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What is a Lenticular?
The word “lenticular” means “of or pertaining to lenses.” My process of lenticular printing involves using a clear plastic lens as a front layer. The lenses have “lenticules” which are repeating rows of convex lenses. The lens sits over an “interlaced” printed back layer that contains all the frames of the animation. The lenses perform their magic to only show you part of the interlaced image at a time. Depth and motion can be seen depending on the angle in which you view the piece.
Will you make me a custom lenticular print?
Maybe 🙂
I say maybe because I want to continue running an honest shop. If you provide IP (intellectual property) of someone or some company, then I cannot legally print it. This includes photos of celebrities, public figures, video game/comic characters, and art that is not in the public domain.
Visit the Personalized page for more details on custom work.
You only ship to the continental US?
For now yes. My cost options for international shipping are very high so until I wrap my head around Customs and pricing I am only taking orders for the continental US.
Do I want Up / Down Motion or Side-to-Side Motion?
First, some definitions:
- Up / Down – You tilt the piece away from you and toward you to see the animation.
- Side-to-side – You tilt the piece to the left or right to see the animation.
Pros of Up/Down Motion:
- I am a big proponent of up/down motion as the quality of the animation is usually superior to side-to-side.
- There is less ghosting between frames of the animation. Ghosting is where you see part of the previous frame of animation in the next frame.
Cons of Up/Down motion:
- If the piece is going to be mounted on a wall then side-to-side may be your only option.
- Walking by a piece will not cause it to animate, you would have to bob your head up and down to see the animation or with your hands tilt the piece back and forth.
- This may not be a problem for pieces with a magnetic backing that you put on your refrigerator. You could either bob your head or take it off the fridge and tilt it back and forth.
Pros of side-to-side motion:
- Walking by the piece you will see the piece animate.
Cons of side-to-side motion:
- Some animations become a blur and are difficult to clearly see what’s going on in the piece.