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Random musings, and some plans for books, etc.

Dance Of The Mayflies

January 16, 2023December 26, 2022 by James Baker
mayflies

Coping with impermanence and helping others persevere through their own mounting frailties, is one of the main missions of being human.

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Categories Family, Friends, My stroke, Thoughts Tags Life In A Montage 30 Comments

Fake Faces

January 16, 2023October 19, 2022 by James Baker
Robo Yul Brynner from WESTWORLD

Horror movies work on human anxieties built into us, but why do we have the fear of the almost human doppelgänger?

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Categories Film/TV, LEFTY Drawings, Pin ups, Thoughts, TV sketching Tags JourneyMan 21 Comments

J. Garett Sheldrew

January 16, 2023September 21, 2022 by James Baker
Garett Sheldrew

Eccentric and utterly brilliant, GARETT SHELDREW was a genuine Mozart of the pencil, and I never met anyone else like him. 1964 – 2022.

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Categories Friends, memoriam, Work Tags (Colossal) Pictures, cancer, Frankenstein, Garett Sheldrew, ILM, Pixar 107 Comments

Ralph Eggleston

January 16, 2023August 29, 2022 by James Baker
Ralph Eggleston

One of the true greats of contemporary American animation died overnight, after a 4 year battle with pancreatic cancer – RALPH EGGLESTON: 1965 – 2022.

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Categories Friends, memoriam, Work Tags cancer, Pixar, Ralph Eggleston 22 Comments

SHO MURASE

October 11, 2022August 19, 2022 by James Baker
Sho Murase’s first book!

Fondly remembering an inspiring artist, trusted studio mate, beloved friend, and wonderful spirit.. SHO MURASE; 1969 – 2022.

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Categories Friends, memoriam Tags Maverix Studios, Sho Murase 24 Comments

Pete & Chris

January 16, 2023April 17, 2022 by James Baker
Count Dracula

An appreciation of HAMMER HORROR films, the most memorable often featuring CHRISTOPHER LEE and/or PETER CUSHING.

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Categories Film/TV, LEFTY Drawings, Pin ups, Reviews, TV sketching 26 Comments

The BIG SHIP

January 16, 2023March 21, 2022 by James Baker
THE BIG SHIP: Sydney

Exploring a classic vessel from the golden age of passenger sea travel is fun when you’re 9 years old..

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Categories AutoBio, Family, LEFTY Drawings, Travel Tags Baker's Dozen, Jo Baker 24 Comments

Notte del Ragno

May 3, 2022February 27, 2022 by James Baker
The ManSpider

I was fight-or-flight tensed for whatever soul searing scene the Fellini Express would deliver next – bag snatchers or god-knows-what..

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Categories AutoBio, LEFTY Drawings, Travel Tags JourneyMan 26 Comments

The Grey Scribe

January 11, 2023January 23, 2022 by James Baker
A Fun Night

A troubadour bard accompanies us through life, composing ditties & tall tales of our deeds. 

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Categories AutoBio, LEFTY Drawings, Thoughts Tags JourneyMan, Peter Lawlor 18 Comments

The Larrikin

October 31, 2022November 23, 2021 by James Baker
mates

Children fit a whole lot of living into a year, or even an afternoon. This is the case with dogs too, who famously live seven years to our one.

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Categories AutoBio, Family, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Armidale, Baker's Dozen, Jock 20 Comments
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