Comments on: Show 025 – James Baxter, Part Three

By: Brennan Bova

Brennan Bova — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:37:25 +0000

Thanks guys! I was wondering if it was as simple as that or something strange and more bizarrely derived that I just wasn’t getting.

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:56:44 +0000

Liz, thanks for the reply. You put it better than I could have (I guess from grandfather experience). I’ve also heard the opposite “He could draw his ass!” which means someone drew very well. It still cracks me up but it’s definitely something I’ve never heard a contemporary animator say.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:34:37 +0000

Hi Brenna, it basically means he couldn’t draw at all. A slightly more coarse way to put it is “You can’t draw for s**t!”. My grandfather used to talk like that.

By: Brennan Bova

Brennan Bova — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:09:49 +0000

Hey, something I heard in the James Baxter interview was the phrase “You can’t draw your own ass!” as quoted from Mr. Williams. Clay then referred to it as a really dated animation term… I’m just wondering what on earth it means!

By: Pablo Garigliano

Pablo Garigliano — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:07:18 +0000

I also like Shrek movies, very good animation movie.

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