--- title: Full Torso Deformation With Joints On Curves | daily.dev description: Matt Le-Fevre, Senior Technical Artist at Ninja Theory, shares a shoulder and chest skinning technique using joints driven by pose-authored curves — no blend... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/full-torso-deformation-with-joints-on-curves-6yqramdul twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Full Torso Deformation With Joints On Curves | daily.dev og:description: Matt Le-Fevre, Senior Technical Artist at Ninja Theory, shares a shoulder and chest skinning technique using joints driven by pose-authored curves — no blend... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/full-torso-deformation-with-joints-on-curves-6yqramdul og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6yqRamduL.png og:image:alt: Full Torso Deformation With Joints On Curves og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Full Torso Deformation With Joints On Curves **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Matt Le-Fevre, Senior Technical Artist at Ninja Theory, shares a shoulder and chest skinning technique using joints driven by pose-authored curves — no blend shapes or additional deformers required. Curve shapes are user-authored per pose, with control over position along the curve, non-uniform scale, and twist offset around the curve tangent. The system also extends to cloth, armor, and hair animation tests. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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