Ella Hiebert grew up in Summerland, BC, and completed a Bachelor’s degree in Media Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, BC, where she currently resides. Homeschooling for the first years of her education and being read picture books every night dug her a deep well of love for storytelling and creating artwork for children.
At Emily Carr, she studied 2D + Experimental Animation where she fell in love with the hands -on, all encompassing medium of stop motion animation. She finds immense joy in translating wild illustrations into a tactile space, enjoying the meticulous practice of building a stop motion world, from painting facial features on face replacements to creating a closet teeming with frilly dresses. She aims to work in character design and set fabrication for stop motion films, as well as publish a children’s book one day.
At Emily Carr, she studied 2D + Experimental Animation where she fell in love with the hands -on, all encompassing medium of stop motion animation. She finds immense joy in translating wild illustrations into a tactile space, enjoying the meticulous practice of building a stop motion world, from painting facial features on face replacements to creating a closet teeming with frilly dresses. She aims to work in character design and set fabrication for stop motion films, as well as publish a children’s book one day.