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Tony Hart dies at age 83

Dammit. He was such a lovely man, so passionate about art and such a great communicator. I know he's been retired for years but he was a fixture of my childhood, starting with Vision On, and he is the reason I managed to get an Art O' Level, by inspiring me to draw. I'm not particularly good, you understand, but he always made it clear it was the fun of creating that mattered and he was right.

I should start sketching again, just to remember that.
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posted by [identity profile] halcyon-shift.livejournal.com at 04:07pm on 18/01/2009
:( I think I remember him from ... Take Hart? I was pretty tiny. And Morph! He was win
 
posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 06:10pm on 18/01/2009
Yeh Take Hart would be your era. And yay for Morph!
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posted by [personal profile] commoncomitatus at 05:32pm on 18/01/2009
*sniffles*

I must've sent a hundred pictures into HartBeat between the ages of two and four, and always wondered why my little splats of colour never made it into the Gallery. :(

Also, your link is not working...
 
posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 06:07pm on 18/01/2009
I was never brave enough to send stuff in to The Gallery so go you :)

Edited Date: 2009-01-18 06:10 pm (UTC)
 
posted by [identity profile] jimbairn.livejournal.com at 08:27pm on 18/01/2009
I think anyone currently active in the UK art field - graphics, comics or Fine Art - will owe a great debt to Tony Hart
 
posted by [identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com at 09:00pm on 18/01/2009
*nods agreement* Our generation certainly does. And oooh! You have an LJ! :)
 
posted by [identity profile] jenni411.livejournal.com at 09:26pm on 18/01/2009
Oooh, he's in trouble now! *rubs hands together evilly*

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