cel
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- noun
- /sɛl/
- Specialized
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cel
- I collect commissioned original art, but if animation cels are of interest to you, those prices seem pretty reasonable coming from my hobby.
- cel animation
Examples
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Although stop-motion animation is still used today, traditional animation or celluloid (cel) animation was the process used for most animated films in the twentieth century.
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Probably the best cel animation Disney has done since Beauty and the Beast.
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Stop motion photography, as an animation technique, has its roots in traditional cel animation used for cartoons.
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" The 500 animation cels presented in this auction are from the 1990s Marvel Animated Series broadcast on Fox.
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A few cherished animation cels from 1940s cartoons are framed on the wall.
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Once the images are copied to the cels, the images are painted to further define the character, and the completed cels are photographed onto motion picture film against painted backgrounds.
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The animator carefully placed the cel on the light table to add the finishing touches.
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She showed me a beautiful cel of a famous Disney character that was painted by hand.
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In the exhibit, there were dozens of original cels displayed from classic animated films.
Synonyms
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A single picture in a film or comic that shows one moment
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A picture on clear film for a projector
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cel comes from the material celluloid, a 'clear plastic' once used for animation sheets, so a cel is a thin transparent sheet with a drawing on it that serves as one frame in traditional hand-drawn animation.