Monday 5 July 2021

James Baxter Animation Webinar

 

On 30 June we hosted a live animation webinar with legendary Disney and DreamWorks animator James Baxter.  James began his animation career on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and has since worked on dozens of animated films.   James was the animation lead on Belle on Beauty and the Beast, Rafiki on The Lion King, and Quasimodo on The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  He also won the Windsor McCay Award at the 2018 Annie Awards (the animation "Oscars").

James Baxter Webinar
Rafiki
On 30th June we hosted a free two-hour webinar with legendary animator James Baxter.  James took our students through a hand-drawn animation demonstration, with a 15-minute Q&A at the end.

James is world-renowned in the Animation industry having worked on animated feature films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.  

James has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, and is widely regarded as one of the masters of the craft of animation.

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

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for our BA/MArt in 3D Animation, follow this link.  To apply for our storyboarding evening class, visit this page here. For the next 12 week animation course, click here

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