Man, I tell you what. After stupidly posting in the Roger Rabbit thread, I started reading this one and I, well, became enthralled. It was really intriguing, and it took me most of last night before bed and today at 10AM until around 6AM to read/listen to everything.

It's awesome that so many people involved in the production of this reached out and helped you.

I know I've actually seen this (or at least part of it) when I was younger, though I don't remember all of it. So much of the animation is stunning though. And its sordid history is fascinating. I can't wait to see your version when you finish.

I saw this scan of a cel earlier in the thread, and figured I could at least contribute a little something, so I cleaned it up, and also added the veil on-

http://www.wordpainter.net/stuff/thiefandthecobbler/princessyumyum01.png

http://www.wordpainter.net/stuff/thiefandthecobbler/princessyumyum02.png

It just seemed the heavy jpeg compression didn't do it justice, and someone lamented that she didn't look right sans veil. It's interesting, since when I did the veil in Photoshop, I noticed the pearls on the necklace weren't the right color.. so I'm assuming when they did the veil overlay they recolored the pearls as well. Anyway, the veil isn't 100% perfect, but it's close enough. I didn't 100% get rid of the jpeg artifacts, either, but I was trying to balance it out and not lose the true artyness of it. (Plus I only spent about 10 minutes recoloring it.)

Anyway, cheers to your work!