StemCels updated!

[ReiTheJelly]

It's been awhile, but with some inspiration from Sensei, I've finally updated my gallery again.


Six new backgrounds of The Maze, from Cardcaptor Sakura
One new cel of Rin from Inuyasha
One new (not really - I bought it last year) cel of Yukito from Cardcaptor Sakura
One new settei cel from Challenge of the GoBots

http://stemcels.rubberslug.com

[sensei]

Yay! Updates!

You've really done wonders with the Maze section, providing screen caps and glimpses of the layouts, which are often really interesting. I wish you luck in finding matching cels. I'm sure I've seen cels that go with the "bird's eye" view of the Maze gallery, and if I spot one, I'll certainly let you know!

The Ep. 35 one of Yukito with the home-made UFO doll is a great addition. I think the reason the bg at first glance doesn't seem to match is that it's missing what must have been a cel layer with the sparklies Kero-chan is creating in the background. Otherwise it's a dead ringer.

Cute cel of Rin from IY, and it's good to see Screwhead finally get some company!

[ReiTheJelly]

Thanks for stopping by, Sensei! It is so weird to think that I now have 26 backgrounds of The Maze, when I started out with only 3. Unfortunately, the number of CCS cels for sale (even low-end ones) seems to be dwindling, so I don't hold out much hope for reuniting my backgrounds with their matching cels.


Off-topic: did you notice that our old friend camp148dde has bit on a bunch of the hanken douga currently on Y!J
At least, I'm assuming it is them, based on the truncated user ID.

[KuroiTsubasa4]

I wondered who that was 0-0. Those kinds of drawings get posted all the time but this is the first time I've seen so many get bid on all at once. That's a ton of money maybe they own some of the corresponding cels? Though they bid on all of this week's batch... Weird.

[sensei]

I could swear that I've seen one of those cels of Sakura, Tomoyo, and Syaoran walking along Maze up on a dealer's site, but a quick check of some old bookmarked sites didn't turn one up. Anyhow, the one with the crumbled hole in the wall is certainly worth visiting the collection to see. Great episode.

Yes, it's nice to see some real action on the CCS board, though I always expect there to be competing bids Sunday morning on anything I go for. While there's a lot of low-end and overpriced stuff that goes round and round, there almost always is something worth a second look.

And I'm very bemused at the fact that Tree of Palme cels are suddenly coming out of hiding by the dozens! And getting lots of bids from people other than me!! And even (mirabile dictu!) some rash upstarts are outbidding me for some!!! It looks like Nakamura's neglected great movie-and-a-half (except that the half isn't really very good) is finally getting the followers and admirers it's deserved.

Looks like the curtain hasn't quite fallen on the late great hobby of anime cel collecting after all...

[JWR]

I really like this new maze background.
http://stemcels.rubberslug.com/gallery/ ... mID=351907

Reminds me of a scene from Wherehouse 13

[sensei]

I really like this new maze background. Reminds me of a scene from Wherehouse 13

Not taking away anything from CCS's originality in this episode (where the 3D maze is much more complex than its counterpart in CLAMP's manga), but the inspiration for it comes from a justifiably famous 1963 Twilight Zone episode, "Little Girl Lost," based on a Richard Matheson script (and that in turn based on one of his sci-fi short stories in turn based on a real-life personal experience). Toward the end, the adult trying to guide the lost girl back home partially falls into the alternative 4-dimensional world into which she has dropped. For a few moments we see the same kind of surreal Escher-style landscape, in which up, down, and sideways no longer have their normal meanings.

Office Academy was, I think the first (1980) to use this surreal image in anime, in Ep. 2 of Maeterlinck's Blue Bird. When Tyltyl and Mytyl first enter the fairy Berylune's castle, they find that it too has 4-dimensional properties and Escher-style staircases that defy real-world logic.

[Quacker]

Hey Rei-Jel! Really nice update, Congrats on your latest acquisitions.

I was updating & amending my own gallery when I noticed Stem Cels had some new updates via ze Rubberslug homepage, immediately jumping across to investigate your newbies.
Since I am slowly discovering the joys of Inuyasha, your new Rin cel is the pick of the bunch for me, but some of the CCS backgrounds are pretty cool.
Looking forward to your next update!

[ReiTheJelly]

Aw, thanks, Quacker! Sadly, my luck with winning auctions is at an all-time low, so I never have much to update with. And while some of my Maze backgrounds are neat to look at, many of them are solid green (and probably have other members thinking I'm a total nut-job for buying them! )

But I always look forward to your updates, too! You always manage to score some primo stuff!

[sensei]

Sadly, my luck with winning auctions is at an all-time low, so I never have much to update with. And while some of my Maze backgrounds are neat to look at, many of them are solid green (and probably have other members thinking I'm a total nut-job for buying them! )

Well, on some level we all are somewhat nut-jobby in the things that we find worthy of collecting. Speaking for myself, I enjoy wandering in your little Maze Nook, both for the Escher-inspired graphics (I loved Escher's illogical staircases and liked to imagine myself walking on them) and for the really interesting layouts that you include as well.

And probably my own gathering of "double-butt-shot" Fly Capture cel combos is a nut-job enthusiasm of my own. But in an odd way, I feel like the celga-no-kami who watch over the fates of animation art observe and reward people with crazy but well-intentioned passions. I'll bet your luck is about to change. The usual rivals will all be out moon-watching or sake-drinking or just banging on their keyboards trying to get that modem link to come back up before the auction closes.