/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

>>1565498
i used skeb and they expressly tell you NOT to do your own translations. so i wrote in "I want a commercial use license for this" in the description of my skeb request and just crossed my fingers that the artist got it by putting together the 2.5x price.

Waiting for art is exhausting.

Any artfags here? I'm curious about L2D and the neck. The neck is an important axis to create the "illusion" of movement it seems. Pretty much all L2D avatars display a neck which obviously isn't surprising. The reason I bring it up is because I'm wondering if you can hide the neck with something like a sweater for example and still have good looking head movement. I'm artistically challenged so I'm trying to find the right words to explain this.

>>1567737
*scarf
Meant to say scarf and not sweater. Pretty much any bulky object that obscures the neck would also work.

>>1567594
How much longer you got, brother?

I'm not seeing my first sketch till the day after tomorrow and it's like waiting for Christmas

Two specific OBS questions:

Is there a way to randomize my scene transitions, or am I stuck with whatever option is selected?

If I'm in my "just chatting" scene, how do I change my game capture source in my "gaming" scene without accidentally switching over to that scene?

>>1568255
Not sure about the first one, but the second one is just putting OBS in studio mode

>>1568164
No idea, this is a more odd case since its someone trying to do this as a learning opportunity and not someone I commissioned directly. I got a soft spot for people trying to get started in an industry and there was no real price discussed (plus I got lots of IRL shit to do since I work full time) so I'm gonna see how it goes. At least chatting with them helped me figure out some finer points of my character's design in my head.

>>1568255
>Is there a way to randomize my scene transitions, or am I stuck with whatever option is selected?
i don't think there's a way to do that on OBS. maybe you can scuff it with custom stinger transitions.

> how do I change my game capture source in my "gaming" scene without accidentally switching over to that scene?
use Studio mode. it'll give you 2 windows, a Preview and a Program/Live mode. you can set up what you want on the preview mode, and when you want to send it to live, hit the Transition button.

>>1568347
>>1568379
Thanks brothers

Is there some sort of twitch chat simulator for practicing?

I know it's a stupid question but I'd love to practice having somebody chatting that I can bounce off of without actually going live

>>1569196
Honestly that's not a bad idea. A fake stream that you can test your OBS settings with, but isn't viewable by other people. And can have some chat bots running as well. Now I want someone to make this.

>>1569196
>>1569254
a bot like that would be expressly against twitch TOS. maybe you could pull up a smaller chuuba from /wvt/ and use the chat from one of their VODs and pretend like it's your own chat while you play a game?

>>1569365
It doesn't necessarily need to be a twitch thing. Just a seperate webpage with a message bot that gives you an occasional thing to talk about or bounce off of.

>>1564949
add _vt after it or something similar

>>1569365
No, it wouldn't be on twitch. You wouldn't want your stream actually public anyway. So you could make a program that is like... a fake Twitch, just installed on your computer, that could be an endpoint for OBS to stream to. So you can see your stream as viewers would see it, and you see random chat bullshit in chat you can bounce off of. Maybe an option to 'record a VOD' from the program too, so you can see later how you react to the chat.

>>1569474
Or another website would work too, but I'd prefer an installable program. Also that'd probably be a good amount of server usage for no actual monetization, unless it was a "paid stream test" option or something. And you'd have to trust they weren't keeping a copy of your stuff as well.

>>1569474
Just put a 2 after it

>pick a small song that none of the holos use
>arupapa uses it on his workout stream
damn it

>>1570787
If I ever become a VTuber I'm probably going to take an excerpt from some obscure classical music piece and put it through Musescore for my BGM.

Mentally preparing myself to drop way more on a background than originally planned

>>1571830
>background
like... background art? why not just use a free one to start?

>>1571855
Because I have my stimmy now and I won't have it later

What is the best night to stream if you can only do it once a week

>>1572449
that's fair and understandable. good luck anon.

>>1572601
friday night. the audience of people who watch small indies are gonna be watching small indies.

>Two of my three stimulus checks have gone towards vtubing

To say "I'm (name!" in Japenese, it's just your name + desu right? Like "Anon-desu!"

>>1573986
what ta shee wa nam ah eh wa [insert name here] desu

anyone here know how to get OBS to capture a powerpoint presentation? it only wants to show the main window where you edit things but refuses to capture the presentation. don't want to use the main window because it has a self-dox with my Microsoft username in the corner.

>>1574093
You're gonna sound like a baka gaijin if you say shit like "watashiwa"

>>1574484
>sound like a baka gaijin
that anon is already a baka gaijin if they're planning on introducing themselves in japanese

>>1574523
Since Cover still hasn't watched my audition vid I should make a Japanese introduction on my channel to show off my willingness to learn. That is why!

I'm from the other thread.

So I'm paying 600$ for an avatar that will run through VUP. Am I getting ripped off?

>>1574748
a little difficult to know for certain unless you can show
- quality of anticipated finished product (ex. the artists' previous works)
- quality of work of other modelers and their prices
- Live2D or 3D? since VUP does both
- your subjective view on the quality (do you think it's worth $600?)

>>1574748
lel, based Cady.

>>1574824
It's a Live2D model. And it's roughly an adaption of this avatar you see here, pretty much. She said she'll take two months to make it too. So... Maybe extra time to work on extra quality?

I didn't even negotiate. She lated down the price (likely expecting me to negotiate) and I'm just like "fuck yea! Gimme that model!"

>>1575023
(◍•ᴗ•◍)

>>1575118
sorry, i'm a little confused, are you getting
- Live2D model, or
- Live2D rigging, or
- both?

>>1575118

600 for a rigged live2d model? half or fullbody?

IMO that's an amazing price, unless this artist is a full on amateur. Did you check their portfolios to get an idea of the general quality of their work?

>>1575118
We are supposed to negotiate with our freelancers?

https://voca.ro/1ffLgP9Phprm

Is this roastie voice? (sorry, not the best audio quality rn, just put on gaming headset for a quick question.)

>>1575183
Oh yeah. They're too good for words and yes, it shoooould be full body. I gotta ask. Thanks for something else to ask.

She's a good friend from back in the day, so there's that level of friendship going on

>>1575361
Like I said above, she's a friend. And now that I think about it, no you give freelancers what they ask.

>>1575423
cute voice, not "roastie" though.

when schizo anons talk about the "roastie voice" they mean the one with a vocal fry example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8mcBdBL-t0
it's not an "epidemic" and the only people who really run into are those who go out of their way looking for it.

>>1575520

if its a rigged fullbody, I would say you're getting something close to half off, assuming it's a talented and skilled artist/rigger.

If its just the illustration all cut up and ready to rig, 600 is about the right price for a fullbody. If you add lots of baubles and shit to the costume it might go up a couple hundred.

>>1575423
Well, I'm not sure what the roastie voice is but you got me beat by a long shot in total voice quality.

8/10, would steal voice.

>>1575540
Thanks anon! I see, I kind of got the impression that it was anyone that didn't try to sound at least a bit anime-ish or cartoony. I don't think I have seen any chuubas with actual vocal fry so far.

>>1575423

Nope, not a roastie voice. You need a pop filter though

>>1575575
Like I said, she's a friend, sooooo......
Yeah. She's tallented. It's more of a favour then a normal commission.

>>1575423

https://voca.ro/1iR6CXIBxfAO

>>1575540
See vocaroo above
Is that what you mean?

And why on earth would you intentionally use that voice!

>>1575762
yeah that's basically what people think the "roastie" voice is. i don't know anyone who actually vtubes like that unless they're actually putting on an act.

>>1575540
Lowkey all the 'roastie'-posting shit is making me worried about my own voice; I have posted it here before but I'll post an old recording of it here again since I can't really make a new one because I am busy right now
https://voca.ro/1hDTrirob9ul

>>1575832
K.
Bet
It's on my to-do list since you said that. I love avent garde stuff. Unless someone beats me to it, I'll do it intentionally for just one stream or video.

>>1575933
B.B? And if that is you, sorry for threatening to kill you and your family.

But you sound rather posh and it's pretty enough to do well on streams, I'd say. You have the storybook voice that can build fantasy worlds with that calming lullaby cadence to entrance a viewer.

Beautiful (っ˘з(˘˘ )

>>1575608
thank you anon! That is a little reassuring. ᕙ(`▿´)ᕗ
>>1575612
Oh good. And agree, pop filter is next investment. I am just looking for one that will work well with my Blue Snowball mic.
>>1575762
You know, I think the fried sound actually kind of sounds your crocodile character. It sounds kind of monster girl-esque.
>And why on earth would you intentionally use that voice!
Using a higher, more cartoony voice is more distinctive than a regular voice.
>>1575933
I have heard your vocaroos. I actually love your voice, it sounds so mystical. I think I have called it elven a few times now. Maybe like some kind of fairy or forest dwelling inventor.

>>1576176
Put a sock over your microphone. Instant cheap pop filter.

>>1576086
I have no idea who the person in the spoilers is that you're talking about; I just worry because I feel like my voice sounds masculine/too not feminine or shit given that I am a femanon
I'm a weirdo

>>1576225
Calli sounds like she wears plad, if you know what I mean, though I'd never be assumptive of someone's sexuality.

No, it's very pretty sounding
Look:
https://voca.ro/16Y2HEvuBVHY
Just.... Compare. Your voice is clearly superior in many ways and the accent is cute.

>>1575933
your voice is fine, not a roastie voice. accent buff also helps.

>>1575975
i wanna see just to watch chat freak out and cringe

>>1576176
>I am just looking for one that will work well with my Blue Snowball mic.
if your snowball is on a mic stand, get something like this https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-Studio-Microphone-Filter-Shield/dp/B00ACFAULC and it'll clamp onto any part of the boom arm

>>1576176
https://voca.ro/17UdjMM4xW3N

Alligator, not crocodile. It sounds like a petty distinction, but it's not to me (´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`) I'm weird. I have a strange affinity for alligators.

But girl, your voice is like, perf. Like, straight up perf. So love the natural tallent.

>>1575423
I like your resting voice more than your vtuber voice

>>1576516
Yes. Anyway, goodnight!

>>1576444
Aah thank you, sorry; just kinda feel like a weirdo all the time when I feel like that

>>1576893
Don't worry ( ) you're fine, luv. I'm going to bed. Goodnight!

>>1576205
Oh, I currently primarily use the gaming headset with a piece of panty hose material attached to the microphone, secured by a rubber band. I will try to stretch a sock over the Blue Snowball to make it serviceable.
>>1576516
Oh that's not even very expensive! I was worried about getting a cage type one like pic rel, but that looks more suitable to the ball shape of the Blue Snowball.
>>1576614
Well thank you Cady, that is a very kind sentiment! I see that you will be going to bed now, so I will tell you "See you later alligator!" (*・∀・*)人(*・∀・*)
>>1576722
Interesting. I worry that intentionally using a natural voice might be lazy, and not fitting of the character I wish to portray.

>>1577705
yeah, my mic's on a boom stand and the clip on pop filters work perfectly fine. i've gone through 3 different mics and it works just as well for all of them. i wouldn't get a pop filter that's specialized for just one mic (pic rel) because it's dumb and you can't use it if you decide to upgrade to a different mic.

>>1573986
>(name)desu
is like saying "it is (name)"
You could say it multiple other ways too
>(name) to ee mas
>O namae wa (name)
>Boku wa (name)

>>1577705
>Interesting. I worry that intentionally using a natural voice might be lazy, and not fitting of the character I wish to portray.
Anon who read out the Dead Parrot skit here; generally natural voices are apparently better-sounding than affected ones from what I can tell and what people have said

>https://kara.moe/base/
anyone actually use this successfully without getting their stream shut down? (youtube only, twitch doesn't allow karaokes)

>>1575933
It's more "mature" than most people expect, is all. You could definitely do some ara-ara ASMR.

>>1577790
That's a fair point, and if a pop filter is only $10 or so but will drastically improve the quality of my content there's no going wrong! Ty mic-sama.
>>1577844
That's is a fair point. Perhaps it is better to learn to be really expressive in your natural voice and put ALL reps into that, than to use a false voice. I am not sure of the true answer yet, but I will think on this Parrot-chan.

Obviously i won't share my stream here but

I'm getting to the point where i'm plateauing at 20-25 viewers and im not entirely sure what to do to garner more

I'm constantly doing shit on twitter, streaming 6-7 days a week, putting out videos and content, collabing with people, even joined a small-ish vtuber group

i'm sitting on twitter with (to be vague) between 1500-2000 followers; nearly 1600 followers on Twitch, but my viewer count is stagnating.

I feel like the fact i'm nonbinary with a male-presenting voice but using a female avatar is causing people to bounce off.

I need to do a "redebut" at some point, maybe upgrade the model... but I feel like getting that concurrent audience to grow is the most difficult part. My goal is to hit partner this year, i've got the hours streamed, the days per month streamed; I've even got a disproportionately large subcount (roughly 200-300 subs per month) but the viewership is so comparatively low that it's stressing me out.

>>1581355
Are you sure you're branching out as far as you can? Pretty sure you can earn some free signal boosts with the associated demographics.

Also relax, those numbers put you far ahead of 90% of streamers already.

>>1581235
Really? Mature in what way? Like, older, or just literally not a child?

>>1581432
Obviously there's some anxiety about speaking to other streamers, but I'm definitely reaching outside my comfort zone to promote myself and collaborate.

I actually just finished up a full two weeks of daily collabs, and I'm taking a week or so without collabs because I feel like doing TOO MANY collabs might mean your core audience would feel alienated when they just want to see you, as opposed to other streamers.

It's literally just the concurrent viewers that's bothering me, I've had roughly the same viewer count since i was at sub-1000 and I just don't know what to do to break the plateau.

I know it's completely unrelated to anything about this thread, but as a failed former streamer who has no real desire to be on camera anymore, I recently started streaming on my channel after years away, and I've been considering trying to make a very basic "vtuber" avatar to put on screen when I do. I haven't been able to bring myself to rebrand and tear down the whole thing, but I kinda just want to make something simple that moves around a bit. Honestly, I probably won't even motion-track it at all.

>>1581478
Would make a convincing older adult in animated VA. Just not having an anime girl voice already makes you stand out, but you wouldn't blend into the college-age degen crowd either. I see this as a good thing, personally. You'll be able to leverage it for either a unique avatar concept or a strong visual/audio contrast.

>>1581528

Honestly that's what I did. Just have fun with it, take it as seriously as you want to. Not every streamer has to make it big, some people just want to have fun and play some video games online. And hey, if you really enjoy it, you can always take it more seriously and upgrade the avatar and your tracking and everything. Baby steps.

what does /auds/ think of my audition tape?

https://files.catbox.moe/dm9yj1.mp4

>>1581571
The funny part is, I actually hate it. I liked what I did at the time, which was entirely TTRPG-related content meaning I had other people there to interact with, but when it's just me alone I want to blow my brains out. I only started streaming again because it makes it slightly easier to force myself to work on illustration commissions for 3-4 hour blocks of time and not be distracted by Youtube and other shit.

>>1581619
Honestly just do what you enjoy, don't force yourself.

But at the same time, artist vtubers tend to do pretty well, especially people who take commissions. Just be prepared to fend off the people that do the whole "I'll give you exposure for your free art" shit

>>1581694
Thankfully, I'm pretty well booked with work and I don't do anime stuff, so it's not something I have to deal with.

>>1581549
Hmm, by 'older adult' do you mean like late 20s early 30s? Because I'm still like early-mid 20s

>>1575118
A joke

>>1581756
I'm saying 30s could be believable with that je ne sais quois I detect, or a bit of a push to get across a "smoked over nine thousand cigarettes" aura.

I haven't been hanging out in /auds/ all day every day so I may be missing out on your full range, so this is just the impression I have at the moment. But now I feel bad for saying anything, haha.

>>1581920
It's all good; I do have a bit of a deeper voice going on there. Part of the reason why I'm worried LOL

>>1582055
As someone with a thing for voices

I really like your voice, your accent, your tone. You'd make a wonderful vtuber, especially if you make your avatar more "magical" themed.

thinking of applying at hololive what do you guys think? Any feedback? Thanks!

https://vocaroo.com/1eVDjhIbaPZs

>>1582102
The thing is I already have a Vtuber channel; I'm not really sure I want to share it here though

What content do you people actually aspire to make?

>>1583111
Based.

>>1584489
Yugioh stuff, FPS stuff

>>1584544
thanks but was I seiso enough

>>1584584
>FPS stuff
Gee I hope it's not Apex

My dream is to get a viewer base of 50-80 people so I can use them to revive any old game I wish. I want to play old Half-life mods and shit like W:ET and Tribes. I'll even pay to host the servers. Wish me luck.

>>1586552
lol reminds me of when I was younger and wanted to become a famous musician just so I could shill the songwriters and musicians I liked to my fanbase

>>1586245
Actually not!
It's more like Doom and Halo.

>>1586864
Oh hi Mori

>>1587792
you don't need to be famous to get people listening to eminem

>>1581899
What joke?

>>1583111
(づ｡｡)づ it's sexy enough for me to keep listening.

Remember the "verbal abuse CD" Watamote was listening to in the show/manga? Record one of those. Just lots of verbal abuse.

I'll venmo you 5$

>>1584489
I'm still trying to undermine my reputation as best I can to re-emerge from the woodwork with a whole new platform and budget.

:c

>>1586864
Same, actually, as I listened to lots of underground stuff.

I wanted to start a band too. But nah, I have more of a passion for VTubing then music.

>>1588429
>I have more of a passion for VTubing then music.

no offense, but you have some fucked priorities

>>1588513
Possibly, but I'm better as a comedic entertaner then as a singer or musician
It's just not where my tallent lies.

I do want to play banjo and make a bunch of dark, deep south, tunes. Like this:
https://youtu.be/pCaVXEN7oM4
I'm dying to do this song in my native accent.

>>1588429
>Remember the "verbal abuse CD" Watamote was listening to in the show/manga? Record one of those. Just lots of verbal abuse.

maybe I'm too seiso and not based enough for this. I'll keep trying to work on my ratio though, thanks!!

>>1589671
Just record more stuff so I can listen to it while in bed when the abandonment issues from my dad sink in and I start to crave safe male attention.

I mean, make recordings for... R-research purposes ,(ꏿ﹏ꏿ;)(ꏿ﹏ꏿ;)

Also, feet bandwagon.


Fun fact: I've litteraly sold feet pics to a guy once.

(๑•﹏•)

>>1589671
My sister sees potential in you and my verbal abuse CD idea (though it's implied to be a USB locked and key coded video file)

>
Pic very related.

Pretty much what she's saying is she wants to produce it privatly for rich and famo- I mean, anonymous clients. So if you're interested, hop in the discord server, because if this happens, leaks could kill the whole thing.

Side note: I don't think she realizes there's better file formats then an MP4 adapted to keycode and device storage activation lock, but that's kinda neither here nor there. Details to iron out if we're serious.

>>1584489
A 'lecture' series about level design in video games, produced in an intentionally low-tech style like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_xL4IGhJA&list=PLE18841CABEA24090

>>1590609
I'd watch it.

>>1590671
There's a couple of problems with it though, at least from my perspective, so I'm not sure if I want to pursue it in this direction.

First, there's a huge burden of knowledge: it's not going to be enough to have just played a ton of games because the actual core conceit is to "lecture" about the games - that means preparing content in the format of an imaginary college course, where I'd need to be able to talk about games and people and concepts effortlessly in addition to taking the time to actually design what you might call a lesson plan as well as materials for each 'class', homework, etc. Depending on how rigidly I want to stick to that idea, at least.

Second, and this is related to the first, there's a question the format: I'm kind of attracted to the idea of mimicking a college course in terms of schedule ("meet" several times a week, like MWF, for a specific amount of time. However, that's a pretty big commitment for someone just getting started especially if I would need to prepare a large amount of material ahead of time.

Third, there's the question of the avatar: I don't really know what type of character would really work in this format. I was thinking it might be fun to have a character that is intentionally designed to be kind of unattractive, like a slightly older professor who's maybe a bit overweight or balding or something, kind of like the man in the video I linked, but I also worry that type of character might be so unattractive people don't really care even if they might otherwise find the content interesting. So I'm kind of at a loss there.

>>1590333
>>1589671
Nvm.

Ignore everything. For some reason, I can't delete my post.....

(*﹏*;)

>>1591289
1 - don't limit yourself to structured "lectures" or you run the problem of just falling into the sea of hundreds of thousands of other "lecture" youtube channels, anime avatar or otherwise.

2 - don't do that unless there's demand. it works in college because there's more social pressure and encouragement to do so. more of a "captive audience" of sorts compared to just some vtuber's office hours. get started, and when you've grown a bit, as your viewers if they'd be interested in something like that.

3 -
>to be kind of unattractive, like a slightly older professor who's maybe a bit overweight or balding or something
why would you ever think this is a good idea?

>>1591650
It was just the first thing that came to mind, I haven't had the time to sit down and really flesh the idea out

>>1591730
>>1591650
The idea can work if he's funny.

That'll compensate for the lack of sex appeal. But then again, a sexy professor is a thing. Possibly.

>>1591632
too late, I'm already on my way to your place to yell at you

>>1591867
he's already competing against established youtubers who do talks about video games like Extra Credits. an ugly avatar would not only be off putting for the casual viewer, your content better be drastically better than Extra Credits for determined viewers to sit through and watch it despite the unappealing character.

>>1591958
>>1591867
That was my fear, yes. I wonder if there's a way to spin the idea in a different direction, something that's more unique and better incorporates the avatar character into it.

>>1592163
there's a reason why visually appealing character designs work and unattractive character designs don't. vtubing is a niche that filters out ton of potential viewers already, don't filter even more out with an intentionally dumb decision. you'll have better chances by just being an animated cat and people can share the videos saying "hey, have you seen this cat talk about video games?"

>>1591881
Post your venmo or cashapp and I'll pay you for decent recording.

>>1591958
>>1592163
I mean, me personaly, I know my voice I unattractive so I'm trying to compensate with content quality and turn a negitive I to a positive.

Anon doing an intentionally drab avatar could work the same way.

All I'm saying is that if you shift the focus INTENTIONALLY away from sex appeal, you open yourself up to the possibility of more substantial content or personality shows.

It's like, "nah, senpai, I ain't sexy. But I'm funny!" Kinda attitude.

>Pic somewhat related

>didn't know faм gets word filtered to senpai
Damnit, my tourest visa is showing!

>>1592826
board's less than a month old, we're all tourists at some point

>>1593031
>MFW I seriously didn't know the board was that new, however I only saw it a month ago

I stay mostly on my containment chan, but they banned me for lewd-posting Ailita from Code Lyoko, and now I'm here.

My ban there is up in a month, but they're doing other media then VTubers and early have VTuber threads.

Is it cringy to commission a high quality art spread of myself?

Realistically how many people should I expect for my debut?

What's even the point of having a formal debut if I'm just going to end up streaming towards two people? I'd rather just play a game and if people join they join

>>1595302
nope

>>1595439
don't fall for the debut meme, just start making content

>>1595439
Depends on if you've done your social media reps or not
I did a debut stream two days after debuting with no following and didn't actually talk to anyone about it aside from a friend and they were my only viewer
if you build up your debut then you'll probably get more viewers but you're absolutely fine to just start streaming
>>1595302
that's just called ordering a skeb and a lot of people do that

Realistically, how much of a dox risk would it be to use your existing steam account in order to stream games that can't be family shared? From what I can tell, the only way people could possibly link it to you would be the Player ID, which of course can be avoided by just never showing the title screen or profile pages, where it would be displayed.

>>1595961
as much dox as your steam account is connected to your irl identity

>>1595961
What can't be family shared?

>>1595736
lots of people now just do a soft debut with a png/vroid model, then do a full debut later with hype + existing fanbase

otherwise, with 1-2 weeks of marketing you might get 20-30? market saturation is real, people are tired of 'debuts'

>>1596645
CCGs, Shadowverse and Duel Links in this case

How the hell does Skeb word?

Thank you /AUD/

Haven't been here in awhile but I've taken a lot of advice from here and I've signed a contract with a company. Once I have some experience in the company I'll try to compile a resource to post back here with everything I can confirm does and does not work.

>>1596891
find an artist, put in a request, pay the requested amount, and wait for the artist to either accept, reject, or ghost you for 30 days (and you'll be refunded).

>>1596953
godspeed, anon

>>1596953
Congratulations! How long have you been streaming?

>>1596953
If they start talking about time shares in your orientation, GTFO.

But seriously, congratulations!
How big were you when you signed?

>>1584489
Playing a variety of single player games, reviewing them, and voice acting practice

>>1584489
I really like giving in depth explanations and writing walls of text about topics, plus I was told I have a good voice so I figured why not make youtube videos in that same style?
Not looking to make a living off of it, just for fun (but of course if I could get some side income that would be swell).
I slapped together a youtube channel with one longer, "serious" video (serious in the sense that it actually has a point I'm trying to get across) and a few shitpost ones, two of the shitpost ones crossed 100 views and the first "serious" one has 3 views and 1 like, all from me.

I suppose I want to be told I'm smart, insightful, handsome and funny, just like everyone else.

>>1584489
News and discussion over a particular franchise I'm very fond of, and general sci fi gaming streams on the side

finally getting around to putting together my live2d model. gonna contact some artists to see if theyre interested. does anyone have any tips for what to write in a commission request for character psd to an otherwise skilled artist that just doesnt have experience with live2d? i guess i could include links to some tutorial videos. anything else i should mention??

>>1599709
You really shouldn't take a chance on someone that's had no experience with Live2D before. If the layers aren't set up right then your rigger isn't going to be able to make it work. So unless you like playing phone-tag and getting multiple revisions done, an artist new to Live2D isn't going to work out.

>>1584489
Alcohol discussion & tasting, playing games I like (primarily older games or diablo-style & metroidvanias).

I spent some weeks working of my model and the rigging. I tested it in VtubeStudio and it's so cute!! I am just so happy. Maybe I can make it.

>>1600566
Good luck, anon.

I'm six figures in college loan debt. What do I need to do to get big enough that I can pay that back with monetization. I don't care how difficult it'll be, I want steps I can do right now.

>>1600566
I'm always happy when people are able to make a nice model without spending 1500 dollars

>>1600978
Are you a man or a woman. Do you have an idea on how to stand out from the crowd?

>>1595961
If I googled your Steam username, what would pop up? Would there be a forum post with your name? Links to RL social media? A post of you saying NIGGER? If I joined one of your games and copied down your Steam ID number, what would pop up? Lists of bans from Gmod servers for spamming NIGGER? Give 'er a go.

After seeing how long this process takes, I've decided to become a temporary png tuber. I hate the idea of having "tba" in my bio or paying extra to get my model delivered.

>>1601386
Doesn't mean you can't stream with a png and do your reps before you proper debut.

>>1586552
>old Half-life mods
>W:ET
>Tribes
Unbelievably based. I hope you make it anon.

>>1601019
Man. And no. But if there's a guide, I'll follow it.

>>1601745
Me too. It's my dream to play on a full T2 server with people just wanting to have fun and shoot the shit any time I want. I wanna frag in The Specialists again. I wanna disc people in AvP 1/2 multiplayer. I wanna get silly and tactical in RS:3, Swat 3/4, GR1, etc. I will happily operate at a loss if I get to realize this dream.

>>1601134
Well the steam username wouldn't be shown ingame, these are just PC releases of mobile games so the ID that I would be hiding is the individual game's player ID, essentially a friend code for that game. So assuming I keep that hidden and do anything stupid to expose the steam account name, it should be fine right?

>stimulus comes tomorrow

anyone go through the youtube "creator academy"? useful?

https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/course/bootcamp-gaming

>>1605962

>>1606515

>>1584489
A talk show/game club were the chat and maybe a guest all discuss a game we'll all been playing/assigned to play/was playing on stream.

Do any of you people actually produce content?

Currently thinking about my character. What 3rd color would go well with a mostly black and red gothic lolita design?

>>1607986
some, but for the most part this thread is about getting help getting started. you might want to try western vtuber thread.

>>1607986
1 week's worth of streams as a pngtuber. still trying to figure out what my best schedule is, since right now it's just kinda whenever i feel like it. i'm aiming to settle down into a 3 or 4 days a week regular stream (3 weekdays, 1 weekend). having all this extra time at home due to covid is nice, but i also want to leave some space to be flexible once we're back out.

>>1607986
i'm about a month and a half in so far and i've finally gotten around to regularly clipping moments from my streams afterwards

>>1607986
Like the anon said this general is really more about the buildup before graduating to /wvt/

>>1607986
I've been making the content I currently make for a little over a year. Now I'll just have an avatar when I do it.

>>1608014
White.

should i make a whole new account for my vtuber or would repurposing my burner account work? I'm unliking all my tweets, but it's a bit of a pain.

>>1607986
Yup

>>1608023
>>1608093
I see... I hope to see some self posts in the future from the talent here then.
>>1608032
An excellent attitude to have towards your schedule Anonymous. Good fortune to you.
>>1608073
Clipping ay? Good work Anonymous! Please remember to properly tag them, so that way people can find you.
>>1608098
Interesting that you would be in the auditions thread then.
>>1608333
Excellent! Your digits indicate that your content must be swell.

>>1608328
Make a new one

>>1608328
fresh email, fresh account, fresh twitter, everything. just have an entire new social media presence that's entirely dedicated to your vtuber persona. it'll be a lot easier to manage and avoid cross contamination of yabs. (i even use Firefox for personal, and Microsoft Edge for my vtuber, so not even auto-fill suggestions from the browsers themselves will involve a yab)

>>1608328
New Twitter account. ASAP.

>>1608507
>i even use Firefox for personal, and Microsoft Edge for my vtuber
Smart, never thought of that.
>>1608509
>>1608454
thanks

>>1608432
>Excellent! Your digits indicate that your content must be swell.
So far it's very light stuff. Short clips, memery, that sort of thing.
My formal debut is soon.

>>1608432
i actually recently started self posting in /wvt/; i still post here though because i like to try and be helpful to others who want to get started too

Anyone got basic music producing advice? I want to drop a level 3 rrat rap single. Nothing too insane in terms of production quality. I was planning on using Audacity and make all the beats just random heavily edited sounds of shit around me like punching a trash can or something. I also wanna do some spicy MIDI BGMs for fun, but I wonder what's the go to program for that.

>>1608711
I'd love to see it. Otherwise, good luck on your debut, Anonymous.
>>1608814
If that is the case, I may already have seem one of your streams! I'm sure your Anonymous peers appreciate the help. Keep up the good work.

>1608912
there's a couple free DAW's, reaper, studio one prime, etc, that are better for producing, especially if you want to get into using MIDIs. most people use one DAW program to produce and one (audacity, garageband, audition) for recording/editing audio

theres lots of tutorials on yotuube. i'd try a couple programs and pick which one feels most intuitive to you, then watch those. the free versions aren't perfect but they give you an introduction to the program and you can pay for the full versions later if you want to keep going

>>1608814
Is self-posting in /wvt/ considered normal or do people just generally not notice it?
Also if I do self-post, should I post some other streamers as well so it's not just me?

>>1609425
self shill if you want, but just once per livestream, don't spam it. be sure to include a pic of your vtuber in your post, a link to the stream, and a brief description of what you're doing (ex. "loli teddy bear shows how to properly invade during russian winters in Europa Universalis IV")

>>1607986
I graduated after 9 months and I lurk and give advice based on my experience.

>>1607986
Yes! I believe I have put out content at least every other day since debut(about 2 weeks ago) and have updated my Live 2D model twice. I proudly have 2 subs! Yesterday I did run into an issue of the monitor part of my laptop splitting in half, but I was still able to record a second channel introduction in Japanese. I did have to cancel yesterday and today's stream unfortunately but my new computer should be ready to go by Thursday.
When I say content, I just mean an upload on my YouTube channel. Most of it is only about a minute or less long, aside from my streams but I think it is still a good start.

>1607986
i do art commissions, put out covers on youtube, and stream 3-4 times a week on twitch. i hit affiliate and have 30 subs currently. still a pngtuber but saving up to rig

>>1609757
>still a pngtuber but saving up to rig
just wait until you save up enough for the rigging and spend another 3+ weeks just trying to find a good quality rigger who isn't booked all the way to September of this year, fuck me

>>1609493
What if you want to make it unclear whether it’s you or not who’s streaming?

>>1609846
blend it in with some other chuubas with posts like this by linking multiple at once:
>>1608469

it's easy to do on Twitch because you can just search for "envtuber" and it'll give you the lives. on Youtube you need to search "envtuber", go to filters and select "Live" (pic rel) and link a couple of those

>>1609874
i forgot to add, there's a spreadsheet schizo who is collecting everyone's posts on /wvt/ so if they notice a pattern that a particular vtuber's livestream link is included at a certain time (on a regular schedule) where as the rest of the links vary in chuuba, they'll know.

just some food for thought.

>>1610102
So to avoid that I'd have to post like daily with a specific avatar and just post some of the same VTubers every time?

>>1609722
Link?

>>1610102
You actually believe that? LMFAO

>>1610102
why does it matter what they do or dont do? if you disconnected it from your real name/details who cares? go market yourself

What do you even want to put in a demo reel? Just act out random scenes? Just find demo reels for commercials and pull ideas from those since those can be pretty flexible?

>>1608509
>Tfw no Haachama gf

I was watching a streamer on Twitch and her model had some kind of half tone/ photocopier style effect that looked really cool

https://files.catbox.moe/kwrgyo.mp4

I could see that she was using 3tene because she showed the ui on stream, but I'm not sure if this effect was created in 3tene or not. I have very limited experience with 3tene.

Does anyone have any idea how this could be done/ replicated?

>>1565594
NEW AUDITIONS
Wactor
http://wactor.tech/auditionEN/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p64L0el9N0c

>>1565594
NEW AUDITIONS
Wactor
http://wactor.tech/auditionEN/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p64L0el9N0c

>>1565594
Looks a bit like Sana. Are roommates actually getting fanarts?

>>1616181
Someone really needs to open up a male vtuber agency.
There's plenty of space for one.

>>1616181
>Supported by bilibili
Oh no no no, don't work for China

>>1616181
Needs you to be able to speak Japanese so even if it wasn’t Bilibili IDK

bumo

>>1615766
>Tentacles moving in the background
What Ina should have been.
She clearly doesn't actually like the tentacles since she never uses them.

>>1616899
space? probably
profitability? doubtful

>>1615766
the shading looks a mask layer that's part of her model.

>>1616181
Will they make learn a language on stream?

Fucking around with live2d, anyone know how to deform using coordinates instead of freehand moving vertexes?

Sorry if this get's asked regularly, preparing for my debut and i wanna make sure I get it right, what do people use to show their info and hastags when they're debuting? All the chuuba's I've seen debut have basically had little forms they fill in for themselves, or atleast something they can type on while they're doing it that doesn't look like a shitty word doc or something

>>1629506
Whatever works. It's not like there's some industry standard you need to follow.

>>1629506
if you're talking about something like what Gura did on her debut stream where she filled on a form live, you can do this on Powerpoint while in Presenter mode by using the Pen tool. (pic related)

>>1629372
Watch the live2d tutorial. They are pretty short and easy to follow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0atILQGW_qc

>>1630220
I get the general ideas and all that, I mean when using a warp deformer, every video i've seen just fucking uses the mouse to drag vertexes, I'd rather move them by entering coordinates but I don't see an option to do that, the reason being its really hard to be consistent by moving shit via mouse and it triggers the hell out of my tism

>>1630395
Buy a tablet then or something I dunno

>>1630395
i don't think thats an option rn? plus its usually better to move the verteces since it's more precise. the deformers fuck with the art

what are you trying to do?

>>1630574
Nothing too complicated, I just want to deform something along a warped plane to fake a 3d effect. My idiot hands will never be as good as math. I know the exact coordinates I want to shift things to. I can obviously just eyeball it, but it will absolutely bother the fuck out of me that I can't be more precise.

>got my art back
>it isn't quite what I expected

I still have available revisions but I'm getting nervous

>doing my social media reps
>10 followers in a month

>see someone post "thank you everybody for making me feel so welcome in the community even though I've only been here for a few days :)"
>25 followers in less than a week

>>1631113
I feel this. I constantly felt like an outsider at every turn on Twitter. I don't flirt since I'm in a happy relationship, not lgbt, and played niche stuff.i plateaued around 350

>>1631015
my one fear

I want to try and socially connect with other vtubing communities as an independent vtuber, basically clout chasing. Shitposting on twitter is not helping since no one follows me no one sees my shitposts.

Does this figure look effeminate to you guys? I'm a little worried about the hip to waist ratio.

Does this figure look effeminate to you guys? I'm a little worried about the hip to waist ratio.
I asked the artist to widen the upper waist/stomach area a bit to even things out

>>1631472
Oh honey.. You've got bigger problems than hip ratio.

>>1569196
ill join in to help, anon. send link.

>>1631525
What do you suggest? I have plenty of revisions.
The helmet is probably going to be changed entirely

>>1631525
Not him, but what other problems are there?

Don't get me wrong, I understand the aesthetic entirely. However, this is really not the kind of design you want for a vtuber unless you just incredibly charismatic. The design is basically just a nameless grunt and entirely forgettable and generic.

>>1631557
He kind of looks a little bit like he is wearing a diaper.

>>1631727
I have myself covered in that regard. Without giving too much away that could lead to doxing myself, I know what I want regarding the face being covered

>>1631766
I was thinking this too a little bit but once it's fully colored I think it will be fine. Maybe I'll ask my artists input before making a formal request for that

>>1631819
I think that making that piece a little smaller, as in jutting out less might make it look a litle less diaper like. Also I am sure once your frame is more balanced and you're less thicc it will look nice!

>>1631167
I feel this a bit. I am actually a lesbian but find yuribaiting to be cringe in general, and don't see any of the fun in the insincere flirt posting chuubas love to indulge in.

>>1631113
Try 2 in a month. I haven’t marketed myself as a vtuber yet tho, since no streams

>>male vtuber
>>the model ist just a plain guy
>>it's literally just a guy
FUCKING STOP DOING THIS
YOU HAVE THE POWER OF IMAGINATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, FUCKING DO SOMETHING WITH IT
GET AN ACTUALLY INTERESTING LOOKING MODEL YOU UNCREATIVE FUCKS
NO WONDER PEOPLE DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MALE VTUBERS CAUSE MOST OF THEM LOOK EXACTLY THE FUCKING SAME FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

>>1632185
I've always noticed this. I don't know if it's a fear of looking vulnerable because you put too much passion into something, or what

>>1632185
>male vtuber
>the model is just a plain guy
>with cat ears
this does not make your design interesting, it just makes you a fag. you are just as bad if not worse than the rest of the background-tier designs

>>1632185
>>male vtuber
>>the model ist just a dwarf/orc/buff guy with a midevil weapon

>male vtuber
>The model is a guy

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

>>1632185
The same could literally be said of any female vtuber.
>just an anime girl

>>1631727
We were talking about this in /wvt/ but in a lot of ways a masked character can be a buff if you are targeting normalfags or hetero men

>>1631472
Keep the mask on
Take off the shirt

>>1632911
Its not the fact its a masked character its the fact its an entirely unremarkable character in every other way. I would not be able to remember that design for longer than a second after I stop looking at it.
>>1632996
Is a good example of a way to make it memorable.

>>1633047
I'm working on getting the mask overhauled. It's not exactly what I asked for

>>1631472
Look too much like a generic star wars oc.
Feel like could be more creative.

>>1633223
>>1633047
Any suggestions to stand out a bit? I'm definitely not going shirtless lmao

>>1633395
Not any of the previous anons, but I think with a more interesting helmet and a good colour scheme you should be good. Maybe some techy parts to your armour could help, like a partial exoskeleton or a robot/cyborg limb?

>>1633524
Alright cool, yeah. I'm already have a new design for the helmet and the color scheme I'm going for is pretty bright and eye-catching, that you wouldn't expect from a bounty-hunter looking guy. I'm not too worried, but always open to suggestions

>>1633395
i think mecha/armor is generally pretty hard to remember. i'd add a really bold design to the helmet. like if it had viking horns on top of the star wars armor then it would really be memorable as something different. obviously you don't have to do this, but it needs to have at least one big defining characteristic/pop of color

>>1633395
silhouette needs to be different. helmet can do a lot for this, obviously. Honestly 90% of your design will boil down to the helmet, no one really cares what you're doing with the rest unless you're doing something really wacky with it.
Right now it looks like either a bootleg iron man or a numbers filed off mandolorian.

>>1631472
just a static facemask is kinda hard to make appealing. no one would know about Bobba Fett's or StarLord's mask except the fact that they're part of a major franchise with an established fanbase already. the design itself looks like iron man had sex with the Mandalorian.

depending on how it's rigged, it might work, but honestly, i see it being more applicable to just pngtubing.

>>1633577
Look at Hazard Hornet and similar people to see how they're doing the masked chuuba

if you wanna do a mask/helmet chuuba, take a page from the furry community and look at "protogens" they're basically furries with a tron-like face mask and expressions are displayed on the mask via LEDs. don't actually be a furry though, that's weird. but you can still learn from the stuff they do.

>>1615766
I need the name, anon.

Did any of you use any of your stimulus check for this?
Bought an Elgato streamdeck mini and an elgato capture card elgato hd60 pro for my pc. Going to start doing my reps until I get my art and rigging back.

>>1634318
not really. my university went remote last year, so i bought a second monitor, webcam, a decent mic, etc. mostly for classes. fell into the vtuber hole afterwards, but none of my stimmy checks went to this.

>>1632185
i could have sworn this was posted like 5 or 6 threads ago i'm not sure how quality of a pasta this is to be honest

>>1634318
Nah, DIY'd my model and already had a decent mic and webcam when I started

>watching a wvt
>No commentary for 30+ seconds at a time
>mumbling to themselves instead of actually engaging the audience
>no bgm despite playing a minecraft-tier silent game
>subscriber count in the low thousands and reaching 30 viewers per stream despite all of that

Realistically, if I can overcome these things, will I be able to make it? How many factors outside of forcing charisma actually dictate the size of your audience?
Like, I've been doing privated practice streams and have gotten pretty good keeping the energy going with only maybe 20 seconds maximum between thoughts. Do I have a step up for that reason alone?
Hopefully this post doesn't make me sound full of myself or like I'm putting down other chubahs, that's not really my intention. It's just something genuinely on my mind. I'd love to get 30+ viewers per stream and the only reason I haven't jumped into the deep end yet is I'm worried I don't have the charisma for it

>>1634318
I'm spending like 2 grand on this. All from stimmies.

>>1634505
>I'd love to get 30+ viewers per stream and the only reason I haven't jumped into the deep end yet is I'm worried I don't have the charisma for it
I should reword this. Im worried that even if I DID have the charisma, that it wouldn't be enough

>>1634505
>will I be able to make it?
kinda depends on what your definition of "making it" is. small community with an active fanbase that nets you enough to pay maybe utilities bill each month? probably.

at this point, the vtuber field is as saturated as the face cam streaming field is. but of the thousands, a couple who stick to it still end up 'making it', so there's definitely always a chance. but just gotta be realistic about it.

>>1634505
>>1634564
It won't be enough at first because you still need to do your advertising reps BUT if you have that charisma and shill yourself properly, people will have a reason to watch you, because you're charismatic.
Also who were you watching?

>>1634518
>2 grand
You got kids? lol
>>1634446
I still don't have a webcam, but I do have a dslr. I figure a $20 power cord for continuous power is more cost effective than a new webcam.
>>1634366
Oh, my job provided me with a second monitor so I might have to buy my own at some point.

>>1634814
>Also who were you watching?
Hazard Hornet just cause I saw him brought up itt.

Any advice on finding a character designer? I searched up "character designer anime" on Fiverr to minimal luck. I've found a few but nobody I like.

>>1634892
I eventually upgraded to an iphone X for tracking with twitch payouts, nothing else compares

>>1635227
-DeviantArt
-Twitter
-Instagram
-Reddit
-Skeb (though this one may be a bit iffy for just character designing)

>>1634956
Kek. Makes sense. That dude sucks.

> browse skeb
> see a cool character
> 'bet that's a vtuber model'
> check the request
> it is
good luck to all these chuubas, it's pretty rad seeing EOPs commissioning skebs from JP artists to live their dreams

What is your gimmick? How are you standing out?

>>1633979
Here, since that nigger was being lazy.
https://www.twitch.tv/cvnka

>>1636490
Regular youtube content on a specific semi-niche topic and then streams that fall into a similar genera.
I feel like talking about it will jinx myself, but I'm hoping enough people in the franchises community would be willing to check me out simply on the basis that I'm the first vtuber designed specifically for them. That coupled with pandering to the youtube algorithm with my regular content, I think I'll be able to grow an audience I'm happy with (I'm easy to please when it comes to numbers)

>>1636490
I just stream my commissions lol

>>1636731
I'm glad you linked this, I am very interested in her Live2D and rig papa.

>>1637163
That is unironically good content usually.
>>1637164
No problem.

>>1632185
>male vtuber
>decides to go the Babiniku route
>the avatar isn't a MILF or loli, just a plain as fuck, not cute unsexy, female.
>It's so unremarkable that are femboy designs that are actually cuter

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

>>1632320
perhaps deep down they really want to be a normal streamer but is too afraid to show their face

>>1636490
wannabe educational vtuber here, just trying to figure out how to present my stuff. until then i'm just playing some games for streaming reps.

>>1636490
i do weekly japanese study streams + challenge runs in different games
i hit my highest avg viewership starting a blind run of skyrim the other day though

>>1636490
I'm one of the very few GMs running tabletop content as a VTuber. It may be a growth dead zone, but I'm not in this for the numbers. I also have multiple avatars/characters because I'm insane.

Getting a little bit closer to what I envisioned. Probably gonna be the last time I post at risk of doxing myself.

hypothetically, you make it as a chuuba, you pass the hololive interview and get a new identity and all. what would you do with your old friends?

you don't want to come across as showing favoritism to people who used to be your old mods, old followers from back in your indie days, etc. would you even tell them? are you even allowed to tell them that you made it?

>>1643320
I thought you meant IRL friends and I was going to call you an idiot, but this is legitimately a good question. I seriously doubt Hololive of all places is cool with letting you collab with your old indie buds, especially if they are one you used to stream with frequently.
What a sad thought.

>>1642091
Whatever coward. Cool design though.

>>1643374
yeah, and i remember some discussion taking place earlier about how Mori wasn't allowed to make shoutouts and tweet supportive messages about smaller indies because she's now connected to Hololive the company, and it'd be seen as hololive "endorsing" the indies, which they don't want.

>>1643374
i know sometime around christmas last year there were some holo members that collabed with indies on roommate accounts; i'd probably end up keeping my original account at the very least and update it every now and then

>>1643320
Even as a Holo you are still allowed to have alternate accounts and do private streams. I don't think they would mind if you used your old accounts to at least keep in touch and collab with your friends.

Coco comes to mind. She does stuff like that

>>1637346
Yeah, commissioners tend to watch and even raid sometimes

Streamlabs OBS is dead, right? There's only the one single version of OBS I should be using?

>>1644143
the vanilla OBS is called "OBS Studio" and yeah, don't use Streamlabs.

>>1636490
I am a top tier dancer in VR.

Would you guys say this design is "simply but effective", "bad" or "boring"? This is not a finalized version, but my current model. I'm not the best at drawing so the clothing isn't very detailed. The final(?) version will be commissioned by a proper artist, and will have a white labcoat. I have some worry that the already white shirt, white hair and pale skin will just look way to white over all and not have enough contrast so I was wondering if I should try to re-brainstorm her outfit.

>>1644143
use streamlabs obs if you wanna nuke your fucking computer.
OBS Studio has been made way more user friendly now in comparison to when I first began streaming ~7 years ago, I wouldn't use anything else at this point.

>>1644707
I think it's great on paper but is pretty underdesigned and needs more pop. Something like maybe making the bow larger and bright red. I'm no character though.

>>1644707
>labcoat
add cute science hair pin
>all white hair
consider adding a streak of some color
>plain blouse
add some buttons, cute mouse design or something
>twin tails
add another cute hair tie at the bottom keeping with your motif. pekora has little white bows but they aren't that really visible. but that space can be another place you can add some flair. (pic related)

>>1644707
I would consider a redesign. The white hair, white skin, white clothing, and a white lab coat as you mentioned would be so washed out and imo it's boring and not in a really good way. If you wanna go for a lab-rat idea, then maybe consider going for a mad scientist idea and play with colors in other aspects of the design if you wanna keep the white hair and skin to create breaks in the stark white.

I am a pretty big fan of Franken Fran, and my chuuba was very inspired from that manga but I think in my love for Fran, I kept my outfit way too plain. That doesn't really work for a chuuba, does it?

>>1644870
The bow was just colored with a random texture brush on Krita, it can definitely change! Initially I had black in mind. I struggle with thinking of accessories though. I think a cuter bow, perhaps in red like you said would be a good start!
>>1644919
Oh wow, that's very detailed, thank you! One thing I was considering was having some interesting things poking out of the pockets of the lab coat. Maybe some scalpels and lolly pops?
>add cute science hair pin
That's a good idea, the hair area is definitely on the bland side.
>consider adding a streak of some color
Admittedly I am partial to the all white look to fit the albino aesthetic, but I did have an idea of their being some color variation at the tips of the braids. Almost as though the ends had been accidentally dipped into chemicals.
>add some buttons, cute mouse design or something
That is a good idea. I have commissioned an artist already to interpret my character design choices so far(not the final design, but to visualize the current concept much better than I could. Not finished yet, or else I would have posted that.), and she has very nicely drawn some ruffles onto the blouse but I like the button idea.
>add another cute hair tie at the bottom keeping with your motif. pekora has little white bows but they aren't that really visible. but that space can be another place you can add some flair.
Another good idea. Thanks for all the feedback anon!
>>1645074
As far as something totally different goes, I did have an alternate outfit in mind. I thought about having a gothic lolita aesthetic, but I had worried it would clash with the lab coat and with the somewhat genki personality of the character. But I suppose if the whitewhitewhite design is too plain in the final result, a total overhaul wouldn't be the worst idea.

>>1644143
I use SLOBS because it's really easy

What do you guys think of a vtuber that tries to be super in character whenever they stream and only breaks it a few times?

>>1648421
as an indie, that's an extreme amount of effort for something that will never translate to meaningful returns for AT LEAST 4 months. don't do it.

>>1644707
i don't think it's bad, or boring, but i think the ears are a little too big. i personally made her look a little more 'mousy' and added a bit of contrast. i think this is a cute design with a few minor palette changes. (didnt draw her in the labcoat because i accidentally skimmed over that part before)

>>1584489
Just whatever

>>1584489
I wanna make the kind of content that i dont see other people making i wanna try my hardest to go against most vtuber norms and not be generic

>>1648774
Thank you very much anon, making a drawing like that was very kind! And it's also really really cute.
>i think the ears are a little too big
the massive ears are one of the details that I insist on, for personal taste. I was initially going to have them more realistic looking though, with blue veins but I was told that would look gross. But I think the massive ears are really cool.
I think I am going to reverse the palette a bit, and have the dress be primarily black with white and red accents instead of the opposite, and perhaps opt for one with a poofier skirt. You and other anons of have convinced me of the merits of not totally white hair though, I will try red accents, it does look nice! Thank you again! If you have an art Twitter, can I follow it? If not, or if that is too yab, that's totally understandable too!

>>1633979
>>1636731
the name was the filename kek

>>1644707
Here is my take! It is about smart and subtle as a shotgun, but I think you should exaggerate your mouse traits and lab coat stuff as hard as possible to get a strong silhouette. This means both exaggerating their size and adorning them with accessories that identify you at a glance. I reccommend looking at rhythm game mascots for this sort of thing. That said, I am not an artist, much less a character designer so take it with an ocean's worth of salt.

>>1648774
That is really pretty, I really like what you have done with the hair accents, and the eyes are mesmerizing!

Anon who did the voice thing and read out the dead parrot thing here; I did a real voice reveal for my current avatar and it got pretty good responses

also if you search Vtuber Real Voice it’s literally in the second page of results despite having thousands of views less than literally every single other video on that page so that’s cool I guess

>>1649455
Anon I love the concepts you are describing! The QR code is remarkably creative! I will have to check to see if BALB/c mice are subject to that though, they're primarily used in immunology research if I'm not mistaken, so I'm not sure if ID systems vary between lab mouse breeds. I love your artwork as well, it has so much character, she's quite wiley! You say you aren't an artist but I feel skeptical of this claim! My original model was a lot more mousey looking, maybe just due to the proportions, but also because I couldn't draw anime ish girls yet! I also never would have thought to use rhythm games as a reference. I'm truly grateful for your drawing and brainstorming! I'm also interested in your own chuuba concept, you seem good with motifs. Also I am glad you are pro giant ears!

>>1649343
I looked at the filename first, and thought it was one of those randomly generated ones that's just a jumble of random letters...

>>1649455
It's bullshit for you to draw this cute and claim you're not an artist.

You are at least a talented dabbler, bare minimum.

>>1649455
>I am not an artist, much less a character designer
bullshit.

>>1649809
It helps that I am a huge Franken Fran fan myself! I only realised Frantic was being translated recently though! I really like your idea as I am fond of mice and rodents in general, and white hair + red eyes is a combo I adore in anime girls. I have a bunch of opinions on character design and why I think vtubers have similar priorities to rhythm game designs I should probably write up at some point, but if I had to point to one example, it would be Elizabeth and Lily from WACCA as designed by LAM (they have designed vtubers as well but none of them pop like these two mascots).

My chuuba is a gingerbread girl, who has a dress designed like a gingerbread house! I am trying to to draw and rig her myself, but I am a very slow, lazy person so it is taking a long time. Here is a very in-progress pic of where I am at right now. I have spent several days dithering over the chocolate blocks whilst playing copious amounts of FFXIV instead of doing any of the more hype drawing.

>>1649967
>>1649996
Hah, sorry. I do try, but when it takes an hour to do that much and 14 year old zoomers can make like an immaculate finished piece in the same time it warps your senses somewhat.

Do you think a basic looking character design is a turn off? I designed a character but there aren't many accessories or anything. It's not for an audition but for my actual vtuber personality. Is it a good idea to pay someone to elaborate on my design? I don't really have any idea for anything about her except that she's a corgi with big sleeves... Sorry if this sounds weird, i'm a little nervous about posting.

>>1650611
personally i feel that to many vtubers have designs that are to over the top and filled with colors the designs that i think are neat are the ones that are simple yet get the core aspects of the character across to the viewers and design choices that can be justified given the characters background or the idea of the character

>>1650611
Simple is easier to remember and draw

>>1650611
Some of the most famous and recognisable characters in existence have designs that are extremely basic - Superman wears a red cape and underwear outside of his blue suit with an S on his chest, Mario wears denim overalls and has a moustache and a cap with ‘m’ on it, Spider-Man’s Spider Suit is just blue and red latex with a spider decal and web designs on it, and so on and so forth.

Simple is good.

Pikamee and VOMS in general are also good examples of this; despite being visually a lot less busy than other Vtubers, they still are pretty popular

>>1650611
I'm getting strong Kemono Friends vibes which I really like. You seem to have come up with some little details that give some insight into your character like the half-untucked shirt and the little sewn up bits where bits have been repaired, and I think that will count for a lot. Those bone toggles are really cute too!

>>1650674
>>1650702
>>1650729
>>1650744

Thank you! I was kind of worried since the posts that I see on twitter that get shared all have really unique and cool things with their character (for example, I saw a yokai(?) boy with a sewn up mouth). I was worried maybe people would want to see a more interesting design in motion while playing games (like more moving parts). I also like Pikamee! She is cute and funny!

>>1650532
your chuuba looks nice good job anon!

>>1650532
>dress designed like a gingerbread house
Cute chuuba, cute concept. Suggestion, won't a more square, boxy crop top would reinforce the gingerbread house idea? Although I found the belly button door hilarious

>>1633524
>>1633577
>>1633699
See: Jax, Lord Humongous, Van Darkholme

>>1634403
Yet this pasta keeps being relevant week in week out.

>>1642091
Not bad. If you have more charm and personality than ClarityEN's vtubers then you have a shot at overtaking all six of them.

>>1644707
Go CRAZIER with the design, think Hazbin Hotel or Helltaker.

>>1648421
You mean like Kongou or Carmine? They managed it.

So... heres my idea for a chuuba I was a bit shy to share it but i want to hear the honest opinion of people that arnt my friends the whole gimmick behind her is that shes a living drawing i wanted to do something that ive never really seen done by anyone else ive already gotten the design done and model finished but i still want to hear what people think

>>1651711
Concept is awful, concerning vtubers.

>>1651711
Cute art, I know of another chuuba who has this gimmick but they're really small
>>1651816
Eh, should be fine, personality and content is more important

>>1651711
I think it is a neat idea, although it would work best if you were to do art streams or other creative stuff. I lean towards busy designs but I think your crayon style aesthetic has a charm that works, especially when you consider the popularity of stuff like Omori right now.

>>1651435
I'm not sure I entirely get it. Lower on top? or disconnected at bottom? I was a little worried about the positioning of the windows but I think I have it worked out in a way that shouldn't be scandalous. I am glad you liked the door gimmick though!

>>1651189
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it.

>>1651979
Omori was actually one of the main inspirations for it

What's a good capture card for a switch?

>>1652334
Any capture card that uses HDMI will work but usually, Elgato is the way to go (whether it’s a built-in or mini capture card)

Make a new thread boyos

>>1638162
Ohh link us!