In this work, we present a strategy to introduce alginate as a secondary hydrogel support during printing of low molecular weight PEGDA photopolymers. Naturally derived from seaweed, alginate is a linear polysaccharide which can undergo ionic crosslinking when in the presence of multivalent cations . As it is a polysaccharide, similar to hyaluronic acid, it has wide biocompatibility and can be isolated in a large variety of molecular weights. While alginate has seen significant use as a bioink, it is typically used for its ionic crosslinking capabilities by extrusion bioprinting into a calcium containing solution or as a platform for microfluidic techniques . Non-crosslinked alginate, however, can be used as a viscosity modifier due to its high hydrophilicity and large molecular weights . As well, alginate solutions in water are clear, which lends itself well to use within VAM, and allows us to tailor the viscosity of the solution independent of the PEGDA content. In this study, we leverage the viscosity-modifying properties of alginate to facilitate high-quality hydrogel prints from VAM using low-molecular weight PEGDA. The result is a low-cost, high-resolution resin for VAM that enables research in design, education and applications using a well-known class of synthetic hydrogels .