A single image in an animation sequence
is a hand drawn clear material representing a single animation frame. The material is usually celluose or Mylar.
(sometimes spelled cell) – Piece of acetate onto which a character is xeroxed or hand-inked, then painted with special cel paint. Cels are filmed on top of painted backgrounds to create the moving images you see on screen. Many studios, including Cosgrove Hall, have phased out cels in favour of computer animation. This means their value is increasing as fewer and fewer are produced.
Hand drawn sheet representing a single animation frame, usually made of a clear material like cellulose or mylar to allow several layers of composition.
A thin, flexible, transparent sheet of acetate, which has been punched, onto which the animators' finished drawings are transferred-either by inking or xerography-and painted. The clear cel does not show when photographed, so when it is placed over the background, the characters appear to be within the setting.
a rectangular sheet of acetate used to ink and paint animation
A single drawing used in animation. Cels are (usually) hand painted on a piece of transparent acetate and overlaid on a background picture to produce one frame of the animation we see. Cels are popular anime collectors' items, and can be bought from numerous web-based businesses.
A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Celluloid was used for animation and film production up until the late 20th century, however, it burned easily and suffered from spontaneous decomposition, and was largely replaced by cellulose acetate plastics.