, surprises, or anything. But, is what i like, not what the spectators want to see?
I am very new to magic and flourishing. i know i like xcm, even though i still don't know much, but i am practicing.
here is the deal.
I'm just a Russian, fat, 18 year old. im not like the kids on youtube that are crazy good lol. i wonder if im getting into it too late, but then again who cares.
the problem is just that when i think of effects that suit me, im blank. i have seen the work of many great magicians. And i just don't know. I'm trying to explain. Torn and restored stuff, mentalism, all the crazy stuff that what i call "eyeliner magicians" do.
I just watched some of "dangerous" being a flavor of the month, and the magic was awesome. but i just don't know if making a corner appear somewhere is my style. It just doesn't fit my image.
Maybe i have a misconception, but i just don't like gimmicks or anything. the only tricks that I actually like are gambling themed type stuff with maybe like cool kickers at the end. And i think these effects go great with some cool flourishes mixed in. BUT what I've noticed with these are they don't really impress! despite getting some reactions, it seems like spectators want to see a card torn, signed, changed, vanished, or stabbed. I enjoy tricks that catch people off guard and make them wonder how you played them. i love deck color changes for that reason.
Take distortion, an amazing trick! (my gimmick broke right away) I used to perform 2 card transpo all the time, and people LOVE it. its a classic. But if i whipped out that trick and visual changed it, i don't think anyone would be impressed. people know magic isn't real, and since i don't have any criss angel finesse, i know i just wouldn't sell it.
i just don't know! People give your input on this type of thing (assuming i made any sense)
and also maybe suggest some material for me. like i said, im new to this.
Final statement: I just don't think that some of the crazy new visual miracles fit my image, there is no room for jokes, surprises, or anything. But, is what i like, not what the spectators want to see?