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TUNNELS title Sequence

January 16, 2023December 2, 2022 by James Baker
"Tunnels" title sequence

Animation tends to be an endless discussion until the money runs out, so I’m fond of this kooky title sequence for “とんねるずのみなさんのおかげでした” where there was no discussion at all.

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Categories Animation, Character design, Storyboards, VisDev, Work Tags (Colossal) Pictures, Japan 20 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

ILM 1998

October 14, 2022December 7, 2021 by James Baker
ILM's FRANKENSTEIN: The Monster vs Komodo-head!

I often don’t realise that I’m in a sweet spot till much later, but working on FRANKENSTEIN, I knew my luck even at the time. 

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Categories RIGHTY Drawings, Storyboards, VisDev Tags Brian O'Connell, Delia Gosman, Derek Thompson, Frankenstein, Garett Sheldrew, ILM, JourneyMan, Steve Purcell 46 Comments

Journeyman

October 22, 2022September 22, 2021 by James Baker
Hannas_shows

Early years working in Sydney animation were the apprenticeship that led to a long career.

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Categories Animation, AutoBio, Work Tags Arthur Filloy, Chris Hauge, Hanna Barbera (Aust), Jon McClenahan, JourneyMan, Simon O'Leary 22 Comments

LUCA

October 12, 2022June 2, 2021 by James Baker
Luca

This story makes me deeply nostalgic for a seaside Italian childhood that I never actually had.

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Categories Storyboards, Work Tags Enrico Casarosa, Pencil Jockey, Pixar 12 Comments

Channel-V

June 5, 2022April 6, 2021 by James Baker
Channel-V

Sometimes the budgets & schedules were too restrictive to make anything good, but a lot was learned during fast & cheap experimentation.

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Categories Animation, Character design, Storyboards, VisDev, Work Tags (Colossal) Pictures 6 Comments

SOUL

June 5, 2022December 1, 2020 by James Baker
soul-pixar

When a crisis hits, it forces a rethink, about who we are and what we bring to the world.

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Categories Storyboards, Work Tags Pencil Jockey, Pete Docter, Pixar, Soul 11 Comments

RIFFS “Hip Hop”

October 12, 2022November 17, 2020 by James Baker
Style frame for "RIFFS" chip commercial

The great thing about directing an animated commercial was designing characters, storyboard, layouts and animation too.

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Categories Animation, Character design, Storyboards, VisDev, Work Tags (Colossal) Pictures, Garett Sheldrew, JourneyMan, Tony Stacchi 15 Comments

Scribbling While Rome Burns

January 23, 2023April 23, 2020 by James Baker
ScribblingApocalypse

Much has changed in a few months. Back in January, I’d never even heard of the ‘coronavirus’ and nowadays, we barely leave the apartment..

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Categories Comics, Doodling, Updates, Work Tags covid-19, Rocket Rabbit 15 Comments
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