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Holographic Prints: A New Perspective

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Holographic Paper Now Available!

If you're looking to jazz up your custom art, you'll find a captivating new way to print your latest designs.

In addition to white cardstock sheets, we now offer holographic paper sheets in several captivating patterns. Holographic sheets are created from paper that is imprinted or embossed with a design or image and then covered in a thin, transparent film of metal. The finished sheet has a characteristic luster — a kind of rainbow iridescence — when the imprinted pattern is viewed from particular perspectives.

How do I order a Holographic print?

It's easy - visit any of our  Custom Artwork Print and Cut listings and find the Fightstickor leverless you would like a print for (you can also perform a search for your model. In each listing, you'll find two dropdown options.  The first lets you choose between two material types: White Paper, and Holographic Paper.

If you choose "Type 2: Holographic Paper", you can then select the color changing pattern you desire from a list of 15 varied patterns.

» Okay! I wanna order my custom print now!

Holograph Patterns

The following patterns are available. Artwork is printed atop the pattern and its color changing effects will appear underneath.

Pattern: Rainbow (no embossed pattern) Pattern: Donuts Pattern: Dots Lite
No Pattern (Rainbow) Dots: Donuts Dots: Dots Lite
Pattern: Space Dots) Pattern: Little Boxes Pattern: Static Storm
Dots: Space Dots Dots: Little Boxes Diagonal: Static Storm
Pattern: Thatched hpattern-pillars.png hpattern-tinsel.png
Diagonal: Thatched Vertical: Pillars of Light Horizontal: Tinsel
hpattern-texture2.png hpattern-magnetic-fur.png Pattern: Cannabis
Texture: Texture 2 Texture: Magnetic Fur Theme: Cannabis
Pattern: Vortex hpattern-moon-lava.png hpattern-swirl3.png
Theme: Vortex Wavy: Moon Lava Wavy: Swirl 3

Differences Between White Cardstock and Holographic Print

Both materials have their strengths. White cardstock is our tried and true paper material, producing vibrant colors with a textured semigloss. It's 95% brightness brings out the best color fidelity because it has a white backing.

Holographic paper has a striking metallic finish. By itself, its color changing properties are quite eye-catching. This is even more evident when a pattern is used. However, because the material does not have a white backing, the illustration's areas of white will instead show the metallic sheen. This can lead to a slightly duller appearance compared to cardstock. These comparison photos may help to illustrate. Please note that while the colors can appear more muted on holograph paper, the reflective nature of the material as well as its color properties will vary depending on the angle the illustration is seen and the material's pattern. Not every print will exactly resemble the below example.

White cardstock example Holographic paper example
White cardstock Holographic paper

I'd love to see your Holographic Prints!

Holographic prints have appeared in a number of Etsy shops over the years, pioneering the creation of unique presentations for the Snackbox Micro and Haute42. The approach we're taking - I hope - will see these color-changing designs brought to these, plus larger Fightsticks such as the Hori Alpha, HitBox, Mayflash, and other DIY builds.  I'd really like to see what you come up with, and look forward to printing for you.

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Jaleel Beck

Final Boss

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