Ray Harryhausen - Special Effects Titan

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973). Effects by stop motion master Ray Harryhausen | SciFi Art

The Morning Watch: Ray Harryhausen's 'War Of The Worlds' VFX Test, The Movie Alphabet & More - SlashFilm

While still in the Army, Ray Harryhausen had conceived the idea of filming H.G. Wells's novel War Of The Worlds. He even made this 16mm test shot of a Martian emerging from a capsule in 1949, but he could't get support for his project. (See all treasures at Chelloveck's Asylum for Monsterkids!) | Chelloveck's Asylum for Monsterkids

16mm test footage for Ray Harryhausen’s never realized War of the Worlds (1949) | Famous Monsters of Filmland

The pioneering efforts of animator Ray Harryhausen

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Episode 9 of The Ray Harryhausen Vodcast features an interview with author and special effects artist Mark Wolf, who discusses his new book ‘Smoke and Mirrors- Special Visual Effects B.C (Before Computers)’. Mark is a stop-motion animator who became a long time friend of Ray Harryhausen’s. Over the years, they discussed in detail some of the finer points of Ray’s techniques. His 2021 publication ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ delves deep into pre-CGI special effects techniques, in what is a must-read for f