April

Although I have utterly failed at keeping this blog updated with interesting posts recently, I have today finally parted with my VFX work on The Dark Side of The Earth. As this was what was eating up most of my time, expect to see more regular updates here in the future.

Director Neil Oseman is going to be editing and grading the final cut of the promotional pilot over the next few weeks, then shooting back out to 35mm film to show off to potential interested parties. Working on such an ambitious project - with an equally ambitious director - all under the watchful eyes of an incredibly talented VFX Industry veteran has taught me a lot and been a thoroughly great experience. Over the next month or so I'll be updating my showreel to reflect all of the compositing and VFX work I have done over the last 12 months and will obviously post it up here when it is done. Stay tuned..

Since finishing my degree - and whilst working on the aforementioned project - I have been heavily involved with the design and development of iPhone app developer Chilli X's first app for the iPad: Photoframe Plus. I have worked with Chilli X on more than a few of their iPhone apps, including Photoframe - one of the very first apps that turned your iPhone into a dedicated digital photoframe.

The iPad version is more than simply an upscaling of this concept though, as it adds extra 'screens' containing clocks, calendars, and soon RSS feeds, music controllers, and other useful widgets - all of which will be purchasable from within the app. I think that there is huge potential for apps like this on the iPad, and hopefully Photoframe Plus will be available in the app store when the iPad launches in the US on Saturday. Read all the juicy details over at Chilli X's blog.

Next up, expect an overview of the process of designing the icon for Photoframe Plus and a new showreel.