New animation reel! Enjoy!

Thanks those who have helped me achieve a career in animation and help me continue to grow. It is a close-knit industry that I feel happy to belong to and I hope I can give back ten fold.

Yumiko's Flash Animation Reel: 2:30 min

Fetch with Ruff Ruffman Season Three | WGBH Boston | Global Mechanic
George of the Jungle | Classic Media | Studio B Productions
Sideshow Christmas | Cheshire Smile Animation | Studio B Productions
Peanuts Shorts | Warner Premiere Motion Comics | Studio B Productions

Clips not included due to confidentiality / not aired yet:

Between the Lions Season 9 & 10 | WGBH Boston | Global Mechanic
Pilot: Hillcrest Park | BHive | Studio B Productions
Pilot: AA | Technicolor | Monkey Paw Media

Fetch with Ruff Ruffman Season Four | WGBH Boston | Global Mechanic

I am currently working full time as a freelance animator. Check back next year for a new reel showcasing five more projects I'll be part of by the end of this year :)
Thank you kindly for visiting!

I'm teaching this summer and I had to make a three panel comic about myself.

As a volunteer Wish Grantor for the Make a Wish Foundation, I recently had the pleasure of fulfilling a child's wish to go to Legoland with his family. David Gagnon, a local lego artist generously donated his time to build this awesome lego star to help me make this wish even more special. It even has a hidden hook at the top!

David is quite involved in the Vancouver Lego community and was last building a lego unicycle to contribute to the Lego exhibit at Science World. Thanks David! Go check out his work!


*All lego sculptures in this post are made by David. Not me!

I feel this is very important. Please watch.
Global's 16:9 (Episode 106): Rays of Rash and Dirty Energy

This video reveals the dangers of CFLs, which emit high amounts of UV rays and radio frequencies.

As much as I want to be green, I cannot use CFLs because they make me feel dizzy and nauseous, but I didn't know why. My mom and I are also UV sensitive and my mom started getting a rash immediately after she installed a CFL. This video explains why. If incandescent lights are banned in Canada, this will be a major problem. I hope LEDs are the answer.

*sun (UV/photo) sensitivity/allergy can be caused by a number of reasons, including certain diseases, drugs, naturally sensitive skin, a confused immune system or hormonal changes from pregnancy. Boooo.

OMG I love the Onion. Here's one for us animators ;)

After seeing a friend of mine make a kick ass rainbow cake, I had to try making one too! I didn't want to use too much food coloring because I'm unsure what it chemically contains, so it turned out to be more of a pastel rainbow cake, which is equally fun. Because I used a baking pan that's meant for things like banana bread, you can see how the heat rose and cycled through the batter by noticing how the colors warped. Pretty neat!

If you want to make your own, I just bought a simple Betty Crocker Vanilla cake mix and a mini pack of food coloring. Mix the batter, divide into your colors, pour your colors one by one to create individual layers and bake! If you want more distinct layers, I'm guessing you should bake it in a traditional oven for even heat distribution. I baked mine in a toaster oven to conserve energy, which might be why the warping from the heat is more extreme.

To avoid your hands from getting splattered with food coloring, try opening the bottle caps while the bottle is wrapped in a paper towel. I find the cap splatters each time I snap it open and closed. I learned this tip while making colorful homemade playdough as a kid ;o)

A few of us attended a luau themed Dr Sketchy's life drawing session last week. It was a bit hard to draw in theatre seats, but it was entertaining nonetheless. Especially the ukelele singer. For more drawings from the night, check out May Waaaaa, Sarah and Meghan's posts! :)

To sensitive viewers: Please note that this post acknowledges we are quite naked underneath our clothes.