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Sun/UV Damage Examples

Preservation and Conservation

Like most other kinds of art, production animation art is sensitive to UV light. For art on paper...

Updated 3 years ago by Earl

Storing Your Collection

Preservation and Conservation

Storing your collection is a task, especially if you are storing it with an eye to conserving you...

Updated 3 years ago by Jadeduo

Communities

Links and Resources

This is a list of communities that may or may not focus exclusively on animation art collecting, ...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

Marketplaces

Links and Resources

This is a list of resources that may be helpful to collectors who are looking for marketplaces to...

Updated 4 years ago by Dave

Collector's Pages

Links and Resources

This is a partial list of various art collectors galleries spanning the globe!  If your gallery i...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

Restoration

Links and Resources

Resources for you to consider if you are attempting to repair, restore, or otherwise fix damage t...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

# Sellers of Ill Repute: Guidelines

Links and Resources Sellers of Ill Repute

Each seller should be listed on their own page and the title of the page should be formatted as:...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

Japanese Studios

Links and Resources Inside the Studios

Updated 4 years ago by Dave

American Studios

Links and Resources Inside the Studios

Updated 4 years ago by Dave

eBay - coffeeconnoisseur1

Links and Resources Sellers of Ill Repute

Image 1: Shinji and Unit 02 bought for 115,000 yen (~$1,060) from Mandarake Image 2: Same being ...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

eBay - kinopiyo

Links and Resources Sellers of Ill Repute

Image 1: MPE cel on YHJ for 35,000 yen (~$335) Image 2: Same being sold on Ebay for $540 (seller...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

eBay - lucky-dragon-tiger

Links and Resources Sellers of Ill Repute

Seller (lucky-dragon-tiger) was mentioned in a Facebook group for actively trying to sell a cel t...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

eBay - mo_on.japan

Links and Resources Sellers of Ill Repute

Image 1: Shinji cel being sold on Mercari for 45,900 yen (~$420) Image 2: Same being sold on Eba...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

Concept Art

Animation Art Terminology

This type of art is created and used during the pre-production phase of a project; often when the...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

Settei Sets/Model Sheets (設定)

Animation Art Terminology

Settei/Models (設定) are drawn by a character designer and define what a character should look like...

Updated 4 years ago by potatertot

Storyboard (絵コンテ)

Animation Art Terminology

Like live action TV, animation production involves storyboards. In both cases, storyboards are us...

Updated 4 years ago by potatertot

Rough Genga

Animation Art Terminology

Rough gengas are usually a precursor to the next step they can be detailed bet generally they are...

Updated 4 years ago by Jadeduo

Genga (原画)

Animation Art Terminology

The genga (原画) step takes the rough movements and polishes them into more detailed sketches these...

Updated 4 years ago by Earl

Shuusei/Correction

Animation Art Terminology

A Shuusei is another word for a correction, a shuusei is drawn by the Animation Director of the e...

Updated 4 years ago by potatertot

In-Betweens

Animation Art Terminology

The cleaned dougas are then sent to the in-betweeners to animate the weird in between pieces that...

Updated 4 years ago by Jadeduo