There are two schools of thought.
#1: The cel is your cel. You can do whatever
makes you happy with it. If you think getting a
signature is fun, get a signature. ^_^
#2: Collecting signatures and collecting
autographs are two totally different hobbies. On
the radio, for example, someone had an early
Elvis record signed by Elvis. The record itself
was extremely valuable, but because it was no
longer in mint condition, it was devalued
considerably---- the signature was perceived as
having "marred" the perfection of the record,
even though Elvis had been the one to sign it.
So record-collecting and cel-collecting are two
different things, of course, but the same
concepts can be applied. A signature--- even that
of the artistic director or a seiyuu--- can be
perceived to "mar" the perfection of a cel, just
as much as paint flaking or line fading. You
might split the difference and have the artist
sign the sketch. It would be difficult to track
down the specific artist who was responsible for
a specific cel from a specific sequence.
Sometimes, in rare instances, you can... but for
the most part, the cels themselves are drawn by
anonymous individuals. So having the cel signed
by someone who worked on art for the series
doesn't have the same "wholeness" that, say, a
piece of custom art drawn and signed for the
occasion. The art and the person signing it may
be related, but unless it is one of those rare
shots where it was actually drawn by a known
person, chances are the person who drew the
image, who did the line cleanup, who did the
inking, and who did the painting are several
totally different people, and the one whose
autograph you're getting was none of them. ^_^
If the signature is valuable to you as a memento
of meeting a great person, go ahead and get your
cel signed. It's just a piece of painted plastic.
^_^ But if you're going to eventually sell it,
the autograph may be a negative point for someone
who doesn't have those memories to associate with
the signature, and they may view it as a flaw.
But the bottom line is, do what you want. ^_^
What matters is the meaningfulness it has to you.
If it was me, I might just get the sketch signed
instead of the cel, since sketches tend to be
viewed as "less valuable" than cels. |