# What is the name of those tracing desks?

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**Created:** [July 17, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894 "2004-07-17T11:17:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![G111](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ea924/32.png) [@G111](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/G111)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894/1 "2004-07-17T11:17:59Z")

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you know the ones where it is like a box, with the top panel being perspex and a light in it so that tracing is easy.

anyone know what they are called?

thanks for your time

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894/2 "2004-07-17T13:11:39Z")

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light table?

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894/3 "2004-07-17T13:17:31Z")

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yeah i would go with light table, my mate bought a a3 light table for his illustration/animation art, pretty handy for what he uses it for.

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894/4 "2004-07-17T19:12:52Z")

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It’s called a lightbox. 🙂

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**Post date:** [July 17, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894/5 "2004-07-17T19:49:11Z")

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cheers people. I’ll see if i can find one now on the internet for very few ££’s

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-those-tracing-desks/57894/6 "2004-07-18T13:49:54Z")

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they’re actually not that hard to make…i mean, if you can get a cheap one, sure, but really, if you think about what it consists of, i think you could make one really cheap and only a few hours.

it’s basically a light bulb under some perspex. The box bit itself might be a bit tricky (unless you could buy something pre-made) but yeah… in the past, i’ve actually just stuck a desk lamp under my brothers desk (it’s got a glass top) and it works fine 🙂