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Why a shelf life? Do the cels deteriorate?
by pottertheotter 4y ago
Why a shelf life? Do the cels deteriorate?
- klodolph 4y agoThey’re painted with paint that only needs to last weeks, at most. Depending on the exact choice of materials, you might see off-gassing, buckling, the paint flaking off, yellowing, fading, etc. It will all happen on a different timeline. I know old Disney cels could often last a long time, other studios used materials that were comparatively less archival.
- 2b3a51 4y agoInteresting. Has anyone done the time lapse video of a cel fading out. I'm imagining against a window in an old warehouse or something.
- ryanmercer 4y agoI think you just created a YouTube channel for an enterprising artist Part 1: paints cell then Part 2: cell gets destroyed in window during time lapse, then it could evolve even more testing different paints/paint brands/colours. I'd watch a handful of them.