Yaki and Yumi

Happy Hallogreen!

Aliki2 — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:21:50 +0000

Greetings Yaki and Yumi fans!
So, when I was a kid I used to stay in the ocean as long as I could stand it, and swim with my legs squished together… hoping and praying that they would turn into a mermaid tail and I could swim away! My wish came true today, except I am at an animation studio instead of the deep blue sea…ah well, at least I finally have that tail, just in time for halloween!!

Dance off!

Aliki2 — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 19:54:36 +0000

These avid “Dance Dance Celebrationists” threaten Yumi’s chance of winning! Will her chanting and yoga-ic moves be enough to beat her opponents? Or will a certain bat try to defeat her?? Stay tooned!!!

“They like ME better!”

Aliki2 — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:17:53 +0000

Yumi had just about enough after Yaki went on for four hours about how everyone at last night’s Nickelodeon screening CLEARLY liked him SO much better than Yumi. Even a meditative, and spiritually evolved dragon, such as herself can take so much!!

Yippeeeee!!!

Aliki2 — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:07:14 +0000

Yaki and Yumi are sooooooooo excited about the screening at Nickeoldeon tomorrow!!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Oh my…

Aliki2 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:32:33 +0000

Yaki and Yumi’s creator, Aliki Theofilopoulos was seen over the weekend modeling her wedding dress..I am sure her finace will enjoy the fact that it was made out of toilet paper. Neither Yaki, nor Yumi were available for comment.

Say it Loud!

Aliki2 — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:11:20 +0000

Yaki and Yumi were so jealous that the Girls On the GO! characters had their mouth charts posted, so I thought I would go ahead and post theirs too. Jun Falkenstein, the director was the mastermind behind these fun mouth shapes.

Yaki and Yumi sticker!

Aliki2 — Wed, 24 May 2006 17:50:14 +0000

Okay..so this sticker was thrown together late last night, in the hopes of doing some promoting at Comicon, since I cannot be there this year. I have no idea how to build sites, but Jun, Yaki and Yumi’s esteemed director, was nice enough to load some stuff up so that people can at least find their way to the blog. Thank you Jun, and thank you Stickerguy.com!

Fyn Stec art auction!

Aliki2 — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 14:39:45 +0000

“Yaki and Yumi”’s beloved art director, Paul Stec, needs your support. His very sweet and spirited son, Fyn has been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. The people of Cartoon Network are hosting a silent auction to raise money to help the Stec family with the medical expense involved in saving their son.
This is a win/win situation for anyone who can help..not only will you get to own a piece of art from some of the greatest artists in our industry, but you will get to help a very special 5 year old.

Here is a link to the auction: Fyn Stec Auction

and more info:

Online preview: April 17-19 *you are able to bid online during this time if you are out-of-town
Auction event: Thursday, April 20 from 5-9pm (bidding ends at 8pm)
@ Cartoon Network Studios :: 300 North 3rd Street in Burbank

Artists include: Albert Lozano, Anna Chambers, Breatrice Tesdorpf, Brianne [Read more…]

Yaki and Yumi Title Card!

Aliki2 — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:46:26 +0000

The title cards are completed, and they look great! I did the drawing, and my very talented friend, Aman Chaudhary did the geinius coloring job. You can check out more of Aman’s work at www.redmask.com or read his blog at www.aman-about-town.com.

For those who do not know, a title card is the first thing your audience will see before your show starts. This is where the main credits will also run. In our case, they will read “created and storyboarded by, Aliki Theofilopoulos, then, directed by, Jun Falkenstein” At the end of the show, there will be a “The End” card as well.

Lastly, I need to say something about how amazing the music is for Yaki and Yumi! We sat down with our composer, Shawn Patterson on Friday and watched the scored show, and it was absolutely phenomenal!! He RAWKS!

Go See Art!

Aliki2 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:32:52 +0000

Today I went to an amazing art experience called “Ashes and Snow” which is in Santa Monica right now ( at the “nomadic museum” right by the pier). The photographs, and films were increadible. The show reminded me that every frame of every picture we create is all about relationships. It is our duty as creators to keep this in mind…that each character, (even if they are enemies) should be connected. The same goes for background elements and objects. They all have a relationship.
An important mentor of mine, Walt Stanchfield ( an old Disney animator from the days of Sleeping Beauty) used to say, that even if I do a drawing or composition with three different characters, it should feel like they are all connected..and to always keep relationships of people and things in mind. People like to connect..and when your characters are connected, your audience will too feel connected to them.
Check out Gregory Colbert’s work at www.ashesandsnow.org But head out to Santa Monica and see it in person!

I also went to the show Eric Homan mentions in his blog (at Wacko in Silverlake), and it was awesome! Next I would like to check out the comic book art show at MOCA and the Armand Hammer. Who’s coming? FIELD TRIP!