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Drawing Cut No Slack Original Cel Animation The Smurfs

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Drawing Cut No Slack Original Cel Animation The Smurfs
Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs. The Smurfs, named for their personalities, inhabit a village of mushroom houses in an enchanted forest. These loveable creatures are led by Papa Smurf and * live carefree... except for one major threat to their existance: Gargamel, an evil but inept wizard who lives in a stone-built house in the forest; and his feline companion, the equally nasty Azrael. Typical stories deal with the Smurfs' efforts to fight off * Gargamel, who wanted to do one of several things to the blue creatures including eat them, make them slaves and gain their magical secrets in order to gain dignity among the wizard's fraternity. More than once, the Smurfs had to save Gargamel from his back-firing * plans or even eviler wizard * * * * Oh come on, give me a break!! There is a matching drawing overlay of Gargamel that accompanies the cel. * * * Original Animated Cel and DrawingOriginal "rough" animation drawing, in black pencil with the notations in black and red pencil * Overall size is a 12-field drawing that is 10 1/2" × 12 1/2" * Overall Size of Cel: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2" * * Excellent Condition * * * This is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in an episode of "The Smurfs." Each one-of-a-kind cel represents a slight change in position of the characters. When individually photographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is then hand-painted on the reverse side. * * * The cel and drawing are ready to be matted and framed. The animator's notations are shown at the bottom of both. * *