I got mine pretty cheaply at a local Pearl Arts, they sell simple ones there for around $30

Dick blick had artographs on sale so I just picked up one of those. God bless the internet.

But, yeah, $30 is around what I paid for a 9x12. I'm psyched to finally be able to ink my messy pencils without so much heartache.

Well, they're more important though for those who're animating or if you want to clean up a rough sketch onto a quality piece of bristol board for a commission. Since I bought my wacom stylus pad I haven't used my lightbox at all.

Light box :3? You mean for...animation?

For cleaning up pencils and inking. My current technology in this arena is a window and the sun.

And thus the ways of the ancients passes unto the dustbin of obscurity.

Ah ok :3 When you said light box I was thinking of my animation classes :3 Mind you I don't have the equipment to animate, nor would I know how to animate on the computer yet >.>

Time to paint some new pictures for your room, and make a shelf for that light box

Yeah, struggling without groovy art materials is kind of a pain, I keep promising myself I'll buy a big monitor so I'll stop squinting at the 15" lappy screen. x-D

i use the window lolololol

Have you tried using Flash instead of the traditional methods?

If you have flash, I have a tutorial with some helpful info on inking:

http://www.matthewhein.com/lineart_tutorial.htm

- Desert Fox

I am reasonably solid with digital inking; I use photoshop and painter. I've tried inking in flash and never really sold myself on it. I really want to get better with inking in real media; I hate needing digital as a crutch.

But anyway, thanks for the link! I'll check it out.