Monday 21 June 2021

James Baxter Animation Webinar 30 June

James Baxter
On 30 June at 6pm Escape Studios is hosting a live animation webinar with legendary Disney and DreamWorks animator James Baxter.  

The event is free, and we are recommending that all our students register and sign up. 

James began his animation career on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and has since worked on dozens of animated films.  

James Baxter Webinar
The webinar takes place on Wednesday 30th June at 6pm.  James will take students through a hand-drawn animation demonstration, with a 15-minute Q&A at the end.

James was the animation lead on Belle on Beauty and the BeastRafiki on The Lion King, and Quasimodo on The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  He won the Windsor McCay Award at the 2018 Annie Awards, and has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation and Netflix. He is widely regarded as one of the masters of the craft of animation.

On a personal note, James was my supervising animator on "The Road to El Dorado", where he designed and supervised the character of "Tulio". 

Official Signup
To sign up, follow this link.

James Baxter at IMDB
You can see more about James Baxter at Wikipedia here


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