r/blackmagicfuckery 3d ago

His Eyes

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u/FlameShadow0 3d ago

Cool. That’s explains literally nothing

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u/Skullclownlol 3d ago

Cool. That’s explains literally nothing

Little gold ball uses hard to see string attached to other body parts (best guess is forehead?) to "levitate", hands push the string to move it in any direction. The "spinning around the ball to show it's not attached" is fake, the rotation isn't complete, there are gaps.

Clear orb is simpler, he's just holding it, it just looks like he isn't because of the distortion.

Contact lenses were under the eyelids, placed beforehand.

The sticks I'm not sure - first stick maybe weighted heavily at the bottom, e.g. empty out the bottom and fill it with some concrete? Second stick I don't know.

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u/Worldly_Influence_18 3d ago edited 3d ago

He makes a couple of motions when he's doing the contact lens thing to loop the monofilament behind his neck.

Edit: especially when he does some sort of motion around the orb on his head. I think his bulky necklace is intended to cover the line

If you look closely you can see where the nylon is digging into his skin a little at the back of his neck

Edit 2:

https://imgur.com/a/sX3hrFM

I think its attached to his necklace which is probably weighted

The line is tacked into place behind his ear then runs up and over and hangs off of his bald head.

He bows his head to make it drop

Then transfers the line to his hand or uses his hand to pull the line away from his head to make it appear it hasn't been hanging from it

Every part of his get up is part of the trick.

One of the lines on the stick is attached to an anklet and he's sitting yoga-like cross legged to keep the line stable

The heavy chunky necklace with very tight links he can friction fit the end of the line into (probably already there at the start with the free end of the line hanging loose, ready to be tacked to the ball)

The ball is an electroplated ping pong ball to make it appear like a heavy ball bearing. It's too light to create a visible indentation on his scalp but in order to really hide it, he needs to fully shave his head

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u/TheEyeDontLie 2d ago

Thanks for this depth. I've seen similar before and could never quite understand it beyond "theres super thin fishing line".

This guy was great to watch tho, the flair was cool especially the eye trick.

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u/Worldly_Influence_18 2d ago

Figuring out the tricks just usually makes me more impressed at what had to have been an absurd amount of practice to get to this point. Every motion has thought put into it and he knows he needs to mix things up to prevent people from catching on because he's doing it so close to the audience

He's not just mastering one trick but several