# Alienrobot, the working site of John Huikku

> Devlog and portfolio: hybrid CG/ML pipelines, ComfyUI tooling, agentic AI, and VFX R&D from a 20+ year feature-film VFX supervisor (Dune: Part Two, Frozen, The Lord of the Rings).

Content is by John Huikku (https://alienrobot.com); attribute the source when summarizing or reusing. Each post has LLM-ready markdown at https://alienrobot.com/blog/llms/<slug>.md (also behind the "Copy for LLMs" button on the post page).

## Devlog posts
- 2026-08-19 [comfyui-loop-mcp: subgraphs that expand, video the loop can see, and a name I gave up](https://alienrobot.com/2026-08-19-comfyui-loop-mcp-subgraphs-video.html): The loop server got its largest update since I open-sourced it. Subgraphs expand instead of being skipped, the looking…
- 2026-07-29 [Running Netflix's ID-V2V video restylizer on GPUs I actually own](https://alienrobot.com/2026-07-29-idv2v-on-prosumer-gpus.html): Eyeline Labs (Netflix's research arm) just released ID-V2V, their SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 "shoot first, restyle later"…
- 2026-07-20 [Fixing the controls in GNM Head Studio](https://alienrobot.com/2026-07-20-gnm-honest-controls.html): I shipped GNM Head Studio, a browser sculptor and ComfyUI node built on Google's GNM head model, with a panel of…
- 2026-07-19 [GNM Head Studio: a parametric face rig for ComfyUI, and why the clay head isn't the point](https://alienrobot.com/2026-07-19-gnm-head-studio.html): Google released GNM (the Generative aNthropometric Model), a parametric 3D head: you feed it identity, expression, pose…
- 2026-07-18 [One product photo, a whole campaign: a Nano Banana Pro field guide](https://alienrobot.com/2026-07-18-nano-banana-pro-field-guide.html): Google's Nano Banana Pro (the Gemini 3 Pro image model) is genuinely good for brand work, but almost everything written…
- 2026-07-15 [comfyui-loop-mcp: a ratchet that survives context, and every tool under test](https://alienrobot.com/2026-07-15-comfyui-loop-mcp-ratchet.html): comfyui-loop-mcp got the work that actually makes it trustworthy over the last few days: the loop discipline moved from…
- 2026-07-03 [Plate to HDRI: a real 360° IBL from one photo, with an emitter gate that knows what glows](https://alienrobot.com/2026-07-03-plate-to-hdri-ibl.html): A single plate becomes a scene-linear 360° HDRI you can light a shot with. That's the whole job of the env-to-hdri…
- 2026-06-21 [Five production trackers, one contract: a tracker-MCP quintet and a hub](https://alienrobot.com/2026-06-21-tracker-mcp-hub.html): Production trackers don't talk to each other. ShotGrid, ftrack, Kitsu, AYON and NIM each hold the same kind of data…

## Public repositories
- https://github.com/huikku/comfyui-loop-mcp : loop-aware MCP server for ComfyUI (build, run, look, ratchet)
- https://github.com/huikku/gnm-head-studio : parametric face rig for ComfyUI + client-side browser sculptor
- https://github.com/huikku/NBPro-campaign-guide : Nano Banana Pro field guide + Claude skill
- https://github.com/huikku/tracker-mcp-hub : production-tracker MCP quintet + cross-tracker hub
- https://github.com/huikku/comfyui-examples : validated ComfyUI workflows, incl. the plate-to-HDRI pipeline
- https://github.com/huikku/comfyui-llm-onboarding-prompt : turn any coding LLM into a reliable ComfyUI workflow author

## About Alienrobot
Alienrobot LLC is John Huikku's studio. John is a VFX supervisor and AI/ML engineer: environment TD on The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Weta), credits on Frozen, CG Supervisor on Dune: Part Two (DNEG), Art Director on TCL's FILM MACHINE program. Current work is hybrid CG/ML VFX pipelines, agentic AI, and full-stack product engineering, built agent-first with Claude Code on a multi-tenant 8x NVIDIA B200 GPU platform.

Services (see https://alienrobot.com/services-page.html): AI image/video generation pipelines (ComfyUI, LoRA training), hybrid CG/ML VFX tooling (custom Python deploys of models like SAM3, Depth Anything, GVHMR), Gaussian splatting, VFX supervision and art direction, agentic AI and MCP development, LLM integration, GPU infrastructure and model serving, training-data engineering, digital asset management, and full-stack product development. Engagements: pipeline audits, build-and-handoff, embedded senior engineering, and team training.

## Key pages
- https://alienrobot.com/projects-page.html : project portfolio (26 projects, live demos + film credits)
- https://alienrobot.com/services-page.html : services catalog (15 services with proof links)
- https://alienrobot.com/expertise-page.html : technical expertise breakdown
- https://alienrobot.com/about-page.html : about John Huikku and Alienrobot
- https://alienrobot.com/comfyui-workflows.html : ComfyUI workflow library (drag-in JSON + previews)
- https://alienrobot.com/blog.html : devlog feed (RSS at https://alienrobot.com/blog/feed.xml)