Far from the light of day, bunkered in a basement encompassed by austere concrete walls, animated armadillos are springing to life on flat-panel computer screens at Brigham Young University.

The hard-shelled, soft-bellied, three-dimensional cartoon characters are the stars of "Xing" (pronounced "Crossing"), an in-the-works animated short film from the decorated students of the BYU Center for Animation.

Student Emmys are the gold standard for college animators, but only three of the statuettes are awarded every year to student-produced animated films. Despite the nationwide competition, BYU bagged two of the three awards in the animation category at the College Television Awards, a black-tie gala in Hollywood.

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