Hey there fellow Steemians!
Here is the followup to my introblog about magic. With this part i like to go into the art of magic.
Magic is a bit like steemit in some ways. You have to look in long terms and plan in advance.
One of your first steps should be mastering some tricks you are comfortable performing. There are a lot of selfworking tricks which you almost can not screw up, so those are a perfect starting point.
I will show one simple one I performed a lot in my beginning at the end of the post.
I learned to make routines with about 3 effects in them which combined should last for about 10 minutes. And then ideally you should have three to five of these blocks to choose from.
Here you can get really creative and choose from a lot of pools of different tricks.
Let me show you these different pools of tricks.
-There are impromptu card Tricks which you can perform anywhere and with any deck of 52Cards.
-There are impromptu Tricks with everyday objects like rings, rubberbands, paperclips, bills, pencils, creditcards and of course coins.
-there are card tricks which involve preparation of the deck but still with a normal deck of cards.
-There is a normal deck with some gimmicked cards like a doublebacker, a doublefacer, reveal-jokers etc.
-there are trickdecks which are completly gimmicked and are just to perform one trick.
-there are tricks with gimmicked objects like dices, locks, envelopes, card cases etc.
-mental tricks
On of your threetrick routines could be something like this:
Start with a trick with a prepared deck of some sort. Next perform a trick with preferrably a borrowed object (which you have a spare one in your pocket in case no one has something to borrow you.)
And finish it off with an impromptu card trick with the same deck of cards.
In this case you only need to carry one deck of cards and a simple object and you should have enough space in your pocket to carry another set of tricks.
One of mine looks like this:
I force them a card.
Then I follow up with my favorite card trick which is a little similar to the trick in the end. This leaves me with some fruits on the table.
I continue with a routine with 5 envelopes and 5 keys to a lock which is inspired through John Archer.
And to finish it off I do a torn and restored trick with the forced card. The twist is the restored card is into one of the fruits already on the table.
When building your blocks keep this in mind:
If you want to make a mindreading routine, don't mix to much flourishes and card skills into it. Keep it mystic and simple.
If you want a pokerskill routine, don't let them sign a card and stay away from shuffles not allowed in casinos.
If you use signed cards and borrowed object, then try to stay away from gimmicks so you can give away everything to examine.
The 21 Card trick.
Selfworking little routine perfect for beginners.
You start this trick with 21 cards. It really doesn't matter which cards you use.
First you want to let your spectator choose one of the cards freely. Lets say the 3♥️Hearts.
Continue with laying all cards in 3 rows in front of you according to the picture.
Starting with the 2♥️, the 8♠️, the 7♦️ Etc. until 8♣️, 7♣️.
Now ask your spectator to name the row in which his or her selected card is. The first one.
Collect all three rows and make sure the row with their card is in the middle.
Make three piles again and ask where it is now.
Starting with the 8♠️, the 10♠️, the 2♣️ etc. until the K♣️ and the 7♣️
This time the 3♥️ is in the third one.
Throughout this process you will eventually know their card.
Sometimes you already know their card at this point, but most of the time you have to do this part a third time.
After the third time their card is always in the the middle of the second row.
Collect the cards as usual with their row as the second one. Their card is now at the 11th spot in the pile.
Make a flower like patter of the cards but facedown according to the picture.
Show them the last card and ask them if this their card(it is not).
Now you perform a technique called the "'magicians Choice"
This is an illusion of free choice which works almost every time.
Basically you let them to chose something but you decide what to do with it.
In contrast to this trick this goes as shown.
You ask them to place their hands on two of the five piles.
-If their card is in one of the piles they don't touch then you let them get rid of these two flowers. And then do it again to reduce the count of flowers to at least two.
-If their card is in one of the two flowers, then you get rid of all the others.
Next, ask them then to lift one hand.
-If their card is still on the pile they are touching, get rid of the free pile.
-if their card is in the free pile, ask them to get rid of the pile they are touching.
Now you should be left with the last flower.
Make a new pattern with the remaining four cards like in the picture.
Now you let them "choose" again if they like those two cards(north and south) more then those two(east and west).
Finally you can place the remaining two cards in front of them and let them pace their hand on one of the cards.
You should be left with their card and you can let them turn it over.
This one got me some really good reactions.
Personally I hurry in this phase of the trick. Some people recognize that you are not always doing the same thing, thats why i do it very fast. Try to change up your questioning and the action you let them do so it feels more different than just pointing 4 times in a row at piles of cards.
You could let them place their cardkey on one pile and then go on like: "oh, lets look further into the 4 seats of the car" if their card was in that pile. Or "oh, this pile needs to drive away" and get rid of them, if their card was not in this pile.
You could place different fruits on top of the cards and let them name their favorite.
If they hit their card go on and if not put the fruit aside so they can eat it later.
You just need to be a little creative and you should always have the right answer to their choices
If one part of this trick is not clear then feel free to ask me about further details and I can add them.
Cheers and ave a great day Steemians!
@Rheteric
this was a great followup, ill continue checking your stuff out as it comes up :)
Thanks! The next one is in the pipeline. :-)
Edit: Actually it is out now!
I loooooove magic. Loved it since I was a kid ;) Got some tricks up my sleeve too (pun intended - hehe)...
Great post - definitely keeping an eye on your account :)
I love it too. It did my first trick as a little child and i still find love in it every day.
Haha, I would like to see them.:)
Thanks for that!
Awesome man!! Maybe I'll have to post one on here sometime 😁😁
Wow, just saw your post was seriously upvoted - good on you man 👍🏻👍🏻😁😁
Yeah of course, i would love to see that.
Yes, he steemit community is awesome.
That escalated quickly as they say nowadays. :-)
Much love for that!
You deserved it man :)
Me too
thanks for sharing the art of magic with us, i really love magic , especially the tricks etc its reallly great and i would love to learn few myself, i love the first pic where u lined the cards up like a fan :) great shot. good post.
You are welcome! Of course. I will teach a lot stuff in the future so get your deck ready and be prepared. :-)
Thanks. I love to do great pictures with cards. Those are really underrepresented everywhere.
The fan is called the Giant-Fan(very creative😁) and it uses the Faro-Shuffle to beginn with. I can go into that in the future too!
Thanks for your kind words!
yes master ill be waiting hehehe :) if its possible could u attach a video with the instructions?
i see, i love the name too , giant fan .
Haha. I know some places where you can find tutorialvideos, but I am not sure if I am allowed to post them to give the propper credits. Maybe i can explain it via photos:-). I never edited a Video myself, lol.
Yeah, there are lots and lots of different fans.
im sure u would do a great job explaining via photos.
Ok, I will try my best in the future.
Thanks for encouraging me!
WE NEED SOME MAGIC HERE ON STEEMIT !! ROCK ON !!
Haha! I love it! That one made me laugh very loud. :-)
"Magician's Choice," Epic! I've never seen the ins and outs of a card trick like this, your share inspires me to explore the magical possibilities. Very unique and informative
Yeah, this concept is so brilliant. You can use that even outside of magic.
This is nice to hear. My goal is to get people to know magic from another side.
Thanks for the compliments.
Cheers!
Nice concpat
Thanks, I guess. :-)
Beautiful
Thanks a lot!
What an awesome passion! Thank you for sharing! Variety is the magic of life!
Your very welcome! Thats completly true. :-)
This is not something I come across often on the site, very original :)
Thank you for that. I hope i can do something new here.
Wow! Quite amazing!
Thank you very much!
Awesome tutorial post! This is awesome.
Nice pics too. Congrats brother. This post did very well! Crazy. I recommend you reply to your engagers :) Talk soon.
Thanks man. Its nice to hear that.
I'll have other tutorials in mind for the soon future.
Of course! I like to talk to all of you. I just timed the upload a little bad. It is very late where I am. :-)
Fun read! magic tricks are always fun and interesting. Thanks!
Thanks! Thats true. I try to sneak tricks in my everyday live, thats fun!
thanks for share.
Your welcome.
https://steemit.com/english/@onnygabriel/new-card-trick
Thanks for sharing. This is also very cool.
thanks for share. upvotes your post & you upvotes my post
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing my man :D
Thank you. You are very welcome!
nice tutorial post!
Thank you!
i love magic and magicians -- i failed in my attempts as a child to preform simple tricks -- am now following you in support
Thats sad to hear. Maybe I can show you some cool simple tricks to get you started again. It is never to late to learn new stuff.
Thanks for the support!
good on you mate
This trick does reliably indeed work! I lost it and couldn't remember the name, thank you for sharing it!
It sure does! The 21 Card trick is really a classical.
And you can modify it as much as you like it. :-)
I loooooove magic. Loved it since I was a kid
Mee too! It is nice to see that I am not the only one.
That's really cool. I like the comparison to steemit. I apse m suppose magic like anything else becomes easier with practise. Thanks for the tutorial :)
Thanks so much. I'm glad you liked it.
That is true, some magicians seem to do the impossible, that is so great.
Thanks for the resteem!
Cheers!