Optical Drawing Aid

July 4, 2023

The NeoLucida Plus is an optical drawing aid that lets you trace directly from real life. Inside the NeoLucida Plus is a prism, so when you look into the eyepiece, you see a superimposed image of the subject in front of you on your drawing paper. You can also see your hand and pencil so you can trace what you see. The device for artists, designers, and any one that aspires to be one, can help build drawing skills. It has a pivoting shader to control the amount of light and precision aperture control paddles to vary the size of the eyepiece opening. Here is a description of how it works from the NeoLucida Plus Kickstarter page "When you look down into the NeoLucida Plus eyepiece, the edge of the prism splits your view. The upper part of your vision is diverted towards your subject. The lower part of your vision sees directly to your page. But your brain blends the two views, making it look like your subject is 'projected' onto your paper."

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