This isn't anime, but it is a really wierd cel! 
I've never seen an image before painted in this 
way and was wondering if there was a correct 
terminology to use to describe this "special 
effect". Also, if anyone else has cels painted 
this way I'd love to see them! Show me! ^_^

From a TV commercial in 1985: The wings are 
actually painted twice! First on the true cel 
layer, the base colours have been painted on just 
like any normal cel. The oddity though is that on 
top of the normal paint, a 2nd cel layer has been 
trimmed and pasted onto the real cel. This 2nd 
feathery layer is painted on a "frosted" cel so 
you can still see the original paint colours 
underneath. There's a lot of coloured pencil work 
on this 2nd layer as well.

On top of this wing detail, every single line on 
the cel has also been hand inked. It really 
reminds me of the fantastic work that goes in to 
the Last Unicorn cels you see floating around. 

A scan at 200% size of the face and wingpaint can 
be seen if you're really curious and want to 
click the link at the top. ^^  

Cheers,
-A very happy Heather who loved she-ra as a kid 
^_^