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Dance Of The Mayflies

February 28, 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 Essays, Family, Friends, My stroke, Photos Tags Life In A Montage 30 Comments

My Most Rebellious Organ

June 1, 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 AutoBio, My stroke Tags Life In A Montage 50 Comments

TUNNELS title Sequence

April 30, 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, Dave Feiss, Japan 20 Comments

ROCKET RABBIT thumbnails

February 28, 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

Fake Faces

February 27, 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 Essays, Film/TV, LEFTY Drawings, Pin ups, TV sketching Tags JourneyMan 21 Comments

J. Garett Sheldrew

February 22, 2023September 21, 2022 by James Baker
Garett Sheldrew, 1994.

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

February 22, 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

The Wrath Of CON

February 22, 2023July 18, 2022 by James Baker
On our way to THE CON!

Fame & fortune via comics eluded me, but I enjoyed making them a great deal. Exhibiting was fun too despite occasional bouts of THE WRATH OF CON!

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Categories Comics, LEFTY Drawings Tags Comic-Con, Rhode Montijo 24 Comments

Leaving the Cocoon

February 22, 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
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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 on The Magnificent LoserJune 2, 2023

    Our scars & bruises are more worthwhile than prizes. They are the campaign medals of living a life. Thanks for…

  2. Chris Clarke on The Magnificent LoserJune 2, 2023

    Dear friend, You have no idea what a soothing balm this essay is to bruised soul. Thank you, love to…

  3. James Baker on The Magnificent LoserJune 1, 2023

    By all means add YOUR faves in a comment!

  4. EmbreMac on The Magnificent LoserJune 1, 2023

    Wisdom! Thank you! Great list. I see some favorite films. Passing it on…

  5. James Baker on The Magnificent LoserJune 1, 2023

    Ooh yes! please add any others that you like. I've never seen ZORBA THE GREEK.

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