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could do better..

July 24, 2023July 23, 2023 by James Baker
Parent Teacher Night program - 1978

There was only one thing I was halfway good at.. and at 15 I started to wonder if I actually could DRAW for a living.. 

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Categories AutoBio, Childhood art, Illustration, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Armidale, Fairy Bread 8 Comments

the rude roommate

July 2, 2023June 30, 2023 by James Baker
advertising - the rude roommate

If advertising was a person they’d be the worst person you know. A gaslighting master manipulator. The last person you’d want constantly whispering in your ear. 

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Categories Essays, Film/TV, LEFTY Drawings Tags advertising 10 Comments

The Weirdlanders

September 9, 2023June 18, 2023 by James Baker
The Weirdlanders thumbnails page 1

Tinkering on a ROCKET RABBIT comics short story continues. I hope to finish a 6-page B & W story by the end of the year.

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Categories Comics, LEFTY Drawings, My stroke Tags Nerve Bomb Comics, Rocket Rabbit 12 Comments

The Magnificent Loser

June 19, 2023May 31, 2023 by James Baker
A Magnificent Loser - NED KELLY

Human beings are all underdogs simply because we are all mortal, and decline is the inevitable end to everyone’s story arc. 

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Categories Essays, Film/TV, LEFTY Drawings, Reviews 20 Comments

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil

September 30, 2023May 15, 2023 by James Baker
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

FORTUNE COOKIE THEATRE – all captions are from fortune cookies collected after dining in San Francisco.

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Categories Comics, Fiction, LEFTY Drawings, Projects Tags Nerve Bomb Comics 34 Comments

This Balanced Breakfast

June 30, 2023April 30, 2023 by James Baker
Ac Cheerios

An Apple Cinnamon Cheerios commercial, produced at Colossal Pictures in 1992.

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Categories Animation, Colleagues, Work Tags (Colossal) Pictures, advertising, Chris Hauge, Dave Feiss, Dave Gordon, JourneyMan, Phil Robinson 15 Comments

Photo Galleries

June 1, 2023April 10, 2023 by James Baker
Photo Galleries

I’ve finally updated the photo galleries here on my site.

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Categories Photos, Updates Tags www.james-baker.com 4 Comments

Robert John Baker

August 23, 2023March 15, 2023 by James Baker
May dad, Robert John Baker, on his 51st birthday.

Any father is difficult to sum up for a child of that man. Separating father, the role, and Dad, the person. Robert John Baker 1939 – 2023.

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Categories AutoBio, Family, memoriam, Photos Tags Dad, Life In A Montage 26 Comments

Return of the Peregrinati

October 12, 2023March 6, 2023 by James Baker
139 Barney street Armidale

Any hometown is a memory palace, and moving through it unlocks feelings from long ago.

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Categories AutoBio, Essays, Family, LEFTY Drawings, Location Sketching, Photos, Travel Tags Alex Baker, Armidale, Dad, Jo Baker, Life In A Montage, Victoria Baker 16 Comments

STARTOONS

June 30, 2023February 15, 2023 by James Baker
Anticruelty Psa 1989

Before becoming coming a Saturday morning cartoon powerhouse, the STARTOONS studio was briefly located in downtown Chicago, where I worked for them one summer.

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Categories Animation, Colleagues, Location Sketching, Photos, Storyboards, Work Tags advertising, Chicago, Jon McClenahan, JourneyMan 8 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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  1. James Baker
    James Baker on Living the DREAMNovember 27, 2023

    Hey Dan! Glad you liked this one. I've been thinking about dreams a lot lately, and just WHAT they are…

  2. Dan McHale
    Dan McHale on Living the DREAMNovember 27, 2023

    Hi Jamie I enjoyed that piece. You did your research! I’m developing a short about a dreamer, just as an…

  3. James Baker
    James Baker on Living the DREAMNovember 27, 2023

    I've had flying dreams too, but I can only stay aloft by frantically flapping my arms. I never get very…

  4. bill cone
    bill cone on Living the DREAMNovember 27, 2023

    Nice essay. One thing I enjoyed about my dreams was the flying. When I was young, it seemed my entire…

  5. James Baker
    James Baker on Living the DREAMNovember 27, 2023

    Maybe I was welcomed into some sleazy secret society in my dreams, and I forgot? gawd..

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