Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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.

17 Comments:

Blogger cartoonretro said...

Beautiful work, Joel!
S.

12:39 PM  
Blogger Ryan Wood said...

Terrific stuff, Mr. Trussell! Great designs, especially the silhouette shots in the flowing wig.

2:38 PM  
Blogger Thorsten Hasenkamm said...

Great!

6:44 PM  
Blogger Jim Lujan said...

Truly genius! You are definetly gifted, Joel. I wish you all the best.

2:15 PM  
Blogger GOGOPEDRO said...

That Video is GREAT...

Being a guy thats loosing his hair can be tough... Thanks for sharing this.

P

2:37 PM  
Blogger mylydy said...

I really really really LOVE your work!

11:23 PM  
Blogger Clarke (Csnyde) said...

Yet another beaut Truss-man!

Where DO you find the time and energy to consistently deliver such awesomeness?

10:44 AM  
Blogger Mukpuddy said...

Nice dude, really dig it!!!

1:45 AM  
Blogger Zelmor said...

It is pretty good, mate! Keep up the good work. I wish I had any kind of artistic talents, but all I can do is ranting about random things on the web, which is both silly and futile.

7:38 AM  
Blogger Hobo Divine said...

CONGRATULATIONS!

You all did an amazing job.
It was truly an astonishing execution of design and animation.

Sincerely,

Hobo

9:58 AM  
Blogger jtruss said...

I'm sincerely humbled by the gracious comments, guys. A good word from the likes of your talents make the whole stressful process worth it. The pressure's on just knowing guys of your caliber even visit here.

Thanks and thanks s'more!

9:56 PM  
Anonymous Pat Rik said...

Belle ambiance! but, what technique is used, it looks like Flash, can you tell us a little bit more about the animation process of this clip ?

thank you !

12:40 AM  
Blogger Silvia said...

congratulations!
it's an amazing video, and I love the characters!

nice stuff!

7:44 AM  
Anonymous Brian McLachlan said...

Super nice! You make the best videos despite being stuck with some weak music (coming from someone who gladly shelled out cash for Morcheeba's earlier stuff) You always have memorable images with a fantastic imagination, great art and best of all: a fun, cohesive story!

Down low! (high fives are so last year)

1:28 PM  
Blogger jtruss said...

Thanks x 3!

pat rik- It is indeed Flash. There's a pinch of Photoshop and everything is ran out of Premiere in the end, but 95% is Flash really.

silvia- Cool! Thanks very very much.

brian- You're way too kind. I definitely try hard for narrative since I don't really have the sexy effects. Glad you like it. I see your "down low" and raise you an "on the side!!!!"

1:55 PM  
Blogger Justin said...

Really awesome Joel! I thoroughly emjoyed this!
-JC

7:54 PM  
Blogger Mamaliga said...

Fantastic stuff, as usual! I really enjoyed it, cheers!

3:17 AM  

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