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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 110 Comments

Ralph Eggleston

September 25, 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

Fun Weekend

October 12, 2022August 29, 2021 by James Baker
Statue of Columbia, Golden Gate Park 2021

Last week was a staycation in San Francisco; a chance to be lazy, & hang out with pals, and do some sketching in Golden Gate Park.

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Categories LEFTY Drawings, Location Sketching, Watercolour Tags Golden Gate Park, Pencil Jockey, Pixar 8 Comments

LUCA

August 6, 2023June 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 Film/TV, Storyboards, Work Tags Enrico Casarosa, Life In A Montage, Pencil Jockey, Pixar 12 Comments

SOUL

August 6, 2023December 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 Film/TV, Storyboards, Work Tags Life In A Montage, Pencil Jockey, Pete Docter, Pixar, Soul 11 Comments

FINDING NEMO: more VisDev

February 21, 2023February 26, 2017 by James Baker
From FINDING NEMO:Crush the turtle

Here are a few more visual development sketches done while working in Ralph Eggleston’s art department on FINDING NEMO, way back in 2000.

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Categories Character design, RIGHTY Drawings, VisDev, Work Tags Finding Nemo, JourneyMan, Pixar, Ralph Eggleston 15 Comments

WALL-E: VisDev

October 13, 2022November 26, 2016 by James Baker
WALL-E: visdev

This is some visual development for WALL-E drawn back in early 2005 while I worked under the great production designer RALPH EGGLESTON.

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Categories Character design, RIGHTY Drawings, VisDev, Work Tags JourneyMan, Pixar, Ralph Eggleston, Wall-E 14 Comments

INSIDE OUT

November 9, 2022June 10, 2015 by James Baker
Inside_Out

INSIDE OUT is an unusual film for a big studio to make. It is very ambitious and abstract. I worked on the story team from 2010 to late 2012.

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Categories Film/TV, Reviews, Storyboards, Work Tags Inside Out, JourneyMan, Pete Docter, Pixar, Ronnie del Carmen 53 Comments

Finding NEMO: Sharks

October 12, 2022September 17, 2011 by James Baker
FINDNG NEMO: sharks

Here are some visual development designs I drew for FINDING NEMO back in 2000, when I was freelancing for the Pixar art department and RALPH EGGLESTON.

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Categories Character design, VisDev, Work Tags Finding Nemo, JourneyMan, Pixar, Ralph Eggleston 10 Comments

RATATOUILLE: Too many Cooks

July 9, 2023June 18, 2011 by James Baker
RATATOULE: visdev

Here’s some very early RATATOUILLE visual development artwork I did for Jan Pinkava at Pixar, way back in 2000.

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  1. James Baker
    James Baker on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 25, 2023

    Mark! So glad you commented! It was a great trip, eh? Nutty to think that it is already 15 years…

  2. Mark Creagan (Squiggle)
    Mark Creagan (Squiggle) on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 24, 2023

    G'day James.......Loved the read. I was reminiscing at each & every turn of the page. Yep I'm a dinosaur, printed…

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    James Baker on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 24, 2023

    Hey Peter! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed a re-read as much as I did. I've had this blog…

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    Simmo on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 23, 2023

    Loved revisiting this James and reading all the comments. You guys are still legends!

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    Deane Taylor on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 22, 2023

    It’s a happy little Vegemite that gets to resniff a cadaver… it puts a rose in every cheek!

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