Fromm Gangster
This animation cel comes from the first story arc of the Droids series that told the story of the Droids adventures with their masters Thall Joben and Jord Dusat. This alien from the planet Annoo is a gangster working for the crime boss Sise Fromm. I am not completely sure which episode this cel was used in, but I'm guessing that it may have been Episode 3: The Trigon Unleashed.
An interesting fact about this cel is that it, like all animation cels from the first two story arcs, is actually quite rare compared to many of the cels from the Mungo Baobab story line. The story goes that there was a flood at the facility that was storing all of the Droids and Ewoks animation cels and that many of them from the first two story lines of Droids were destroyed. It's a rare day when one of these cels comes up for sale, so I glad that I have at least one.
An interesting fact about this cel is that it, like all animation cels from the first two story arcs, is actually quite rare compared to many of the cels from the Mungo Baobab story line. The story goes that there was a flood at the facility that was storing all of the Droids and Ewoks animation cels and that many of them from the first two story lines of Droids were destroyed. It's a rare day when one of these cels comes up for sale, so I glad that I have at least one.
About Animation Cels
These are hand drawn and hand painted pieces of artwork that were used to make the Droids and Ewoks cartoons. Often accompanied by the initial pencil sketch on paper, the cel itself is a tracing of that drawing on a plastic transparency that is hand painted. Each cel is one of a kind. These were placed over top of a background, one after the other, with each cel differing slightly from the last. When the sequence of cels is viewed in rapid succession, the characters appear to move. Pencils, paper, transparencies, paint and ink: traditional animation was and is an amazing work of art!
These are hand drawn and hand painted pieces of artwork that were used to make the Droids and Ewoks cartoons. Often accompanied by the initial pencil sketch on paper, the cel itself is a tracing of that drawing on a plastic transparency that is hand painted. Each cel is one of a kind. These were placed over top of a background, one after the other, with each cel differing slightly from the last. When the sequence of cels is viewed in rapid succession, the characters appear to move. Pencils, paper, transparencies, paint and ink: traditional animation was and is an amazing work of art!