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A music video. A 2D comedy. Some sweet CG.

We like variety. It’s the spice of life. That being said, this is one spicy episode! We’ve got a lovely student film, an episode of “Pencilman”, and a music vid for Channel Frederator favorite Scott Coello’s band, Son of Robot.

The long weekend is over, true. But the party doesn’t have to stop! Kick back and prepare for summer with our slammin’ selection of awesome ‘toons.

“Anchored”, submitted by Lindsey Olivares – Gorgeous student film loosely based on a parable, featuring beautiful backgrounds and fluid, emotive animation.

“Pencilman #3: MC Hammered”, submitted by Ross Bollinger – Super cool episode of the Pencilman series!

“She’s the Man”, submitted by Scott Coello – Wacky stop motion music video for the band Son of Robot!

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Animator/director Joel Trussell graces us with more of his music video magic in Kid 606’s “The Illness”. Here he talks about the video’s concept, music, and what advice he’d give to his younger self.

Channel Frederator: How did you develop the concept for this music video?

Joel Trussell: Style-wise, I had recently worked on a project for Napster under the direction of design genius Geoff McFetridge. He was using a minimal style that concentrated on bold design and limited color palette that allowed the animation to stay economical but the visuals to stay fresh and engaging. Considering my limitations for this video (budget and time-wise) I thought I’d give a stab to a similar approach.

Concept-wise I borrowed pretty heavily from Indiana Jones, didn’t I? Using that as a foundation I tried to form a little loose narrative around audio cues I was drawn to in the track and keep the conflict escalating.

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