Project Type:
MFA Student Work
Focus:
Machine Learning
Software Used:
Houdini
Date:
Fall 2025
Description:
A realtime muscle deformer I made for a research project in my masters program. Uses a locally trained machine learning model.
256 Short Muscle Simulations
To train the model I created a small data set of 256 arm poses using Houdini’s new Otis muscle solver. To the right is one of those simulations.
I automated the process using a TOP network.
Preprocessed Data
In order to train the model efficiently I became familiar with principled componant analysis to simplify the muscle diplacement data from the simulations.