Oscilloscope Art
Abstract imagery drawn by an electron beam tracing electrical signals on an oscilloscope screen. Ben Laposky began photographing these glowing Lissajous curves in 1950 and called them oscillons.
Spot it
- 01Glowing green sine curves
- 02Looping Lissajous ribbons
- 03Dark phosphor-screen background
Why it happens
Voltages steer an electron beam across a phosphor-coated screen, so overlapping waveforms produce glowing, symmetrical curves whose shape depends on frequency and phase.
Recreate it in Pixio
Image edit prompt“Redraw this image as oscilloscope art: the subject’s shape traced in glowing luminous green phosphor lines, looping Lissajous curves and sine-wave ribbons, soft bloom, faint graticule grid lines, a curved CRT screen with slight edge distortion and persistence trails on a black background. Keep the original subject and composition.”
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