Phoebe and Rex’s Aquatic Misadventures
Elizabeth Hills and Madeline Duval-Tyler
Award Recipient
The President’s Media Awards for Excellence – Best in 3D Computer Animation
Duration: 3m 20s
Media: 3D Animation
Film genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure
Film Synopsis
We follow Captain Phoebe and her dog companion Rex as they search for the lost city of Atlantis. With their makeshift submarine, they encounter both the wonders and dangers of the Deep Sea. In an attempt to retrieve the Atlantis Crystal Gem, this dynamic duo work as a team, solving problems and finding fast solutions.
Artist Statement
Our short film was influenced by one of the most creative parts of life, childhood imagination. The overarching theme of creativity within our story gave us an opportunity to seek out joy and wonder in everyday life. Through the process of studying reference, iteration, and collaboration, we developed a fun narrative while also experimenting within our medium. Inspired by stop motion films like “Wallace and Gromit”, our goal as both visual and technical artists was to push the feeling of Claymation through texture work and character creation.
Credits
Elizabeth Hills
- Director
- Texturing + Surfacing
- Modeling
- Look Development
- Concept Art
- Lighting
- Storyboard + Layout
- Compositing
- Animation
Madeline Duval-Tyler
- Director
- Rigging
- Modeling
- Look Development
- Lighting
- Storyboard + Layout
- Compositing
- Animation
- Editing
Voice of Phoebe
- Maeve Kilner
Composer
- Ross Nykiforuk
Audio Post Production
- Glenn Ens
2D FX artist
- Christy Chan
Voice of Rex
- Panda the dog
- Spot the dog
Special Thanks
- John Li
- Woonam Kim
- Ian Woo
- Adriana Jaroszewicz
- Chris Strickler
- Tim Tyler
Project Stills
Developing the Look
Concept Sketches
2D Storyboarding
Rex – Clay Texture
Using DIY photo scans
Submarine – Work in progress
Pheobe’s Brother – Turntable
Lighting Tests
Rigging – Claymation Eye
Rigging – Octopus
Filmmaker’s Biography
Elizabeth Hills
Elizabeth Lepiz Hills is a 3D artist who specializes in texturing. With a background in clay sculpture and illustration, she found her passion in 3D art studying at Emily Carr University. Her fourth-year collaborative film is about how childhood imagination can manifest visually in everyday situations. Elizabeth’s goal was to create 3D assets that look like a kid designed them. During this process, she developed a procedural clay texture. The dust, fingerprints, and crack textures move with her 3D character, creating the likeness of a Claymation film. Elizabeth’s texture work is a combination of procedural, photo scanned, and hand-painted textures.
I’M SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES
CONTACT ME
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-lepiz-hills-66b930237/
- Email: lepizhills@gmail.com
- Website: ehills3d.tumblr.com
Madeline Duval-Tyler
Madeline Duval-Tyler is a 3D artist based in Vancouver. She combines her background of academics and fine arts to create a new passion for character rigging and coding. All her work carries themes of wonder, adventure and comedy, which is amplified in her fourth year collaborative film. Her biggest goal is to make her audience smile after they see her work, whether that be with film, video games, or short animations. This manifests within her practice by exploring how to get new and unique deformations, and animation on the rigs she creates.
I’M SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES
CONTACT ME
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madeline-duval-tyler-b26145224/
- Email: Madeline.duvaltyler@gmail.com
