Well, I guess my reply to this isn’t so much a 
post saying whether your should start making 
fancels again or not, however I will say this…. 
The reason why I make fancels is because it’s an 
outlet that lets me vent out whatever 
frustrations I have had from the day of work 
hell, financial stresses, marriage stresses, and 
everyday annoyances. Sitting down with my paint 
laden art table, drawers of acetate and paper, 
rulers, brushes, and airbrush, and soft music - 
just makes me feel at peace. 

Granted, I get flustered at times with difficult 
areas (airbrushing and backgrounds T__T), but it 
drives me to go on, just because I love the 
feeling I get when I “conquer” a complicated 
piece that I have worked over 40+ hours on. It 
gives me a feeling of accomplishment. ^^ 

I usually spend about 5-7 hours a night painting, 
inking, planning updates with programmers, to go 
along with working at my job from hell, and 
everything else. Why do I go on? Well, the reason 
above is one of them. But another thing is the 
cel collectors. A lot of the collectors I talk to 
are patient, understanding and very nice people. 
I even hope to someday meet some of these people 
and sit down a drool over cels with them ^^  …… 
What’s even more interesting, is that even though 
they know that at times it can be a long wait, 
they don’t mind….. And when I do finish their 
piece, whether it be a background, a custom 
designed character, or a cel from a screenshot of 
a series, it gives me a good feeling to know that 
they are happy with my work and I made their day 
a little happier ---

If you are into making fancels for the profit, I 
would definitely say this isn’t for you. The 
money I make from the cels I do, pretty much goes 
right back into the supplies I buy to make them. 
This is a hobby that I enjoy, though stressful at 
times, I still love…. Making friends, trying new 
techniques, and making people is happy is good 
enough for me and that is why I continue to make 
them ^^  So if you think that making fancels is 
backbreaking tedious work, then maybe fancels 
isn’t something you should do and maybe you 
should try another hobby that you might enjoy 
instead….

Lia