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here's me performing some tricks I really think are great. I would like to know what you think. Here we go:

Heavy Smoker
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=ap5CWETJxDY

Coinglass
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=HI-kVjU-J3M

Quit Smoking
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=UATzVfgpm1Y

Loop
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdn55T7CMI8

Floating Cigarette
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=8WWZeyo8-VQ

Hi and welcome to TM. Maybe you could introduce yourself in the "Introduction" section.

I thought the first one was rather great to watch. The other ones were great too but I really like the first one.

I like the coin version and your use of the Han Ping Chen move.

Very good, but some work needed. Excellent for a first go

Very nice camera work and I like the choice of music, too. Heavy Smoker was cool.

Welcome to TM

Agreed.

I like the heavy smoker ......
For me its very alluring lol....

Fairie x

Very good! And welcome to the forum.

Heavy smoker was my fav as well.

Big D

I don't get the point of heavy smoker. Sorry, maybe it's because i don't smoke. I'm appologize but: What is magical thing that happens?

Briareos wrote:I don't get the point of heavy smoker. Sorry, maybe it's because i don't smoke. I'm sorry but: What is magical thing that happens?

I think the fact that most people, smokers or otherwise, don't expect smoke to take on the same qualities of a liquid when it is poured from glass to glass. I don't know about you, but I expect smoke to just dissipate. Maybe it's just me.

Briareos wrote:I don't get the point of heavy smoker. Sorry, maybe it's because i don't smoke. I'm appologize but: What is magical thing that happens?

My definition of magic (for me) is something that is not easily explained and is fascinating to watch and leaves me wanting to see more........

Hense for me it is magical.

Fairie x

Very nice videos - quit smoking was my favourite

The heavy smoke looks nice. More of a perfomance piece than a magic trick.

FairieSnuff wrote:magic (for me) is something that is not easily explained and is fascinating to watch

I agree.
... and now I see the point of the effect too. My bad. I was just not thinking I guess.

Nice work. Hope you post an introduction and stick around

very nice, video quality is excelent and performances are great. I love your work already. The floating cigarette was realy, really nice, the cigarette flow well. I would really enjoy to see that for real, it was sensational in my opinion.

The heavy smoke got me a funny smile, when younger we used to smoke "blunts" using the same technic to keep the smoke flowing inside a glass then we could just drink the smoke! Brought me some good memories there even though i never thought of it as a magic trick!

Stop smoking was pretty good too, this is the kind of routines you must get a lot of good reactions and laughs i bet!

As for coin in glass, i personnaly never liked this effect, its not that it is not good or whatever but many years ago as i were starting in magic i seen a magician doing this effect more like the version blaine used in his TV show tho and i spt the technic from begining to end at the time. I really enjoyed the selection of sleight in this effect of yours tho.

And loop, well its the haunted pack a big classic of card magic but always get good reactions although i believe you should not name it loop cause it involve that you use a loop for it!

Thanks to everyody. I think heavy smoker is unexplainable for much people, that's why it can be done in a magic show. People usually see smoke flying in the air, not remaing still in a glass. A lot of people asks me how I do that, because they think there's something amazing behind that. Actually it's all about physics.

The Haunted Deck is made with a particular kind of loop I came up with, which doesn't requires the IT to stay on your wrist, it's ready in a second, and doesn't requires the hands to move. And you can also do some different moves (such as the one in the video with the card turning by itself) which a normal loop doesn't allow to do.

The Floating Cigarette is definetly one of my favourites, and the way it was shot gives to the illusion a much more shocking effect.

Quit Smoking took quite a while of exercise, because the sleight of hand is not so easy to be done at full speed, but it's absolutely a killer trick. Every time I performe it people laughs and claps (with good lines it becomes even more funny to watch).