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line drawings for the animation were made on heavy translucent paper with more
of a 'tooth' or roughness than commercial animator's vellum. I got hooked on
this kind of paper in Prague. It's much more expensive but the drawing experience
is more satisfying and the line quality creamier.
Of course none of this subtlety survives the tracing process.../>
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the line is traced onto sheet of cel. As in talking
a line for a walk, the coloured cel paint is applied with a ruling
pen. This is a tricky tool to master since it was never designed for
freehand drawing, but it is tremendously rewarding to use, allowing for
multiple colour changes within the flow of a single continuous line.../>
Greek
goddess
Boeotian 6th century BC
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body wash for the character is applied on the reverse of the cel. Since burrellesque
is a short film with the artwork being made mainly by myself [with help from
Alan Mason] it was possible to be quite expressive in the painting techniques.
Some characters were really quite textural and in this instance transparent,
allowing the background to shine through. This technique was intended to suggest
the characters are spirits of the place.../>
