Better Late Than Never!
Published at Last
The Spread Drop Placement, (SDP) was created as a result of wanting to perform an on the fly version of an effect, created by the unstoppable John Carey, the bloke is a dynamo when it comes to creation. John shared his self-working effect, ‘10-20 Do As I Do’,with me during one of our telephone jamming sessions, and I absolutelyloved it, but, I wanted to eliminate the pre-set element of the effect. I wanted to be able to perform this very simple but direct effect on the fly, no
set-up at all. The result, is an 80 page booklet featuirng the workings of the sleight along with 3 effects I created using the SDP. On top of that I ended up with another 10 contributions from some of the biggest names in the industry!
I simply must say a huge thank you to John, for allowing me to publish my variation of his
effect ‘10-20 Do As I Do’, before it has even been released to the magic community. Had it not been for his creation, this control, along with the accompanying effects by the very generous artistes, would not exist.
A great many thanks also to the following amazing people:
- Theresa, Adam and Laura Wilson - You are the epitome of magic.
- Michael Murray - For the artwork, quote and constant inspiration.
- Karl Scott - For your honesty and the opportunities you have given me!
- Liam Montier - Stop releasing stuff rocker, my head’s gonna explode!
- Richie Carrigan - You know way more than you give yourself credit for!
- Manos - A very wise gentleman indeed!
- Bazz Fazackerley - Stop laughing at my terrible jokes.
- Stephen Young - International marketing and sounding board expert!
- Ian ‘Rasp’ Cheetham - Proof reading guru and future force in mentalism.
- Steve Haresign - Your random phone-call insults keep me sane!
- Harry Lucas - For a lecture that rocked my world!
- Mick Ayres - For taking my breathe away with such an awesome quote!
- Paul Vigil - For your impromptu masterclass in audience management.
Magicians Projects
John Carey
Since the publication of SDP, I have worked on a few projects with other magicians, mainly art and design for publication but also with effect creations. I spend a great many hours on the phone to John Carey discussing ideas and thrashing out effects to fine tune them. John asked me to do some artwork for a couple of his effects and the work has expanded from there. Below are all the projects I have created for John.
Carey-Scene Monthly eJournal
click on either image for more info and purchase details
Chris Congreave
As a result of the work for John, which was very well received, Chris Congreave asked if could work on a project for him. That project subsequently spawned a 2nd volume and here is the artwork from those projects.
Both of the projects are available to purchase direct from Chris Congreave, drop him an email here: chris@chriscongreave.co.uk
And Finally....
In between all these highly enjoyable Photoshop projects I performed at a few special events for which I created 2 new set pieces. I'll go into greater detail.
Time to get ready for another great magic lecture so until next time, be excellent.
