Design. Animation. Visualisation.

This is a gallery of images from recent personal projects by Dr Michael Lucas. While we'd love to show some of our more technical design, visualisation & animation work here, much of it is the source of competitive advantage for our customers. As some of this work pops up on our customer's sites, links will be provided here. In the meantime, for those interested in what we can do from a photorealistic visualisation perspective, you should get a basic idea of our capabilities from some of these images. Alternatively contact Michael at michael@mechanimationstudios.com to find out more about what we can do for you.

These images were produced mainly in Autodesk Maya, Max and Inventor, with some also using e-on Vue for environments. We are currently cataloguing recent work from Michael and our other team-members and a new annotated gallery is due soon.

VIEW FLASH & ANIMATED GALLERY HERE (WARNING - IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO LOAD!)

iBall (2006) [HP-Dreamworks Character Animation Competition People 's Choice Winner]

Butterfly in a Box (2006)

Dragon's Head (2008)

Dragon (2008, Work in Progress)

The Original Dragon (Full Body costume, 2008)

The Office at Belrose(2008)

A house in Mosman (2008, Work in progress)

Possibilities for the Velafo stand at the 2008 Home Show?

A generic Motor Show stand using Model T's (2007)

Kitchen (2006)

Reception Area - qantm College Sydney (2007)

Car & Clock (2007) The red car makes yet another appearance!

The Magnificent Maurice performs at the Mousetrap Theatre (from "A Magic Mouse Tale") (2007)

Perhaps they should have built a better Mousetrap...

Maurice (2007)

From early painter mouse (circa 1993) to Maurice the Magnificent (2007)

Render test of a big spider on a TV screen - reflection is Michael's loungeroom! (2007)


The same spider, earlier render & lighting test (2007)


It came from the Web! Our friendly spider makes an appearance climbing out of the laptop on which this image was created!
Matchmoved and composited into live action (see Gallery 2 for the movie!) I'm particularly fond of the electro-glow! (2007)


Here he is again! Matching the shadows was fun. (2007)


Doing the spider dance... (2007)

Model T Fords (2006), Deserted Island (2006) and the original "Mouse in a Red Car" (2006)

OK, this one is a photo, but he had to go in here somewhere! Made from faux fur, foam core, pins and cotton, with a little felt. (2002)

Insomnia 1 (Sumo Wrestling Robot, circa 1996) + Lego blocks + Links

 

Swamp Country (2006)

 

Knights (2006)

 

Render tests - glass (2006)

 

Mouse in a car (2007)

 

Mouse (2007)

 

Sleepy Viking (2007 - from iBalls)

 

Slightly more awake Viking (2007 - from iBalls)

 

Line art of Tennis Court from "On the Ball" (2007)

 

Rendered tennis Court form "On the Ball" (2007)

 

Commentary Box - "On the Ball" (2007)

 

Render test - "On the Ball" (2007) (Final movie was not this bright)

 

Design a better milk crate they said... (2006)

 

On these milk bottles I designed new style lid closures, several months prior to the "Freshness Seal" now available.

 

Had it to put it on a CHEP pallet for old times sake...

 

 

Longer version - way too heavy to pick up if full.

 

Early logo for the product design section of Mechanimation Studios before the "Synergy Circle" was adopted for all parts of the business.

 

Room 303, Mansergh Shaw Building, University of Queensland - the home of PhD studies, Robocon, and other fun times.

Image created in Yonowat Amapi 1.5 (does this program even exist anymore?) in 1996 on a PowerMac8500.

 

Abstract Dragon (2006) - look closely and you'll see his open jaw, eyes and the flowing ribbon-like hair.

(Others have said he looks more like a cat?)

 

Baked Beans in Fairytale Sauce (High in Fable) - from a production of Jack and the Beans Talk (2003)