Yumi takes her first steps..WATCH!
So, on my final day of production here on “Yaki and Yumi”, I thought I would share a special treat. I have dusted off my animation pencil, and flexed my flippin’ fingers to bring you..an animated walk cycle! I haven’t animated in a long long time, but had a blast revisiting the medium! Since there was not a pencil animation camera anywhere to be found (talk about a dying art form) we had to get crafty. Paul brought his digital camera from home, and we taped it to the edge of my desk on an empty compact disk case. We then piled up some paper, a trash can, and the top of a box, and taped a peg bar to it. We shot it in a program called “Frame Thief” and then exported it into “Quicktime”….CRAZY! But…it worked! Thank you to my mentor from Disney, John Ripa for taking the time to meet with me and make sure my animation was working. And to Larry too for his pointers. Thank you to everyone at Frederator for an amazing experience, and a dream come true!
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On November 4th, 2005 at 12:00 am
That walk cycle is a lot of fun. Don’t worry - you’ll be back soon enough.
On November 4th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Thank you Eric, for everything!
On November 4th, 2005 at 12:00 am
How am I going to survive without your great voice?! And your great cheer? See you soon Aliki.
On November 4th, 2005 at 12:00 am
As I’ve been going to today’s comments, it struck me that Aliki’s been our most loyal, smart, and supportive creator blog commenter. Thanks for your always ready smile Ms. Theofilopoulos, we all appreciate it.
On November 4th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Thank you Fred..for being the heartbeat behind all of this..my energy and my smile and support for others is fueled by the excitement I have about being included in your cartoon revolution
Not to mention, there is brilliant work being done all around me! I am so excited for all the new creators!!!! RAWK OUT PEEPS!!
On November 5th, 2005 at 12:00 am
It was so great meeting you Aliki
Good luck! Hope to see ya back at Frederator soon.
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Is this the rough walk cycle for yumi? dont u have to add the details such as horns and spikes on the back for the final cartoon?
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Is this the rough walk cycle for yumi? dont u have to add the details such as horns and spikes on the back for the final cartoon?
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Yes Stephen, this is a walk cycle for Yumi only…and the horns and spikes and details will definately be added when she is cleaned-up and colored for final animation.
This is only a rough test to give and idea of what her movement might be like. I had a vision of a particular way of how her feet would arc up, and wanted to show the animators in Korea what I had in mind.
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Oh I see… The artwork i saw of yumi in color next to yaki and yaki skeleton, is that how yuim is gonna look? No outlines and such?
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Yup!
That is called “self color”. Basically, the line drawing is scanned into the computer and cleaned and colored..then the line is removed! The characters on Cartoon Network’s “The Fosters” is done this same way..except it is animated in Flash…Yaki and Yumi will be aniamted traditionally (pencil and paper baby!)
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
lol! Thats pretty cool. When i saw Yaki and Yumi i thought it would be a Flash animated cartoon by the look. I have never seen any traditional hand drawn cartoons that look the way Yaki and Yumi are going to look. Hopefully your experiment will turn out to be a good one. All the best,
hopefully i get a chance at my own cartoon 
Steve
P.S Im workin on a storyboard for frederator
On November 6th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Go for it Stephan!! Everyone here is so great..you will learn so much by pitching alone! Thank you for your support and great questions..and yes, I hope the experiment works too!
On November 7th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Aliki… i have something you must see. I would like to show u off this website forum. Do you have a private email address i can email you at?
Steve
On November 7th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Not to sound all amazing.. but i would like you to mabye make a post about it. I must show you off this site first so i can see if you would want to create a post about it…I think you’ll really love it! If you do not decide to make a post about it, i will post the link on this website.
On November 7th, 2005 at 12:00 am
My user name for aim is : dubspinners27. I send you an IM
On November 7th, 2005 at 12:00 am
HEY EVERYONE, STEPHAN HAS AN EXTRA COOL SURPRISE! I WILL BLOG IT SOON!!
On November 7th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Aliki, yur the coolest animation chick around…well except for Krudnut and Galin that is
Can’t wait to see you again. Yumi’s got some sass in her step ain’t she?!!
On November 8th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Flat feet, a dragon tail draggin’ - she definitely has a little waddle goin’ on! I love how Yumi’s stubby arms are way up high so you can really see her little wiggle! I can just see her on Halloween, high heels, a tu-tu (or roller skates)…
On November 8th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Love that saucy saunter! Very Yumi!
On November 8th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Can I have some fries to go with that shake! (You are such a MacGyver btw!)