The DarckSIDE deck - Lucas Allen (WriHen review)

The cover looks promising, has a variety of different cards and makes you think of the possibilities. the package comes with; The DVD, One DarkSIDE deck (another can be bought or made), and One marker pen. The DVD teaches just a few tricks showing how the DarckSIDE principle works. the cover may show lots of fancy looking cards, however only three of the cards shown are used in the DVD. the others are there to give inspiration, and they have inspired me to create my own effects using the deck. because you mark the cards with the pen, you can only use one deck for each trick, I chose to mark my deck for the "this is it" trick. And this is how it looks.

Go through the deck and ask a spectator to name any card they see.

Lets say the King of Spades.

Place the king down on the table.

Tell them, there is one card they were bound to pick.

Turn over the card they named to reveal...

...The card they picked is the only card with a different marking, and "This is it"

Lucas teaches two handling techniques; Easy deck prep, and Complex deck prep. Both can be used to achieve fantastic effects. On the DVD Lucas teaches each trick and the preps to detail. He also shows how to make your own DarckSIDE deck. the deck is fantastic for card magicians and mentalists. not only does he teach the effects and how to make your own deck. He also gives tips on marking the cards using other marker pens for different coloured back decks, and stamps to stamp decks. The principle for the DarkSIDE deck is quite ingenious and I can't believe it hasn't been thought of before to do these types of tricks.

For more Information on The DarckSIDE deck check out 'Dude that's cool Magic'

Thanks for reading my first review, and I hope you find it useful. 

Also, If you would like more information on the DVD or the deck. feel free to contact me by email: gmac228@gmail.com

WriHen Live for children and need

So a few months ago I was asked by the pupils in my year to appear in the anuall Children in need show, doing a trick or two. Every year the sixth year pupils put on three shows with comedy and other randomness for the rest of the school. this year was my years turn. I decided to do two tricks 'Brain Damage' and another trick I like to call 'funny faces'. I went on stage in front of three hundred 1st and 2nd year pupils. they cheered and they laughed. I started with 'funny faces' witch was not to my expectations. I lifted my jacket up covering my face each time I lowered the jacket either something was on my head, in my ear, up my nose, or in my mouth. After a few laughs and claps, I moved on to perform 'Brain Damage' witch was a hit. The music was exciting and fitted perfectly, I placed the wine box over my head and proceeded to poke hockey stick into the box, sureley penetrating my head. From inide the box I heard the crowd - "WOW!" and "WOOO!", I felt so happy that they were enjoying the trick, It calmed my nerves. I was now standing in front of three hundred people with a box on my head and three hockey sticks plunging through me. I reversed the procces and began to remove the hockey sticks and drop them to the ground. I removed the box, waved bye to the audiance and was cheered off the stage. I walked up the corridor out side of the hall, passing a few teachers one said to me "you did great grant" I felt so pleased knowing they had enjoyed my performance, with my head inside the box I couldnt see the expresions on their face's, but the gasps made it all the same. The first show was over I had two more to go. I had a wee break and drank some water to calm me down. Then it was time for me to go on to do my secnd performance. I decided not to do 'funny faces' as I felt It didn't get good reactions (I also hadn't rehearsed). I did 'Brain Damage' and the reactions were still great. when the time came to do the third show, I chickened out and started to feel a bit sick, It was the nerves. The third show was for the 4th and 5th years, they were the closest to my age and I knew a fair bit of them. maybe that is why I chickened out, but I had a good time, got some great reactions and some nice words from the teachers and pupils. However that isn't where it ends. To be concluded... in 'The aftermath of CIN' "what happened next" Untill then, thanks for reading. (And By the way, I'm in school right now, In modern studies, and if the admins have hacked my acount and are seeing this and reading this, they probably have no I dea what I'm on about, I did some magic)    

Calling by WriHen

A while ago, while I was on the bus home from school, I was thinking and I had my phone out and was messing around with it. Then I realized the potential of the device in my hand. there was a trick to be had out of this. I wanted someone to dial any 11 numbers and call the randomly generated number. Then My phone would ring, they have just input and called my number (without even knowing me before hand). I then converse with the spectator over the phone. The effect is called calling, It's a really powerful Mentalism effect, and maybe I might release it through some company, not too sure yet. It could be coming soon.

If I do release this, It will be available to buy from my products tab

Refresh by WriHen

Blink and you'll miss it!
I was messing around with my cards the other day, as I do, and I did a move, and it looked quite cool, so I worked on it a little, before showing it to one of my (non-magic) friend/fan. I showed it to her via webcam, and my 'refresh' rate is absolutely crap. but I saw her face light up as I did it, of course she accused it to be a trick using the refresh rate, so I called it 'Refresh', Quite a few others I showed it to accused me of using the refresh rate to mask my actions, and they asked for a better quality version, So I filmed this version, which is a much better smoother version of the trick. Enjoy, here's my created colour change - 'Refresh'.



(BTW; the cards used in this video aren't my own, and I filmed it at a secret location)

WriHen LIVE (coming soon)

So, I have decide to once a week [maybe] to put out a Live web show from my Ustream - WriHen
I'll broadcast it live and also record it, for an 'on demand' type thing, might upload them to my YouTube
so here is the trailer for my 'LIVE' show, also in it you will see a colour change I just came up with, don't know if it has already been done, It looks very nice. I call it 'Refresh', check it out in the trailer below

Enjoy, and tell me what you think.

Generica By GM²

So apart from magic, I dabble in music, I was asked by a magic community to create a song to use as a theme. check it out below, If you like it, you may downloaded it for free :D
Generica by GM ²

[WriHen] Daley's revenge

WriHen's Daley's revenge, is a nice impromptu trick using any four of a kind, In the video I use the Tens because... I just did. OK! I like the trick, its quick and to the point.
Enjoy...

...And tell me what you think, please.

[WriHen] Linking Matches

So....... here is the new video, its a classic in magic. I like it as it's short and snappy, a quick little bar trick that can be done totally impromptu, as long as you can get your hands on some matches, and when your done you can light up an Invisible Cigarette and smoke that ;)

Here Is the Linking Matches

I hope you enjoy my performance is a cool little trick, don't be afraid to tell me what you think of it.
Next Blog post will be in the next few days, about my own creations.

I'll put up a link to it here: My Ideas   when I write the post of course

[WriHen] Carousel

Here I am performing an underground variation of Irving Quant's, carousel Card trick. Its a small trick with big impact, some crazy stuff goes down in this trick. I first performed it live summer of last year, to a small group (5 people), and they were killed, didn't know how much of a powerful effect this was, but some credit to Irving Quant, and I didn't actually find out this trick was his until a few weeks ago. I love it, and I'm sure you will love it too Enjoy:

WriHen - T-shirt (Eleven[11])

I was Bored so I decided to muck about on the Internet to see what there was to do, when I came across a T-Shirt making website, messed around with some things and came up with a few designs, might purchase one. Here is the first design:

Its the WriHen - Eleven T-Shirt, I like the shirt it looks good, don't know if in reality, it will be as good as I expect, but there is only one way to find out

[WriHen] Invisible Cigarette

So, in my video 'With all my might', I have been asked about the part at 0:44 in the video, where a billow of smoke comes out of my mouth, of course, I could have used an actual cigarette to achieve this affect, but I don't smoke (I have a brain, and I don't want lung cancer). Anyway there is magic behind the smoke and here it is; I take an Invisible Cigarette (you cant see it, its invisible), and I light it with a match, then I proceed to smoke it.
And of course when you smoke [visible and invisible] there is wasted smoke that needs to be exhaled, now watch the video and tell me what you think:


PLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME  (visible or invisible)

[WriHen] Arm Roll

Here I am performing the coin flourish - Arm roll, Enjoy

[WriHen] ORBIT

Here I am performing Orbit, ENJOY

Vertigo hacky stack

Here I am Performing a really cool flourish

With all my might

So here it is, maybe the greatest video I have ever created, the response has been fantastic.
Check it out bellow:



boratismyname
                      "LOVEING THIS WRIHEN BEST VID EVER BY FAR WOOO HATS OF TO WRIHEN"


XXvideoWizard
                      "how can this only have 5 views this is amazing"


jjcfc1992
                      "Some of that was pretty amazing, nice work."


They're just a few of the comments people have left me, people have said that the pencil through cheek part was their favourite bit, I will tell you now, it was done -Except the cat bit near the start- using no camera trickery, I had to shorten down the original pencil through check cos it was too long, so if you wonder why it jumps - that is why, and also the Pencil is solid and of one piece, a regular pencil, but please watch and enjoy it.


tell me what you think?
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With all my might [Uploading]

I'm currently Uploading the new WriHen video - With all my might

Below Is the screen shot of the Editing process.

Below is the screen shot of the Uploading process

With all my Might [editing]

I have now began the editing process of my latest video {WriHen - With all my Might}. Before you read this read my previous Blog post- With all my Might, I have around 38 different clips, most of them are really short, others are quite a reasonable length but The finished Video should still look awesome. The video will be accompanied by a song, Do not know witch song yet though but I do have a list of possible choices. This is my Third video of 2011 and it show what to expect from me from the future. For this video and teh videos to come I have created a Logo.
Check it out in the short video below:

The Logo came about from a few designs I created. I came up with the [H] first, then created the [W] to fit along side the [H]. This was essentially the [WH] bit you see at the end after the main name comes together. The logo looks futuristic witch helps connote the Future and that "The Future is Now". After Creating the shortened logo, I expanded it to create the full [WriHen] and fit the other letters around the already created [W] and [H]. So check out my new logo, It will go on all my future videos, hopefully.

So that it from me for now, Back to editing The video,
See you in the future [The future is Now]
See you NOW
(*}~WriHen~{*)

WriHen - With all my might

So I had an Idea, of making a little video with lots of bits and bobs, stunning card effects, and a few other impossibilities, and I have called with all my might, because about a year ago I saw a YouTube video of Dan and Dave's Tivo 2.0 performed by someone else, and at the start it quoted "What ever your hands find to do, Do it with all your might" - Ecclesiastes 9:10, My hands found  Magic, so I'm going to do it 'With all my might'. So in this short 'promotional', 'teaser of what's to come' you can expect awesome stuff from the likes of Dan and Dave, Daniel Garcia, Marcus Eddie, Wayne Houchin, Tony Chang, Andrew Mayne, and a few other greats. I am still recording some footage for it and once done I'll Edit it all together to create a  great video, add in a backing track, and it should be good, That's all from me for now.

-I'll update this once I begin the editing process-

WriHen