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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.
Art game of telephone basically 🤣
Yesss!
TELEPHONE ART, great title too
Hi i just started a drawing channel
I wouldn't mind your support☺😂
That’s an awesome idea! But instead of Jazza doing it each time, getting all his staff, friends, family etc to do it... then see what it looks like in the end 😊
practical use case scenario - you made a sketch, you wanna refine it, you using this tool to trace and then make clear lines
I think it would be a nice use when you do digital drawing and want to transfer it on canvas or paper, without ruining paper with eraser!
lightbox is much easier
@@ahmedshaikh7662 if you have printer.
And it's more wasteful with printer.
still..it's mirrored... so youre not gonna get the original sketch
@@Agent.J Digital... You can mirror a sketch in software... That's one of the advantages of working digital...
You should make this a series where you buy cheap art gadgets and see if you can make it better
yes!
this!!
Yep
Definitely!
I was thinking that too
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.
Tracing is integral to traditional animation because it was otherwise impossible to ensure your figure stayed consistent through the animation.
Tracing gained a pretty bad rep in art communities in the early years of the Internet (2000-2006) because there were a lot of kids jumping on art communities claiming that this traced DBZ/Sailor Moon character was done freehand because they're just such amazing and talented artists.
This, of course, upset artists who had spent years working on their art skills and developing their own style. Especially since fan art always received more attention than original characters or essentially any other kind of art style. So the whole idea of tracing received a lot of shame-stigma.
Today it's generally accepted that, as Jazza said, tracing is useful as an art *tool*, however, most artists always use the caveat that it's not good to rely on tracing or to try to pass traced art off as your own.
@Asmos159 I wouldn’t call it tracing cause the actual term for it is rotoscoping haha. But i think over the years disney’s animators have definitely gotten better with animating complicated movements like dancing, skating, acrobatics, to stay on model with complicated movements doesn’t always have to require rotoscoping, just has to require constant practice.
@@sarahcoleman5269 yeah its sad how fanart gets more attention than the originals sometimes.
@@fawnclaudia despite it being called rotoscoping it *is* tracing. Rotoscoping is just a subcategory of tracing lmao
@@fawnclaudia it's a basic matter of what is iconic and famous or well known. It's like Mickey mouse as just 3 dots will identify him easily
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!) :)
That's a good tip!
yeah i was thinking exactly this! i'd love it for watercolor painting . sometimes i just wanna have my sketch clean and just get straight to painting
THANK YOU that's actually a brilliant tip and one I've been looking for for a long time!!!
Good for getting a sketch onto a canvas too 🎨
Ah, I just made a similar comment before seeing yours. Another great point: this little contraption is much cheaper than a light box!
Without knowing it, you just set up the coolest physics II light refractive index lab exercise.
What is this thing you just said
@@ranikamat3107 Jazza made a science experiment.
@@ranikamat3107 google it
I am so glad some one else had that thought, and that Jazza et al. eventually got to the core of the physics through trial and error.
well he didn't lie when he said he was a kinesthetic learner
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.
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!
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.
Or use the projection for the keyframes of an animation.
@@neverendar1778 I had the same thought, but unfortunately this method flips the image.
So if you have someone looking/walking left in the original, they will be looking/moving right in the copy. Stills could work if you flip it before you trace it, but adding that step between every frame of an animation isn't very practical; there are cheep reliable light table set ups that can do a better job.
Like a face/eyes
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...
69 likes btw
Was just about to make this comment
sigh
That's what I was thinking! Maybe thought about that first and took that thickness out of the bass
Perhaps the intersection line is not physical, but an imaginary extension of the paper/ planes to meet at this intersection
“That was BAAAD!” Literally every artist to ever grace the face of this earth
Except all the old masters like Vermeer who used the camera lucida extensively
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..
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
You mean "angle of incidence to be equal to angle of reflection" 😆
@@ayushijha5958 I think they're German and just translated it literally. It's "Einfallswinkel = Ausfallswinkel" which just honestly sounds better haha
@@ayushijha5958 well, I haven't learned physics in English, so probably yeah.
Einfallswinkel = Austrittswinkel wont be understood by many
They never had a problem with the angle. The question was distance to the reflective material overlaying onto the surface. A high quality one of these would realistically have an adjustable distance to compensate for different materials you are tracing from. A tablet would have the image further forward due to the thickness of the tablet compared to a piece of paper. He had to put the felt down because he probably calculated for a tablet.
Kinesthetic learning!
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
Yes and no. You learn how to draw that specific thing well, but at the cost of missing out on learning the art fundamentals. Visualising in 3D, anatomy, gesture, etc etc. Avoid tracing things.
As a kid I was hung up on Garfield. I traced over and over again so when I came to school I cold paint that picture by memory. Then I got bored and started to tweak the pictures I liked, an so the problem-solving and education started. I like the idea of an inspiring foundation to build your knowledge-base around.
I heard somewhere that your brain remember hand movements better, something like that.
@@BaverIy like muscle memory
tracing is only bad if
1. you're passing it off as yours
2. you're trying to gain clout by tracing over beautiful pictures so people can "compliment you"
3. you're profiting off of it (cofcofbutchhartmancofcof)
if you're not doing any of them, tracing can help you learn
though I insist it's better to reference rather than to trace, as not everyone learns by tracing (talking from own experience, I didn't get better until I stopped tracing)
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.
It'd be awesome if you released the cut files or plans so we could make this for ourselves. :D
Pro tip: If you want to get rid of the bubbles, first spray the acrylic with water and then apply the mirrior finish.
and add a drop of liquid soap to the water.
Wait, I'm confused, wouldn't that just trap moisture under the foil?
@@lemmetalkaboutthis Water can be moved and then moves the bubble with it, the surface where there isnt any as in the video here with the air however, will just make it stick imediatly, which causes the air to be trapped.
This was probably written on the box
I feel like the version you made can maybe help for traditional animators like using it as an onion layer
Or for flip book artists
This is similar to tools old school animators would use before computers. It’s a useful tool, but has specific uses.
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.
Claps for Jeremy! That dude is wonderful!
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 😊
"It's not gonna make you a better drawer" 13:19, ikea agents flipping out probably somewhere
lmfao
@@humanfromearth6222 it was a joke
@@humanfromearth6222 *squeak*
@@humanfromearth6222 Ye I just pointed that out, cause it's a pretty common mistake
@@humanfromearth6222 it’s amazing how many times I e been asked if I was a drawer...”no ma’am I’m an artist..a drawer is for my socks”
This process just shows you have the patience and problem solving for the product development you’ve been talking about doing in the future. All those little tweaks are what make an amazing product instead of another average $10 eBay gadget.
Dude. Teachers would purchase these in a heartbeat for creating classroom decorations and hallway boards. This would be so much easier to use than those bulky projectors and we wouldn't have to photocopy images onto plastic film! You have no idea what you have created here. My classroom ceiling were made of those large ugly ceiling tiles and I always had my students paint them to look like book covers. These would save so much time!
When your subscribed already but you still feel like you want to subscribe ٠-٠ idk how to explain it
Time to make another UA-cam account!
You just feel that this UA-camr deserves a subscriber but then You had already subscribed.
I have subscribed to him through both of my profiles, and my TV.
Same feeling❤️
you're
I have two things to say one being your a bloody genius and two being you should totally sell these things
@Withro Anime Edits i mean he knew what was wrong right away i was like 😶
but he says that it wont make you a better artist. selling this would go against his principles so he probably wont
Also he'd be stealing somebody else's product as his own, which is *wrong*
@@Thewolfobsessedgamer
Not really
Unless that product is patented it ain't stealing and simply just further developing basically just a product built using the principles of physics
Look, I get what you meant but "stealing" is misused and it is causing huge problems in our modern discourse about ownership and what laws applies to what markets
So whilst this is a harmless take on it, the implications are severe and shouldn't be normalised in such a wrong sense so that's why I'm being as blunt in saying "you are wrong" here
Yeah, I believe Rainbow Art sold these in the early 2000s. I had one that looks pretty close to his thumbnail. It has been done already.
Jazza, when applying window tint you apply a solution of soapy water to the glass you are tinting as well as the sticky side of the tint. Then after you have the tint where you want it you squeegy out the liquid between them & it will stick without having an bubbles if done properly.
I had a toy like this when I was 10, I am now 64. It was a colouring book that you transfered images from one page to the next. The reflective piece was light blue , transparent plastic or perspex, and sat in a little T shaped holder so it was perpendicular to the pages of the book. The idea was to work from both sides of the reflector bit and make two slightly different images to colour. I LOVED it
Now that you can make reflective, but transparent acrylic surfaces, try making a stand and art for 3D illusions called Peppers Ghost. That would be something amazing to see you create.
Tracing has helped me understand proportion and poses when it came to drawing humans and animals. I had always struggled with it growing up and I found that practicing those things with a lightboard helped to teach me those concepts. Now, I don't need it to form an accurate drawing. Could this count as a form of muscle memory?
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Anybody remember this coloring books that had tracing paper on each page? I do.
@@CooperGal24 ...I faintly do. Though, I can't remember what it was.
@@andrewbeeco967 I think it was the company with a rainbow as their logo. Honestly, I haven't seen that brand in a long time.
Tracing is very useful to gain muscle memory... I teach students that occasional tracing/copying can be helpful to see where you’re going wrong!
Drawing Venus (coming out of the shell...,)
1) draw what you see
2) trace the image on tracing paper/lightboard etc
3) compare the two drawings
4) draw Venus again yourself and see what you learnt from copying/tracing
I think it helps ...🎨💜
My dude you just re-invented the Digi Draw, aka the best infomercial toy from my early childhood! I think I still have mine somewhere :D
came to the comments just for this!!!! i felt crazy the whole time like "he knows this exists right..?"
I legit was like "okay who remade the digidraw??"
To think they almost called it the Digi Re-Do. (ba dum tss)
I remember when a 9x11 version of this came out back in the 90s, I wanted one and then my mom taught me how to tape shit to the window and use the sun to trace it like a light table
I've done that but the upright angle was straining to me
I came here to say I remembered the 90's version of this concept and really wanting it as a kid. Now I have a drawing tablet that I can use as a light table.
@@kraemerashley88 🤣 I was too poor to say things like "its too straining"
@@howardburns3819 poor too, so poor I didn't want to add medical bills to my list of financial problems, I already had tendinitis at 17 from doing art without tracing
I also used to use the window. It's was tiring but it helped me figure out proportions and layers
if jazza had a podcast i would listen to it 24/7, something abt your voice is so soothing and calming to me😂love your videos man
He does have a podcast on his other channel Tabletop Time
This set-up would be INCREDIBLE for me. I sketch digitally then transfer it to paper/canvas to be finished traditionally. A set-up like this would make that process indefinitely easier!
As an artist with dyslexia this tool would be very helpful for reducing the eye strain, headache, and confusion that always comes with switching focus between the original and the copy I work on. I'm excited about the big version in particular, it's so practical for me, thanks for making this video!
Did anyone else not realize the video didn't start yet after being duped by Jazza's skillshare ad? I still watched it lmfaaaoooo but I thought the video already started when it didn't 😭😂
I did.
Me too
I'm only 3 minutes through and I am already absolutely loving it, just like every Jazza video!
OMG! I had one of those in the 70s. It was also good for reflecting lines onto paper for keeping writing even.
I can see this being great for tattoos or other art medium realistic portraiture. If you're permanently creating a piece of art (especially on someone's body) this tool could help a lot.
I think it’s really cool I’ve never thought that you can use the peppers ghost effect (an old theater trick that thy use in Disney’s haunted mansion) to trace
This video was amazing!! I DEFINITELY want to see more of this kind of fun “making and improving” thing. But then I also like the other content with you coming up with ur own ideas to draw and creativity. and I absolutely LOVE ur artstyle! Keep the amazing content up bro! ❤️💪
Listening to you explaining all the angles, planes, surfaces, etc etc is making my head spin big time 🤔🥴 BUT!!! It’s also making me watch in absolute awe of you and your team - AS ALWAYS ☺️ You’re all brilliant. I love & appreciate your amazing talent, skills and passion for everything you do. I’m so excited for Jazza Studios to be up and running. You’ve all worked so damn f-ing hard for so long and you deserve all the success in the world 👏🏻❤️
The main draw of this gadget is if you want to trace from a phone or tablet because it saves you the hassle of printing stuff out.
If I want to practice painting or graphite/charcoal shading techniques, it's a quick and easy way to get a basic form in place. This helps me a lot because if I spent a long time trying to sketch things out from scratch, I end up being too hesitant with my colors/shading because I'm afraid of making mistakes and having to sketch things out all over again.
Tldr; not great for line art but great for form outlines when practicing painting/shading
I love when Jazza takes these interesting but limited things and upgrades them to be way better! From a fellow artist this is truly amazing!
For me here in germany one of the coolest things is
1. someone can just go to a hardware store
2. without even wearing a mask
Can't wait!
Wait what!!
I live in India it's currently lock down from 12 afternoon till 6am in my state
Whaaaa how? Why?
I know, I'm in America and I was just so shocked that he wasn't using a mask at all....the future's gonna feel weird
There’s been basically no pandemic here in Australia. The rest of the world is such a scary place
Vermeer used a mirror to reflect light for drawing back in the 17th century. It was kind of similar, but without an iPhone (obviously). A movie called "Tim's Vermeer" a few years back talked about it. Pretty interesting stuff!
I would totally buy this! As previous comments have stated, this could help take a sketch and refine it. I can see applications outside of tracing and copying.
Another practical use is traditional animation. Trace part of the drawing, draw fresh lines where the character moves in the next frame. We’ve seen you do digital animation and creating fun little clips, I’d love to see you do it the old fashioned way!
Yes! Let’s go! 🔥🔥🔥 what a great way to start the day 😁
Tracing photos is actually very useful to figure out how to draw certain things but just to get a look at how it's should be on paper because the line work for anatomy as well as viewpoints from certain angles can just be extremely hard to picture in the mind
Everytime I watch your videos, they make me want to draw. You keep my inspiration going, thank you 😊 thank you❤️
Just as I was about to close youtube to study, Jazza uploaded... bye my passing mark :*)
And it's got 1,182 views in 3 minutes
same here
I was working, saw the video, stopped working. Sad.
U've got an wxam tomorrow.
Goodbye grades.
I was just about to breathe, goodbye life 😔
I love how slowly this channel is turning into art+science stuff xD
He is an artist wha-
Isn't this the whole point Jazza took away the "Draw With" from the channel name?
Jazzaa i just wanna say you’re content lately has been amazing. I literally feel like i did 2 years ago about your videos again. Just being so excited to watch them as soon as i see them on my subscribtion feed.
Keep up the good work!!
Love ya and ur team as well
One of the better videos in quite a while from Jazza. Great work peeps!!
Hey you reading this i hope you have a great day ahead!! Best of luck just spreading positivity😚💓💓
Finding all the toys whilst you pack the studio? 😝
Pre recorded maybe
When I was a kid I'd copy and such from previous works, however it enhanced my ability to use certain shapes, techniques and styles from a young age. Aswell as getting original ideas on paper through the learned skill of works from better artists.
Loving the videos that involve construction in varying types. Much fun!
Dang... This man’s a scientist now!!!
*He has to post when I'm in school* 😭
Lol its night time here :))
@Samuel Sicat Same
It’s morning here
I am gonna to bed when I watched this video .w.
No school gang!!!
one thing that this is usefull for is copying specific desings people want onto sugar cookies for someone who normally makes simpler designs. and they can be simpler to make than Jazza showed aswell. all you really need is a piece of glass or acrilic ,like from an old picture frame, some wire hangar and hotglue. for a small one like he showed originally anyway.
I had a toy like your final product when I was a kid. It had kind of portfolio design where it would open and close. It came with and held a bunch of sheets with images to trace.
Tracing Light Boards: exist
Jazza: "Hold my acrylic panels"
Aye another animator!
I think ima sub :D
This could actually be very useful for classical animation.
Great job Jazza! Already at 5.5 MILION!!!
I had one of those when I was a kid! It was really fun and I think it's great to teach kids fine motor control
“Was it as good for you as it was for me”
Me: Yes...Yes it was 🤣
Got a few pieces of art..have to work more to pay for them but I think supporting Jazza is worth the work at a crappy job 👍🏻
HI JAZZA!! Hope you're watching my comment . I am your 11 year old biggggg fan. I've been watching your videos since a year and a half and actually I found your video randomly and now I watch them regularly. I wait for your videos everyday and whenever I get a notification from your channel I leave everything I am doing and I just watch your video. We had our test tomorrow but due to some reasons it has been cancelled so now I'm here to watch your video. If you are reading my comment then do let me know jazza. You are a really really amazing and great artist 😊😊
I am 13 but I found his channel when I was as old as you. I hope your comment gets many likes so he sees it😁
@@the_inZANE_pizza 😊literally I was just about to close youtube but jazza uploaded the video and my teacher gave the message no exams tomorrow 😄😄.you won't believe how happy I feel now
Exams cancelled
Jazza uploaded a 16 min long video😃😃 you made my day
Had a version of this sort of thing as a kid, it was called a Digi Draw . Was a compact design, that came in a case, with enough room to store paper and pencils, had the two acrylic pieces in the center.
When I was a kid I had a "Skippy mirror trace" given to me which was pictures of Skippy and co, a piece of transparent but coloured plastic, blank paper and a little stand for the plastic. It worked really well.
Alternate Title: Get ready to see the newest creation on the Jazza Market.
P.S. I don’t know if he will but I think it would be a good idea
I just got a Skillshare ad with Jazza in it before watching this vid.
You can use tracing to learn poses, shapes and other things like that. It's really good to help you get to a decent starting point for your own original work.
A good tip for applying tint film (or window clings) is to spray the surface with glass cleaner first. Makes it much easier to smooth out the bubbles.
13:09
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Butch Hartman looking at this: 😈😈
I had something like this as a kid and never really used it.
But now since I do mostly traditional drawings and forget to take pictures to flip them (as we do in digital with just a click).... I can use this!! Use the reflection at any time to see if it looks good!
Btw mine's flat with ajusting the panel angle from left to right.
We had something like that when we were kids over 50 years ago was fun. Love your stuff
first.
Again
I bought your ink pen warriors
It was worth the money
as everything you make
And btw I had one of those as a kid but it wasnt a stand for a phone but for a picture. There were some pictures that came with it acctually.
Fun fact: 122 people cant be first and your one of them
@@erykw5445 That is possible because the site only updates every 30 sekonds or so.
@@the_inZANE_pizza yup, i can agree, but the first first one is 2 min earlier than you, but try again to be first :)
@@erykw5445 I have a screenshot where I was first. My UA-cam just didnt update. But I was first like 3 times before so I acctually dont really care
all these other life hack channels teach people how to cheat on school, now we getting taught how to cheat on drawing.
I love UA-cam.
it might not be cheating if u want to animate on paper :)
Ahh yes even cheating on art lolll
This was cool. I love the final upgraded version you came up with.
I wish I could get more (there are QUITE a few prints I'd like, and some art I'd love to bid on), but I did order an A4 copy of the Dragon print to help support the new studio.
Tracing can teach you stuff though. It can help you learn how to draw eyes for example, if you trace eyes a bunch of times you can get a muscle memory of sorts and then your drawings of eyes without tracing improves.
13:35 Ive never disagreed with anyone so much. It's bc of tracing and studying my fav artists' work that I've seen growth in me and was able to draw from 0 now to Original illustrations!
If you think about it, this could be a very useful technique for traditional animation, maybe you could try that next
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I really like your videos Jazza and I am very exited for the new studio, congrats. I am really into art and I love seeing your videos come out and they inspire me loads. I live in England and was wandering if you were not going to use your homemade tracer anymore I would love to use it and I feel it would help my art greatly. Thank you Jazza!
Enjoyed watching u make it BIGGER!
I clicked on this so fast 💨 xx
"did I make the BEST ART COPYING TOOL??!"
*THINK JAZZA THINK!!*
THE WORLD IS NOT READY FOR THIS!!
_don't unleash this chaos upon us..._
I had one of those when I was a kid, back in the early 70s. The only difference was mine was dark blue, A4 sized, and mounted sideways. It was supplied in the UK by Crayola or one of the other larger manufacturers, I forget now. But it worked the same and was brilliant, came with a set of felt tips and a plain paper pad and a few colouring book style line drawings to copy from. It was patented but I havent seen one in 50 years so it will be Public Domain now.
Ahh memories. ;-)
Interesting just saw one today in lidl in uk. I would say for wood block /lino print making would be very useful as you need to.mirror your design before printing it. But then you can use tracing paper/kitchen wax paper / greaseproof cooking paper for the same purpose as well
was deciding to make dinner but saw that jazza uploaded....well, no dinner i guess
This video was less than 17 minutes long. Just make it after?
Where is my early gang at?
If you like to sketch digitally, thicker paper like watercolor paper tends to be too thick for stuff like lightboards, so using a tool like the Etchr Mirror (which I assume the ebay listing is a copycat of) can be really helpful. Tracing isn't just a shortcut, it's a valuable tool in a lot of art and can be a good way to practice. Like all tools it can be misused, but it's not necessarily always used as a cheap shortcut.
As soon as I first seen your videos I started watching and thought what the...... then in minutes i was laughing and enjoying everything , I wish I had enough for an original piece of your artwork. I'm sure you will be very famous oneday soon. Already you have so many fans. Way more then the old painters from long ago had because of social media. Good luck Nd I hope you have an amazing studio asap.
Fun fact: this uses the *peppers ghost effect* , which Disney uses quite a bit for their attractions. For example, the disappearing ghosts in the haunted mansion, they have the animatronics reflecting onto a sheet of glass, against a black background. But when the lights on the animatronics go out... the animatronic disappears
Jazza, if you ever find yourself needing to tint something again, which is what the "contact reflecty stuff" was, the best way is get a spray bottle with some soapy water in it, spray the surface you're applying too and the side of the tint that will be touching it with the soapy water, place the tint down and you can then squeegee out the soapy water, and the bubbles with it, and it'll then dry and stick in place perfectly flat with no bubbles at all.
To help with the bubbles. Put some liquid of some sort maybe water maybe alcohol on the surface you wish to put the reflective material on and then apply the reflective vinyl, this would be very very good for classic animation
That one you made would actually be amazing for someone like me. Because of the glasses I wear, lightboards actually are very headache inducing, so being able to make a copy of a sketch without lights blasting straight into my eyes.