Lenticulars?

You have probably come across lenticulars before, it's plastic with lots of tiny straight groves I it which have a picture behind, as you tilt them show animations or the illusion of a 3d object. Their often used to promote popular fantasy films when seen as large images or occasionally they are used to jazz up CD covers and they also appear in cereal packets or on funky stationary when they are seen at a smaller scale.

The reality in life is: "If it was that easy everyone would be doing it." Well it's not that easy, I have struggled many hours using an A3 inkjet printer trying to get the lines the right size. We're not talking about percentages here changing one pixel in 2000 is enough to stop an image working. The problem is that the printer resolution and the lenticular resolution are two different things and have to be matched.
Once the process has been mastered though, 3d objects and animations can be shown on a flat surface with no need for glasses or viewers. Loads of money is poured at producing lenticulars in the advertising industry. Large runs are produced to make it worth while with very 'safe' images. When I get another window of opportunity I hope to revisit the process and try and achieve single image runs at A3 size having already got many of the materials and processes available.

• David and Dot - Forever shimmering in a mirror.
• Mark Feather - The lola look warped to Marks own means.
• On the 199 steps - Looking like a hostess of some sort and a rascal
• Sue and her long fingernails - Real and reinforced.