variants
or less commonly cell
: a transparent sheet of celluloid on which objects are drawn or painted in the making of animated cartoons
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The three features feel like they’re best considered when layered on top of one another, like transparent cels that only add up to a whole image in combination, and that play as incomplete fragments when looked at alone.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 June 2024
Club 33 is an exclusive dining venue, which is furnished with props from Disney films, original animation cels, and art nouveau design features.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
There are elements on backgrounds that are drawn as cels, the transparent sheets on which animators draw movable objects.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The bakery’s ‘threat of activation’ The bread on the shelves, the hanging clipboard, and the flowers in this shot were all drawn on animation cels.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 June 2024
Club 33 is an exclusive dining venue, which is furnished with props from Disney films, original animation cels, and art nouveau design features.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 10 Sep. 2024
There are elements on backgrounds that are drawn as cels, the transparent sheets on which animators draw movable objects.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
The bakery’s ‘threat of activation’ The bread on the shelves, the hanging clipboard, and the flowers in this shot were all drawn on animation cels.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Cel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cel. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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