This specification discloses methods and systems for generating three-dimensional models of deformable objects from two-dimensional images. According to one aspect of this disclosure, there is described a computer implemented method for generating a three dimensional model of deformable object from a two-dimensional image. The method comprises: receiving, as input to an embedding neural network, the two-dimensional image, wherein the two dimensional image comprises an image of an object; generating, using the embedding neural network, an embedded representation of a two-dimensional image; inputting the embedded representation into a learned decoder model; and generating, using the learned decoder model, parameters of the three dimensional model of the object from the embedded representation.