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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

My Most Rebellious Organ

January 16, 2023December 16, 2022 by James Baker
Brain Scan

The surgeon flipped through cross-sectional slices of my own brain, like so much luncheon meat. A shaman reading portents in animal giblets, explaining the signs in my head-spam.

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Categories My stroke Tags Life In A Montage 50 Comments

ROCKET RABBIT thumbnails

January 16, 2023November 13, 2022 by James Baker
comics thumbnails

After years of tinkering with page layouts, I hope to start final art for a series of short ROCKET RABBIT stories.

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Categories Comics, LEFTY Drawings, My stroke, Projects Tags Rocket Rabbit 10 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

Leaving the Cocoon

January 16, 2023June 28, 2022 by James Baker
Kilauea from Volcano House

We crawled out of covid isolation to become travel butterflies, most recently for an enjoyable week on Hawaii’s Big Island.

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Categories Family, LEFTY Drawings, Location Sketching, Travel, Watercolour Tags Hawaii, Jo Baker, Julia Lundman 10 Comments

website overhaul

July 14, 2022May 26, 2022 by James Baker
Artwork

I’ve finally done a complete redo of my website.

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Categories Updates Tags www.james-baker.com 10 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

Trip to Bainbridge Island

May 23, 2022March 4, 2022 by James Baker
Mount Hood

We just hit a major post-covid landmark when we took our first flight since the pandemic began two years ago.

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Categories Travel Tags Bainbridge Island 6 Comments
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James S. Baker has worked in the animation industry since 1982, for many studios all over the world. This blog is for his personal projects.

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