Paitan

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week was all about world-building—piece by piece, node by node. I took a major step forward by updating the kitchen set, reshaping it into a modern space accented with African textures and design cues.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week, I set out to achieve something ambitious — to take facial animation data from Unreal Engine’s Metahuman and apply it directly to a Metahuman rig inside Houdini, maintaining full control and editability within Apex.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week, I set out to achieve something ambitious — to take facial animation data from Unreal Engine’s Metahuman and apply it directly to a Metahuman rig inside Houdini, maintaining full control and editability within Apex.

“The Rat Trap” is Paitan’s first experimental animation project — an original story in early development. We are exploring and unlocking the Metahuman HDA in Houdini 21 to power our project. This week we levraged Vellum and Copernicus to create accessories for our character.