NeoLucida: The 21st Century Camera Lucida

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When I made the NeoLucida, thousands of people started drawing more because a simple tool helped them overcome some of those fundamental barriers. Today my drawing skills are non-existent, even my stickmen are deformed abominations that would make most shake their head.

Today, as DrawLUCY has become a global name, it's worth pausing to compare it with other modern camera lucidas that have popped up. It is a modern reinterpretation of the camera lucida, an indispensable tool popular in the days before photography was invented. Herschel took his camera lucida with him as he traveled for King and country in the pursuit of scientific excellence. My mission has always been to build the best drawing tool possible, inspired by the time-tested technologies of the old masters.After an early life spent assisting his uncle, watchmaker and amateur scientist Samuel Varley, Cornelius began drawing alongside his brother, artist John Varley on extended journeys around England.

Working with optical scientist Charles Falco, the Hockney-Falco thesis inspired new conversations about the intertwined relationship between art and technology. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . Bend the adjustable gooseneck so that the viewer is facing your subject and positioned over your paper.Ingres is, without question, one history’s great draftsmen and the subject of a lot of reverence and superhero worship.

Controversial new evidence shows the Old Masters used such optical aids, raising questions about the purity of art.A Voyage of Discovery to the Western Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island in the Japan Sea" (1818) was the first description of Korea by a European. spent several years using the Camera Lucida to reduce the large prints to octavo size (1/8th size) for a more affordable version of the avian catalog.

I love looking into such devices and theories in which photography and photographic based tools/techniques are more embedded in traditional art practice than we think. Hockney’s art-first approach—using the tool, testing the idea through drawing—was an invitation to try it and join him in this exploration of art history. By aligning the ghost image of the street with the drawing on my table, I was able to confirm that the geometry of the drawing matched the ghost image of the view.Just blindfold me and give me a monorail camera to field strip, that’s where my skills are second to none. Funny though, through years of photographic print spotting and retouching I have found that I have a very steady hand and excellent hand eye coordination, yet the slightest attempt to draw even with the aid of my Neolucida failed. The NEOLUCIDA PLUS is a redesign of the original NEOLUCIDA that adds features addressing non-issues, while maintaining the tiny, nearly postcard-sized and difficult-to-use image. Maybe people who reject ideas about artists using drawing technology misunderstand the artist’s working relationship with their drawing technology.