The introduction to cel coloring is as follows:

Generally, the coloring techniques for comics are mainly flat coating and thick coating, and even if you have not seen these two words, it feels like they are the same What is within the scope of cognition is the "celluloid" coloring method. I think many people basically cannot imagine it.

Celluloid, or celluloid, is derived from transliteration and refers to Celluloid Nitrate, a synthetic resin invented by Americans and later registered the trademark "Celluloid". You can simply understand it as a kind of plastic .

In the earliest days of animation, Americans began to use this plastic material to color pictures, and it was later popularized in Japan. However, it has definitely been replaced by drawing software now, but this coloring style formed after drawing on plastic film is defined by everyone as the cel coloring method.

Extended information:

The early advantages of cel coloring are:

1. It is easy to modify, so that you will not have to redraw the original due to subsequent mistakes.

2. It can be reused, because the film is transparent, so as long as the characters are drawn well, it can be pasted in different scenes and used repeatedly according to the needs of the plot.

3. It is easy to divide the work, because the coloring is simple, so the basic manuscript can be distributed by marking the colors of each part. The speed of producing finished products has been greatly improved, and the original manuscripts are storyboarded, outlined, and colored, all performing their respective duties. One more thing, the current division of labor in comics is roughly the same.

Although film is no longer used for coloring and painting, the actual methods are indeed the same. This style of coloring with simple colors, flat layers of color, and good results is collectively called the celluloid coloring method.