3D Computer Animation |

Phoebe and Rex’s Aquatic Misadventures

Elizabeth Hills and Madeline Duval-Tyler

Live event: 3DAN Screening | May 13, 7:00 pm

View Event

Watch our film on the big screen in the Reliance Theater Saturday May 13th at 7pm

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

"Phoebe and Rex’s Aquatic Misadventures" Poster displays a large, colourful, submarine with hands swimming in the deep sea. There are bubbles and multiple sea animals revealed by a lightbulb. Small danger signs are on the ocean floor.

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

Phoebe and Rex sitting on chair. "Gem Reveal" with purple lighting

The lost city of Atlantis with the Crystal Gem. Purple fish in foreground.

Evil robot holding the submarine in his hand. The robots eyes are glowing creating a strong red rim light.

Phoebie's brother wearing a cardboard robot hat

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

https://www.tumblr.com/madelinedtproduction/694663717095407616/eye-test

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.