Karin R.
This tool seemed like something I couldn't pass up, online anyway. When I received it and attempted to use it I found it was nothing like I expected. When I tried to return it I experienced difficulty getting the proper form and then I was charged a 15% restocking fee AND paid for shipping AND insurance to return it. Don't make the same mistake I did, I'm out money and time.
Hugh L.
I was able to draw this from off my computer screen. Going to include the words, “What Mozart would have created if he’d studied baking instead of music,” in calligraphy copper plate.
This is the greatest invention since sliced bread!
LEE W.
I have been a professional illustrator for 45 years and have used several opaque projectors from Goodkin, Artograph, KopyKake Cobra and Kodak slide projectors.
I purchased the Draw Lucy Pro this past summer after falling for the internet hype.
I finally had a chance to try out the pro model last night and found it to be a major disappointment, put it back in original box and will either try to sell it or give it away since it was well past the 30 day return window.
I find my KopyKake Cobra to be the finest opaque projector currently available for purchase. Even my Artograph digital projector mounted on an enlarger stand yields much better results than your product.
Now I am stuck with a $300.00 art tool that is useless for my business and I should have known better.
Lee Woolery
Speedshot Action Photography W Creative
David S.
Really great sturdy piece of kit. Viewing area is superb. Highly recommend
lora s.
The lucy tool is awesome. It makes it so much easier to do portratit drawing. I use it quite a bit
Sherry S.
I probably didn't give it enough of a chance, but felt under pressure w/ the short return policy, and I have to make every penny count
Eric N.
I first saw this demonstrated on Shark Tank, and thought I'd give it a try. It does everything as advertised.
Phil L.
First, let me tell you what this is: this is a sketching tool that will help you get the rough sketch on difficult to draw items like hands or faces. What it is not is a magic wand to make you an instant artist. Also, you have to learn to even out the light so you can see both the object you’re trying to draw and your hand as you draw it. You will still have to work. You will still have to develop your talent.
Vickie
I haven't had the opportunity to use it yet.
Phil
We just got it. It seems really well built. We are looking forward to developing the skills to use it properly.
Kris G.
This was a gift for one of my friends and she told me that the Lucy makes it real easy to draw
Jennifer
I can’t believe I wasted so much money on a rickety looking thing I could’ve made myself. Don’t waste your money.
Clint B.
This is my first experience using this type of optical device to accelerate transferring images onto canvas. I did a quick test using a photograph of three horses and learned a great deal just in that one experiment. It clearly is a useful tool for artists painting on small-scale canvases. I also purchased the photo enlarger lens, but I haven't used it yet, so I'm not sure what canvas size will be my upper limit, given the area I have to work in. Overall, I look forward to using the LUCY Pro more and recommend it to other artists who like to tinker with new tools.
Pam G.
I did not like using the Lucy drawing tool. I was using it with a photo and it was hard drawing using one eye and keeping it focused in one spot. It was dark even though I had extra lighting around the photo.
I returned the product and waiting to be reimbursed.
Thomas P.
Only tool out there that can produce large project traces for the large relief carvings I do. Excellent quality and functionality.
Dale W.
Quick shipment, installing equipment was easy to set up, and was easy to use. Works well in most lighting effects on subject and behind the artist.
tim f.
It’s great thank you
Neil B.
Well built and very simple to set up and use, makes drawing more enjoyable and realistic.
Will D.
Loved using the Lucy Pro! So fun to get the proportions right so I can focus on the drawing and Shading!
Nancy B.
The original "animal eye" photo is on top, and the bottom photo is my drawing. I am comparing the Lucy tool to an art projector.
Jocelyn B.
Great video Tutorials and support!
robert p.
works as advertized no problems ,saves time with outline of drawings.
Philip R.
This painting possible because of my new Lucy!!! . Lucy soulved my drawing skew because of eye proublem!!!.
Jolynn C.
Opened up perspectives I struggles with for years!
Darrell D.
I have been wanting this Lucy pro for a long time. I takes a little time to master, but I will work it out. Thanks for the instructions it helps lol.
Kristin S.
Have a hard time finding the definitive lines of my photo even using the filtered screen
Ilene W.
It's a nice machine, does what it's supposed to do, with practice, especially after watching many independent videos. BUT, the box arrived without proper taping so anyone could have opened it during shipping. It's packed like a cheap toy -- a bunch of things tossed into a box, nothing lovely about the unpacking process, and finally the assembly instructions are a joke. Had to go on line to foreign videos to see it assembled and work backwards. Sorry, very amateurish. Other than that, I'm happy.
Yvonne Roberts
Love it! Easy to use and sturdy.
Paula Hildebrandt
I love accuracy. This easy gadget saves me an enormous amount of time that I would otherwise spend calculating the parameters of my subject matter. It takes mere minutes to outline my objects, so that I can spend my time on shading, color, texture etc to my drawings and paintings, the fun stuff! Very versatile and easy to transport.
Bruce W
A modern version of an old drawing aid. Fun to use and easy, I am happy with my camera lucida.
Patrick Kikut
I have used both the LUCY pro and LUCY flex in my field drawings and have found it helpful in terms of proportions and distances. Proportions and distances are major components in describing the Western landscape. Many students (and workshop attendees) struggle to render both the immensity of the high mountain peaks and the great distances between the viewer and the subject. The use of a LUCY can be a great help in this regard and can allow for artists to more quickly move onto mark making and color descriptions.
Mr. Samuel Paris
I bought the LUCY in the hope it would help my students learn to draw. Some students that had trouble concentrating with normal drawing instruction showed a renewed focus and showed considerable renewed effort in learning to draw. It is easy and fun to use and I would recommend you give it try. Here are some samples of portraits that I have done. The LUCY is a big time-saver and makes getting a likeness much easier.
Darice Machel McGuire
As an art teacher and owner of my own art school in Maui, I was very excited about the new LUCY pro. My first project using the LUCY was an 11�14 acrylic painting of a sail boat in the Lahaina harbor. I worked from one of my photographs � once I had it all alined to my satisfaction I was able to draw the image with ease. As soon as I master the use of this wonderful tool, I plan on teaching my students how to use it. They are as excited as I am and can�t wait to get their hands on it.
Eugene Conway
Your instrument, in keeping with the tradition of a true craftsmen tool is a worthy addition alongside all the other items to be found in an artist�s studio. The LUCY opens up a whole new world of possibilities. This instrument, requires a degree of patience and skill which rewards with truly amazing results which are genuinely astounding. The LUCY reduces the time it takes to measure a subject thus enabling rapid progress for the artist.
Dr. Roy Hedrick
I am a retired Psychotherapist, and loved my career, but I always wanted to be an artist. I had used these tools to help clients with self esteem issues, for years before retiring. Not to mention what the LUCY has done for my own self esteem. At 52 years of age, I can only wonder how different my life may have been, if I had been introduced to these glorious tools earlier, perhaps in my childhood even. I was basically a stick figure artist most of my life, till I worked with my first LUCY made and designed by Les Cookson. I am no Rembrandt, but I have made money with my new skills. I have used these tools for so many things, art, sculpture, photography, to restore art projects I have purchased. I have found so many other surprising ways of using these tools as well. Think out of the box, and you will be surprised what you come up with.
Lynne Hurd Bryant
I LOVE THIS THING! I am so pleased and so excited and it is like MAGIC. It has added to my art degree training and expand what I can do. You can also sit in front of a computer screen with a digital image and use the LUCY to draw it. I tried looking at some digital images through the LUCY and view is 100% better than with an opaque projector.
Les Bruder
The LUCY is suited to reducing panoramas and natural scenes to the size of a large drawing pad, and its portability makes it ideal for such image capture. You don�t have to rely upon electricity as with projection systems, and the filters help one deal with all manner of natural lighting. You really learn a lot about light and seeing when you begin to play around with such an instrument. You feel like part of the camera, in fact you are a part of the camera; the mirror reflects the image onto a surface, the artist plays the part of the developing chemicals which fix the image on the paper. Another and perhaps greater instruction one gets from using the LUCY is practice in seeing and manipulating proportion, which, as Leonardo Di Vinci said, is divine.
