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Imagine transforming a nickel into a quarter merely by rubbing the impression of the coin onto a piece of paper….
This amusing little piece of magic can have a very strong effect on your audience. It may leave them wondering if the bill they have is really counterfeit!
Anything your audience carries away from your show that reminds them of you is a good thing (except for maybe bruises). Consider making some stamps of your likeness that you can stick on playing cards, business cards or even currency.
You can either buy actual stamps using an online company that’ll put your photo on one, or use a photo editing program and a printer to make your own that you can print on to sticky back sheets.
From: the forthcoming book ILLUSIONWORKS 4 Written By: RAND WOODBURY (who has worked for Carnival Cruise Lines for 21 years) Offered Exclusively For Magiczine
I am not an easy person to get ahold of and I kinda like it that way. My friends and family know where I am; usually on a plane, in an airport, or on a ship at sea. (Hey, I just past 4 million miles with American Airlines - seriously!) I don’t know if I should get excited or feel pathetic. OK, moving on. I recently got an e-mail from someone who had been trying to track me down for some time. He was asking me for advice and so I replied to the best of my ability. Then something dawned on me as I was typing my response. Boom! ‘I’ve written this letter before and not just once.’ Yep, it’s been a while, but this information has passed from my lips and hands before; many times.
Here’s an effect that’s either an act of precognition or spooky quantum mechanics.
Legendary magic inventor Anders Moden has kindly shared with us a hilarious effect involving goofy teeth. He’s made an awesome PDF for us to learn the effect.
Ethan Thompson has kindly sent us a PDF for a color-changing CD effect. Also included is my routine (using Ethan’s method) for changing Elvis into Sinatra. Have fun!
This is a fun Halloween influenced trick you can pull if you happen to be running OS X Leopard with iChat and a special plugin. I know that kind of eliminates 80% of our readers, but it’s still worth a look:
From: the forthcoming book ILLUSIONWORKS 4 Written By: RAND WOODBURY (who works for Carnival Cruise Lines - 21 years) Offered Exclusively For Magiczine
I have a reputation for being hard on theater technicians. I am presumed to be this mean guy. And I can be. Why? And what is the real story? It’s actually very easy to explain.