He made an inexpensive and practical way to build a light box that costs anywhere from 45 - 300 dollars and people had the nerve to dislike the video. I question this sometimes! well anyway. Good job! Thanks!
I made mine, I tweaked it a bit, I used a picture frame & instead of using the LED strips I used some little LED flashlights I had hanging around (no wiring) I won't be using the lightbox for extended hours so it works perfectly, I just turn them off when I'm done. thanks for the project.
Hands down, best and most feasible DIY light box solution I've seen. Finally, I can justify the relative (in)expense and have a tool for paper piecing my quilt blocks! Thanks for the fun and straightforward tute -- I'm off to make my own!
Wow, this is great! I was shopping online for light boxes and stumbled across your tutorial. So glad I did! This is way cheaper and sturdy, but lightweight! Thanks so much!!
Thank you very much. I just built one for my wife and she loved it. I posted my pics on my Facebook and gave you your props. It was fun and only bunt off a couple of finger prints with the hot glue. HA
My daughter and I made one this afternoon. I did think it would go faster, but it took about 3 hours to get it all done and ready to go. That said, the lighting piece was by FAR the easiest thing we did - cutting all that foam board was tedious. Once I changed the blade on my Xacto knife, though, things went much smoother. :) Thanks for posting - it was a great project and I'm excited to see what she does with it!
Thankyou for this video! I bought a Mac Tonight McDonald's panel at a yard sale about 10 years ago and have always wanted to make a light box for it but had no idea where to begin. I'll probably use wood so I can hang it. Now I have an idea of how to proceed Thanks!
Thank you so much for these easy to understand instructions and good filming of the process. When it comes to DIY videos, many are called but few are chosen. You are clearly one of the best. Thanks again.
I just got the how to draw comics book and they said use a light table. I thought I just do it for fun I'm not buying a few thousand dollar table. Now I can make this and add perspective to my doodles thanks. Looking forward to the paper making. I tried to get my neices into this but they just like to draw and the art projects seemed to bore them. I liked it and had a blast making the diorama. Thanks for the uploads.
Amazing! I have been wanting one of these for a very long time ,for quilting.Don't see myself wanting to pay the large price they ask for .Thanks a lot
Thank you very much for making this video. I REALLY REALLY needed a light box and i hate spending money. I really appreciate you making these videos every week.
Bro, your channel is actually lit af. I wanna say that’s real inspiration for someone alittle older (no offense) it’s just amazing someone with so much experience showing the new generation how to do stuff
This was super helpful. I'm doing an algebra one "linescapes" project and your supposed to make a drawing that represents you and if you get an award for one of the categories your grade gets boosted up. So I said hey i can shade decently so my objective is to go for the realistic award but i don't have a light box but this video basically saved me. Thank you so much for this affordable tutorial.
I want to make my own UV light box for exposing silk screens etc. I can also use them with polymer clay, resin etc. for certain projects. This video should come in handy when I go to do that. - Heidi
Thanks sooooo much man! Wanted to make one of these for ages for a friend but couldnt figure out how to do the lighting! I'm going to use wood instead of foamboard though :) cant thank you enough!!
I watched this video at 8:00am it inspired me cuz now I'm just getting in to tattoos again and I've been using Tupperware drawer with a flashlight under it so I got the rope lights for $10 from home Depot with the plug included and I got the two sheets of plexiglass they were $12 and luckily I had some white plexiglass at the house and all that woods scrap so yeah pretty much a $20 light box that will last forever thank you I already subscribed and liked
Just watched your video light box nice & easy to do especially if you only got one hand to use (stroke put pay to right hand side) keep up the good work
Hi!! Mr. Castle Master! Foam board ! Fun Project! Las week I have made one for my wife. But I used Masonite (acrylic and LED strips), not bad, but I had to have it cut in my hardware store. Foam board is easily cut with just an Xacto knife... I shall try foam board for my own!! Thanks!
awesome! I've always wanted to have a light box for animating in pencil, but ones on line are always so pricy! thanks for showing me an inexpensive way to make one of my own!
Fantastic! I've always wanted one, but like everyone else says, they're so expensive. Heading to Hobby Lobby for materials. :) Thank you very much. I'm subscribed now.
I always wanted one of these. When I was younger I uses to hod the pic I traced up to a window when the sun was out, but it was realy tiering for the arms.
That's a great idea. My wife goes through printers like candy so I'm going to take the next one she throws out and turn it into a light box. Great video.
indeed. just came to me as I was watching this. I'm a drafter, by education, so anything that would be useful for old school t-square on paper is something I'd consider. Foamboard, as handy as it is, isn't quuuuite up to the challenge of holding drafting equipment. Most drafting tools like triangles are clear, and the light would shine through them, as well, which would make lining up circle templates and the like quite easy.
Instead of the transparent acrylic things could we use just one that is white? I mean it could give the same result if we still need a white paper or something white to reflect it. Im asking cause i have one white acrylic sheet and since i didnt use it for college i might as well use it for drawings as a light box. I also have a black one (bought it for class and de never used it >> i did use the transparent one so i cant use it for this Project :/ )
Hey thanks for the tutorial, man! I've been drawing for a few years, but I've never had one of these before. I anticipate it'll greatly improve the quality of my drawings. In my personal experience of having a go at making this, though, I found that a little bit of strong tape at the corners and edges of the box in addition to the glue REALLY helps hold it together even better. Makes it look a little less professional, but hey, I'm showing off my art, not the box, eh?
That's very clever! I thought I would have to use wood, but this seems quite strong. One thing, if you like your fingers, please always cut away from you. thanks
Also if you want to do the light part easier, couldn't you use like white Christmas lights? I think that would be simple but I'm not sure how well it would work.
Another quick way : pick a white image off google apply it on full screen o your laptop/ big tablet and turn your laptop so you can actually draw and put your papers and start tracing!
✅ Don't forget to subscribe! And hit the bell icon so you get notified when I upload new videos. Thanks!
will my guy! you forgot to include the template!
He made an inexpensive and practical way to build a light box that costs anywhere from 45 - 300 dollars and people had the nerve to dislike the video. I question this sometimes! well anyway. Good job! Thanks!
Thanks :)
I made mine, I tweaked it a bit, I used a picture frame & instead of using the LED strips I used some little LED flashlights I had hanging around (no wiring) I won't be using the lightbox for extended hours so it works perfectly, I just turn them off when I'm done. thanks for the project.
So excited to make this for my pre school class!
I literally gasped when I saw you did this tutorial! Thank you!
edstella You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!
By the amazement of TALOS!!! Praiseeeeeeeee TALOS! A box that contains the sun is now bestowed upon us mere meager mortals!
I logged into RUclips just to like your comment. 👏🏻
Thank you! I've wanted a light box for forever but they're so expensive and I'm not great at building things but this I can do! :)
kat s You are very welcome! Neat little lightbox :)
epicfantasy I'm a little ashamed that this might be the first one of your projects that I might actually do xD
Backon Lazer Quite ok! You go for it and have fun!
epicfantasy I'll go looking for materials as soon as I find the time for it =)
epicfantasy I dont have everything that the lightbox needs so can you tell me something I can use instead?
I love it. I've wanted one for years.
lightboxes are awesome, I use mine all the time
Okay dude THANK YOU SO MUCH! I wanna do traditional animation but I didn't want to pay a whole bunch for a regular light box, so once again THANKS!
Thanks from the core of my heart, I was really wondering for this DIY project
Love n peace
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Hands down, best and most feasible DIY light box solution I've seen. Finally, I can justify the relative (in)expense and have a tool for paper piecing my quilt blocks! Thanks for the fun and straightforward tute -- I'm off to make my own!
Wow, this is great! I was shopping online for light boxes and stumbled across your tutorial. So glad I did! This is way cheaper and sturdy, but lightweight! Thanks so much!!
Never even knew you could get LED strips. Need a light box for stained glass work, what a great video! Easy to assemble. Thanks.
+Hopeful Magic Good luck with the project. Keep me updated on your stained glass work. I am going to be doing some.
Oh. My. Gosh! I dont have to waste like $50.00 buying one!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU! totally subscribing!
Thank you very much. I just built one for my wife and she loved it. I posted my pics on my Facebook and gave you your props. It was fun and only bunt off a couple of finger prints with the hot glue. HA
My daughter and I made one this afternoon. I did think it would go faster, but it took about 3 hours to get it all done and ready to go. That said, the lighting piece was by FAR the easiest thing we did - cutting all that foam board was tedious. Once I changed the blade on my Xacto knife, though, things went much smoother. :)
Thanks for posting - it was a great project and I'm excited to see what she does with it!
WOOT! Nice going to make one to trace my other drawings I did in the past and paint them with different colors. Thanks for the upload!
Thank you!!! very quick, simple, and cost efficient. No need for thousands of dollars of equipment like in other tutorials.
It'll look even better once I mount the rope lights to the base it's going to be perfect thank you I'm going to make a lot of money with this
This is brilliant! Thank you for sharing!
really useful tutorial , now I can make one for myself . subscribed haha :D
Are you an animator
wonderful!!!
Art ala Carte ayyy one of ur fans
Best tutorial I've seen on this subject thus far. Thanks!
Thank you! Fantastic abbreviation!
Thankyou for this video! I bought a Mac Tonight McDonald's panel at a yard sale about 10 years ago and have always wanted to make a light box for it but had no idea where to begin. I'll probably use wood so I can hang it. Now I have an idea of how to proceed
Thanks!
Thank you so much for these easy to understand instructions and good filming of the process. When it comes to DIY videos, many are called but few are chosen. You are clearly one of the best. Thanks again.
You are very welcome. Thanks for watching and thanks for your kind words.
Super! I wanted a light box but sooo expensive. Now I can show this tutorial to my cheap husband! Thank you
Super helpful! Thank you!
Simple and cheap! Love this! Thank you so much.
I used ur ideas except for the box I just used an old wooden draw from a bedside draw and drilled a whole in the side for the power cord thanks..
You're wonderful! Thanks for giving your gift to the world.
I just got the how to draw comics book and they said use a light table. I thought I just do it for fun I'm not buying a few thousand dollar table. Now I can make this and add perspective to my doodles thanks. Looking forward to the paper making. I tried to get my neices into this but they just like to draw and the art projects seemed to bore them. I liked it and had a blast making the diorama. Thanks for the uploads.
Therealhatepotion Thanks for watching! If you make this be sure to send me a pic!
this is awesome just went to a craft store with a store wide liquidation and a light box still cost about $120 thanks so much for this tutorial!
cameron Smith You are very welcome! Have fun making it!
Amazing! I have been wanting one of these for a very long time ,for quilting.Don't see myself wanting to pay the large price they ask for .Thanks a lot
Thank you very much for making this video. I REALLY REALLY needed a light box and i hate spending money. I really appreciate you making these videos every week.
weirder321 Thanks for watching and have fun making a light box!
Bro, your channel is actually lit af. I wanna say that’s real inspiration for someone alittle older (no offense) it’s just amazing someone with so much experience showing the new generation how to do stuff
This was super helpful. I'm doing an algebra one "linescapes" project and your supposed to make a drawing that represents you and if you get an award for one of the categories your grade gets boosted up. So I said hey i can shade decently so my objective is to go for the realistic award but i don't have a light box but this video basically saved me. Thank you so much for this affordable tutorial.
Thanks for the great tutorial. This box is very useful as a Xray view box.
Fantastic Idea for a cheap light box, love it (and thank you!) I'm in need of a light box for occasional use and this is perfect.
I want to make my own UV light box for exposing silk screens etc. I can also use them with polymer clay, resin etc. for certain projects. This video should come in handy when I go to do that.
- Heidi
this is the best ive seen on the internet thank you so much I need this for university
Im actually gonna make this for filming it seems bright enough
Thanks for the tutorial! I need it for school work and this is so helpful!!!
Extremely well done video. Great explanations. A project I've wanted to do. Many thanks.
Absolutely. The links to the supplies are great. I wish more posters would utilize the description section as well.
I can't wait to make one! thank you!
Thanks sooooo much man! Wanted to make one of these for ages for a friend but couldnt figure out how to do the lighting! I'm going to use wood instead of foamboard though :) cant thank you enough!!
Are you making a railroad spike knife? Sweet!, can't wait.
I sure am! Coming up, but not the next video.
Sweet!, you've always been talented at blacksmithing, I also can't wait for the medieval billhook video that your making.
This is awesome! Thank you!!!
Claire Bear Thanks for watching!
this video is wholesome
I watched this video at 8:00am it inspired me cuz now I'm just getting in to tattoos again and I've been using Tupperware drawer with a flashlight under it so I got the rope lights for $10 from home Depot with the plug included and I got the two sheets of plexiglass they were $12 and luckily I had some white plexiglass at the house and all that woods scrap so yeah pretty much a $20 light box that will last forever thank you I already subscribed and liked
Amazing ..been searching for one that's easy to make ..thanks a million ..
I love your channel. I have been subscribed for years.
Just watched your video light box nice & easy to do especially if you only got one hand to use (stroke put pay to right hand side) keep up the good work
awesome, just looking on line for store bought at crazy prices so off to make this now. thanks heaps for sharing and caring
After about 1:50 the narration starts sounding like Peter Griffin lol.
Thanks for the making this video. I just made my own light box and used your tip on the foam board for light diffusion it worked out great!
+Dan The Maker Man You are very welcome. Grats on the light box and thanks for watching my video.
Hi!! Mr. Castle Master!
Foam board ! Fun Project!
Las week I have made one for my wife. But I used Masonite (acrylic and LED strips), not bad, but I had to have it cut in my hardware store.
Foam board is easily cut with just an Xacto knife...
I shall try foam board for my own!!
Thanks!
awesome! I've always wanted to have a light box for animating in pencil, but ones on line are always so pricy! thanks for showing me an inexpensive way to make one of my own!
Fantastic! I've always wanted one, but like everyone else says, they're so expensive. Heading to Hobby Lobby for materials. :) Thank you very much. I'm subscribed now.
I always wanted one of these. When I was younger I uses to hod the pic I traced up to a window when the sun was out, but it was realy tiering for the arms.
Very helpful! Thanks! I will make a light box ! :)
Thanks epicfantasy for this video, it is going to help a ton with my halo tac-pad!
Love your energy, great project. Have always wanted a lightbox and this looks easy to make. Thanks for a super video.
wow! this is brilliant, youve saved me allot of money
Awesome! Cheap and quick way to make something they charge $100+ in the store for :D
I still have the one my legendary animation professor (R.I.P. Vincent Potuto) made. That thing is a rustic beauty.
So nice!!!"
you can spray the acrylic sheets with a thin layer of white spray paint to work as a diffuser
Wow! Thanks for sharing 👍👍
you are a genius!
biiiiiig helpppp. gonna do this later because i need this for my schoolwooooorks
Man you're awesome,in the next video will you make Legolas's bow working??? Thumbs up to be seen by epicfantasy
great vid
If you could make another tutorial to make it leaning forward that would be greaat :) it's just more easier to draw, but thanks for this!
Nice!
thanks your a life saver :)
Thanks ❤
That's a great idea. My wife goes through printers like candy so I'm going to take the next one she throws out and turn it into a light box. Great video.
Dean O Pretty creative idea!
Huh! was thinking of making myself a new desk. Might make something like this as the working surface (with a bit better diffuser material)
Wow, what a creative idea!
indeed. just came to me as I was watching this. I'm a drafter, by education, so anything that would be useful for old school t-square on paper is something I'd consider. Foamboard, as handy as it is, isn't quuuuite up to the challenge of holding drafting equipment. Most drafting tools like triangles are clear, and the light would shine through them, as well, which would make lining up circle templates and the like quite easy.
thank you very much, my good man!!! I saved some money and even more time thanks you. :) Thanks you ! :)
You are very welcome. Grats on your light box and thanks for watching my video!
I would love it if u would do a tutorial on a steampunk hand ax : )
Thankyou so much
thank for sharing idea.
Instead of the transparent acrylic things could we use just one that is white? I mean it could give the same result if we still need a white paper or something white to reflect it. Im asking cause i have one white acrylic sheet and since i didnt use it for college i might as well use it for drawings as a light box. I also have a black one (bought it for class and de never used it >> i did use the transparent one so i cant use it for this Project :/ )
good job
imma try this but make it thinner :D thank you for this vid
Hey thanks for the tutorial, man! I've been drawing for a few years, but I've never had one of these before. I anticipate it'll greatly improve the quality of my drawings. In my personal experience of having a go at making this, though, I found that a little bit of strong tape at the corners and edges of the box in addition to the glue REALLY helps hold it together even better. Makes it look a little less professional, but hey, I'm showing off my art, not the box, eh?
This is now one of my favorite channels on RUclips. I am now Subcribed!
Thanks :)
I want to use 9.6W led strip, will it be enough power? I would photograph old negative film with my dslr.
Can you do a tutorial on how to make a softbox (used in photography)
this is an amazing project, thank you for doing this! im going to try my hand at this :)
I like this! I've always wanted one. I think if I were to make this I would make the box where is more angled to face you. If that makes any sense.
Wow, this is a really good suggestion. Good idea.
That's very clever! I thought I would have to use wood, but this seems quite strong. One thing, if you like your fingers, please always cut away from you. thanks
Did you think to make it shorter, like maybe and inch deep? I think I'd like that better and it would be sturdier to rest your hand on.
hey man.. i love you! thanks for this video!
Also if you want to do the light part easier, couldn't you use like white Christmas lights? I think that would be simple but I'm not sure how well it would work.
Another quick way : pick a white image off google apply it on full screen o your laptop/ big tablet and turn your laptop so you can actually draw and put your papers and start tracing!
AWesome!
Cool
thank you so much really