I hear sooooo much bad talk about cels of 
characters with their eyes closed, their faces 
not showing, far away shots, etc.....

but I got a question.... what makes a cel just 
not good?

For instance, I have a cel from Mononoke Hime on 
layaway right now at a dealer's place.. Its of 
San nuzzling her face into Moro's fur.. you can't 
see San's face, just the tip of her mask and her 
cute lil' wolf ears on her mantle....Moro is 
looking at her, eyes open.... 

Now, does this make it a "bad" cel? (I dont care 
either way I LOVE IT no matter what!) but I'm 
really curious.. I posted a cel of san awhile 
back and got emails and a post saying it wasnt a 
great cel cause her eyes were closed....Stephanie 
Lostimolo posted her cel and someone said 
something about her face not showing since shes 
wearing a mask....

 Do scenes matter at all? I love my san/moro cel 
cause its such a great scene ....its around the 
part where she says that she needs to go to Lord 
Akoto (sp?) and help him cause he's blind.... its 
emotional and beautiful.... so does the cel go 
down in quality just because her face is not 
showing and moro's is? Or is the cel good because 
of the scene taking place and because of the 
movie it is from?

I get this with my Ryoko cels as well. I can buy 
a GREAT Ryoko cel, but still someone will make a 
comment on how its not so great because its from 
shin tenchi and shes wearing that saaaame outfit 
yet again.... or its not so good because they've 
seen others from the same sequence....

I'm not complaining, but I'm REALLY curious.. as 
an animator, I tend to go for emotional cels.. or 
cels showing an action more than just a perfect 
face shot.... but as a cel collector, I want to 
know more about how cels are rated.. I read an 
FAQ awhile back on cel rating, but it seems 
opinions are a bit different.. I'm just curious 
to see what you collector's out there think.. 
Just different opinions on it:)


Thanks!