Lizard to Mouse Evolution

I wanted to share a piece of my large animation project for Professor Christine Janis. Professor Janis wanted an interactive animation of the evolution of the cardiovascular system to be designed and proposed the project to to the Student Technology Assistants (STAs) of Brown University a year and a half ago. I inherited the project from two students, cleaned up the work previously done, and made great strides in the animation during the summer. The designs for the lampfish, shark, and lungfish were completed by the two former students; I have finished animations for the amphibian, the intermediary amphibian, the lizard, and the mouse during the summer. The next step is to actionscript some interactive displays (such as stop and rewind buttons) into the animation so it can be utilized by students of Professor Janis’ “Evolution of Invertebrates and Vertebrates” class in a year or two. Since the class is starting in just a few weeks, I think the videos will be shown to the students, but will not be nearly finished.

Here is a small portion of my design. Please enjoy!

Lizard to Mouse evolution