Animators spoofs and jokes on cels!!!!!!

I have two cels (that I know of) that might fit this category.

http://gabriel.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=43630

This one has an interesting little cameo by two other AIC characters if you look closely enough...

http://gabriel.rubberslug.com/gallery/inv_info.asp?ItemID=60517

And this one appears normal...but check the sketch corner to see what didn't make it to film. ;)

How do you know if the DP (or any of them)one is done by the animators? I'm curious. A while ago I had a sketch that had crazy faces on the corner of it. I figured some baka put them there so I threw away the sketch. ???

Hello Matt,

I've seen lots of little faces and notes and all kinds of funny stuff marked in the outer edges of the cell drawings.
The only way you can tell is if the same kind of pencil was used that was used on the main drawing for the cel,But even this is not always so.
Key animators have a habit of making strange marks or small drawings in the outer edges of the cels they do for some reason.
Some of the key animators take there work home with them and it maybe do to boredom or as a joke to the head animator checking there work.
Lots of these funny add ons that are on the main part of the drawing are under overlays or out of frame and such so they never get seen when the cel is shot on film.
Key animator cels will have a circle or square or triangle around the number to let the cameraman know this is a key cel<sorry if you already new this alot of folks don't.
One good way to tell if the funny face is done by them is if the drawing was stuck and you pulled it off the cel and there it was, Most drawings once pulled off a stuck cel will not stick to bad a second time and will come right off easy.
Never throw the drawings away keep them all because the drawing was the hand done part of the setup, The cel was copied from it, even a messed up drawing is better than no drawing at all. Old messed up disney drawings can go for thousands.
It can be hard to tell sometimes were the funny stuff comes from but I like to think it came from them even if it did not.
I hope this helps some.

Roy