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S:TAS doodles from spring! This is the show that officially made me a DC fan

#this is a few months old i draw some of these guys differently now #also i know it was kyle in that episode and not hal but he has brown hair so i just decided to draw hal anyway #stas #s:tas #superman the animated series #dcau #superman #dc #dc comics #dc fanart #clark kent #batman #btas #b:tas #batman the animated series #bruce wayne #the joker #lex luthor #harley quinn #robin #dc robin #tim drake #lois lane #jimmy olsen #lobo #flash #wally west #my art #green lantern #hal jordan

art question for anyone who can help!!!

does anyone know what this particular effect is they do in old traditionally-drawn cartoons/anime for glowing lights, lasers, fire, etc? like what material or lighting are they using in the studio? i'm seeing them do it in xmen tas but they also used it for superman's heat vision and various other effects in stas as well.

i'm really hesitant to say it's digital because it shows up too much for how prohibitively expensive computer graphics were at the time these shows were being made.

it always looks like it's actually casting a glow onto the rest of the cels so i'm wondering if it's something that fluoresces under whatever lighting they use to scan/photograph the animation frames. the glow seems too uniform and consistent to be manually airbrushed, especially with the way it interacts with the colors beneath it!