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London Olympics Logo 2012

2011-11-01T06:20:00.000-07:00

Could'nt resist...

Comic strip

2009-10-18T12:01:00.000-07:00

This is a comic strip version of the arrest procedure in the UK.

2009-04-21T03:36:00.000-07:00

Drawing exercise

2009-02-17T12:15:00.000-08:00

The hands are just practice for a project I'm working on...

2009-02-06T08:58:00.000-08:00

Novus Ordo Seclorum

New World Order

I got the inspiration for this after my first visit to Walmart in Orlando....

Still need to finish it :)

National Gallery Project, Cave desideratum

2009-01-29T09:16:00.001-08:00

Cave desideratumor be carfeul what you wish for.... Mr Blair

For a full explanation about this animation
Click here

National Gallery censored version

DTP stuff

2009-01-18T14:16:00.000-08:00

Some DTP stuff i worked on as a creative director in IAC Tokyo, (US Ad agency, Tokyo).

Comic Book Arresting Behavior

2009-01-02T12:49:00.000-08:00

A graphical explanation of the arrest procedure and your basic rights in the UK

ball throw

2008-11-21T03:49:00.000-08:00

Untitled from philip on Vimeo.

finished version

pair acting

2008-11-20T03:54:00.000-08:00

Untitled from philip on Vimeo.

Facial expressions

2008-11-20T03:52:00.000-08:00

Untitled from philip on Vimeo.

Facial anim for exams

gnome lessons

2008-10-11T15:11:00.000-07:00

At last an animation technique in maya i can get on with without all the techno blah. This is just a lesson i followed from Robert Huczera (nice one!) (You have to watch high quality video on utube to see the facial expressions)

Olympics Logo

2008-05-21T11:41:00.000-07:00

My interpretation of the olympics Logo thats been sitting around for the last few months... (as they do.. waiting much needed attention).. any way i finally decided to get it to the screen print stage... hopefully i will motivate myself a little faster and get this out before the Olympics!

Photojournalism

2008-01-22T03:08:00.000-08:00

What i used to do in a past incarnation..

Published: Der Speigel, Time, Newsweek, The Economist,
US-News & World Report, Guardian, Independant, The Guardian, The Times, Der Ziet, Asia Week, South, The Observer Magazine, Marie Claire, Aera, Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Stern, Paris Match, New York Times, L'uisine Nouvelle and many other publications too numerous to list here. (If a more comprehensive list is required please contact either REA or Impact photo library:) see below for url's, 24 years experience

To See a full set of pics follow the title links that will take you to Flikr

Japan Inc. >>Link to Full Set of pics>>

Pics that I took in the early 80's Pics I shot whilst working in Japan on and off for the past ten years. The first set is shot in Tokyo, most definetly the city at the end of the world. The second set where shot in Kansai (Kyoto and Osaka)

The fall of Communism in the Soviet Union >>Link to Full Set of pics>>

The first series of photographs were shot in the Soviet Union / Russia between 1989 and 1995. The height of Glastnos & Peristroika (Freedom of Speech & Reconstruction) and the inevitable fall of the 70 year old Communist era.

The Kuril Isles >>Link to Full Set of pics>>

The Kuril Isles are four islands situated near the tip of Hokkaido. Habumae, Shikotan, Iterup and Kunashir. At present they are part of Russian territory, although the Japanese government claims otherwise. It is the main reason why Japan and Russia (former Soviet Union) has never signed a peace treaty acknowledging that World War II ended more than 4 decades ago.

Andrei Chikotila >>Link to Full Set of pics>>

A softlty spoken mild mannered grandfather was concvicted of 52 brutal killings in what made him the world's worst serial killer.

Andrei Chikotilo, 56 shouted and ranted from inside a giant metal cage, as Judge Leond Akubzhanov began to read out the verdict in a packed courtroom in the provincial town of Rostov-On-Don. He was dragged away after a few minutes and beaten up by the guard before being brought back into the room again.

Akubzanhnov, who by Russian law himself decides the verdict, took almost the whole day to read out the full case against Chikatilo. Summing up, he said: "Chikotila enjoyed the feeling of having total control over his victims. He got sexual pleasure from the way he could decide life or death He was like an animal. he literally tore apart his victims limb from limb."
The judge described in horrific detail how the former schoolteacher and committed Communist Party member had lured woman and young children to their death for a period of more than ten years from December 1978 until his final arrest in November 1990.

Chikotila, initially confessed to 55 killings, although three where dropped largely because their bodies were never found.
He told the court "They were like dogs, they followed me everywhere."

Several of the parents and relatives of the victims who where in court for the verdict screamed and broke down as the judge described how their children had died.

Nina Bilovetska, a tall grey haired woman dressed entirely in black whose 12 year old son was mudered by Chikotila in 1987, stood up and started screaming towards the cage.

"I can't forgive him he has taken part of my life away. He doesn't deserve a humane trail. look at him. How can he sit there so calmly?" Several other relatives had to be given sedatives by nurses. But there was no repetition of the drama at the start of the trail, when a group of relatives tried to break through the cage to lynch Chikatilo.

Chikotila was eventualy sentenced to death by Judge Leond Akubzhanov. Traditionally, a Russian on death row is given no advance warning that he is about to be shot.

In a process shrouded in secrecy, he is unexpectedly taken out of his cell and taken to a special building, perhaps in another town, where executions are carried out. After being told all his appeals have failed, he is led into another room and shot at point blank range in the back of the neck by a member of the crack Interior Ministry Troops with a single shot from a pistol.

UK >>Link to Full Set of pics>>

A set of pics that I took in the early 80's in Britain about the class division that still exists in Britain. The pics of the "Upper class" where shot in London and Cambridge and the "Honorable Royal Artillary Club". The Unemployed "Working class" youths where shot in the Northern part of England also Miners Strike 1984-85.

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Der Spiegel, Herr Joseph Csallos
Photo Editor
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Tel 010-4940-300-7263
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Impact Photo Library, Philippe Achache (Director)
Les Ecuries,
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National Gallery Project

2007-09-02T17:45:00.001-07:00

Cave desideratum

or be carfeul what you wish for....

Go here for further information:

National Gallery censored version

Graffitti wall Hackney

2007-08-20T05:48:00.000-07:00

Something I didnt paint but was taken from a 3D image that I had made on my website that I'm rather proud of! Painted by Claudia Walde....... cool painting hey!

Satan test

2007-07-02T04:40:00.000-07:00

Comments part of a scene, im trying to get right!

Playblast test from philip and Vimeo.

A run

2007-06-28T15:51:00.000-07:00

This is a four hour run, it's only in it's first pass and still in Linear keys
so If it looks a bit stiff it is... There is no overlaps and stuff yet.

from philip and Vimeo.

Blair Pig legacy

2007-06-27T14:20:00.000-07:00

This is my view on the Labour Party and you dont have to agree with it whatsoever.. Labour and its nuclear policy...

Done for a project in collage, The colour seems to have gone I think it's a compression problem. Thanks also to greame howard for his cool art work which ill scan at some point and post.

Goodbye Blair Pig
from philip
on Vimeo

National Gallery Project

2007-05-17T06:51:00.000-07:00

Cave desideratum

be carfeul what you wish for.... Mr Blair

In Memory of Kaveh Golestan a great friend and former colleague who died in the Iraq War after standing on an anti tank mine. While filming the true war of terror brought to us by the Bush administration and his bedmate Blair.

National Gallery Cut Version

This is part of an animation project set by the National Gallery. We have to produce an animation based on insperation from a painting of our choice.

A bit of background:

Be careful what you wish for: (Latin - Cave desideratum)

Inspired by Madonna of the rocks

I came up with a vision of Lucifer sitting on a pile of skulls on a column of rock at the gates of hell. This is the first original sketch that I created in the gallery.

Who am I, where am I, When Am I, What do I want, what do I want, how am I going to get what I want, what gets in the way of what I want?

I am Lucifer Morningstar the light bringer, one of Gods angels. I am eternally sitting at the gates of hell, ushering in the new arrivals as they speed their way into eternal darkness and loneliness. My purpose? To answer the questions of those who have failed to take responsibility for their actions and welcome in the souls of the fallen. You may ask why? Because that's the way it is... I want for nothing you provide me with all that I need.

Rational:
 
I have always been shocked at the way people have used and still use religion as an excuse for their deeds, especially politicians! How can they still be allowed to get away with making such ridiculous statements such as "God will judge me, for my actions". "God made me do it". "It's, God's will" and all the other stupid pathetic excuses for acts they have committed such as Blair’s comments on the Iraq war:

(acting out the part)

Telegraph

Tony Blair believes he will be judged by God and history on whether he did the "right thing" in taking Britain to war against Iraq three years ago. Interviewed by Michael Parkinson, Mr Blair said he "struggled" with his conscience over the decision to join the US-led invasion. Tony Blair: The decision to invade Iraq 'had to be lived with’ More than 100 British servicemen, as well as thousands of Iraqis have died in the continuing insurgency.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/03/04/nblair04.xml

 BBC

Tony Blair is reconciled to the prospect that God and history will eventually judge his decision to go to war with Iraq, and says his decision, like much of his policymaking, was underpinned by his Christian faith.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4773124.stm

The idea is that Satan the guardian of the gates of hell or whatever is preening itself (erosion of all life) sitting on a pile of skulls (representing death) and then there is a clang from a till (accountancy) which rings up the seven sins. Satan (the king of sin and lies deceit, a bit like a Politician, bright red... new world order, or New Labour… Human failings) goes and picks up the receipt and waits. A skull falls into it’s hand with only it’s eyes (window to the soul) and brain (to allow it to contemplate it’s actions in darkness for the rest of eternity). The skull mutters "But, God is supposed to judge me!" Satan replies "He already has". Laughs and flings the skull and two eyes (window of the soul) into a bottomless pit of eternal darkness. The trident nail file, (Trident missile system, eroding away the possibilty of life..... an extra :).

Thumbnails and sketches of poses etc..

A special thanks to these people:
Original model created by Model by Rahul Mehta - rahul_born2rule@yahoo.com
Rig by Harshad Bari - harshadb@tataelxsi.co.in love.harshad@gmail.com
I created all the blendshapes for the facial expressions etc and modified the body somewhat...

Claudia Walde - Who made my background sky

June 11, 2007
Philip Gordon.
St Martins.

By the way I'm not some religous freak (not that I have anything against any religous freak.. of any faith, hey if that's what does it for you enjoy)... im more of a techno hippy freak : )

The skull is one of my first Maya models, it took approx 3 days to make the textures as you can see they are really quick and dirty. We only had about 8 or 9 weeks to make the storboards anamatics modelling rigging (fortunatly i did not have to create this rig or model and only made modifictaions to it :) lighting, animation and so on.......

A few objects for my project.... not 100% done but starting to get there I wish i had time to get more into zbrush I love it! Its the perfect sculpting tool although to be fare i have not ried many and this prog only for a couple of hours. Ill shuv up an example maybe i already did any way I can see so much potential in this tool.

..... whatever happened to drag and drop and all that blah stuff?

Art Work

2007-05-06T14:58:00.000-07:00

This is a copy of a painting i made for a couple of friends of mine. The original took me almost 2 years as it was the first time I had ever tried painting something (other than the crap you turn out at school). Also with the participation of many friends who came and added bits here and there as they felt like it :)The second time version (this copy) took me just over two months to complete. I did this simply for a bit of practice...

Acrylic on canvas stretched over a door.

3D Models

2007-05-06T08:26:00.000-07:00

This Telephone box was part of the opening sequence from the game "remote control dandy" by konami

Again more of the same Konami, Remote Control Dandy

Digimation/Gonzo

2007-05-06T07:17:00.000-07:00

This flying logo was part of a 2d/3D animation for Digimation/Gonzo the animation company I worked for in Tokyo in the late 90's.

Remote Control Dandy

2007-05-06T06:53:00.000-07:00

A project I worked on in Tokyo in the 1998-9.
It's part of a cut sequences for the game "remote control dandy" which was only ever published in japan. Although there is a newer version which has been published for the worldwide market. somewhere.

The project lasted about three months

Copyright: Digimation/Gonzo/Konami 1999

Satan

2007-05-06T05:38:00.000-07:00

Animation project set by the National Gallery based on insperation from a painting of our choice.
Madonna of the rocks by Leonardo appears to have stimulated my crackpot mind a wee bit more than the others :)

A special thanks to these two guys:

Original model created by Model by Rahul Mehta - rahul_born2rule@yahoo.com

Rig by Harshad Bari - harshadb@tataelxsi.co.in love.harshad@gmail.com

I created all the blendshapes for the facial expressions etc and modified the body somewhat...

Rubbish and Nonscence

2007-04-05T03:42:00.000-07:00

I gather I can post a load of rubbish and nonscence here and actually get away with it!!! Haha
Where to start.... I will actually get round to posting some work instead of some cartoon pics of Jewel State :)

2007-04-04T11:19:00.000-07:00

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