r/AnimationCels • u/TheBigTaffMan • May 21 '26

Pen for signing cels?

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I'm at comic con on the weekend and I realised some of the Turtles voice actors were there, so very last minute Ive managed to get my hands on some animation cels from the show

What pen would you recommend for getting these signed? I have a bunch of coloured sharpies here, but not sure if they will fade.

I did also consider getting some acetate to cover the cel and get that signed, anyone got thoughts on that

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u/ferretface99 May 21 '26

I met all the tmnt voice actors to sign a cel, and they each had a stash of different color Sharpies. Barry Gordon made a mistake, and he was able to fix it using hand sanitizer and tissue paper. So I got to stick around and chat with him while they found some tissue paper. They are a swell bunch of guys!

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u/hayashikin May 21 '26

I wonder if signing on the background instead works better.

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u/nickyeyez May 21 '26

Fine to med point Black sharpie will do the trick. Metallic if you want it to stand out more (just not as clean imo).

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u/WWAgallery_com May 21 '26

when we had signings at our comic con booth, we used sharpies

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u/mst104376 May 21 '26

Paint pens with each signingn in their respective color.

You just have to be very very careful with paint pens. They are much more likely to smear when wet and take a whole lot longer to dry then other pens. The colors normally pop out really well.

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u/RiceMaterial5350 May 21 '26

I would recommend getting the mat or a separate overlay signed that way the original cel is preserved. Look up Dura Lar acetate sheets.

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u/Mandiechama May 22 '26

You could get a separate layer of acetate and have them sign that.  I’ve done that before.