Yaki and Yumi

I am lovin’ how this Yumi turnaround turned out…Yumi, you da’dragon!!

Hopefully soon, I will be posting some of the awesome animation that has made it’s way back from Korea!

Schmello Yo.
I just got a copy of this Yaki turnaround in color….Yaki’s got some back, ain’t he??

So, on the topic of “admirers and supporters”…I must talk about how I first knew of Fred. I was a senior in college, in 1993-94…by lurking around the classroom for the Animation Grad students, I met someone who knew they were looking for interns at Hanna-Barbera. I went on an interview, and was hired to intern on a show called “Two Stupid Dogs.” I really liked the show, but I guess it didn’t do to well. I got to meet people like Rob Renzetti, and Heather Kenyon, and Donovan Cook. It seemed like there were not a lot of quality cartoons on T.V. besides “Ren and Stimpy”. I decided to do my senior thesis presentation on “Why do Cartoons today Suck?”. It was at this time, that I met John Kricfalusi. He let me come by Spumco to interview him for my senior thesis, and then offered me a job [Read more…]

During the last staff meeting, Fred asked those of us who were not “in house” anymore to blog about what we’ve been up to. Personally, I have been working on and pitching my new idea….oh…. and I’m also planning a wedding! What does this have to do with “Yaki and Yumi” you may ask? Mmmm…not much, except that us creators are also real people having real lives. I had a mentor once tell me “you can’t animate life unless you live it.” That is exactly what I try to do. Everyone I know, and everything I do influences what I create. Including my fiance. This is a picture from our “engagement shoot”. I think it perfectly represents us as a couple..me acting like a goober, and him looking at me like “she is such a silly girl, but I love her for it!” I had another mentor once tell me [Read more…]

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