Molecule in 3D?

Found some tutorials online on how to make use an opacity mask in illustrator and I must say I am very pleased with the results. Please remember this is an ARTISTIC typeface meant for TYPE POSTER design. Let's not act like were 5. It is suppose to take some INTELLECT to understand it. The point is to have to study it. This is not the final product but pretty darn close. I still need to figure out what to do to the white cut outs.