A method of manufacturing an image element array for an optically variable security device, comprising: providing a production tool having a surface pattern (P) of ink-receptive elements spaced by areas which are not ink-receptive, the ink-receptive elements defining the image elements of the desired image element array ; applying a multi-coloured first image (I 1 ) formed of a plurality of inks to only the ink-receptive elements of the surface pattern and not to the areas in between; transferring only the portions of the multi-coloured first image (I 1 ) corresponding to the image elements of the desired image element array from the production tool to a substrate, by bringing the plurality of inks on the surface pattern into contact with the substrate or with a transfer assembly which then contacts the substrate , whereby an image element array is formed on the substrate ; wherein the surface pattern (P) on the production tool is configured such that the ink-receptive elements defining the image elements of the image element array are periodic in at least one direction, at least in a first region of the image element array, whereby when a viewing element array of corresponding periodicity is overlapped with the image element array , each viewing element within the first region of the image element array directs light from a respective one of the image elements or from a respective one of the gaps between the image elements in dependence on the viewing angle, whereby depending on the viewing angle the viewing element array in the first region directs light from either the array of image elements or from the gaps therebetween, such that upon changing the viewing angle, the first image (I 1 ) is displayed by the image elements in combination across the first region of the image element array at a first range of viewing angles and not at a second range of viewing angles. providing a production tool having a surface pattern (P) of ink-receptive elements spaced by areas which are not ink-receptive, the ink-receptive elements defining the image elements of the desired image element array ; applying a multi-coloured first image (I 1 ) formed of a plurality of inks to only the ink-receptive elements of the surface pattern and not to the areas in between; transferring only the portions of the multi-coloured first image (I 1 ) corresponding to the image elements of the desired image element array from the production tool to a substrate, by bringing the plurality of inks on the surface pattern into contact with the substrate or with a transfer assembly which then contacts the substrate , whereby an image element array is formed on the substrate ; wherein the surface pattern (P) on the production tool is configured such that the ink-receptive elements defining the image elements of the image element array are periodic in at least one direction, at least in a first region of the image element array, whereby when a viewing element array of corresponding periodicity is overlapped with the image element array , each viewing element within the first region of the image element array directs light from a respective one of the image elements or from a respective one of the gaps between the image elements in dependence on the viewing angle, whereby depending on the viewing angle the viewing element array in the first region directs light from either the array of image elements or from the gaps therebetween, such that upon changing the viewing angle, the first image (I 1 ) is displayed by the image elements in combination across the first region of the image element array at a first range of viewing angles and not at a second range of viewing angles. <EOS>