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[0:17] everything I do to help my friends and
[0:20] help other people who might be
[0:22] interested for those who don't know I
[0:25] originally debuted as a YouTuber named
[0:27] tufufu about two years ago I made my own
[0:30] model I made my logo I made all my own
[0:32] assets but instead of leading towards
[0:35] being a more themed character I've been
[0:37] wanting to make my own model and brand
[0:39] myself more towards my IRL self
[0:43] and it's easy to draw so in this Rebrand
[0:46] series I'll be going over drawing my
[0:48] model art rigging making logo design
[0:50] graphics and other things that go into
[0:53] the whole entire thing obviously this
[0:55] specific video goes over all the model
[0:56] designs and art and uh as well as a
[0:59] little lore so if you're interested in
[1:01] seeing the rest of the process of me
[1:03] making my model and everything
[1:05] um please subscribe
[1:07] okay so first off is designing the
[1:10] character my new design is a lot more
[1:13] simple than my last Model and it's based
[1:15] off of me so it's pretty easy to figure
[1:17] out what I want the main look to be I
[1:19] did have some trial Doodles uh before my
[1:22] model which really these I had my color
[1:25] palette down I just had to figure out
[1:26] like the general look I wanted and even
[1:29] when I was drawing my model sketch I did
[1:31] go through some other hairstyle
[1:33] Renditions I decided just to keep all of
[1:34] them though and I'm gonna make toggles
[1:36] for each hairstyle what I thought the
[1:37] pigtails the best for my normal default
[1:40] overalls outfit so I kept them as the
[1:43] default look if you helped figure out a
[1:44] design I would first go for an aesthetic
[1:46] you personally like
[1:47] whether it's pink and cute or like
[1:50] creepy and dark or clean and simple or
[1:54] super complex and you're like a myriad
[1:57] of a million animals
[1:59] my rule of thumb is to go for a design
[2:01] you're comfortable with and that really
[2:02] resonates with you I know a lot of
[2:04] YouTubers struggle with trying to make
[2:06] it super complex super unique design
[2:08] since there's so many other YouTubers
[2:10] out there they want to stand out if you
[2:13] go down that route you'll honestly never
[2:14] be happy with your design and you'll
[2:16] keep wanting changes so I would say just
[2:18] go for a general Vibe you like that you
[2:20] can brand yourself around
[2:21] and I'll make a video of me making some
[2:24] different toggles for different outfits
[2:25] and looks and stuff anyway so watch out
[2:28] for that
[2:31] you can also use your lore to help with
[2:33] your entire look if you want this is my
[2:36] previous feature model was Cthulhu
[2:37] inspired I incorporate it into my
[2:40] current model star
[2:41] IRL I actually had open heart surgery
[2:43] when I was a kid so I'm making mine more
[2:45] as if I sealed away to Fufu within me
[2:48] and I have this big old scar from it
[2:51] which I basically did anyway
[2:54] I'm super into a cultish stuff sort of
[2:57] like that so it all fit pretty well
[2:59] obviously you can't see the scar with
[3:01] this outfit but I'm planning on making
[3:03] some cute concept art about it and
[3:04] putting into my refs now onto actually
[3:07] drawing and separating the model
[3:09] front-facing models are the standard
[3:12] obviously but you can make a
[3:13] three-fourths looking model as well but
[3:16] drawing separating and rigging a
[3:19] three-fourths model is a lot tougher to
[3:21] do so I would not recommend it unless
[3:24] you really want to put all that work in
[3:26] front facing models they're perfect to
[3:28] use as a simple ref whenever you're
[3:30] requesting art or doing anything like
[3:32] that make sure your canvas is pretty big
[3:36] too I typically start with a 4 000 by
[3:40] 6000 pixel canvas with minimum 300 DPI
[3:45] makes the art a good resolution easy to
[3:47] work with and like today personally I
[3:49] use clip Studio paint and I use a
[3:51] symmetrical ruler on a folder so that
[3:53] all the layers within the folder are
[3:55] affected by the symmetrical ruler then I
[3:57] make sure I have all my snapping options
[4:00] visible on my brushes that I use so I
[4:02] can turn them off and on when the
[4:05] snapping is turned on it actually
[4:06] follows the ruler and then when it's
[4:07] turned off it doesn't so I can use that
[4:09] for unsymmetrical parts of the design do
[4:12] make sure that your symmetrical ruler
[4:14] and your respective program is right in
[4:16] the middle of the canvas
[4:18] I know some artists like they shrink
[4:19] their canvas after or remove the model
[4:22] around to fill the canvas into more but
[4:24] it does make the live 2D rigging process
[4:26] a little more painful and I am all about
[4:28] making things efficient and easy for me
[4:30] for sketching I always start off with a
[4:32] full body sketch to make sure all the
[4:34] proportions on the anatomy look right
[4:35] before I put on clothes it's also really
[4:38] helpful to have like a naked sketch
[4:42] underneath everything for when you want
[4:43] to do other outfits as well you can also
[4:46] do a half body model if you'd like I did
[4:48] start off with a half body model
[4:49] especially if you're using the free
[4:51] version of live 2D and you're limited in
[4:53] your warps it's a lot easier to do a
[4:55] half body or just draw a full body and
[4:58] just rig half of it then after I sketch
[5:01] out the body to what I think looks right
[5:03] I really hone in on the face since it's
[5:06] one of the main things you notice with
[5:08] the V2 Remodel and it's one of the more
[5:10] complex things to separate to make sure
[5:13] everything works well obviously usually
[5:15] I would recommend rendering your art
[5:18] more before actually separating
[5:20] everything personally I find that it
[5:22] keeps everything looking really cohesive
[5:24] especially if you have a really complex
[5:26] shading style or painterly style but
[5:29] ultimately it depends on your art style
[5:30] whether or not you want to okay now on
[5:33] to separating this will look a little
[5:36] different for everyone obviously
[5:38] depending if you're separating
[5:39] everything from the beginning or if
[5:41] you're separating everything from
[5:42] rendering your art already I'll be
[5:44] putting up little mini guides up on the
[5:46] screen that you can screenshot or pause
[5:48] if you want to see them this is all how
[5:51] I personally separate everything if you
[5:54] want less work on yourself you can
[5:56] simplify some of these if you want more
[5:58] work on yourself you can separate
[6:00] everything even more it just depends on
[6:03] how complex you want your rig to be
[6:05] usually the more separated your art is
[6:08] the easier and better it looks to rig
[6:10] but it also depends on your rigging
[6:13] style so if you're ever commissioning
[6:15] someone else to rig your model I would
[6:16] suggest asking them if they have
[6:19] guidelines on how to separate your art
[6:21] and everything because trust me it will
[6:24] save a lot of time and a lot of hassle
[6:27] for the rig artist I will be going over
[6:30] how to add toggles like outfits and like
[6:32] other emotions especially like animated
[6:35] crying or other things like that in
[6:37] another video there are some things you
[6:40] can add to make your rig more impressive
[6:43] that isn't necessarily all the art you
[6:46] see here such as clipping masks for
[6:50] hiding the chin you see this a lot with
[6:53] models that look up to hide that chain
[6:56] and to really get the illusion that
[6:58] they're actually looking up you can see
[7:00] there's a thing in live TV called
[7:02] reverse clipping where whatever your
[7:05] clipping will be opposite so instead of
[7:08] clipping onto something it will be
[7:10] clipped around it also keep in mind live
[7:13] TD currently only has two layer modes uh
[7:17] besides normal of course which is the
[7:20] additive layer and the multiply layer
[7:23] so if you have any color Dodge or use
[7:25] something else for shading and
[7:27] highlighting I would suggest fixing your
[7:30] layers to adjust to looking better on
[7:32] those modes another important thing are
[7:36] layers you wouldn't see from the front
[7:38] but you will see looking to the side for
[7:41] example a big one is hair if you only
[7:43] have your front hair in like one layer
[7:47] for the back hair it's gonna be a bit of
[7:50] a struggle to really get a clean angle
[7:54] when you're looking to the side also you
[7:57] want to keep in mind that you will need
[8:00] a lot of extra room on your layers when
[8:03] you're extending out your art knowing
[8:05] how to separate your art is really
[8:07] essential for a nice looking rig but
[8:09] sometimes you don't know what you need
[8:12] more of so when you actually get to
[8:13] rigging and you realize oh shoot I need
[8:17] to add more art onto this layer you can
[8:19] always just go back in and change it and
[8:21] then if you ever want to remake your
[8:22] entire model after learning how to
[8:25] separate better and how to rig better
[8:26] then your models will just keep getting
[8:28] better and better
[8:30] while you're separating everything make
[8:32] sure to keep all your layers nice and
[8:34] neat because there's going to be a lot
[8:35] of layers make sure you use folders make
[8:38] sure you name everything right name it
[8:41] properly but name it simple and then
[8:44] remember to indicate which side is on
[8:47] the left and right side of the model
[8:48] when you're in live to D and you're
[8:51] putting in your parameters and it says
[8:52] left and right it's going to be the left
[8:53] and right of the model's perspective
[8:56] so I usually like to use arrows to make
[8:58] it easier for myself
[9:00] and you're going to want to get rid of
[9:01] layers that you don't really need so
[9:03] anything just random or has nothing on
[9:06] it you're going to want to keep your
[9:07] sketch layers though especially if you
[9:09] have a full body sketch layer this makes
[9:11] it easier for if you want to make any
[9:13] adjustments to anything or if you have
[9:15] an outfit or toggles you want to add on
[9:17] to it and then you should be able to rig
[9:20] everything hopefully in my next video I
[9:23] will be using live to eat the rig just
[9:25] the head for the next video and then
[9:27] I'll do the rest of the body and
[9:28] everything in other videos I'm hoping
[9:31] it'll be a quick enough video I like my
[9:35] rigs to look nice but I like to do them
[9:37] quickly and efficiently so I have a lot
[9:39] of tips and tricks for people who might
[9:41] need them and it will be mostly for
[9:44] beginners but you might learn something
[9:45] if you actually know stuff already so
[9:48] I'll see you next time in the next video
[9:51] oh my goodbye good goodbye guys thanks
[9:55] for watching my first YouTube video
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