| See also SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITIONS |
| MALEFICIENT from "Sleeping Beauty" original production cels; Disney litho background |
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ANIMATION ART
ANIMATION ART
PRODUCTION CELS
Original production cels are colorful paintings on acetate, which were
individually created by hand by studio artists, then photographed and actually
used in a film or television program action sequence. Disney, Warner Bros and
other major studios offered these one-of-a-kind cels taken from more recent
feature films and television programs as well as those that survived from
vintage films and shorts.
Original production cels are colorful paintings on acetate, which were
individually created by hand by studio artists, then photographed and actually
used in a film or television program action sequence. Disney, Warner Bros and
other major studios offered these one-of-a-kind cels taken from more recent
feature films and television programs as well as those that survived from
vintage films and shorts.
| Computerization came to the world of animation a couple decades ago, and with it the virtual extinction of original, hand painted celluloids (cels). In the early days of animation, each frame was hand drawn, then hand painted and outlines inked before being individually photographed. Even though there were 24 to 36 cels per second of film, relatively few of these original production drawings or cels remain. No real value was given to them then and they were either reused or discarded. Those that have survived are bought and sold on the secondary market with pricing relative to popularity of the film, character, pose and positioning, and, of course, condition of the artwork. AnimationArt Classics has a selection of these highly sought-after production pieces in our inventory |