Cels Forum

Same thoughts on fanart cels here. Beautiful? Yes. Worth
paying for? No.

I can't say I would stop collecting entirely if/when
studios go all digital. I would still probably bring in a
sketch here and there. . . I like my dougas quite a bit,
even simple ones. But I would have a tough time convincing
myself to pay all terribly much for one. $50 seems a lot
for only a douga, but on the other hand, it will be a cold 
day you-know-where before I put down any kind of money on a
repro cel. :P

I really hope that studios, at least some of them, see the
value to cel produced animation. It's usually easy to tell
the difference between cel produced animation and computer
produced (either by just coloring the "cels" on the
computer, or by completely drawing everything using digital
methods). Cel produced animation is generally much better -
not as flat looking on the screen and with a greater use of
color, especially for detailing. Also cel produced
animation sometimes has a greater range of motion. . . Once
a studio gets lazy enough to use computers for everything,
the quality of the animation overall tends to suffer.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac