James Baxter How To Draw Spirit Part 1

[MegxMcCabe]

@MegxMcCabe *2d

[MegxMcCabe]

@SoutaEvee This is dreamworks, not Disney lol but the same still applies, Dreamworks should do more @d animation the likes of this, Road to El Dorado, Prince of Egypt, Sinbad etc

[jtp1949]

dear god this is way to hard i can't catch up!

[Cate98Cherry]

Beautiful!

[NightehTheAweshumCat]

Omg, he had to draw that like a million times.

[SeeYaOnSondee]

This guy needs a bit more work on studying horses. He forgot the Gaskin! Spirit's back legs look all straight now! -.-

[MrBuckman69]

i like your picture oh win is spirt 2 coming out

[HidanxRaksha]

He uses the same pencils I use! :D

[DivineMastery]

Would just like to say thank you to James Baxter, you made my childhood.

[theshausho]

I can't draw with the circles and stuff I doesn't look good 4 me:/

[gabrielucintra]

goooooood



[dapshere]

He makes it look so easy! :O

[Mariaxshadow1]

i like the wolves but I LOVE THE SPIRIT

[Pointmetoamirror]

I love this! I'm actually getting pretty good at drawing horses thanks to James Baxter!

[PimpedPenguin]

OMG i love spirit favorite movie <33333333333 ever! it made me cry 4 times tho:(

[XxLiveToSingxX]

I learned how to draw horses off my Spirit dvd when I was little. :3 Haha, good times... I still draw them like this, lol.

[jenna1076]

omfg your good but i didnt get eny of the steps neather did a lot of outher ppl i mean im not hatin but u could explane this beter

[MummyDemon]

Oh i really like this guy!! He is so cool he was allso the supervising animator for Belle (Beauty & The Beast) !! ;)

[MsYellowone1]

O.O Man I wish I could draw horses that well!!!!!

[Nikuxini]

did anyone else notice that EVERY time it would zoom in on the drawing there would be some kind of detail that he DIDNT draw........

[SoutaEvee]

I'm so miss these movies... Disney got mad :S (Hannah Montana, Jonas Brothers... -.-) I'm Miss the old Disney so much :/

[Disneygirl3715]

@SoutaEvee Actually, Spirit is from DreamWorks.

[KanamePurebloodLover]

@SoutaEvee i so agree with you and i hate new disney movies such as "Hannah Montana" and crap i love Lion King, Bambi and Fox and the Hound.... but you made a teeney mistake.... Spirit is "Dreamworks" movie :S

[SoutaEvee]

@KanamePurebloodLover Yeah I noticed after I sent this x"D I'm so silly omg I forgot that Spirit is a DW movie :U but thank you, and sorry all x_x" I feel myself so stupid xD

[SimsXluv]

@SoutaEvee It sounds like they got drunk and they got out of their minds!

[Hlinhp]

@SoutaEvee except this movie is by Dreamworks and not Disney....

[SoutaEvee]

@Hlinhp some people told me :"'D and Yeah, I know I said bulls*t xD But when I realised what have I said...the comment have been sent xD

[15Blacky08]

OMG i must try this sometime (L)

[horsesaremylife31899]

This in no way is how I draw a horse I just simply start drawing I make the horse witht the mane and tail then go back to where I made like for the muscles and kinda smear it to make a shadow

[lovehair13]

as much as i love disney, i really gotta give this man credit. it's because of him that i got so interested in animation. i may end up working for disney, but it's all because of this man right here. if it weren't for spirit, i'd probably be very bored with my life...

[lovehair13]

it's funny, cuz for me horses or near any animal are easy to draw, but trying to draw a person is just insane....

[theappachiprincesse]

I wish he was my art teacher.

[kalliskivike]

im not good at drawing animals x.x

im good at drawing mangas and peoples but il try to master this one :3

[mequestrain]

I'm glad for that ol' feller, he inspired me to draw horses like that. Good guy! ^^

[nddlj]

His animation is so vivid and clean!

[EriGaGa92]

omg it's thanx to him that i started drawing horses non-stop <3

LOVE this movie

[bumble1020]

i love the movie spirit, it has such a could plot!!

[Emily585Emily]

i drew a horse one day when i was bored and it doesnt look like spirt but its close to a horse lol. but cool. thx (:

[Turtluver4u]

@xhoney2000x he's the one who made spirit

[CrazyhorzZ]

do you know where i can find the music from murphys law in the background?

[NikkoAndCourtney]

thanks to him,i learned how to draw horses and i'm the best drawer in my whole school

[TheVeyZ]

i want the background music on my ipod :3

[gingerisevil02]

Hey why'd ya stop it so soon???

[Gab2671]

This guy is related to me :D

[TakaZeno]

I drew this whenever I was a little kid. And it actually came out very good. I think I was only 11. Back whenever I was so obessesed with Spirit and horses.

[GlaringWolfEyes]

@TakaZeno I drew it when I was little also lol, I did it when I was 8 though

But I lost it :(

[Espe13XD]

I love spirit, i spanish fan!!!!

[alexiswizard101]

i no like the face D:

[alexiswizard101]

@alexiswizard101 i mean i dont XD

[RainTheLeadmare]

I agree, the legs are the hardest part XD

[PINOYHOMESICK]

OH MAN! YOU ARE THE MAN BEHIND THAT SPIRIT STALLION? I REALLY LOVED THAT ANIMATION, I THINK I WATCHED OT HUNDRED TIMES, IT WILL BE A PRIVILEGE WATCHING YOUR HAND DRAWN ANIMATION, THERE IS NO DOUBT, THAT YOU ARE THE BEST IF NOT, AMONG THE LIVING LEGEND OF DISNEY STYLE HAND DRAWN ANIMATOR ON EARTH TODAY, HOW I WISH TO MEET YOU IN PERSON, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I AM HERE IN THE REMOTE VILLAGE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF LUZON, PHILIPPINES, I AM ALSO A TRYING-HARD ANIMATOR TO BE, BUT THERE WAS NO CHANCE

[SkatesNSaddles]

@PINOYHOMESICK Dude, relax! She/He took it out of the DVD and posted it here on YouTube! And he didn't draw for Disney. It was DreamWorks.

[MsSimsBuilder]

@PINOYHOMESICK

Actually, this was made by DreamWorks.

[Leo101Lion]

please make a second movie! spirit is so inspirational even to older people!

[Rasenth]

Oh my God, Spirit was drawn by HIM? No wonder I was so mesmerized.

[JoeTedz]

Ahh... the man behind supervising quasimodo from Hunchback of Notre Dame. That has to be one of my favorite characters he's animated!

[nerdguy825]

Ja...

[nerdguy825]

My name is...

[TwilightHorses12]

Bets animator ever!!! He should go solo again and make a spirit 2 himself. That would make me happy :)

[gingerisevil02]

Hey! Why does it cut off????

[LipSingBlondie]

hmmm his "skeletal system" looks just about like the one i set up..... AWESOME! :D

[wq47Dyami]

For some reason I've always pictured James Baxter with a British accent ...

He was so talented :)

Gah I wish there was a Spirit 2

[HorsesMuzzle]

Als je het zo uitgebreid gaat tekenen, en een tekenfilm heeft 15 afbeeldingen in één seconde, dan doe je er wel lang over. Wat hij tekent, kan ik zonder al die rondjes etc.

Moeilijker over iets dat vrij makkelijk is - als je het kan - verspeelt tijd....

[black9612wolf]

he's very talented :D

so cool ^^

[mrpixxx]

SO ENVIOUS! Best 2d animator !!!

[kdub652]

i love Spirit! Spirit is my fav movie! I've drawn this horse like 50 times! i have 3 of these dvds

[steamboyx]

Amen U.U

[MBGamingLegends]

i'm sorry 3d fans but anyone can do 3d but it takes talent to do 2d animation

[LordMoufMouf]

@MBGamingLegends

Ummm....you have NO idea what you are talking about....

[MBGamingLegends]

@LordMoufMouf you can't do 2D animation if you have no drawing talent what so ever but you could teach 3D to a retard

[LordMoufMouf]

@MBGamingLegends

Are you saying that 3D animation and rendering requires no knowledge of form, composition, lighting, body mechanics, expression, texture and shape? Do YOU do 3D work? Are you saying all those guys at Pixar are just retard rejects from Disney? I'm trying to understand where you are coming from...

[Matthew1R1]

i love this

[lionkingfan77]

did james baxter die?

[Matthew1R1]

@lionkingfan77 i dont believe he did :/

[yayo283]

ya i remeber that. u took that from spirit dvd,i have it,but to bad james baxter died :( thats was a cool video and i all ready darw it (R.I.P)

[coolkate12336]

I am going to be a vet when I grow up because I love animals including horses. I love spirit and every time I watch it I cry at the beggining and at the end. That man is very talented and I am always trying to draw spirit and i am almost there :)

[xhoney2000x]

Cool, he's talented

[DarkestPanik]

There was a time where I used to be able to draw Spirit. *sigh* Now I suck.

[CathelijnesSuperdogs]

I don't think I can do that! :O

Awesome! :D

[OrigamiExpertbackup]

awsome video! :)

also,i luv spirit and he rocks! :D

~faved & five starz!~ :3

[killerzbal]

Thanks James .. we are Lucky .. u shared such amazing stuff with us. Can you please guide me in classical animation on Light Box .. as I have no guidance around .. what to do and from where should I start animating on LightBox . Thanks

[SparkleD0g]

The first time I used this tutorial My spirit Came out Defromed ._.

[steamboyx]

I took out from the dvd

[blesshiscottonsocks]

where did you get this?!?

[LovelyLovelySpring]

Woooow, that man is great ÖÖ

[jeremyhopkins]

No, he left school after one year to work on Roger Rabbit. Listen to Clay Kaytis' animationpodcast for more information. James' is incredibly talented and he works very hard on his scenes.

[KiCreativeStudios]

"Hello, I'm James Baxter, I'm the Supervising Animator for Spirit and the BEST animator in the world, and today we're going to..."

[mechelle076]

@KiCreativeStudios hi i love horses im crazy about horses and i absolotly love this movie absoloutly ..

and i draw horses i have a PACK of HORSES that i drawed and i have never been on youtube before !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ....................i have NEVER saw anything like this before and i have never had a .....................HORSE it sucks that i dont have a horse but THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i give 1000 stars

[eczander]

FUCK THATS SICK

[mallygirl231]

hahaha second and thanks alot ( :

[LinkBowserScar]

1st comment and this is helped a lot! Keep it up!