Another long period between updates but it hardly seems any time at all. Since I put my short films online, I've been working on a Children's TV series called Tati's Hotel for Machine Productions, done VFX for a number of local productions (see the Work section) and helped organise the new Cardiff Comics Expo that takes place on Saturday February 26th.

The response to Blank Canvas and Cursed Mirror has been excellent and I'm so glad I made the films when I did. They've been entered into about twelve festivals over the next year so I'll update these pages when I know they've been accepted. I'd really like to make more films, whether they be short or feature, but that costs money and that's something in short supply at the moment. Red Wire VFX is now in the process of being set up in a new locations in order to produce animation and VFX for a children's live action show in the autumn. More on that when the press releases are online.

In the near future, I'm going to be working on Ryan Andrews' debut feature film Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons. The shoot will take four weeks on location in Wales and stars Jaime Winstone, Ray Winstone, Steven Mackintosh and others to be confirmed. I'm really looking forward to being on my first feature film set since sneaking onto the Gladiator set when I was living in Surrey. Hopefully this time I won't be chased off my security. I think this film will be the start of a new wave of filmmaking in Wales, commercial films that already have distribution in place to reach the audience without relying on years of festival meandering.

I'm also part of a new industry group called the Wales Animation Movement - WAM! I'm a member of the Media Academy sub-committee for animation and so a number of us have banded together to create a group that will champion animation production in Wales, along with exploring the future of animation in games and mobile apps. We have a Facebook page, a blog and a twitter feed but the aim is to consolidate this into a larger website in the near future.

However, my most immediate appointment is the Cardiff Comics Expo next weekend. I'll be actually running two of the panels taking place in the afternoon, one interviewing my friend Matt Savage who has recently been doing concept artwork for X-Men: First Class, and the second will be for the Warhammer Ultramarines animated movie that was crewed by a number of my friends from Dinamo during production. I'm really excited to be part of the organisation of a convention after a number of years of visiting Bristol and Birmingham as an ordinary member of the public, especially one taking place in Cardiff for the first time. In future years, I'm hoping to expand its remit to include even more animation and VFX so that it becomes a celebration of the visual arts, both Welsh and International. This year, it's only taking place for one day but future years will be two or more.