Cut-out animation is one of the oldest and simplest animation techniques and has many forms and variations. Essentially, cut-out animation involves producing animations using 2-D characters, props ...

In “traditional” animation, like Aladdin or Bugs Bunny cartoons, the images are painted on clear celluloid sheets, known as “cel” animation, one frame at a time. This type of animation can ...

A section will introduce the principles and production process of cel animation, the traditional technique involving hand-drawn images on transparent sheets. Visitors will also be able to try ...

Q. My son received this original hand-painted celluloid drawing used in a Walt Disney production. He would like to know its value, and where he could sell it. –Mrs. Carson P. Stiff Jr., Roanoke, Va.

Cel animation let animators split up the work by painting parts of a scene onto different transparent sheets. By combining these sheets, they could make an entire scene and save the time of ...

With animation growing more expensive, tedious and time-consuming in the mid-20th century, Xeroxing allowed animators to copy drawings on transparent celluloid (cel) sheets using a Xerox camera ...

On April 27, Christie’s in London will mark the occasion with Europe’s first auction of Disney animation art. On the block will be so-called “cels” and hand-painted backgrounds ...

The Getty Conservation Institute announced today it is partnering with Disney to study deterioration in historic animation cels. The collaboration is part of a long-term project to develop ways to ...