Ryan Larkin is an acclaimed Canadian artist who in later years lived on the streets of Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse. He was the subject of Oscar-winning film Ryan.  I cannot remember how I ran across the film in the first place but a couple of funny things happened after I watched it.  For one, I wanted to watch all of his other stuff, which was pretty brilliant.  But on the creepier side, my brother’s computer which I was using to watch it on, after dinner, started playing the loud city noises from the film all by itself!  It was really creepy and we got scared.  Here’s Ryan:

Ryan by Chris Landreth, National Film Board of Canada

Larkin worked at the National Film Board of Canada, where he learned animation.  Probably his most famous short film was Walking (1969), which used a variety of techniques to illustrate people walking:

Walking by Ryan Larkin, National Film Board of Canada

I hope you take some time to watch his other work here.  It’s all amazing!

http://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/ryan-larkin