Microprint Experiments
├── Hardware -> Digital Microscope / High-Resolution Printing
└── Inspiration -> Currency Security Features / Geometric Patterns
• Microscopic-scale digital art
• Currency-inspired patterns
• Multi-scale visual experience
Generative pattern animation preview
Lately I've become enamored by the idea of microprinting. Human perception, although amazing, is pretty limited when placed in contest with some of the more specially evolved organisms on the planet. Microscopic levels of scale are a quick method to reveal to oneself just how limited our eyesight can be, albeit in only the category of scale.
Funnily enough, the main inspiration here was not in micro-organisms, but in the security features of money. I find them to be quite beautiful, with geometric patterns and hidden images abound. Take the American dollar for example, with hidden text nestled in between the tiny printed lines.
American dollar security features inspiration
What follows are some digital microscope photos that stem from a master 10k+ resolution computer generated image.
/master image/ (scaled down)
/micro 1/
/micro 2/
/micro 3/
/micro 4/