Introduction

It's time I started writing on this thing. And like any good story, the best place is to start at the beginning!

This is my first blog (well, I started this one simultaneously with my video games blog: http://vidgamedev.blogspot.com/)so hopefully it will get better as I explore the potentials of having these spaces to write in.

This particular blog is about my passion for collecting production cels from my all-time favourite movie: Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989).

My interest started in early 2010 and I bought my first cel in April of that same year. Since then my collection has grown quite a bit (at the time of writing, I own 9 different cel setups).

I owe most of my collection growth and mentoring on the subject to Lesile Combemale, owner of ArtInsights Animation and Film Art Gallery (http://www.artinsights.com). Through her, not only have I purchased more than half of my collection, but I have also learnt a lot of valuable and interesting information about animation (production and collecting). I'll write a separate post about her and her wonderful gallery soon.

As for the cels themselves, I will start making individual posts for each piece as soon as I figure out the best way to capture them digitally. Photography doesn't work: without the flash it's too dim; with the flash the light reflection ruins the shot. The best way I have heard of is scanning, though I'm not sure of the best way to do this (if you think a flatbed scanner will do it, you're on your own with that!). I will advise when I figure it out!

For now, the background is "Ariel" by the late John Alvin, though I may have to change this due to copyright issues. I do like it's effect though, and will leave it up until I can find something adequate to replace it.

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