Jay

I wish I were someone who could whip up cool artwork when I’m creating a new effect, but I’m not. So I have to find some other solution.Here’s a place I go back to again and again:The Noun ProjectWhile they do offer photos, I go there for the icons. Zillions of icons covering just about every topic you can think of. Best thing? FREE.Well, not all of the icons, but the vast majority of them have Creative Commons licenses on them, which means you can use the artwork as long as you attribute the artist.Here’s an example:I just downloaded that…

(So far...)Whether you’re doing a reveal after a center tear, or Acidus Novus, or nail-nicking cards for some quick pseudo-psychometry, you need blank cards. For many of those things I use a type of business card (mine has my web URL and then some things I can use for effects, such as ESP symbols, etc.), but in some cases what you want is an actual blank card. (Many people feel it’s a “bad look” to fold or mutilate your business card.)Of course you can grab any bit of paper and use it for a billet (like a barbarian), but I'd…

Recorrecting my course 35 years later...In the Olden Days…I dropped out of school after the 8th grade to perform full time. Graduated from Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Clown College when I was 17. Performed magic and related arts in Alaska until my early 20s when I burned out because I didn’t know enough about the marketing part of show business. Then I discovered computers and that kept me enthralled for almost 30 years. But I always has a couple boxes of magic books and props that I carted along wherever I moved. In the last few years I’ve…

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