It is definitely not a production sketch. I've
seen hundreds of authentic dougas/gengas, and I
can fairly surely say that it is not real. This
particular piece shows some of the tell tale
signs of a reproduction:
1. line quality - the lines on this sketch are
way too thick and irregular to be production
artwork. Anyone who has studied any kind of
technical drawing (and I mean anything from
architectural to animation) knows that there is a
proper way to draw the line - use a VERY sharp
tip, apply even pressure while drawing, and
rotate the pencil while drawing to produce an
even-thickness line. (Believe me, I know - I've
had plently of technical drawing classes over the
years.)
People who have seen authentic douga know that
the line clarity is supposed to be very crisp -
even width (fairly thin) and no 'sketchy' breaks.
The drawing on ebay doesn't have either of these
attributes.
2. color - when a douga/genga actually does have
color to it, it is nearly always done very
lightly. After all, it is the douga which is used
to transfer the *lines* to the acetate cel; not
a 'colored in' area - that's what the paint is
for! Any drawing with as much and *as dark* of
coloring as the drawing on ebay would produce a
screwed up cel (when placed through the
xerographic machine).
Another problem with the coloring is the fact
that is is darker in some places than in others.
If you look closely, you will see areas that
appear darker than others; you can also see areas
where the coloring goes 'outside the lines'. No
studio artist would be so careless as to make
these mistakes (if they did, they wouldn't have
been hired as clean-up artists).
Sorry, but it is not real.
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