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War Photographer

“War Photographer” is am extremely cool animated music video directed by the talented Joel Trussel for musician Jason Forrest. Somehow Trussel, along with a super talented group of folks consisting of Chris Fox, Leo Riley, Doug Gordon, Darin Bendall, and Gene Blakefield, were able to bring to life my every fantasy rolled up into one, super stylized, super awesome package. Read more about it here.

(link via the all informative ColdHardFlash)

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    I love this! Great stuff.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    I love this! Great stuff.

  • http://johnawalsh.net/ John A. Walsh

    Now that’s ridiculously good………

    Really.
    Damn!
    -J

  • http://johnawalsh.net John A. Walsh

    Now that’s ridiculously good………

    Really.
    Damn!
    -J

  • http://geenpool.blogspot.com/ gene

    Mr. Joel is one of the bestest artists I know….he’s super suave. and he looks good in a bikini.

  • http://geenpool.blogspot.com/ gene

    Mr. Joel is one of the bestest artists I know….he’s super suave. and he looks good in a bikini.

  • http://www.stevelambe.com/ Steve Lambe

    Fantasic art direction..and you cant go wrong with vikings, giant robots, and rock n roll.

    Joel is my hero!

  • http://www.stevelambe.com Steve Lambe

    Fantasic art direction..and you cant go wrong with vikings, giant robots, and rock n roll.

    Joel is my hero!

  • http://www.4ojos.com/ enrique

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  • http://www.4ojos.com enrique

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  • jtruss

    You guys are too kind. ‘Tis an absolute honor to be recognized by the very respected Drawn.ca. Glad you all enjoyed it.

    In fact (as noted above) you’ve enjoyed it so much my bandwidth shattered. You can still have a gander at it over here though if you’re interested…

    http://www.cockrockdisco.com/JFDSwpweb.mov

    Hopefully I’ll iron out my personal website issues soon. Thanks so much for having a look.

  • jtruss

    You guys are too kind. ‘Tis an absolute honor to be recognized by the very respected Drawn.ca. Glad you all enjoyed it.

    In fact (as noted above) you’ve enjoyed it so much my bandwidth shattered. You can still have a gander at it over here though if you’re interested…

    http://www.cockrockdisco.com/JFDSwpweb.mov

    Hopefully I’ll iron out my personal website issues soon. Thanks so much for having a look.

  • http://jaredchapman.com/ Jared

    Thank you Joel for this very inspirational video!
    And thanks for the new link too… I have a feeling that MANY more people will want to check this out.

  • http://jaredchapman.com Jared

    Thank you Joel for this very inspirational video!
    And thanks for the new link too… I have a feeling that MANY more people will want to check this out.

  • Drazen

    Yeah this work was killer!

  • Drazen

    Yeah this work was killer!

  • http://www.blankheadspace.net/ MrBlank

    My jaw got dirty from being on the floor. Thanks a lot …

  • http://www.blankheadspace.net MrBlank

    My jaw got dirty from being on the floor. Thanks a lot …

  • http://www.holisticforgeworks.com/ RR Anderson

    I loved this god damn thing.

  • http://www.holisticforgeworks.com RR Anderson

    I loved this god damn thing.

  • http://www.whatwhat.co.uk/ What What

    Absolutley brilliant, I had to send the link out to all my viking loving friends.

  • http://www.whatwhat.co.uk What What

    Absolutley brilliant, I had to send the link out to all my viking loving friends.

  • http://www.bendall.biz/ DB

    Everybody, Joel just wrote me to say that his wife had a baby boy a couple of hours ago!! Congratulations Trussell family!!

  • http://www.bendall.biz DB

    Everybody, Joel just wrote me to say that his wife had a baby boy a couple of hours ago!! Congratulations Trussell family!!

  • http://jaredchapman.com/ Jared

    Congrats to Joel and his wife!
    That’s fantastic news.

  • http://jaredchapman.com Jared

    Congrats to Joel and his wife!
    That’s fantastic news.

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/ Ward

    Another rock n’ roll viking to feed! Whoo HOO! Congrats!

  • http://wardomatic.blogspot.com Ward

    Another rock n’ roll viking to feed! Whoo HOO! Congrats!

  • http://humaninbox.blogspot.com/2005/10/war-photographer.html Im a Human Inbox

    War Photographer

    Check out this stylish Viking battle music video in which the ships attack eachother with guitar solos. Taking a cue from School of Rock, these musical barrages eventually turn into, quite literally, face-melting solos.

    Done in an odd Flash Animat…

  • http://drawn.ca/?p=1587 Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog » Blog Archive » Gene Blakefield

    [...] Not only is Gene Blakefield a super funny guy, he is also a super talented artist. Click though the backlog of posts on his blog and see for yourself. Gene lives in Seattle where he pulls double duty working as an animator at a gaming studio and also busy helping Joel Trussell churn out projects like this and this. [...]

  • http://www.internetvibes.net/2006/08/25/gene-blakefields-monsters/ Internet Vibes » Blog Archive » Gene Blakefield’s Monsters

    [...] Works of Gene Blakefield from Seattle where he pulls double duty working as an animator at a gaming studio and also busy helping Joel Trussell churn out projects like this and this. [...]

  • http://drawn.ca/2006/08/30/ottawa-international-animation-festival-06/ Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog » Blog Archive » Ottawa International Animation Festival 06

    [...] Previously mentioned Joel Trussell’s War Photographer will be screened, as well as Michael Sporn’s The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (award-winning film based off the book that won the 2004 Caldecott Medal—there’s a short clip featured on his site). Also, in the student categories, I noticed some entries from the previously mentioned GOBELINS school in France. Never a letdown with those French animation students. [...]

  • http://drawn.ca/?p=1672 Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog » Blog Archive » Ottawa: The Winners

    [...] I swear, each time I see that black and red mask grace the frame and then suddenly hear that ear-popping drum beat, I get all giddy. Joel Trussell’s incredible War Photographer (previously mentioned here) won the Best Music Video catagory in the Commissioned Animation Competition. And let me tell you, it’s something to behold on the big screen. Somehow Joel is able to mix vikings, nordic lore, heavy metal roadies, shogun warriors, Transformers, marching bands, with DJ-sampled beats from “Spinning Wheel” by Three Dog Night—all together in one color-saturated, Flash-animated visual treat for the eyes. By the end of it, many whoooo!’s were heard from the audience. You know you’ve made it when you can get whoooo’s from the people. [...]

  • http://www.cafeturk.net/m-ward%e2%80%99s-chinese-translation.html/ » M. Ward’s Chinese Translation

    [...] Related: Joel Trussell’s incomparable War Photgrapher [...]

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