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Hello everyone, my name is Jordan Victoria and welcome to the,
explanations of Pigmento. Pigmento, an effect that I am,
extremely proud. I know that many magicians say, "It's one of my,
favorite effects," but it's true.
There, for that matter, it's one of the creations that I could,
to have, finally, one of the ideas that I could have, of which I am most proud. Why?
Not because the system is super ingenious, but,
because the finality, the effect that people will remember, the experience,
that they will experience is extremely powerful.
And you can believe me, I've done it hundreds and hundreds of times in,
different conditions and the effect is extremely powerful because there really is,
an impossibility that is created by the fact that the routine,
is brought in a certain way and people can't suspect,
the, of the finality. So yes, I am extremely proud of this,
product there. Just one little thing before starting the,
explanations, before unpacking what's in the box and looking at what,
you have received. I would like, please, that you watch the entirety of the,
video. It may be a little long, maybe an hour.
But I would like you to watch the video in its entirety.
Why? Because there are small subtleties that mean that,
potentially, you will say to yourself: "Ah, that, maybe I would have trouble with,
present it. " No, no, trust me, it's something extremely,
simple to use. You don't need to have a background in mentalism, no,
need to know mentalism techniques to use it,
And, trust me, I made sure to have,
full of little subtleties that mean you won't have any,
difficulty presenting and using it.
So there you go, please, look at all the explanations before you,
make your own opinion, because potentially, you won't like it.
But in any case, one thing is certain, it works on people and it is,
the most important. So without further ado, we're going to look at what you have,
received inside the box. Of course, how to use it.
And then, it's gone, we start right away.
Come on, let's go see what's in the box.
So I know what's in there, but you don't yet.
Finally, probably so, since you are watching the video,
explanatory. Hop! So, here's what you have,
received. We're going to take it all out and see in detail what you've received.
So, nothing more in this box, but it's already not bad.
You received, in the first instance, the system.
So, I'm going to dwell on it a little bit right after.
I'll show you just before what you received at,
side. You received the business card here which contains the,
explanatory video that you are currently watching and a block,
of about fifty business cards that will allow you to,
start using Pigmento. The idea, of course, behind everything,
that is to use your own business cards.
So, there is no obligation to that.
You can simply use blank business cards or you,
can use blank playing cards.
But know that of course, the impact will be better on your...
So, not the impact, but in any case, the, the final object will be more,
interesting with a business card that is in your name.
So there you go, you have received about fifty cards right here.
Then, you received two small stickers.
Finally, there are eight stickers in fact on each board that are convincers, so
with barcodes that allow you to identify the colors that you will,
use. But that, we will see in detail later, uh, what it is,
exactly and how to use it.
And now, the Pigmento system, which is the most interesting.
Uh, as you will be able to see, the pens have...
finally the markers, I may use the term pen, but it's markers,
markers, have been manufactured,
entirely from A to Z,
for that purpose. That is to say that these are not classic markers that have,
been disassembled and readjusted. No, no, there, it's really something that has been,
manufactured from A to Z, one hundred percent customized for this,
effect. The reason is extremely simple and you will see, I will,
try to integrate a small visual of that.
The colors in these markers are,
much more vivid than the markers we usually use in,
magic, which are Sharpies. You'll see the lead is,
slightly less fine, plus the colors are more vivid and,
that they also differentiate more easily.
That is, you'll have colors that are much more flashy and,
directly, when people see the color, they'll know it's pink or,
that it's orange or yellow, etc.
Something we don't have on Sharpie, for using it many,
times before, to find this system, you,
you won't find the same quality with Sharpies.
So that's why we had these markers made,
markers. Likewise, here's the name Pigmento,
with, Permanent Marker, simply because we didn't want to,
use and we couldn't use the Sharpie brand.
So, it is voluntary on our part to have put that.
And then, well the system, how does it work?
Well, you just have, I say simply, but it was necessary to
find, markers with,
a black cap each time, the body which is exactly the same,
for each of the markers. This part here, here, which is always,
black, as you can see here or even on that one.
.
But on the other hand, you have the mine which is of a different color.
So, when I say the lead of a different color, no, the ink that will,
getting out of that pen will be different each time.
But in some cases, like here, the yellow, the lead will be yellow, of course.
But in other cases, it will be less noticeable.
That is to say that up close, it will be seen.
For example, this one, it's the green one, but from afar, you, it's very probably,
black. If we look at another marker, by,
for example, this one, here, that, that's the purple. There.
Well, I see it because I'm used to using them, but if you,
look, you, it's probably black.
In any case, it's very dark. So the idea is that you have eight,
markers, here, that I'm going to take out one by,
one. And,
among these eight markers, you have seven that will write in,
a color and the eighth which will be the color black.
The color black, simply because it will be a convincer for the rest,
finally, in any case for the effect.
And then you have seven colors.
So, you have blue, red, yellow, green, the,
orange, pink and purple. Of course, we'll see later how,
use that and how to place them inside this, of,
this element here, which will allow you to store them in your briefcase of,
close-up, but also, if you wish, to keep them in your pocket,
for use. Here is the,
principle, in any case, of Pigmento, which is based on,
markers that write in different colors,
and which have a body that is always the same.
That is to say that from there, it will always be the,
same marker. So of course, we will see in detail in the video,
explanatory later, how to hide the lead,
of the pens. It is the most important.
And once you have learned to hide the lead of the pens, finally of the,
markers, you will know how to do Pigmento. There.
So, you just have to adapt, of course, with all the little subtleties that,
that will be explained, but you will have the principle of,
Pigmento, namely writing in a color, having a head start so that the,
spectators do not suspect anything. And there.
So, the 3D element, the markers,
the black marker, the block here with the cards that you,
will allow you to start and the two boards with the eight,
stickers that serve as a convincer, which are one of the convincers that we will see by
the following. So now that we have seen what you have received, we will see how,
use this system. So, a little clarification,
before attacking the explanations of Pigmento.
I would like you not to visualize,
just the method, but more the,
continuity of the small effects and small subtleties that make you go
have an impact on the viewer.
If you focus solely on the fact that, yes, it's just a Sharpie that
writes, finally a Sharpie, I use the term Sharpie maybe in the video, but
it's a marker. Uh if, it's just a marker that writes in a color,
different and I will have to have a head start, yes, necessarily, you will
not enjoy using it.
But trust me, I've used it hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times
hundreds of times, really, because it's been maybe ten years since
I made this at the base with Sharpies, but now with
those. And you can trust me, it's really something
that has a huge impact. And as soon as I have a mentalism effect to
do, I use that. So, visualize
more the impact it will have on your viewer and
believe me, you will have more and more pleasure in using it rather than
simply look at what you
have received and how to use it. So there you go, that was the little precision before
to attack the explanations. Superb.
So, before attacking the explanations, I feel we'll never get there,
to arrive, but a little precision.
You will see that Pigmento is not simply, I ask you,
a word, I ask you for a color and then we make the revelation.
No, it is really a complete routine that has been imagined in a way,
so that everything is fluid, that everything is covered and that there is no,
suspicion, of how we could have arrived at this,
result there. And for that, you will need to use a set of,
cards to force a card and to have that head start.
Personally, I necessarily use the My Power Deck, which is
my marked game that I released about two years ago,
years. If you don't know it, go look,
what it is about. It is a deck of marked cards, therefore, with an asymmetry,
which is perfect for Pigmento since the asymmetry will be a big,
advantage on,
the use you are going to have here.
If you don't have a marked deck, no problem.
We're going to see together how to mark a card in such a way as to
to be able to spot it easily in the game, since you're going to see, the game is going to
be shuffled by the spectator and that's also what creates
this impossibility in the end. How could he have managed to find the card,
? How could he have known in advance that I was going to name such a color?
So there you go, don't be afraid, we're going to see together how to mark
those cards. So first of all, here's what you're going to do.
So of course, if you have a My Power Deck, use it.
But if you don't have it, you're just going to take
.
the red, you take the time to spot them here, you take the red,
and you're just going to take the card you want.
So me, in this case, that's personal, I use this all the time,
that card. It's the seven of hearts.
.
With the red, you're just going to
make a small mark in one of the corners.
So, you can do it in two corners depending on how you spread them out,
cards on the table or in hand to be able to spot it easily in,
the spread. You're just going to make a point in one of the corners, here,
with your red Sharpie. Don't do anything too big.
I'm going to give you a close-up later so you can see where
the marking is. And in both corners, so, diagonally, in a way,
so that, depending on how the game is oriented, you don't have
any problem reading that marking.
So, you make the little mark.
Which allows you quite naturally,
.
when you have that card in the game, and,
when you spread the cards out, you'll easily find the card,
here. So, if the game, for example, is mixed,
by your spectator, which is highly recommended,
you will, by spreading, simply by looking, in fact, at the,
corner of the cards. So there, of course, hop, you'll have to train for the,
see directly. You will be able to see here.
We're going to strip it to visualize where it is,
the map. So there, I know it's about here. There, it's right there.
Hop, you can find the map.
And that's a method used in Pigmento to
to find the card and then move on to
the effect. So now that you've seen how to mark the card or how
use the My Power Deck, of course, if you have a My Power Deck at home,
you know how to use it and you know how to use symmetry, we will
see how to move on to present this routine.
So, before going into the details of how to perform the routine,
I recommend you learn the order of
colors by heart, in fact, quite simply.
It will be as simple as possible. There are only seven colors to learn,
and it's the easiest for you, in fact, in a performance setting, in
close-up condition, so you don't make a mistake.
If you never feel like learning by heart, even if it's not,
very complex, that's what you can do.
You can simply on your element,
which allows you to store it, in fact, simply because the idea,
of this element, it is of course to be able to store them so that,
the markers do not go into,
your close-up case and especially to prepare you much more,
quickly during your performance.
So it was designed to block them, but also to facilitate,
also the fact of not being mistaken during,
the installation and preparation so as not to have to open each time,
the marker to look at the color, to the,
take, to position it in first, second, third, fifth position,
etc. So that's what I recommend you do.
Me, the order, it's always red, blue, yellow, green, pink, purple,
orange. It's always that and it will not change because in my head, it is
that one. Of course, if you have another order of preference, you can very
well use it. But the idea is to take each time the marker,
associated and make a small mark here, on
your element of
storage. I do not know what we can call it, but in any case, it you
allows you to store it. So that's the idea.
Here, make a small red, blue, yellow, green, pink, purple mark,
and orange. I put the black one, there is not necessarily any interest in that.
And like that, in fact, every time you use a color, well, you,
just go simply to put it back in its place.
So if for example, you have used this one, you are going to put it back in its,
location and for the next service, you will not have,
need to look before you prepare and it's still a,
considerable time saving each time.
So that's what I recommend you do.
And now, I promise, we move on to the,
explanations. So let's go to setup your,
routine. First of all, you have already chosen the card,
that was going to be forced. So in this case here, the seven of,
heart. You are going to take your block,
of cards and your black marker, which is very important,
and you're just going to,
mark seven of hearts on it. No matter how you write it,
the most important thing is to remain consistent also with,
the final revelation. If you write the seven of hearts,
in landscape mode, do the same for the,
final revelation. It is very important.
So in our case, here, we'll mark seven of,
heart.
Hop, seven of hearts here. And the black marker, he's going to
go in my pocket. So in my pocket, just
here. Once that's done, you'll take a cover card,
underneath and you'll place it on top.
And there, you're set up. So from there
so here, for example, you can very well, on your
elastic, put a little dot to be sure
to take it in the right direction. You still need your
prediction is marked here and not on that one, since you have
your, your cover card just below.
So that, once that's done, I put my point of
face, I put it in my pocket
and then, we'll set up
our markers. So for that, it's extremely simple.
.
So, I put on my suit jacket, but know that in some
circumstances, in certain conditions, I don't use it with the jacket.
It's just that many people work in suit jackets.
So that's why I adapted it also for people who,
work that way. But in my case, I use it more in my pocket,
back than in the suit jacket.
But after that, it's up to you to decide what, what you prefer.
Once that's done, then you're going to put the markers in the,
same order as on the element here,
in your inside pocket, here.
That's it. So, we're going to put the blue one next to it.
And since I know the order by heart,
of my markers, well, in fact, I don't necessarily need,
to look every time,.
.
In fact, by touch, I know if I'm on the,
first, second, third, etc.,
But hey, we'll still look in-- to make sure.
That goes back either in your close-up case,
either if you don't want to waste time, you put it inside the,
jacket pocket. Now, here's how
the effect unfolds.
The best way I use Pigmento, the best of,
conditions in which I use it, it is not to propose an effect,
of mentalism or at least an experience of mentalism.
In general, mentalism is more and more common, let's say, and more and more,
more in demand. So, I'm waiting to be asked,
an effect of mentalism. In general, I am asked for an effect of mentalism, but we,
is more about an experience. I'm waiting to be asked for an experience of,
mentalism to be able to present this effect.
I find that it has a lot more impact, the fact that it is,
nonchalant and that we don't expect what's coming.
So in fact, we also create an impossibility.
There was nothing prepared and we arrive with something very powerful on,
the viewer rather than saying: Hey, guys, I have something for you, I,
will show you. No, there, we are more on something where we will bring,
the thing naturally, also showing,
that we are not made for that. And that's why I'm presenting it,
since in fact, people will ask themselves the question:
Is he really a mentalist or not? The answer is no.
So, therefore, it's also how we arrive at something very,
powerful, since there was really no reason why I could guess,
in advance what was going to be noted.
So, I'm waiting to be asked,
an effect of mentalism and I simply explain that we are going to do a little,
experience together. We will for example take, I don't know
me, a word, an animal,
a person from the person's entourage and on the count of three,
we will try to name it at the same time and see if,
the information has been transmitted to me.
So, for example, the person asks me if I can do an effect.
I'm going to say listen, yes, we can try a thought transmission if you want.
You're going to think maybe about,
an animal. An animal, there are plenty, there are maybe some
hundreds, even thousands if we take the different,
breeds of animals. But we're going to do something simple.
Don't think of a breed of animal, think instead of an animal, a dolphin, a dog, a
cat, a giraffe. Something common enough so that I,
can know it, it's important.
You also have to reassure the person to tell them, to make them understand that,
I'm not a fortune teller and I can't guess everything and anything.
No no, do something fairly simple and you,
name at the end of three. Of course, you try to send me that information,
before. It's the most important. So that, we explain it.
So, from that moment on, the person has an animal in,
head. And if ever,
you come across the right one, well, it's great, it's great.
But in general, it doesn't happen. So, you simply ask him to
send that information to you mentally.
Of course, you, you don't receive anything at all, but you're going to simulate,
that. And the moment he sent,
the information, that's where you're going to name one,
animal, no matter which one. Really, we don't care.
The most important thing is to grab the information that he's going to give you.
So, we're in that situation.
We ask the person to think of an animal, to send you mentally,
that information and that you're going to count and that at the count of three, you're going to,
name the animal together.
And,
if it worked, if the thought transmission worked, well normally, we,
should have the same. One, two, three,
"giraffe", "dog". Well of course, it falls
bad, so it's not the top of the top. But you will have understood,
the goal of the game is to retrieve the giraffe information.
So me, at this stage, no matter, I keep the giraffe information,
and that's what's most important to me.
Once it's done, we'll say okay uh, the animals, there were when,
not even bad. We're going to try instead, I don't know, some,
colors, a color like that, a color that comes to you.
So be careful, a classic color, no cyan, of
magenta, of... No no, a basic color, red, blue, green, of,
yellow, pink, purple. And there, you evoke the colors that,
you have, you, in stock. Of course, you don't say brown, of course.
And you also specify, no white, no black.
It's not colors, white and black. So no white, no black.
No, really a basic color.
We're going to try to see if, with,
limited possibilities, if we manage to have this,
connection. And in fact, you're going to,
simply reduce the possibilities just with,
this sentence. That is, we're going to think of a color,
lambda, not cyan, not magenta, not all those colors, no
fuchsia. No, really a basic color, red, blue, green, yellow,
purple, pink, orange. No black, no white, they're not colors.
So, please, think of a color.
And there, in fact, we do exactly the same thing.
He's going to name a color and at the count of three, same, he sends you,
the information. At the count of three, he names the color, you name yours.
If it falls perfectly, so much the better.
If it doesn't fall, it doesn't matter, you will have recovered the information.
One, two, three, green, red. Well, it doesn't work,
no. As I told you, I'm not a mentalist...
Me, my thing is cards.
There, the most important thing is that you have recovered the information,
giraffe and the color green. It's the most,
important. Green giraffe. And as you pointed out to
beginning, since you waited for us to ask you for an effect of mentalism,
you justify yourself with the fact that you, your thing, is the cards.
And then you go out,
the cards from the pocket. Say, we can try something,
of mentalism with cards. It's less,
extraordinary, but it still has its little impact.
Can you shuffle the cards, please?
And while the viewer mixes, you, you keep in mind always giraffe,
green, it's very important. You will naturally get out of
your pocket,
your block of cards. Once the block of cards is out, you take it,
in the right position. So there, here, me, I have my little point that allows me to,
know that I am on the right side. And you will simply move
the elastic upwards so you can write here.
So you get the block here. And there, the most,
important, from now on, is that you go into your pocket to get,
the marker that interests you, namely the green one.
We come here. Me, I know my order by heart, so I know it's the,
fourth,
right there, and I put it here. And now,
I explain, even before leaving, finally recovering the,
cards, I say: OK, you shuffle the cards.
I'm going to try to make a prediction.
I'm going to try to see,
on which card,
.
we're going to fall later. And there, in fact, I have everything,
simply masked in fact, covered,
the mine by pivoting here. So, I pivot inward,
I remove the cap and I come to cover the mine,
behind the block of cards. So, in the,
movement, here, tac. Even before,
I get the game back, I'm going to try to predict in advance the card on,
which you will fall on. And there naturally, so if people see here the,
black, it's perfect. It adds a persuader to the fact that it's a,
black marker, it's very important.
Here, keep the cap between your fingers, which allows you again,
to have this convincer with the black cap,
in your hand. And then, you just go,
write giraffe under the pretext of writing the name of a card.
So, we're here, we mark for example, hop
giraffe.
We close,
the marker and we put it in our pocket.
But then be careful, we put it in our pocket, but we make sure to,
remember exactly the order of the markers.
The reason is extremely simple.
Finally, the reason, the way to do it is extremely simple.
I put that down, but know that at that moment, we still have it in our hand.
.
I'm going to take out the two markers, because remember, you have the marker,
black in your pocket. So here, I have the
black, here, I have the green. The black marker,
will be with the cap facing,
the back. So
in that direction. And the green marker will be in the other position,
that is, with the cap facing the viewer.
Which allows,
when I want to retrieve the marker to have this effect,
convincer, that it's a black marker from the beginning, I'm just going to
go into my pocket and naturally, I'm going to retrieve the one that has the marker facing,
the cap towards the back. So there, I retrieve the black one.
I hope that's clear. So, I'm putting everything back in place.
And at that stage, here, so I have the giraffe facing forward.
I'm going to peel two cards here.
So, I peel two cards that I remove from,
the elastic. I put the block here,
or simply, I'm going to put it in my pocket, it doesn't matter.
And I get that card, well these two cards,
like one. I place them in hand,
face down. And there, I'm going to do a cheat palm,
like this, so as to put it on the table and go place,
this one in my pocket.
You can also, if you wish,
simply put the markers in that pocket so as to facilitate,
also the movements and that there is no suspicion of why he puts in the,
pocket when there was no reason for it.
The idea is really to be as clean as possible.
So, if you have the markers on that side, you palm,
and you put it in your pocket while taking out the marker saying: We'll have some,
may need later. So if we do that,
So I have my marker here with the tip towards,
the back. We are in that configuration.
I just removed the two cards,
like one. I put that here. I get the card and at,
moment when I'm going to get the game, I just come,
place the cheat's palming here, like this.
I come to get my marker in my pocket.
I pretend to get it back and I put the card down,
like this saying: We may need it later.
And that, that goes in the spectator's pocket, on the table, it doesn't matter.
The idea now is that since the game has been shuffled, you will,
leaf through the cards in order to locate the location,
of the card here and cut on it. So there, me, I know that at this,
stage, the card that's on top, it's my set of,
heart. There. Once that's done, I'm going to all,
simply ask my spectator to cut where he wants,
there and we're going to mark the cut. And there, we simply do what is called a,
.
a cross forcing.
If you practice card magic, you know what it is.
If you don't know what it is, it's simply the act of cutting and forcing.
So, I'm going to do it visually here, with the set of hearts on top, of,
cut the deck and come mark the cut with the deck,
next, like this. And there, you have a card that is forced,
which is right here. So, we pick up the game, we,
locate where the card is, we cut on the card so as to bring it in,
first position and then, we ask the viewer to cut and,
to mark the cut. At that moment, we make him a proposal.
Either, we look at the card on which he cut first, or we,
look at the prediction card that I have there, here, first.
In fact, it will allow to create a kind of parenthesis of oblivion, even if it is not,
is not really one. It creates a kind of parenthesis of oblivion so that,
that he does not remember that he cut here and that this card was the card of,
above. It never happens, don't worry, but,
these are things that need to be covered in this routine.
So, no matter what he'll answer, for example, he might answer here,
so we look,
seven of hearts and when we look at the prediction, it was exactly the,
seven of hearts. And there, you have,
everything that is logical, that is to say that I took my block, you took the,
game, we forgot what happened before.
I took my block, I wrote a prediction with a marker,
black which is on the table when everything is clean since in fact, he,
he can examine everything himself at the end if he wants.
And with my block here, I recovered the card that I put here.
The game has been shuffled, I recovered the game.
You cut and the prediction matches.
And there, we justify a little bit the fact of being,
mentalist because we guessed the card on which the,
spectator was going to cut. And that's where it's strong.
There are two options. Either, you move to the final revelation, this,
which, in my opinion, is not good because there, create a parenthesis,
of forgetting. So in my case, what I do, is that,
I move on from there to something else.
So, everything is on the table, but I'm going to move on to a routine.
For example, an ambitious card routine with the card here that will be signed,
and I do an ambitious card routine.
And at the end, I explain and I say: In fact, I have one for you,
lied a little, I'm not really a mentalist, but on the other hand, I can,
make predictions. That is to say that in mentalism, there is divination.
So there, I guess in advance,
the card you're going to cut. So, I do it in front of you.
But it is true that there are also predictions.
And speaking of predictions, in my pocket, right here,
I have a card. So there, we try to get it out in the right direction. A card.
And on this card, believe it or not, but,
last night, I wrote the name of an animal in a color in,
particular and it is about the giraffe written,
in green. And there, you, uh, you have this wow effect,
of how is that possible?
Because,
for the viewer, with all the movements you have made, with all the,
questions that you may have had, it all comes down to that.
That is to say, nothing else could've happened.
You took a black pen, wrote a prediction, a prediction that is,
on the table right here. We saw there's only one card,
on which there was writing.
Finally, everything stops here and nothing else except what is,
happening there. And so you arrive with your prediction here,
of the giraffe in green. So to summarize,
that's how it's done,
routine. So you have that coming out,
here. You have the writing, there, you the,
take out. You just come,
palm the card by retrieving the black marker, saying: "We'll have some,
maybe need later." But that, in fact, it doesn't matter if we need it or not,
it's not important. You have the, the, the pen that is,
there. And then, you force the card, you do,
your revelation and then, after a parenthesis of oblivion, and that is for,
me the most important, so after performing another routine here, you come back,
on that. Remember what happened earlier.
I told you I was doing a little bit of mentalism, but,
I'm not very good at it. But on the other hand, in terms of prediction, I am
rather not too bad. And it turns out that yesterday, before coming,
I made a prediction that I already had in the,
And it's the giraffe in,
green. One thing that is possible to do also,
if you wish, it is simply to mark,
the first name of the person on the back of this card.
That is to say, during the evening, if you have remembered the name of a person,
in particular and you know that you are going to make an effect on him, you,
you can very well, let's say his name is Alex, I write Alex on the,
back of this card,
And we're going to place it,
so here. So, in fact, we are in this configuration, with this,
card which is blank and this back which is also blank.
The cards, in fact, have been chosen especially so that the ink does not,
does not pass through and that despite the light, they do not,
they are not seen through. That is to say that there, they are very rigid and,
it allows you to make this effect in a way, uh
quiet, what. There's no problem with that.
So, we get that back, we just marked giraffe.
And the advantage is that when you palm, the card to put it,
in your pocket, you will have this time in advance,
so, and the possibility of saying, "as I told you, I don't,
much mentalism, but in terms of prediction, I'm not doing too badly,
badly. Besides, last night, I made a small prediction,
and on a card, so I knew I was going to perform a trick for Alex.
That's you, right? Yes, and on this card, I wrote the name of an animal,
in a particular color and it's the giraffe."
And then, you give it.
as, as a souvenir. So, it also accentuates the effect of,
prediction. We don't know each other, yet I have your first name,
which is written on a business card and on the back,
and the giraffe. Of course, you can mark for Alex or,
you can also mark the date so that it reinforces the idea that it is not,
something that is prepared in advance.
.
And then you make your revelation. So, that's it for the routine.
I tried to cover the maximum amount of things,
so that you can easily understand what it is,
is about. Just so you can know, before returning to one,
other table, me, what I recommend you to do, and that, that will pass in all,
cases, since you have sharpies...
end of sharpies, I always use sharpies, but you have markers,
very probably several. You take the one you have in your pocket and you,
replace, so me, in this case, in fourth position.
.
And like that, you are ready to do it again at another table if you wish.
Of course, assuming that you have recovered that one or else that,
you have noted it on another business card.
And like that, you are clean, you put that one back in your pocket and you can,
redo the routine. So now that we have seen how to perform the,
routine, we will see several variants, finally one,
variant and then small subtleties that will reinforce,
the side, there is only one marker and that,
it could not be otherwise that,
what we just saw there. I don't know if I was clear, but I will be in,
the next part of the video.
So, let's go for the routine that I perform the most in condition,
close-up. So, not the routine, because the routine remains the same, but in all,
case, the version that I use that is not with the block,
but with my,
wallet of every day. In this case, me, I use the Jol.
If you don't have a Jol, of course, you can use the routine that I have,
presented just before. If you have a Jol, it's perfect, you'll have all,
the techniques, finally all the manipulations that there are,
with this wallet there. If you ever have another wallet with,
an opening SUC here or with,
an opening KAPS, but that, that's going to be something else since it's going to be necessary,
to palm it and come put the card in the,
KAPS. But here, me, what is going to be used here, it is this,
function there and I think that it is called the function SUC.
So, in terms of presentation, it's going to be exactly the same thing, except,
that you are not going to have the block of,
cards and that the revelation is going to be done inside the,
wallet. So, it's going to add again this impossibility since it's going to be,
in the zipped pocket. So, from,
from there, there are two ways to do it. The first, it is that you are going to,
have already your seven of hearts of ready here and,
your card inside, which is going to allow you,
to take out your wallet and to show that you,
only have one card here, back and face, finally there,
there, there is nothing to see, but that you only have one card.
In fact, it's full of little subtleties, everything,
full of little details that mean that put end to end, people say to themselves, but this,
is not possible, there was only one card, there was only one marker,
black. Finally, it's full of very small details that mean that at the,
end, it's impossible, quite simply.
So here, a single card and when you close the Jol, you come there,
place in front of the set of hearts and you equalize with your fingers.
Here. Personally, I do not recommend the fact of,
show the card here. That is to say, in fact, for,
some people, it might be logical to show the card again,
white. I don't think so since we just showed it.
And in fact, it will even encourage people to think that there is a,
opening eventually, even if this is not the case.
Finally, I mean, people won't say that, but it can give them this,
idea that there is an opening in the wallet that goes into the pouch,
zipped. So me, personally, I do not recommend that to you.
And then you're going to do exactly the same thing.
That is to say, from there,
you have recovered the information.
Let's say that in our case here, for example, what has been named,
that is, I do not know,
in pink, the first name,
Damien. I'm going to get my pink marker.
Me, I know that's the fifth, right here.
And in the same way as before, I will,
Uncap my marker, again.
I keep it between my fingers here and I come to cover with,
the wallet, the lead of the pen, since there, in this case, we,
can see that it is pink. So, I'll show you again.
I get my marker.
.
I uncap it, I keep that between my fingers.
Once again, small detail, convincer, with the marker,
black. I hide here, but in fact, it is done very naturally,
It's in the way in fact to come,
write and I mark Damien. So there, it's not going to be very,
logical since I used the card from earlier which is written in the,
portrait format, while there, I write it in landscape format.
But you get the idea. I write Damien,
and I come back to put the cap on my,
pen. At that moment, same, I,
I come back in my pocket, I put it down. So there, I know which one,
is in my pocket, finally, which one is in which direction in my pocket.
And I come at that moment to retrieve the two cards.
So, I come to lever with my finger and I,
only recovers the second one that I come to put on the table.
And that, same, it stays on the table.
So, in fact, in the movement for you, there, I just wrote,
seven of hearts. People don't know that it says seven of hearts, but for them
it's the prediction that will be on the table. I wrote seven of hearts.
I recover,
that one. So, I leave Damien in pink in the wallet that I put on,
the table and I put that here on the table.
I do exactly the same effect that we saw earlier, namely the forcing of,
the card and the revelation of this seven of hearts.
I create this parenthesis forget in,
doing another routine with cards, starting on something else.
In fact, at that moment, I can also be very free to come and get it, well there,
for example, me, I have my Eruption.
I can very well make a small effect with Eruption, put it back here and,
in fact, move on to something else so people forget that I,
messed up on the first mentalism routine, which I was asked for,
so I'm not at fault, and then at the end, arrive with this effect,
kicker where I had really predicted the thing.
And so, as a result, at the end, I come, I unzip and I,
can even let the spectator retrieve the card just,
there. He gets it back and,
the revelation is made right there. So there you go, me, this is the version I use,
most often because it is the most,
simple for me to set up. But it's true that if you ever don't have,
necessarily a special wallet or else,
you simply want to perform the routine with the stack of,
cards, well, you have the two routines that are,
provided. So, always in this approach of having,
small details which, in fact, are not significant, but,
which, put together, reinforce the idea that it is always the,
same pen, it's always the same card, etc.
We're going to see how to use the little stickers.
These stickers are there as convincers, of course, and we're going to see,
why earlier, but also for you,
to help. That is, if you ever have a little doubt when picking up,
the marker and you say to yourself, "Did I really take the blue marker?"
And if I open it at that moment, well, and it's green,
I can't do the effect. Uh, that will allow you to,
to spot on these fake barcodes if you have,
taken the right marker.
So, as you can see, I'll put a little close-up, you,
have here barcodes that have,
just above marked Pigmento Permanent Marker.
So, in fact, like on a classic Sharpie, you very often have a,
barcode with just after the color black, red, yellow, blue,
green, pink, orange and purple. And in fact, it's going to be in the same spirit,
that I put down a pen, there is a barcode,
it's the same.
.
It makes sense a marker that,
visually, is always the same, is the same.
That is, we'll see right after what I mean.
But if there, I go write the seven of hearts,
a marker that has a barcode that's scratched and,
that later, on the table, there's a marker with a barcode that is,
scratched. It makes sense that it's the same.
That's it, it's, it's in that spirit.
And that will include the second idea I'll provide just,
after.
So, that's what you're going to do.
So already, first, don't be mistaken, there's one in English, one,
in French.
.
Here, you have so,
the black Pigmento that you recover and that you go,
paste. So, stick it more or less to the same,
place.
.
You will stick on each,
markers the color that corresponds.
So you put it, you put it on the color,
that corresponds. So here, I put that one.
.
And that, I'm going to do it on all the markers.
And as you will be able to see, when you look closely,
the bar codes, you have at the top, so Pigmento permanent pink, for example,
for this one, but just below, you still have some,
letters and numbers. And in the end, it ends with one or two,
letters. For example, for the pink, I have P,
I have P which is right there.
And purple PU. The orange, I have the O. The green, I have the G.
.
Then I have the yellow with Y, the B for the blue and the R for the red.
And I of course have the black sticker for the side,
convicer. So, I'm going to look.
I don't know where I put it because, hop, in,
preparing this video, so, here, I have them,
mixed. So here, I have the black. I'm going to do it in front of you.
So, it won't be very long, but you'll see,
The black, I put it aside.
We'll see why later. And then, I get the others.
So here, I have the orange.
There you go, so, like that, that also allows you to see that it's really very fast,
to set up. It only takes a few, a few seconds, come on, possibly,
or even minutes. Here, I have the blue.
Here, I have the green. So, I put the green in place,
also, bang. Once again, I try to do the maximum for the,
put them all more or less in the same place.
There you go. Make sure they are not too offset either at the,
moment when they stick together.
That's the blue.
.
There you go. Then, I have this one which is the,
red and I'm going to miss the yellow and the,
purple.
.
So, you've seen it, hop, it takes,
literally a minute to do.
And the last one, the yellow. I don't know why I have it,
open. There was no need. So, the yellow,
just,
here. There you go. So, from there,
you, you have,
this convincer, but also this assurance,
that you have taken the right one. Two options to this,
moment. Either, you leave the stickers like that and you assume that,
people will never go look at the barcode and that they will not,
realize that it says purple on it or black or another color.
Although in all cases, that marker, in fact,
will never be placed on the table.
So in fact, when you go to take it out to write, people,
will see a barcode, but they won't have time to read, Pigmento,
permanent violet. They won't have time.
But if you ever have that fear, what I recommend you do,
is to take the black marker,
and simply come,
cross out,
what's right at the top. So, Pigmento permanent violet, you,
cross out the violet.
So, you cross it out, you just put that.
And in fact, it's logical, same, that is to say that there are many markers on,
which we have written something,
on the barcode. It's logical, in fact, we don't pay,
necessarily pay attention to that and it's normal to have that.
And visually, people will see a pen,
with that mark.
I write. And when at the end, on the table, they will have another,
marker, well they will have exactly the same visual.
So, you'll do that on each thing.
And you, the advantage is you'll still have these last two letters or,
this last letter at the code's end, under the barcode, which,
will let you ensure you've taken the right marker.
So, we do it again. Here, I cross out the yellow.
You make about the same mark, huh, of course.
There, people won't look to see if you made the same mark or,
what. The pink, the orange. And I'm going to have to,
do it also on the black, so I'll take it off.
I take off the black, I put my little,
mark. There. And I,
glue it back. And so, at that moment, you,
have a,
additional convincer, since when you go out with a,
marker,
from your pocket, you will visually show that.
Finally, it's something you won't pay attention to.
But if people notice, unconsciously, it's: anyway, I have it,
seen earlier, it was the same marker.
It's like when you have a card with a,
micro-scratch on it and when people notice it, well they say: "Well yes,
it was the same. " There can't be two, uh, cards with the same scratch on the,
same place. So, there you go. And for them, it's going to be exactly the same thing.
Uh, I saw a marker with a barcode, a barcode,
scratched. It's the same. So in fact, it's something you don't press on,
but in people's unconscious, it's going to be something that's going to,
reassure them that, well yes, it's the same marker.
I often repeat myself in fact in the way of saying, it's always the same, it's,
always the same, but it is exactly on that that the principle rests,
of Pigmento. It's that you're going to have a lot of little,
details that mean that put together, you're going to have something that is,
irreparable and which will have a very strong impact on the,
public. So that's it for that persuader.
And now, we're going to see the second one that's going to reinforce this even more,
convincing side of the thing. And I saw a marker,,
it's exactly the same.
So, to reiterate what I just said,
with these convincers, you're going to add something,
that, visually, will comfort the person you're affecting.
So, it's true that I didn't specify that, but when I said that you,
you'll be able to do it to one, up to three people, you'll be able to,
ask a person to name,
the word, the color and have them choose the,
card. But if you wish, you can also ask a person to,
name a word. Then, when you move on to a color, you say:
We're going to test with someone else, see if there's a feeling going on, but,
with something less complex.
And then, you're going to ask the person for the color.
And to finish, you're going to ask a person to shuffle the cards to have,
this third spectator. And in fact, you're going to include these three people.
And as I said in the demo video, in the trailer,
that is,
better, I think, to have three people who live the experience rather,
than one. In mentalism, this is often the case.
We make a person live an experience and the others are spectators of
the experience of that person.
Here, you will have these three people and so, as a result, you will,
.
make them participate and therefore they will live it all three.
Even if, probably the first two who named
the animal, the object, no matter, or the first name and the color, will
feel much more powerful, because there is really this
impossibility there, that the person who chose the card.
They will still all three be included in
the experience and they will live it much more strongly,
let's say, than simply if you made her live it to one person and
that they were spectators.
Spectators, spectators, no matter.
So there you go, the idea here is simply in the same way,
that we often have a cap that is,
gnawed or visually, I don't know, something that is,
I have the word in,
English, which is twisted, twisted. Well, you're going to do exactly that,
thing. That is, on the black, you will twist the end slightly,
like this, there. And visually, we will have,
always the same marker. That is, you will do it on all the,
markers. Hop, I'm bombing it.
I'm bombing it here. I'm bombing it,
there. In fact, when I say "I'm bombing it,
In fact, it's not broken because that,
that doesn't break, but visually, you have when,
even,
something that looks like a pen that,
has,
this cap rod,
which is twisted like this.
There, there, etc. So, when I have that,
in my pocket and I come to make the effect, so once again, the,
people notice that. If they notice it, if they don't notice it, it's not,
serious, they notice that it's a black pen, they notice,
that the cap rod is slightly,
folded. We do our writing, we come,
close and when we put it back in,
pocket and we take out that one under the pretext of perhaps,
need to use it later, we put it down and visually, it's the one we have,
used just before. So once again, we reassure the viewer in the idea,
that there is only one pen, there is only one marker, it is the black marker,
it is the one that made it possible to write the prediction that is on the table here with the
seven of hearts and under no circumstances,
during my effect, I could write Damien's name in pink,
or the word giraffe in green, that's it. So that's it for the second,
small persuader who, I think, really makes a difference since again one,
times, put end to end, and these are things that we don't pay attention to,
attention, but put end to end, we really have this,
impossibility that is created.
So, to finish using these markers, I have some for you,
talked about earlier. I rarely use a jacket of,
suit in performance. I'm rather in shirt and so I will,
more have these markers in the back pocket.
So, in the back pocket, it makes my life easier,
greatly facilitates the life of doing like that.
On the other hand, you must know the order by heart of the,
colors because visually, it's true that there, if we look and have them,
both placed, we see visually we catch the one with O on,
the,
barcode and so we know directly we have access to orange.
Now, it's true that in a back pocket, it's a little more complex, if you,
don't have the visual, I mean. So the idea is to,
put in a back pocket in the order that you know by heart.
And once you have the order that is by heart, in fact, it's quite simply,
your fingers which, to the touch, will come to do one, two, three.
So it's true that there, they are not wedged here, but the idea is that they,
are wedged between your buttock, finally, and the pocket and,
that, hop, we just peel off,
the markers so as to know that there, I am in the fifth and that I have,
just have to remove it, that's it. So that, I'm going to put a plan for you,
can see how they are set.
If you have a little fear about the fact that it takes up space,
in your pocket or what, you can also put it inside your pants.
It won't necessarily be something that will make you very comfortable,
during your performance, but it may also not bother you.
That is to say it'll be right inside your pants, at the level bah,
here, of the pants. Here, you have your back and you come to put,
your marker, hop, like this. So, you simply have the rods that,
protrude and like that, you have your free space in the,
pocket. So here's a bit how I use it personally.
Finally, I use it in my pocket, not in my pants, but it's an option,
also. In any case, we know that when we do magic, we are not,
necessarily very comfortable. Either we are loaded like an ox, or we have some stuff,
a little bit everywhere. So, it only adds something more.
But know that in the back pocket, it's perfect.
And if you want to use it in conditions not of close-up,
but more at a party with friends or a family meal or something,
know that with your T-shirt hanging over your,
pants or even your sweater, well, it will completely mask,
the pocket and therefore mask all the markers.
So here is the little extra idea.
Last little tip, it's going to be about the conservation of,
these markers. Like any type of marker, like any type of pen,
Do not keep them in a place that is cool.
Do not leave them in a garage. For example, if you have your briefcase of,
close-up in a garage or in a room that is cold, which is not necessarily at,
room temperature, do not keep them there.
It will simply do,
dry the ink inside and you will have more,
difficulties to,
use them. So, you have to rub them on,
a sheet to get the ink out,
which is not the best to have a,
fluid and non-smearing writing. There.
Know one thing, these markers have a special ink that allows,
last really in time. Of course, it is possible that at some point,
the felt tips wear out. These are still markers.
So uh, here, this is one of the possibilities.
But know that the ink has been tested and that these,
markers, which are the markers that we have already since,
two years in stock, since it is the manufacture that already has two,
years and the video is filmed much later,
, these are always the same as,
I use since the beginning. That is, I only used two sets, the,
prototypes that we had sent at the time so that we can ensure that we,
could launch a production of these markers, and those, who,
are the very first set that I use for two years and they have never,
moved. So here, I am extremely proud of that too, to have
found a manufacturer that allows us that.
So be careful not to store them in places that are too,
humid, too cold, too hot too, of course. Keep them at home.
In your close-up case, it's perfect, but make sure you keep them,
in a place uh, in a place uh...
Well actually, you wouldn't want to be in a cold garage.
So uh, it's the same for your markers!
Well, that's it for me for the explanations of Pigmento.
Once again, I am really very very very proud of this release.
It's something I've been working on for a long time.
Of course, the basic idea came to me quite quickly, but after that, it is,
all the little subtleties that go with it, the idea of the routine, this,
fluidity in the choices, when to do,
mix the game with the viewer, this prediction that is there and which in fact,
is just used as lead time, but which has its own effect.
There, I am extremely proud of that routine.
I really hope you enjoy using it because, believe me
do the test, test it on people, really follow all the details that I
give you in this video and you will really see that it is something that
is extremely powerful on people.
So yes, I repeat myself, but I am very, very proud of it.
Anyway, I only release things that I am proud of, because otherwise, I would not
would not release them. And there you go, I really hope you enjoy
using Pigmento. If you have any questions, I will put the email address right
here. Hop, I look back, hop, right there.
That way, you can send emails to
so we can answer you
as quickly as possible and try to guide you as best as possible.
Once again, immense pleasure, immense pride
to have released Pigmento. I hope you enjoy using it.
And I'll see you in the next video. See you soon.
Ciao ciao.