"What Is It?"

A little while after the last round of cels was paid off and I was hunting around again for more, I found a couple and asked Leslie for her opinion. She asked if I was in the market for more cels and sent another request to ACME for any more cels they might have found (apparently, they don't even know what they have!).

This one came in an email with a list of others, and was the one above all others in the email that I though "definitely!". Such a close-up with a strong expression. Although she's large in this image, in the movie there are only two frames in total from this shot (this one included) that are decent; all the others are in a form of tweening.

A bright beautiful expression on this one! This cel is a little smaller than all my other cels, but the image is still quite quite large. Under the cut-off line around her elbows, you can see the outlines of her forearms, waist and part of her tail. These are good examples of the extra unseen work that the animator does when drawing. As I once read: To know what the head is doing, you must know what the shoulders are doing; to know what the shoulders are doing, you must know what the torso is doing. Hence they draw more to get her posture right.

This piece cost $1500. Photographic background. Unframed in an ACME cardboard envelope. The authentication seal is on the right, towards the bottom.