Sketches and douga aren't like cels... they
don't stick together, you can easily store them
in a stack, and the preservation methods of
paper are pretty much known and agreed upon.
Our cels may all fade away, but there's no
reason why the sketches shouldn't last for
generations.
I've opted for archival safe boxes with buffered
liners to store my sketches in. I bag up the
sketches in cel bags with the flaps cut off.
There's no need to seal up paper when it's
stored in the buffer box. Multilayer sketches
and entire cut scenes can all go in the same
bag... no need to go bag crazy. Anything on
colored paper gets stored in a seperate bag, as
I am always worried that these may be more
acidic and the colors might leech out over
time. And then I just stack the sketches in the
box. Easy peasy. As long as you stack similarly
sized things together, it shouldn't be a
problem. Label the side of the box, and you're
good to go.
I suppose that's not as convienent to flip
though as a portfolio album might be, but there
are trade-offs in everything. Frankly, I think
Itoyas (and albums in general) are a lousy way
to store anything, cels included, and are really
only good for carrying stuff to show off at a
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