History Photographed on Instagram: "Vintage Disney animation was created through a painstaking, frame-by-frame process known as cel animation.⁠ ⁠ Artists began by storyboarding the action and painting background art. ⁠ ⁠ Animators then hand-drew each movement of the character onto clear celluloid sheets, known as cels. ⁠ ⁠ After being hand-inked and painted, the cels were layered over the painted background and photographed one frame at a time. ⁠ ⁠ When played back in sequence, these frames crea