HARDCORE Sharpie thru CARD - TUTORIAL

Learn my hardcore Sharpie through card!

My filming & editing equipment:

FOLLOW ME:

The Magic Podcast with myself and Craig Petty:

[tarksurmani]

To anyone who says: "Knowing how it's done, destroys the magic."

Yes, Yes it does, and it replaces itself with wonder and appreciation of the hard work and skill that goes on behind the scenes.

Great video.

[justinisorange]

I’m gonna be 100 percent honest like even when I find out how certain tricks are done it’s still insane because of some of the dexterity you need to pull it off so cleanly

[JimsEquipmentShed]

Honestly, pulling this trick off is still magic in my eyes. It’s not just making the gimmick, it’s preforming it so smoothly.

[heldersilva]

Funny thing is, learning how some tricks are made actualy caused me to value and appreciate even more these artists and the Art they do.

[shydog]

Magic is cool and all but I'm absolutely living for the crazy levels of science and engineering and art that goes into stuff like this.

[nexusofice]

I love how magic has turned into a realm of secrets to hide the wonder and now has transformed into an open sharing of ideas to make even better illusions that everyone can enjoy. Even as the audience learns how it is done that only makes you appreciate it even more. Then someone takes that same trick and adds to it to evolve the idea even further.

[Shadowise-.]

I love that you show how to make these gimmicks. I want to start making my own gimmicks and try to come up with new gimmicks myself. It really helps to have a teacher showing things like this. Thank you

[iamrutabaga]

I remember as a kid, we had a magician visit my school. He showed us a trick and I thought it was really cool. I begged this guy to tell me how it was done and he eventually whispered in my ear "it's a secret". I always thought that was stupid because even after knowing how this truck is done I still think it's magical. I love learning about how these things are done. Thanks for not being a stingy old magician with your knowledge.

[More-Space-In-Ear]

It amazes me how these guys come up with the ideas. A true knowledge of magic tricks and no doubt years of watching other illusionists to make something from them to create your own..well done

[tonyrainbolt]

I've stopped it at 4:30. I really enjoyed your presentation of the history and nod to those who came before. I am sure it is a fascinating gimmick - I have an engineer's brain. And I'm always amazed at the skill of the performer. I don't normally hesitate to learn how it is done, but I can tell you've done a lot. On this one, I'm choosing to keep the magic. Thank you!

[robgoins]

@13:15 even with him explaining he was flipping two cards at once I still watched his hand work like 20x. Very smooth.

[jalehoward]

**Tip**
Considering your giving that one away, I suggest you cut an arch through the 4 closest barn doors. So if you leave the pen in, there is no square cut, it shapes to the sharpie.
Wen you performed the example 14:01 the flaps at an angle are pushed back out. With the arch cut, you can perform a flawless pull.

[californiamagician]

I used to enjoy performing the Wandering Hole back in the 70's and 80's and I don't remember what became of it... It was nice to see your brief inclusion of the wandering hole in this video. Thanks for keeping the magic alive.

[BaritoneUkeBeastLife]

I just gotta say you are an incredible magician and extremely innovative, creative and imaginative. I am blown away at just how unbelievable and awesome your intricate card gimmick is. I just got back into magic after 42 years, (I was a teenager doing card, coin and close up magic from a kit and library books for family and friends and as amateur as they come). I had stumbled across a “Street Magic” video a few weeks back that rekindled my love of card magic which also led me to the world of Cardistry. I went from one unopened deck of standard Bicycle cards that I had just laying around my house to over 60 different decks from all of the top-tier card manufacturers in the Card Magic and Cardistry industry in just over a week, and I still have 21 more decks are on their way. I have been practicing all the basic cuts, flourishes, grips, fans, spreads, and shuffles every day. Anyway this video of yours is my introduction to you and your channel here on YouTube, and you impressed me so much, not only did you get a huge like from me but I subscribed as well, it’s the least I could do. Thank you for all you are doing and contributing to the Magic community, and keep up the great work!

[chukukaogude]

Having the patience to build this trick is magic enough!

[IndieGamerMonkey]

0:35 - 0:36 that was a really smooth way to hide the spectator card and bring the gimmick card to the front and I love how it works to hide the dirty card and bring the spectator card forward when you do it in reverse. I guess you'd call that some variation of a double lift?

Great video! we get some slight-of-hand AND a gimmick tutorial all in one!

[asdrugrohl]

I love these types of magic. Even after I know how its done, it still looks amazing and confusion.

We all know the card is probably gimmicked but IT LOOKS so clean!

[comfixit]

Great trick, great tutorial. One suggestion would be to sew a version where you use a blue card but make the cutouts red so you can really see the contrast on camera.

Anyone dedicated should have no problem following along but having the contrast could be neat.

[SimonSF]

Thanks for the tutorial. As a videographer though I feel like I should also give you some advice. Get more light and shrink your aperture (higher f number) as it will increase the « in focus » area. Most of what you did on the table was out of focus and we couldn’t follow.

You can also record these segments on your phone as they have a smaller sensor and not much depth of field, most phones can give great images and everything will be in focus.

[Dominik-ysnu]

That's a neat trick. Showing us how to build a gimmick card in order to trick us into believing he does not have real magic powers. But you cannot fool me wizard!