I make fan cels, and even have sold some... 
*gets pounded by all members of the Forum* Well, 
my opinion in this... Fan-cels should always be 
signed so that others can tell 110% that it is not 
an original. And in large letters somewhere on the 
cel. Now, I myself prefer to make original cels of 
original characters, and scenes. However, I have 
made fan cels of particular series before, that 
were almost exact copies. Fortunalty, I take 
*most* [there are exceptions] of my images from 
artbooks that I spend time and energy to buy. And 
since I have a limited income, I try to get some 
money back by making fan cels. I would never, 
ever, never charge an outragous price for a cel 
I've made... I only try to break even most times. 
The most I ever can remember charging was about 
$20 for a hard-to-do opening cel. Now, whenever I 
do copy exact cels I always change a few things. I 
make lines around the outside darker, use thicker 
markers, and other things to make it look 
different. I am currently working on a CCS opening 
cel, that yes, I did take from a real cel. I 
found the image, not in someones gallery 
though, but in an image gallery floating around 
the net. *BUT* ^_^ I am outlining it in darker, 
signing it, and putting clouds around the outside 
to make it look different. I also took the sketch 
and transposed it onto the main image to make it 
look like two wings. Since one picture I saw had a 
genga like this. O.o;; I might sell it 
eventually... but I usually don't with exact 
copies. But I do it more for fun. Don't yell at 
fan cel makers. I know it's awful to see your work 
around elsewhere. I would be really mad if my cels 
were in someone else's gallery or something. But 
there's not much people can do about it. People 
will always do this and copy and try to sell as 
their own... I am in no way saying it's right, 
though! Because it's terribly wrong! It's just so 
hard to try to say what's right or wrong in these 
situations. I just wanted to say my side of the 
story, because I love doing what I do... I love 
making cels... but I love collecting real cels as 
well... I really don't know what to say. It's just 
a very hard thing. *get's beaten up by everyone at 
the Cels Forum again* *waaaiii* Please don't hate 
me! I personally would never sell a fan cel on 
e-bay, because then it makes people pay more. 
Please don't hate me! I just wanted to say my 
side! I love making fan cels... and that's 
all... Thank you for listening. ^_^

--Kath--

Here is a pic of my fan cel so far. If you have 
any suggestions on how it would look cooler and 
different with other things done to it, than I 
would love any suggestions. Thanks! I am putting 
clouds around the outside with white paint... but 
don't know what else to do. Thank you again.