Brickfilms. Michel Gondry brought LEGOmation into the spotlight with his "Fell in Love With a Girl" music video (White Stripes). However, LEGOmation has been around since the late 80's, the first known brickfilm being Lindsay Fleay's The Magic Portal.
Poker, Blackjack, Old Maid... take your pick. A marked deck will make you an ace at 'em all. For this cheat you need a Bicycle deck, a box cutter, keen eyesight and an excellent memory of the code. Essentially, you're carving a miniscule symbol for every card's value onto its back.
We have a soft spot for bar tricks...in the same way we love magic. These are two variations on a single theme. Get a dollar out from under an upside down beer bottle without touching nor toppling the bottle.
A 15 year old named Brandon reveals one of the great magic tricks of all time for Viewdo. If you try this on a friend who does not know this trick...you will be a GOD. The kid is good. He "sells" it too.
The kite in this how-to video is a terrific flyer and exciting to make! You will need ripstop nylon or equivalent, bamboo or wood dowels – 1/8” – 2 @ 36”, tape (cloth) and double stick tape, string (packaging type) 30’, a hobby stick, scissors, a ruler (yardstick), a pencil/pen, magic markers (permanent type), toothpicks (3 pieces), and the step-by-step instructions in this video kite-making tutorial. Make a suruga kite.
We're a sucker for the cute ones. This mini-magician might not have much up his sleeve as far as slight of hand, but he's got energy.
Learn a magic trick in which you hide two coins hidden underneath separate hands and make one vanish and reappear alongside the other. Perform a teleporting coin trick.
Make a vodka Jello shot inside a sealed banana! We will show you how to use osmotic pressure to gel the inside of a banana. This also works as a great magic trick for your next party. Get a Jello shot inside a banana.
A magic trick in which you appear to make the ink of a card chosen from anywhere in the deck transfer onto a piece of paper. Perform the ink pass card trick.
Criss Angel shows you how to perform and magic trick in which you make a pepper shaker pass through a table. This trick could also work with a glass, cup, or similar object. Perform the paper shaker through a table trick.
A simple magic trick in which you appear to be able to make pepper sprinkled into a bowl of water move across the surface of the water. Separate pepper from water.
Freak out your friends with this magic trick in which you appear to stick your thumb through your earlobe. Perform the thumb through the ear trick.
A classic trick, especially popular with street magicians. Do not read any further if you do not want the mystery of magic to be spoiled...
Pub magician Christian Lee demonstrates how to perform the rolling cigarette trick. All you need is a cigarette, a table and some magic. By skillfully blowing on the cigarette it will appear as if you are moving it with your mind. Brilliant!!! Perform the Rolling Cigarette Trick.
Impress your friends and fellow bar partrons and learn how to turn water into ice. You don't need a freezer... Just a bit of magic. Turn water into ice.
Localizing a game is a task many do not fully understand. Not only do localizers have to translate the games they work on into a different language, but they have to translate it into a different culture as well. Oftentimes art assets, plot elements, and menu systems are changed to suit regional sensitivities. Japanese media tends to have their common drunkard characters removed or censored in American versions, for example.
Calling all curious minds—scientists, anthropologists, relentless tourists: Saturday, April 9th, is International Obscura Day, the day to "explore hidden treasures in your hometown," or so says Atlas Obscura, a website dedicated to public curiosities and esoterica. If you're the kind of person who appreciates public oddities every day of the year, tomorrow is icing on the cake. Celebrate Obscura Day in one of hundreds of locales—from Los Angeles to Sydney, from Berlin to Manila.
Teaching some Magic...The easy way to learn the Coin Roll Flourish...
This video is by Adrian McLaughlin, aka plasticraincoat1 on YouTube, who shows us one of the most magnificent examples of explosive polymerization ever. In the video, what appears to be about 1/2 tsp of p-nitroaniline (which is short for para-nitroaniline, which is also referred to as 4-nitroaniline) is treated with a few drops of concentrated sulfuric acid, in a ceramic dish, over a Bunsen burner flame.
It's Monday, which means once again, it's time to highlight some of the recent community submissions posted to the Math Craft corkboard. In this post, we'll also make a flexagon, which is a type of transformable object.
If you're a fan of the new "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" series, take a look at this cosplay tutorial on how to create Pegasus wings and ears. This is a great guide for those looking to make a 'My Little Pony' Halloween costume. You'll look like Fluttershy in no time.
Wow, I'm excited. This one left me giddy. Fill a glass with water, give it a whirl, and voilà... let the debate begin. CGI or physics? Comment below.
If you only see one power tool-related YouTube clip this year, make it WoodWorkingInAction's "Bandsaw Magic." We give this one two totally-not-severed thumbs way up! Want to improve your own woodworking chops? Poke around WonderHowTo's ever-expanding collection of furniture and woodworking video tutorials.
The formula goes something like this: crazy amazing "life painting" artist Alexa Meade x the genius idea behind Van Gogh Photoshop magic x some mad make-up skills = voilà, a living, breathing, hyperrealistic facsimile of our one-eared icon, Vincent.
Terese Nielsen is a fantasy artist who modifies MTG cards on her own and by request. Force of Will is a favorite, as you can tell from these amazing shots. You used to be able to buy them on eBay, but they appear to all be sold out now so check out her site and shoot her an email if you want to get one.
Okay, been a bit rampant with the twisted animations lately (exhibits A, B, C), but this is too amazing to pass up. By photographer and filmmaker Alva Bernadine, behold the magic of After Effects:
Its amazing when the true artists of our time let down their hair and give us a glimpse into their movie making magic. So is the case with Phil Tippett studios, with their amazing youtube channel called PhilsAttic.
You can now become quite the accomplished violinist (on your iPad) for just $2.99 with the release of Smule's Magic Fiddle app. You may be a little rusty at first, but Smule will walk you through it, and with a little practice, you'll be as fantastic as this group in no time at all:
Mike from thesubstream.com chimes in about the latest film in a franchise he's not that big a fan of. But in the end even he isn't immune to Harry Potter's magic...
We've got plenty of bartending tutorials, but I've yet to see one that explains the magic behind this mixology. Speculations below, please. Previously, HowTo: Infuse Your Booze Using Nitrous Oxide.
When a person sits motionless for hours on end in front of a television screen, it's sloth; when a camera does the same, it's art! Case in point, these beautiful long-exposure photographs of old Atari games by Rosemarie Fiore:
Nevermind that rock candy is delicious, the prospect of growing it like a scientist (much like the amazing magic garden) surpasses all culinary delight.
South African born artist Robin Rhode combines street art with optical trickery, resulting in a cumulation of performance, graffiti, drawing, film and photography.
Join in on the light-writing magic! Flickr user evilKitchen demonstrates how to build a switchable, spinnable multicolor LED bundle for making graffiti orbs of light (as seen previously in Wonderment).
Check out this new advertising campaign for Pilot's Extra-Fine ball-pens. Created by Barcelona's Grey advertising agency, these hand drawn masterpieces are sure going to inspire a generation of LEGO tattoo lovers. I especially love the trampy girl with the tat above the bottom.
Graphic designer Neil Caldwell has developed a process for dying bacon highly saturated, psychedelic rainbow colors (don't worry - it's still edible).
Wow. Really fantastic fire illusion by WonderHowTo favorite, BrussPup. Hang in there, the magic starts to happen at 0:34. Previously, Jerry Andrus and His Impossible Box.
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Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Third Edition: Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution by Harry Box
Orlando Magic teammates (and basketball superstars) Dwight Howard and Vince Carter have a little competition going: who can make the longest seated shot. Earlier this year, Dwight set a new Guinness World Record when he nailed a seated shot from 50 feet out at the All-Star Game. Watch below as Vince beats him - big time. Previously, Mississippi Bullet Monta Ellis' Back Shoulder Circus Shot.
