How did you learn magic?

[Althor]

I thought it might be interesting to see how everyone learned the art..

 

[SKSleighofHand]

I mostly learned from books and later, it got me very serious of magic.

 

[visualartist]

Magic in general or just card magic?

 

[Ozzyschach]

Mostly making own effects, watching tricks to figure them out.
Then using those techniques.

 

[biboybato]

i think almost everyone started all by themselves w/o mentors.........

 

[Althor]

Magic in general or just card magic?

i was thinking just card magic, because that's what I'm studying.. but I suppose magic overall.

 

[praetoritevong]

A combination of both. I study what interests me (and in the process, hopefully, discover more about myself as a performer, what I like performing, etc.), and get guidance from a mentor as to where I should be looking as well as other advice. In general, they are two different types of teaching/learning really.

 

[.Molawin]

i started of by myself then i got a mentor. hes still my mentor today.

-M.

 

[Slicke]

Well started with one book and continued learning mostly from DVDs from experts. I sometime try to repeat popular card magic by magician using my own techniques to produce a similar effect.

 

[Guardian452]

I was lucky enough to have a magic shop close to my house for a good year or 2. Over summer I would sotp by LITERALLY every day and just walk around, one day the owner said if I wanted to learn something, I of course said "YES, OF COURSE I WOULD!"

It snowballed from there and he became a very close mentor and friend of mine.

 

[RyanH]

A combo of both but mostly from books.

 

[OpticalDelusionist]

I started from a mentor. My friend has been doing magic for 5 years or so, and being around him so much, I figured out a double lift. I brought a deck of cards to school one day, and was doing a dl, but in a horredously wrong way. He corrected me, showed me how to do it, and then I kinda became an apprentice
Now I learn from books and dvds and stuff.

 

[Optical Illusion]

Person above me... your name is similar =]

Well anyways i learned from one of my friends. I dont really know how it happened. He just started doing magic, mainly things like apollo robins. He literally was good enough to take stuff/put stuff in my pocket without me noticing a thing. I just started learning with him. This is how i learned magic

 

[jr?]

a lot of book and dvds and a lot of help from god who gave me the key to use / my hands and some things that i have face as well as help me . and some who loves magic past and old things if i did not meet him i will not be in the past now ..jr ?