Years ago I started out as an animator- before the digital days believe it or not! Sometimes I do re-creations of animated scenes that folks want to see. Here are a couple of examples of how it's done.
This example (below) I did as a gift for a friend who owns a local comic book store. He has his own character, named Captain Four Color, who is used to promote Flying Colors Comics.
I found a shot from the Justice League show that I though would work great for a Captain Four Color cel. The process starts by drawing the characters with the shading in the proper positions.
Next, I xerox the drawings onto clear transparencies and paint them using cel paints (from Cartoon Colour). It is necessary to mix the colors to get the right shades of skin tone and reds and so forth.
Above: here are the backs sides of the transparencies. When painting a cel (or transparency) you always paint on the back side of the print, and you paint in stages; painting one color then letting it dry and painting the next color butting up to it. By painting on the back side you maintain the detail of the line work from the drawing. By painting colors in stages you prevent colors from mixing on the acetate sheet. Also, once a color is dry you can paint on top of it without damaging the image. Cel paint is very viscous and leaves a nice thick coat on the transparency.
Above: here are the front sides of the painted transparencies. As you can see the integrity of the line work is in tact. Also, since these are transparencies and not animation cels, they can not be confused with original production cels used in an animated tv series.
Next, I used the background from the episode I was re-creating this moment from and Photoshoped out the characters. The final result consists of 2 painted transparencies on top of a printed background.
Below is another example of a cel re-creation that I did as a request from a Justice League fan.
Above is the back of the painted cel. Below is the front.
Above is the re-created background made in Photoshop. Below is the finished transparency sitting on the background print.
This example (below) I did as a gift for a friend who owns a local comic book store. He has his own character, named Captain Four Color, who is used to promote Flying Colors Comics.
I found a shot from the Justice League show that I though would work great for a Captain Four Color cel. The process starts by drawing the characters with the shading in the proper positions.
Next, I xerox the drawings onto clear transparencies and paint them using cel paints (from Cartoon Colour). It is necessary to mix the colors to get the right shades of skin tone and reds and so forth.
Above: here are the backs sides of the transparencies. When painting a cel (or transparency) you always paint on the back side of the print, and you paint in stages; painting one color then letting it dry and painting the next color butting up to it. By painting on the back side you maintain the detail of the line work from the drawing. By painting colors in stages you prevent colors from mixing on the acetate sheet. Also, once a color is dry you can paint on top of it without damaging the image. Cel paint is very viscous and leaves a nice thick coat on the transparency.
Above: here are the front sides of the painted transparencies. As you can see the integrity of the line work is in tact. Also, since these are transparencies and not animation cels, they can not be confused with original production cels used in an animated tv series.
Next, I used the background from the episode I was re-creating this moment from and Photoshoped out the characters. The final result consists of 2 painted transparencies on top of a printed background.
Below is another example of a cel re-creation that I did as a request from a Justice League fan.
Above is the back of the painted cel. Below is the front.
Above is the re-created background made in Photoshop. Below is the finished transparency sitting on the background print.
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