CREATION OF VARIANTS OF AN ANIMATED AVATAR MODEL USING LOW-RESOLUTION CAGES

Some implementations relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media to create a variant of a template avatar. In some implementations, the method includes obtaining a template avatar that includes a template geometry obtained from a mesh of the template avatar, generating a template cage associated with the template avatar as a low-resolution approximation wrapped around the template geometry, creating a target cage from the template cage by modifying the template cage based on input from a user, and morphing the template geometry with the target cage to generate a target avatar that is a variant of the template avatar. The method may also include adjusting a rigging and a skinning of the target avatar to enable animation for the target avatar. Using these techniques makes it more efficient and less labor-intensive to create a variant of a template avatar.