Overview:

For this assignment, I implemented a basic character deformation system using C++. The project focused on understanding how skeletons drive surface geometry through skinning, and how FK and IK techniques control articulated motion.

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Tools and Techniques Used:

• Visual Studio Code

• C++

• Linear Blend Skinning

• Forward & Inverse Kinematics

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Process:

• Implemented linear blend skinning (LBS) to bind a mesh to an underlying joint hierarchy and compute smooth vertex deformation.

• Built a forward kinematics (FK) system to propagate joint rotations through the skeleton, updating transforms down the hierarchy.

• Added inverse kinematics (IK) using  iteration to position end-effectors by solving joint parameters.

•  Visualized joint chains, skin weights, and mesh deformation in motion.

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Result:

A functional animation system that demonstrates how skeletal transformations, skinning, and kinematic controls work together to deform a character mesh — enabling realistic bending, posing, and manipulation of articulated models.