Happy Birthday Pesky!

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Pesky is 15 years old TODAY!

Let me take you back…

David and I had just finished a short course run by Sussex Enterprise where we learned the business basics. Also on the course was another Epic Multimedia Group redundancy survivor Paul James who set up Audio House then Wafer Audio and who we still work with today.

The office was a poky spare room in a flat above a Chinese restaurant in the Brighton Lanes. Two beige computers and a rather unmelodious dial up modem!  Software was MS DOS Deluxe Paint – though within a month I’d progressed to Future Splash Animator – which was the precursor to Flash.

Exciting times – we were brimming with ideas for interactive TV and cross media – maybe a little ahead of our time!

It’s been a long rewarding journey with many glorious highlights. But most of all we have met some fantastically creative, talented and lovely people.

Thanks to everyone who has been a friend of Pesky through it’s first 15 years… I hope we can have many more fun-filled years ahead!

Claire

 

Boj Jobs!

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Pesky is now looking for talented, experienced and enthusiastic people to work on their new preschool show Boj & Buddies!

Find out more and watch the pilot at www.bojandbuddies.com

We are looking for…

Production Co-ordinator
Series experience essential.
Production Manager
Series experience essential.
Designers
Pre-school sensibilities and Flash / Illustrator / Cel-Action skills required.
Editors
Experience of editing pre-school animatics and animation required.
Storyboarders
Pre-school experience and understanding of Cel-Action / Flash limitations essential.

The production will start in late spring 2012 with a small team, ramping up to a larger team by the end of the year, taking the production through to the beginning of 2014.

The studio will be based in the charming historical town of Lewes (10mins from Brighton / just over an hour from Victoria.)  Everyone apart from storyboarders will be required to work in house.

So, if you want to work in a fun and friendly environment amidst the stunning South Downs of Sunny Sussex – please send your CV including website / portfolio links if applicable, to Boj-Jobs@pesky.com  Please do not send attachments other than CV at this stage.

Animation is being done at Kavaleer in Dublin.  They would like to hear from experienced Cel-Action animators willing to work in Dublin for the duration of the project.  Please contact jackieleonard@kavaleer.com directly with your CV and link to your showreel.

MiniMation Workshop in Lewes

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The Peskies ran another successful MiniMation workshop today.  This time for both children and adults at Lewes Film Club – to accompany the feature film ‘A Town Called Panic’.

Around 40 enthusiastic people joined in and for many it was the first time they’d created any animation.

The 7 frame animations were quickly scanned, edited and in the nick of time burnt onto a DVD ready to play after the movie.

Claire is looking to roll out her MiniMation workshops to schools and groups over the next year. Another is being planned for a youth group in Eastbourne next month.

It’s such a simple and immediate way to animate, with quick results.  Perfect for an introduction to animation for ages 7 upwards.

Get in touch if you’re interested!

Pesky Poppy in Print!

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Pesky’s youngest recruit, Poppy (age 7) has had her first piece published in a wonderful new book ‘Claude at the Circus’.  The book, written by Alex T Smith and published by Hodder, is the third gem in the Claude series.

The books follow an adventurous little dog Claude, and his friend Sir Bobblysock – who is a bobbly sock with a penchant for cups of tea and an afternoon nap!  Claude means well, but makes inadvertent mistakes, which result in escalating mayhem where ever he goes.  The books are perfect for the newly independent reader – with a good balance of text and detailed, witty pictures.

Poppy originally wrote this ‘Claude in the City’ piece in her role as a reviewer for the fantastic independent Bags of Books children’s bookshop in Lewes. Claire posted it up on Facebook where it was spotted by Hodder.

The Peskies hope Poppy will continue her writing and drawing – and in ten years she might be ready to take over the family business!

The book can be bought from http://www.amazon.co.uk/Claude-at-Circus-Alex-Smith/dp/0340999039

…or come to Lewes and visit http://www.bags-of-books.co.uk/

PeskyNews has landed!

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We’ve been giving our web presence a well overdue revamp, and have finally set up Facebook and Twitter pages, and now this mobile / iPad friendly blog.  This all makes up for the fact our www.pesky.com website is remaining a suitably irritating, troublesome Flash website!

We couldn’t bear to part with the fleas, the quirky sound effects and business bunnies! And as most of the work we’ve done over the last 15 years is Flash, it made sense to keep showcasing our archive in a Flash website.

Our updated Flash website is still under reconstruction – but will be up and running soon!

However – this is where you will find all our latest news. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter or ‘Like’ our Facebook page too!