Comments on: Show 025 - James Baxter, Part Three

By: Dane Winn

Dane Winn — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:10:42 +0000

this is excellent, you really inspire me man! thanks for the interview.

please check out my work if you get a chance

By: Ryan Hightower

Ryan Hightower — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:51:39 +0000

Greetings. I have currently heard this final sequence of you interview with the marvelous James Baxter, and it was absolutely magnificent! Are you fimiliar with an animator named Phil Duncan? He was one of the animators who was involved with Disney features including Bambi, Cinderella, and Fantasia, in addition to partaking as supervising animator on an animated film titled Watership Down (1978), which is based on the book by Richard Adams. Is that animator still in existance? Because I am absolutely curious if he used any inspiration from animating Bambi while he was working Watership Down. I earnestly hope you appreciate my comments.

Sincerely,
Ryan Hightower

P.S.: Have you found out anything about John Lounsbery in regards to that question I asked about him animating Bruno from Disney’s Cinderella?

By: Floyd Norman

Floyd Norman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:51:00 +0000

It just keeps getting better and better. Great interview!

James is an awesome animator. Of course, I knew that back while working on “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” What a pleasure to work with a new generation of great animators.

Keep up the great work, Clay!

By: K. Borcz

K. Borcz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:33:42 +0000

I’ve been listening to this james baxter interview, and enjoying it. There’s just so much info! But thanks for posting it.

By: Valdimar Baldvinsson

Valdimar Baldvinsson — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:11:26 +0000

Awesome work your doing. Thank you so much from Iceland!

-Valdi

By: Mark DeRidder

Mark DeRidder — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:21:40 +0000

These podcasts are always soooo amazing to listen to. Great job Clay… so glad you are sponsoded by AM. I’m a student there in my third term and your podcast seems to go hand and hand with that school. And being sponsoded should help keep these podcasts coming out. Keep up the amazing work!!!

-Mark

By: Crunch

Crunch — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:12:57 +0000

awesome, i love this guy! i have an animation to share, i would appreciate any feedback! it’s a funny little scenario about legos coming to life:

http://digitalfuntown.squarespace.com/dft-blog/2008/4/9/waiting-to-die-model-citizen.html

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:20:42 +0000

(I’m having a little difficulty posting, so hope this one shows up)

Thanks Clay… and thanks to your wife for helping to keep the show going. I’m really enjoying the show, it’s an inspiration, and don’t get tired of listening to past episodes again and again. Jame’s words about regretting if he didn’t try the things he wants to do really struck a chord.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:23:48 +0000

Thanks so much Clay, your podcasts really keep me going and make me want to get as good as I can. I’m in my last year in college in Ireland and if it wasn’t for these podcast I don’t think I would try to push my self as much because these podcast have made me really think about my animation. You are doing such a great service for animation and I hope you will never stop.

PS. I think it would be interesting to some how have an interview of yourself some day by some one else or maybe some thing like the splinedoctors round table with other people you work with. I would really love to hear your thoughts on animation. I like how you some time say what you think in interviews but now that you are becoming a supervising animator, you yourself are up there with the people you interview and I’m sure you got a lot to say.

Thanks for giving use these wonderful interviews
Stephen

By: Katy Hargrove

Katy Hargrove — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:05 +0000

I really enjoyed this last part of the interview. The talk about quadruped animation brought up some thoughts/questions. Is animating a quadruped something animators enjoy or is it kind of scary to enter into? Is there a typical character type that more animators are interested in taking on on projects, build as opposed to personality. Then I was reminded of the dumpy horse in Sleepy Hollow and how much I’ve always loved that character. Who animated that horse anyway? Whoever worked on it really seemed to understand horse anatomy and how to bend it into a non realistic creature.