Saxton Moore is an animation director and children’s book illustrator. Coming to Richmond from Cleveland, he’s spent 14 years been directing animated commercials for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, among others.
Now in Richmond, he started his own animation studio, Pixel Pirate, where he hopes to utilize the talent Richmond has to offer in a different way.
We sat down with Saxton to get to know him a little better.
What type of art do you do?
I do a lot of animation, designing characters, developing show concepts, things like that. I also illustrated a few children’s books.
What brought you to Richmond?
My wife and I both have family here and we wanted to be close to them. I also wanted to be closer to New York where I do a lot of my business. I’m loving it here. The only thing I’m still trying to figure out is the roads.
How did you get started?
I started in animation. I’ve always had a knack for illustrating most of my life. I went to the Art Institute of Atlanta and then segued into commercial animation with local studios before moving back and forth across the country for different jobs.
What types of work have you done?
I’ve been working with Nickelodeon for short segments called “History and Heritage” that run on Nick, Jr. I worked on a few episodes for Adult Swim’s “Aqua Teen Hunger Force.” For a while, I was doing stuff with American Greetings to breathe new life into old characters like Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake.
What are your opinions of Richmond art?
I’ve found out that there’s a big budding artist community. I went to First Fridays recently and was amazed by what was here in the city. I think the arts needs more support from the community. I haven’t seen much in the city with regards to an animation studio and wanted to facilitate some of the artists here who are working on it.
Talk about your new studio in Richmond.
Pixel Pirate Studio works primarily in animation and children’s books, and we’re working to turn some of the art concepts I’ve created into entertainment properties and small merchandise. Hopefully, I can utilize many of Richmond's fine artists to pursue this.
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