Happy Birthday, Ray Harryhausen!
I met Mr. Harryhausen at Fantasia a few years back. I never really get flustered around celebrities, but fellow animators intimidate the hell out of me. When I told him I was an animator, Mr. Harryhausen told me to “Keep it up!” Now, whenever I’m having a bad day, I remember that moment and I feel a little better. Happy Birthday, Mr. Harryhausen!
June 29th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Hello. I see that you are an admirer of the legendary Ray Harryhausen. I too am often left in awe of his break through accomplishments in the special effects world pertaining to the motion picture industry. His many works in the Sinbad, Jason and Argonauts, and Gulliver’s Travels movies were just mind boggling. As you probably already know, he also did special effects for horror movies such as It Came From Beneath the Sea, Earth VS. Flying Saucers, and my favorite, “20 Million Miles to Earth”. All of these movies’ special effects were just simply great! One another note, the post also mentions that you are an animator. What type of animation do you perform? I am a part-time cartoonist. Well, just to wrap things up, your site is really very good! I plan to visit it a lot.
July 5th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Hi, Stephen. Thanks for popping by.
To answer your question, I was a 2-D computer animator for three years, and am now working in 3-D. I just finished my first 3-D walk cycle! It was easier then I imagined.