Make the Viewers Go "WOW" with an Animation Cel Video

Application of Cel Animation

Cel Animation's use can be seen in the following:

• Cartoons
• Marketing & Advertising
• Training Programmes
• Healthcare Programmes
• Educational Multimedia Programmes
• Sports
• Games
• Interactive Magazines, etc.

Key Strengths of Cel Animation

• Unique visual style that often surprises/wows viewers - it appears 2D but moves like 3D.
• Mimics hand-drawn figures and surroundings more cost-effectively than typical 2D animation.
• When done effectively, Cel shading animation has the beauty and warmth of a hand-crafted and tactile piece of art.

Video Jeeves' Cel Animation Process

A script is turned over to a storyboard artist, and the magic begins. The lead animator will make preliminary drawings of each major pose and record the time on a dope sheet. The animators draw the in-betweens to smooth the movement between poses after the primary poses have been drawn out and the dope sheet has been finalized.

The pencil sketches are submitted to an inker once all of the movement in the shot has been approved. Using black ink, the inker transfers the linework on a translucent strip of thin plastic (a cel). More artists are hard at work designing the backdrops for each scene as each Cel is inked and colored.