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Project Statement Underwater / Depths (working titles) is a loose narrative involving a platypus/anteater-type creature trying to find its partner in a representationally abstracted space. This project was created in the Animation, Art and Technology course at Carnegie Mellon University. Jointly taught by both Professors Jim Duesing and Jessica Hodgins - from the School of Art and Computer Science departments, respectively - the class is an interdisciplinary course that enables Art and Computer Science majors to work together on a collaborative animation project, combining both fields to form a creative work that makes a meaningful contribution both technically and conceptually to each field. The project was started in January of 2009 and will be completed by May 2009. Storyboard View the storyboard as a .pdf file (May take a few moments to load) Technical Contributions Light effects of the character and environment to create pulsing, hypnotic effects; interaction of light between the different characters Fluid and Particle effects of the character and the environment to create a nebulous, weightlessly ambiguous space Grouping behavior of the water eater creatures