Animation Cels

These pieces are what we see on the cartoons themselves...they are the animation drawings that have been traced, inked and painted onto celluloid, then placed over the backgrounds and filmed under the camera. Original Warner Bros. cels are quite rare, but there are a number of them still out there. The images here are thumbnailed and arranged chronologically. As I said before, if my image came from your site, please let me know so that I can credit you if you would like.

WB Cartoon Art page 1 (Drawings)   WB Cartoon Art page 2 (Cels) 

                 WB Cartoon Art Page 3 (Backgrounds, layouts and Models)

Cels of the cat from Robert McKimson's "Swallow the Leader"(1949). The one on the right, I actually own myself, and painted the recreation background for it.

Cel of Sylvester from an unidentified 1950's cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.

Another 1950's Sylvester cel, from an unknown Friz Freleng cartoon. I own this cel, and the closest I can come to a cartoon is "Tree For Two"(1952).

Cels of Sylvester from a 1950's Hippety Hopper cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.

Cel of the Texas oil man from Robert McKimson's  "Oily Hare" (1952).

Cel of Daffy Duck from Chuck Jones' "Deduce, You Say?"(1956).

Cel of Rocky the Mountain Lion from Robert McKimson's "What's My Lion"?(1961)

Cels of Bugs and Daffy, from "The Bugs Bunny Show"(1962). The Bugs cel appears to be Chuck Jones' style, while the Daffy cel is definitely from a scene directed by Robert McKimson.

Cel of Daffy Duck from Robert McKimson's "Good Noose" (1962).

A pair of cels featuring Sylvester and Speedy Gonzales from Robert McKimson's "A Message To Gracias"(1964.)

Cel of Yosemite Sam from Gerry Chiniquy's "Dumb Patrol"(1964), merged with a Speedy Gonzales cel from a late 1960's Alex Lovy cartoon.

Cels of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, most likely from "Rushing Roulette" (1965), one of only two Roadrunners directed by Robert McKimson.

Cel of Speedy Gonzales from a post-1964 Robert McKimson short.

Cel of Speedy Gonzales from "The Astroduck"(1966), merged with an unknown background.

Cel of the Mexican garbage man from "Daffy's Diner"(1967).

Cels of Cool Cat and Colonel Rimfire from Alex Lovy's "Cool Cat" (1967).

Cels of Merlin the Magic Mouse and Second Banana from Alex Lovy's "Hocus Pocus Pow Wow"(1968). They're merged with cels of Speedy Gonzales from an unknown cartoon by the same director.