Animation Drawings A drawing produced to be traced onto cel and photographed for animating motion. Animation drawings are almost invariably rendered in pencil, graphite and / or colored, on animation paper. Clean-Up Drawing: cleaned-up animation drawing traced from or directly over a rough drawing. Extreme Drawing: drawing indicating extreme points of a character’s motion. Rough Drawing: a very quick drawing used to primarily indicate motion.

Backgrounds Usually a watercolor or tempera on paper, of a scenic location for the character to interact with, or on. Any one of numerous types of drawing, painting, or print on which a cel is placed.

Cel A sheet of cellulose acetate or cellulose nitrate on which an animation drawing is traced and colored to be placed over a background and photographed.

Cel Setup A setup consists of one or more cels overlaid on a background, which may also include overlay cels depicting foreground scenery.

Color Model Cel A model cel or color model cel is created in the studio as guide for the inkers and painters. Colors may be different from those used in the film, and poses tend to be ideal. They usually say “color model” of bottom of the cel.

Concept Drawings, sketches, and paintings which depict the overall look or mood of a scene, including colors and background. Frequently rendered in watercolor, pastel, crayon, and other colorful media.

Courvoisier Background A setup released by Courvoisier Galleries of San Francisco between 1937 and 1946. Early pieces had backgrounds produced by Disney, later ones being produced by Courvoisier. The background medium was frequently airbrushed. Other painted media might be used, and an airbrushed wooden veneer was very common, as well as patterned paper. The cels were trimmed to outlines, sometimes laminated, and distinctive mats and labels were used.

Full Cel Believed to be full size as created.

Inkers Test An inkers test cel or test cel is inked but not painted, being used as practice or as a test by the inkers.

Key Setup A production background and cel combined from the same scene, which appeared on it in the final release of the film.

Laminated Cel Cels have at various times been laminated in an attempt at preservation.

Layout Drawings, usually in pencil, depicting the details of a background, the characters as they appear on the background in key positions, and frame lines indicating camera movements. Sometimes difficult to tell from storyboards.

Model Sheet A model sheet consists of a set of drawings depicting various poses and expressions of a character, as a guide for animators. An original model sheet is composed of original drawings (generally pencil, possibly colored), usually cut out and pasted together on a new sheet. Most model sheets on the market are prints produced in-studio from original drawings by photostatic or other processes.

Multi-Cel A multi-cel consists of two or more cels stacked together to present a single image; the cels need not be matching. A multi-cel is considered as a single piece of artwork.

Preliminary Background A background created during production but not actually used.

Production Cel A normal production cel will have peg holes at the bottom and also will have a number or series of numbers in the lower right-hand side of the cel.

Production / Master Background A background created during production of an animated film and actually photographed. Usually painted in watercolors, sometimes in airbrush or tempera. If sold as a setup, the cels and background may not be from the same production or even from the same studio.

Setup The combination of a background and one or more cels generally being known as a setup.

Storyboard Drawing A drawing that depicts a key moment in a scene designed to show visually the plot of the story. It is usually a guide for animators. Also, several drawings posted together on a board are used to illustrate an entire scene or sequence. Generally done in pencils.

Title Card A special cel and background setup used for titles or credits.

Trimmed Cel Known to be cut down from full size. The cel is then attached directly to a background or to a new cel.

Xeroxed Cel A cel that used the Xerox process to transfer the ink lines on a cel.