What each kind of production material is, how it was made, and how it fits into the animation pipeline.
Hand-painted acetate sheets — the final artwork photographed to create each frame of traditional animation.
The key drawings that define a shot's important poses, timing, and staging.
The clean, finished line drawings that fill the motion between keys and are traced onto cels.
Shot-planning drawings that set the framing, staging, and relationship between characters and background.
The painted scenery photographed beneath the cels — often the most finished single image in a shot.
Reference sheets that lock a character's design so every animator draws them consistently.
The paperwork that drives the camera — and the supervisor drawings that correct the animation.
Cels and prints made for collectors and promotion rather than for filming — how to tell them apart.
