100 cells 12 field acme punched for animation
100 cells 12 field acme punched for animation
100 cells 12 field acme punched for animation :
Once the clean-ups and in-between drawings for a sequence are completed, they are prepared for photography, a process known as ink-and-paint. Each drawing is then transferred from paper to a thin, clear sheet of plastic called a cel, a contraction of the material name celluloid (cellulose acetate, seruga in Japanese). The outline of the drawing is inked or photocopied onto the cel, and gouache (or a similar type of paint) is used on the reverse sides of the cels to add colors in the appropriate shades. The gouache is fixed with ox gall or Colorex ink technic.
The transparent quality of the cel allows for each character or object in a frame to be animated on different cels, as the cel of one character can be seen underneath the cel of another; and the opaque background will be seen beneath all of the cels.
