seattle show and spoiler alert radio

Before I took off for Seattle I had a call to be a part of a radio show on 88.1FM, WELH, Providence, RI, so how could I pass that up? It's a great show called Spoiler Alert Radio which interviews directors and discusses film and such.

CLICK HERE FOR THE INTERVIEW

Buckle up for unbridled ramblings.

Hey so have you ever been to Seattle? When it's sunny outside it sincerely can't be beat. I guess I missed it pretty bad, but didn't even know how much until I got back. Gah! Love that place.

Here's some photographic evidence of the events...

the good Rob May and Rebecca Moline from the Animation Show
photo by Matt Tamaru

@ Flowers in the U-District
artsy photo by Matt Tamaru

from left to right: Anton Bogaty, Matt Tamaru, Rob May,
Rebecca Moline and Tom Deslongchamp
photo by errr... I think Tom

Tom and his wife Jessica Phoenix
photo by Tom... for sure this time

The mighty Troy Parke from Plexipixel
photo by Vicky Tamaru

Long distance shot in my old hood of Northgate.
from left to right: Matt and his wife Vicky Tamaru,
and the Blakefields- Huddle, Esther and boy genius Gene
photo by random passerby guy
with a taste for plenty of negative space

One day I'll post some drawings again.
Until then...

hello seattle

Hey so just a quick note... I'll be headed up to Seattle for the Animation Show on June 20th. Come out to the Varsity and give a shout, will ya?

Oh and there's a nice and crisp QT posted over here of the Morcheeba piece "Gained the World"...

http://www.onesmallstep.tv/videos/JT_Morch_GTW320.mov

gained the world

Morcheeba graciously asked me back to direct their second single off the Dive Deep album. Luckily I had the grand talents of Eric Kilkenny, Saxton Moore and Darin Bendall lending their animation wizardry as well as a generous tech hand from Sir Todd Schott. Of course Dan Kreeger and posse over at One Small Step were, as always, the finest a production company can be.

Endless thanks to Morcheeba and the label making both videos sincerely good times. Hey lemme know what you think, will ya?

In other news, just started up a new music video and tied up the end for the Animation Show. Did I ever tell you that Eric Kilkenny and Gene Blakefield were a big part of the Animation Show's opener piece? I'm truly an ass. These guys animate circles around me.

animation show and captain dumpers

Say there... check out this trailer for ye olde Animation Show...



Austin's show was serious fun. Everything went really well. The people running the program are solid gold. I got to chat with the mighty Mike Judge who was very complimentary and generous, which pretty much blew my mind. The whole operation is top notch and that's no bluff. Good times are guaranteed. Go check them out over here...

www.animationshow.com

Oh hey here are some decorated admirals that were dumped on my hard drive. Rest in peace, cap'ns.
Salute!

animation show!

So I know it's last minute but I'm headed off to Austin for the premiere of the Animation Show on the 25th. Amazingly the guys from the show invited me to create the opener for the tour this year. Here's a sneak peak of some screen grabs...




Don't wanna give too much away yet. Should be good times though. If you're around Austin come by and tell me what's what.

more?

Sorry... I can't resist sharing though.

claudiufiat rock, rock on!

dug up this youtube gem

Morcheeba's "Enjoy The Ride" vs The Sword's "Iron Swan"

thank you, good youtube citizen robopaul

king of the jerks

I only grow weaker at blogging, don't I? I think I have a mental hangup (one of many) dedicating time to blogging when I know there are a million things I need to be doing for clients. I gotta plug blogging back into the priority list though. Or maybe think up more excuses.

Hey so a few newish things:

A video for the mighty Morcheeba's "Enjoy The Ride"...


Much better QT over here...
http://www.onesmallstep.tv/videos/JT_Morcheeba.mov

Thanks to Chris Fox, Todd Schott, Jason Medisky, Darin Bendall, Gene Blakefield, Anton Bogaty and of course the irreplaceable Dan Kreeger at One Small Step for the supreme help out.

And interview with Channel Frederator's Jeaux Janovsky...
http://www.frederatorblogs.com/post/4993

In other news, I'm now being repped in the US by W!LDBRAIN... which is amazing. You know Wildbrain, right? Unreal.

More stuff soonish... no... seriously.

hipster rejects

Ready? set? no!

few spots and a shirt

Sometimes I wonder why I bothered to start this thing if I'm going to neglect it so badly. The guilt, the shame, the apathy... it's a good mixture.

Anyhow, hey here's some stuff I've been working on...

B-Movie-Attack of the Over-Priced Auto Insurance Monster
Here's a slower yet crisper version here if you have the patience... http://www.joeltrussell.com/esuAttackWeb.mov

Thanks to the good people of Wild Brain for the work and to Anton Bogaty, Gene Blakefield and Chris Fox for their mighty talented hands.

I found this yesterday...


Wish I could post a better version, but I was told these aren't really supposed to be floating around. If it's on the YouToob though... heeeeey

Gene once again coming through on the animating help out. Thanks bruvah!

Oh and the mighty Gama-Go's printed up some shirts I worked up for 'em...

We designed a sweater too, so maybe that'll hit the streets soon.

Anyhow, yeah, here's some really generous words from the very lovely Vez about the Coldcut DVD...



Ok so thazzit. Hit me back and let me know what's up with yourself, netpals.

print!

So the big Yo Gabba Gabba debut is upon us and Print Magazine did a great article about it all including a few quotes from myself (yes!)...

CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTICLE

Good times. In the meantime here's more monsters that were from the long trail of the Three Headed Monster development...

...aaaaaaaand we're done

quick find...

Good times...

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more monsters on the way

you thought we were done with this monster thing?

must... keep... going...

mo monster

Then it went here... sticking with lizard-like creatures, and I swear I don't have a thing for vikings. It was per the client's request...

monsters and fests

So I took everyone's advice and hit both the LA Film Fest and Platform in Portland. It was a huge time. Wish I could've hooked up with even more people, but the list of people I did meet up with is a long one. Both events are definitely something to check out. Thanks for the advice, fine people of the web.

Anyhow, a few months back I finished up some character design for Nicktoons with a company called Interspectacular in NYC. Since then, they handed the designs and their concepts to an animation crew to slave away for a few months. Looks like they finished up now though, so I'll post up some of the design evolution.

I started here...



super rough stuff...