Stranded on a desolate planet, a lone pilot struggles to survive. With the planet's dense atmosphere blocking the distress signal, there is no hope of rescue. His limited supplies of food and water quickly running out, the pilot scours the wastelands, scavenging any usable parts from the wrecks of his comrades. If he can repair his fighter and manage to get above the wall of clouds, he might be able to survive.

In the fall of 2003 when I came up with this scenario, I wanted to share the story. I got a chance in the spring of 2006 during my Multimedia thesis project. However, the few months I had was far too little time.

For my thesis project I was able to prepare the initial battle scene where the pilot was shot down. I spent a great deal of time designing the main fighter, and am really impressed with how the design evolved into sleek form it is now.

I learned a lot from working with the special effects to bring the scenes to life. In particular, balancing visual quality with render time was really a interesting experience.

The instructors were impressed with my work, but the Last Cygnus project is far from finished...