Did I make the BEST ART COPYING TOOL??!

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Here is something to try:
1) Draw something
2) Copy it using this contraption
3) Copy the copy using the contraption
4) Repeat 10-20 times, each time using the last copy as the reference... so that the error accumulates with each iteration.
5) Compare the last copy with the original, to see how it degraded.

[joshabcdefg]

You should make this a series where you buy cheap art gadgets and see if you can make it better

[AlisonLeighLilly]

Art Tip: Tracing can be a useful tool for watercolor -- you can work on your composition on a separate piece of sketch paper, adjust and erase lines etc, and then transfer your final outline to your watercolor paper via tracing so you're not overworking the surface of the paper. Since watercolor is a transparent medium, any overworking from the sketch might otherwise show through in the finished painting. (Plus, it's nice to be able to quickly recreate a sketch or resize it, and get right to the fun part of painting!) :)

[asmos]

Disney actually used tracing quite extensively. They would actually take frames from a video of someone dancing in a dress, and Trace over that so that they can properly replicate the movement and physics onto the cartoon character and it's dress. It is also good for referencing the previous frame if you are hand drawing all the frames of an image.

[denoise]

practical use case scenario - you made a sketch, you wanna refine it, you using this tool to trace and then make clear lines

[cyborggold]

I used to install vinyl professionally, and I have a huge tip for you Jazza! When applying that kind of material, spray a little water mixed with a few drops of dish soap on the surface before applying the sheet. The water helps keep the material from sticking too quickly and it lets you squeegee out the bubbles much easier. If you do get a bubble or two, go back in with an X-acto knife and poke a small hole in the center of the bubble. Then squeegee from the outside in until you get most of it out. Again, with water underneath this works much better. Keep up the great work!

[robertsteinberger]

Seems like a great thing to turn digital sketches into a finished physical piece when you prefer inking on real paper but you like to do the sketch virtually.

[joshuacooper]

this is how the haunted mansion ballroom scene works at disneyland, by using a slanted giant piece of glass with animatronic ghosts beneath you that are reflected onto it. It is called peppers ghost and has been used as an illusion since shakespere.

[dotheneedful]

Without knowing it, you just set up the coolest physics II light refractive index lab exercise.

[atlasanartisan]

“That was BAAAD!” Literally every artist to ever grace the face of this earth

[ben_]

Jazza: "All three planes have to intersect at the same point"

Also Jazza: *Puts thick felt under the stand, offsetting the plane with the drawing paper again...

[Strawberries]

As someone who went to art uni.. copying is actually rly useful as a learning tool.. you can trace photos or an illustration of an artist you like and look up to.. to understand perspective, anatomy and how shapes and stylization works.. of course it has its limits, you cant copy forever, but is a useful tool. Also as an illustrator we totally trace things(like guns, cars, etc) to speed up the process if your dead line is close..

[drawbyyourselve]

This kids is why you need to pay attention in school.
Entry angle = exit angle

could have saved a lot of work on Jazzas part

[alannalacharity]

I literally needed something like this yesterday as I was trying to transfer a sketch I was happy with from my sketchbook to proper marker paper to make a final pretty illustration of with copics. I just used the somewhat decent method of taping the sketchbook page to my window and then carefully taping the marker page to it while it was still light out. I know light boxes exist but I don't have one or any place close to me that might sell them. I'm also one of those people that doesn't like removing a page from my sketchbook, it hurt tearing it out... I just basically taped it back in.

[hazimesahe]

Actually, tracing and copying something can in fact teach you to become better at drawing something, for example, when you copy an element that youre not sure on how to approach it, you can trace off of a reference, once you do and youve done it over and over again, it starts to become natural to you, tracing something is not a bad thing if it helps you learn to become better

[forgotn]

It'd be awesome if you released the cut files or plans so we could make this for ourselves. :D

[RynooEdits]

As someone who has worked with mirrored vinyl a fair bit, some top tips would be to spray the surface with water first and you can spray the adhesive side of the vinyl (a tiny amount of washing up liquid allows for some movement once placed), any bubbles that appear after can be pricked with a scalpel and the push the air through the tiny hole made! Hope this helps anyone 😊

[desireemoreno]

Tracing will absolutely help you draw! It will help with lines and circles and perspective. It wont make you great, but my 4yr old traces letters to learn to write them....works the same. It gives you structure to follow.

[skubaLP]

Pro tip: If you want to get rid of the bubbles, first spray the acrylic with water and then apply the mirrior finish.

[yellheahtris]

Claps for Jeremy! That dude is wonderful!