A method of making a composite article (100, 300, 400, 900, 1500), the method comprising: providing a first molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590) having a first microstructured surface (191, 491, 991, 1591) including a plurality of cavities (127, 427, 927, 1527); at least partially filling the plurality of cavities (127, 427, 427, 927, 1527) with a radiation curable resin (130, 430, 930, 1530) disposed on a first major surface of an overlay element; exposing the radiation curable resin (130, 430, 930, 1530) to a first, patterned irradiation (140, 440, 940, 1540) to provide a partially cured composite comprising the overlay element (120, 420, 920, 1520) adhered to a correspondingly patterned partially cured resin comprising at least one first region (131, 331, 431, 931, 1531) and at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534), wherein the at least one first region (131, 331, 431, 931, 1531) is irradiated by the first, patterned irradiation (140, 440, 940, 1540) and the at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534) is not irradiated by the first, patterned irradiation (140, 440, 940, 1540); separating the partially cured composite from the molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590), such that at least a portion of curable resin from the at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534) remains in the molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590), providing the separated partially cured composite with a surface that lacks microstructure in the at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534); and exposing the partially cured composite that was separated from the molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590) to a second irradiation (142, 442, 942, 1542), to provide a composite article having a first microstructured surface and a differentially cured pattern therein. providing a first molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590) having a first microstructured surface (191, 491, 991, 1591) including a plurality of cavities (127, 427, 927, 1527); at least partially filling the plurality of cavities (127, 427, 427, 927, 1527) with a radiation curable resin (130, 430, 930, 1530) disposed on a first major surface of an overlay element; exposing the radiation curable resin (130, 430, 930, 1530) to a first, patterned irradiation (140, 440, 940, 1540) to provide a partially cured composite comprising the overlay element (120, 420, 920, 1520) adhered to a correspondingly patterned partially cured resin comprising at least one first region (131, 331, 431, 931, 1531) and at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534), wherein the at least one first region (131, 331, 431, 931, 1531) is irradiated by the first, patterned irradiation (140, 440, 940, 1540) and the at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534) is not irradiated by the first, patterned irradiation (140, 440, 940, 1540); separating the partially cured composite from the molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590), such that at least a portion of curable resin from the at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534) remains in the molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590), providing the separated partially cured composite with a surface that lacks microstructure in the at least one second region (134, 334, 434, 934, 1534); and exposing the partially cured composite that was separated from the molding tool (190, 490, 990, 1590) to a second irradiation (142, 442, 942, 1542), to provide a composite article having a first microstructured surface and a differentially cured pattern therein.