Animator, Lost Soul
Am I the last guy on Earth to hear of this guy? If so, disregard this post.
As I just recently discovered, Ryan Larkin was a young Canadian animator who came to prominence in the late 60's. Acadamy Award-nominated in 1967 for his animated short Walking, Larkin also produced several other ground breaking films (Street Musique and Syrinx) before beginning a downward spiral of drug abuse and alcoholism. By the eighties not only had he dropped completely off the animation map, but he was also homeless (supposedly pan-handling to this day outside a deli in Montreal).
Things began to change a bit 2004 when another animator, Chris Landreth, picked up an Oscar for his short CGI bio of Larkin entitled Ryan (supposedly Larkin is animating again). I've posted this bio below (in two parts) and I'm sure you'll agree its pretty damn amazing.
RYAN PT. 1
RYAN PT. 2
And here are links to Larkin's original shorts: WALKING, SYRINX , STREET MUSIQUE
As I just recently discovered, Ryan Larkin was a young Canadian animator who came to prominence in the late 60's. Acadamy Award-nominated in 1967 for his animated short Walking, Larkin also produced several other ground breaking films (Street Musique and Syrinx) before beginning a downward spiral of drug abuse and alcoholism. By the eighties not only had he dropped completely off the animation map, but he was also homeless (supposedly pan-handling to this day outside a deli in Montreal).
Things began to change a bit 2004 when another animator, Chris Landreth, picked up an Oscar for his short CGI bio of Larkin entitled Ryan (supposedly Larkin is animating again). I've posted this bio below (in two parts) and I'm sure you'll agree its pretty damn amazing.
RYAN PT. 1
RYAN PT. 2
And here are links to Larkin's original shorts: WALKING, SYRINX , STREET MUSIQUE
posted by Ryan A at 2:24 AM
2 Comments:
I'm speechless.
Awesome! and then some! AL
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