HEAT-TRANSFER RECORDING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE-FORMED ARTICLE

摘要

Provided is an image forming method capable of realizing a metallic luster image having an excellent design and a high expressive power even in case the image is observed with a transmitted light and/or a reflected light. A heat transfer sheet having a metallic luster layer on a substrate is prepared, and the metallic luster layer of the heat transfer sheet is heat-transferred to a transfer object, thereby to form a metallic luster image. The metallic luster layer of the heat transfer sheet is so heat-transferred at least once to the transfer object that it may partially overlap but not become identical to the metallic luster layer, thereby to form the metallic luster image.