Sealant
Sealant — Lacquer or nail polish applied to the back side of the paint, in an effort to prevent paint from cracking, or to hold already loose paint in place. Over a long period of time, sealants hasten paint loss,…
Lamination
Lamination is the process of «sandwiching» a cel between sheets of clear plastic in an effort to preserve it. Unfortunately, lamination causes more problems than it solves, because it prevents the paint from absorbing moisture from the atmosphere, making it…
Cut Out Cels или Trimmed Cels
Cut Out Cels или Trimmed Cels: The images on cels were often cut out of the full sheet to make them fit into scrapbooks or small frames; or were carefully trimmed to the outlines of the character, so that the…
Art Corner Setups
Art Corner Setups — Cels sold at Disneyland’s Art Corner shop in Tomorrowland from 1955 to the late sixties for a few dollars apiece. These setups were usually trimmed to fit a small mat, and included a litho background or…
Presentation Setups
What is Presentation Setups? After the contract with Courvoisier Galleries expired in 1946, the Disney Studios continued to assemble cel setups in nearly identical packaging to give as gifts to clients, VIP’s and studio guests. Since the production cels were…
Inker’s Tests & Clean-Up Tests
What is Inker Tests & Clean-Up Tests? Beginning inkers and assistant animators were often given scenes of animation from previous productions to practice and hone their skills on. Also, this category of art also encompasses test pieces given to prospective…
Merchandising Artwork и Book Illustrations
Merchandising Artwork = Artwork produced for use on licensed product packaging, educational filmstrips or publications. The quality of these images can vary greatly, since they are rarely created by the same artists that worked on the films themselves. In general,…
Vinyl and Acrylic Based Cel Paints
Since the early 1960’s, non-rewettable opaque watercolor paints with a synthetic plastic binder — Vinyl and Acrylic Based Cel Paints — have become the industry standard. Although these commercially available paints are more durable and permanent than vintage gum arabic…
Casein Based Cel Paints
In an effort to lower production costs, some studios, most notably the Warner Brothers cartoon studio, used a casein based cel paints. Made from dairy curd, this binder adhered well to the cel stock for the short term, but its…
Dry Brush
Dry Brush == To create motion blurs and special textures, inkers would apply paint to the front of the cel using a small amount of thick paint. In some cases, rouge or greasepaint was drybrushed onto the cheeks of characters to…
