Sad news: Ray Harryhausen died on Tuesday 7th May 2013. I'm pretty sure without the legacy of Harryhausen's beloved stop-motion monsters, a course such as ours would not exist. Read his obituary here and enjoy his most celebrated stop-motion special effects sequence below.
Awww I heard about this earlier and was ignoring it, hoping it wasn't true. He's the reason I wanted to get into animation :'(
ReplyDeleteSame here Molly, it was an honour to meet him a few years ago that's for sure!
ReplyDeleteMe too Molly. I met Ray Harryhausen a few years ago and he was charming and an inspiration. All the things you'd want your hero to be.
ReplyDeleteAs with Molly Harryhausen was an inspiration for to take a path in animation at an early age when I was introduced to classics such as Jason and the Argonaughts and Clash of the Titans that have watched many times since
ReplyDeleteA sad loss but a legacy that will last a life time in the archives of animation history!