Painting in Swaziland

Just got back from 2 weeks in Swaziland where my parents are doing charity work. They're based at Hawane farm orphanage. Most of the kids have lost relatives, so some of the workers, and other charity teams have been helping to make a memorial garden where the kids can come and reflect. Theres a little fountain and some of the kids have painted stones which represent there family members they've lost.

I added some painting to brighten it up. The main piece being a caterpillar, a chrysalis, and a butterfly, which represents death and new life... I'll get pictures up as soon as i get the chance

MovieMe finaly up on Orange film

The flash application i've been working on for the Orange film website is finally up and running.

Still needs some tweeking but check it out here.... ORANGE FILM (click the MovieMe link in the right column)

Hedtonik shop final version

bit late but i forgot to put the finished piece up...

Circus of Oddities

Dont Panic & Whatever the Weather, with sponsorship from Smirnoff, hosted the Circus of Oddities at Copper Face Jacks, under the Palace Theatre in Manchester.

They asked me to make a giant clown face for the front entrance so people entered through its mouth, which would be guarded by two golden centaurs, obviously.

Here it is... as well as me as a mime, with Drago...

Flash animation/application

OK, ignore the content, because there isn't any. None that makes sense anyway.

This is a work in progress for a web application, explaining a number of services in a visual manner.

Click a direction on the sign to check out that bit of animation.

Exodus vs Bass Camp Flyer

My most recent flyer job. I tried to keep the feel of the Exodus flyers without biting their style. Came out pretty nicely.

By the way thats King Tubby and Crew on the front...

Heres a little guy i started on ages ago, I was just practising some '2.5D' flash animation, that i saw on a Chris Georgenes tutorial.
Check out his tutorial, he has skills -
2.5D Animation - Chris Georgenes

Drago mixtape sleeve

I haven't updated this for an age so im going to start adding some more bits and pieces.

Heres a cover for Drago's 'Kitchen Sink' mixtape, hand drawn and coloured with Photoshop



you can download the mixtape here - http://www.zshare.net/audio/587428941157d005/

Hedtonik

I've nearly finished painting the front of the Hedtonik shop in Rusholme, Manchester.

here it is so far...

Dream creature

I had a WEIRD dream last night. Well, it was pretty normal actualy apart from the fact there were these shell things with tentacles underneath floating about the place. My brother was giving me a lift to work and they were all in his car, in the footwell. One of their tentacles grabbed my hand when i picked one up. Was pretty rank. Anyway i asked my mum what they were and how come they can float, and she said they were "ghosts of..." something. I cant remember what. Was pretty weird. Whats also weird is they look familiar somehow. Maybe i'v just taken them from somewhere else.

Anyway..i drew what they looked like so let me know if you recognise them. They were all different sizes but most were about the size of a swede and looked like this...

Shakespeare

Just been taking some stuff off my old computer, heres a little shakespeare character i drew and vectorised. with a little touch of animation.

Heres the original drawing too...

Sergeant Doug Burrows!!!

Heres some more concept work for another comic.
Sgt. Doug Burrows © Peter Walker 2008 a friendly, but dim-witted mole, who works for the British secret service, and burrows round the world saving the day...usually by accident.

Chinese farmer guy

Heres a little bit of old concept work i found for a comic book that i did in my final year of uni...

WTW vs BASS CAMP - April

Its been a while, again. Heres the next installment of the WTW vs BASS CAMP flyers.

Hedtonik - Indulge your Mind

Just finished the branding for a new herbal highs shop opening soon in Rusholme, Manchester.

Check it out...

One Tree, Many Roots

I've recently completed the logo and flyer for this international drumming event at the Contact Theatre in Manchester.

Here it is

Whatever the Weather vs Bass Camp - March

Its been a while... about a month. So heres the next WTW vs BC flyer!

On request from Sinan at Whatever the Weather, I've incorporated some tri-breasted ladies into the friday the 13th theme.

Whatever the Weather VS Bass Camp - FEB

A New year and a new look for the night.

I'v made the whole flyer in Adobe Flash for that crisp, clean vibe.
gone with bright colours and smooth gradients to make it eyecatching.
Also its Friday 13th so weve got a Spooky Voodoo thing going on.

Its not completely finished, but here it is so far

Embedding Flash

Cool...I've just figured out how to embed swf files onto my blog. I made this effect by making a simple button rollover animation. Then copy and pasting it loads. I'll try and get some more stuff up soon.

Escandaloso

I scanned my head for fun. Heres the result.
I rolled my head as the light moved, I dont have a massive elephant man head.
If you want, you can print it and wrap it round ur head and pretend to be me...

Expressions

Right now im drawing a load of facial expressions on cartoons for a new project at work.
I cant really divulge too many details but its gonna be a character based voting system where you choose a reaction that represents how u felt rather than just adding a comment or rating.

I also came across this article while researching different expressions. Its pretty interesting... CLICK HERE - its about wether facial expressions are universal

Dont Party New Years Eve Manchester

Dont Panic Manchester teamed up with a number of club nights and collectives to put on DONT PARTY NYE 08... The artwork for the promotional material was my job, so here it is...

Welcome

Hello and welcome to The Gog Blog...

Here i'll be documenting my work as a Graphic, and multimedia Designer.

My name's Peter Walker, Im from a small town in Essex called Epping (Twinned with Eppingen, Germany) . Epping is in Epping Forest, which is famous for large stag beetles, Dick Turpins hideout, and Queen Boadicea. Its also where the book Rats by James Herbert is set. Its ALSO where Saskia in Eastenders was buried... so its pretty exciting, so exciting i left.

I moved to Leeds in 2005 and studied Multimedia technology, from which i graduated earlier this year with a 2-1 Bsc hons degree. Since then i've been working for a media company in Leeds, and living in Old Trafford in Manchester. Yes.

I have been involved in a number of projects with Dont Panic Manchester and the club night 'Whatever the Weather'. Im currently in the process of creating a website to promote my design work, so everything will be up there when thats complete. Until then ill be putting bits and pieces up here.

My interests include drawing, flash animation, little bit of coding, dancing, christmas games, sleeping, hot and cold meats, a range of condiments, etc.

I'm not sure exactly the purpose of the blog, or why people would want to look at it, but i'm making one anyway because its all the rage. Feel free to leave comments on my work, and ill try and keep it up to date with my findings and progress.

Cheers

Pete