WHAT IS
    ANIMATION  ART ?

Animation Art is artwork which is based upon the animated
characters we see in movies, on television, in our daily
newspapers, and even in commercials.

Animation Art can be collected in the following formats:

PRODUCTION CELS
HAND-INKED-LINE LIMITED EDITION CELS
XEROGRPHIC-LINE LIMITED EDITION CELS
SERIGRAPHS
LITHOGRAPHS
ETCHINGS
GICLEE PRINTS

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 offer these one-of-a-kind cels taken from more recent
feature films and television programs.

HAND-INKED-LINE LIMITED-EDITION CELS
Since few production cels from earlier animated features and shorts exist, the studios recreate cels
of the most classic moments in limited editions. Hand-inked-line cels are made using traditional
animation techniques, exactly as the production cels were originally made for so many Disney films.
This includes tracing an animation drawing onto acetate by hand with different color inks and
hand-painting it with gumor acrylic-based colors formulated exclusively in studio laboratories. The
work is done by a small cadre of artists who have kept this almost forgotten art alive. Some
hand-inked-line cels are also combined with backgrounds.

XEROGRAPHIC-LINE LIMITED-EDITION CELS
Xerographic-Line Cels, instead of being hand-inked, are created by transferring the original
animation drawing to the acetate cels by a special six-step xerographic process, a refinement
pioneered by Walt Disney Studios in the late 1950s.

SERIGRAPH CELS
Serigraph Cels, or sericels, recreate images of characters. To produce a sericel, studio artists create
a hand-inked, hand-colored painting or model of characters, which is then transferred to the acetate
cel by a silk-screen printing process known as serigraphy. Sericels are normally printed in editions
from 2,500 to 9,500 and are richly colored and detailed.

LITHOGRAPHS
A lithograph is "printed on paper" through various special processes. "Lithos" range from Fine Art
interpretations of cherished cartoon characters to specially produced "strips" from the Sunday comics.

ETCHINGS
Made by the finest craftmen in Germany, all etchings are handmade, produced in limited edition
(edition size: 500), hand-colored, signed and numbered. Every etching bears the Peanuts or Walt
Disney seal.

GICLEE PRINTS
A Giclee (pronounced Zhee-Clay) is a Museum Quality Fine Art Reproduction. This process applies
rich, vibrant inks to artist quality, acid free watercolor paper. A special UV protectant agent is applied
to protect the ink, adding still more depth and warmth and adding to the archival quality. Each
rendering is inspected and goes through several quality control checks before the artist give their final
approval and signs the Certificate of Authenticity. Each rendering is hand signed and numbered.
Treat your print as you would any fine work of art. Never display in direct sunlight or expose to extreme
temperatures. Never rub the print and never use water, cleaning solvents or chemicals on either side
of the paper.  

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AnimationArt Classics

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