Animation techniques- Cel animation

Cel stands for Cellulose Acetate, which is the transparent sheet in which the characters are drawn on and laid over a backdrop. This reduces the amount of times it has to be re-drawn. Cel Animation was one of the most common forms of animation for cartoons from 1914 up till around the 1990's. This was because most studios, like Disney, switched to Computer animation production System.

An example of Cel Animation is Lady and The Tramp (1955) by Walt Disney. It tells the story of a stray dog, Tramp who falls in love with a pet dog, Lady. It was created with Cel Animation.