[0:00] I learned Live2d in a single day.
[0:01] And you can do.
[0:03] Why would I want to learn Live2d
in 24 hours?
[0:05] Well, that's because the other day
when I went to rig my brand new Vtuber
[0:09] model, I opened up my Live2d program
and saw this.
[0:13] So now I only have 24 hours
left to rig my brand new model.
[0:18] But isn't Live2d hard?
[0:20] Doesn't
it take months to do a full body rig?
[0:22] That's why I'm paying thousands of dollars
for professionals to rig my VTuber
[0:26] model instead, right?
[0:28] Well, I used to think that too,
until I got a message from Coloso (today’s
[0:31] sponsor) asking if I like to take
their Live2d course for free.
[0:34] It's only 13 hours
long in runtime being taught by Kutata.
[0:38] A Live2d modeling professional,
[0:40] which means that I should be able
to learn Live2d in 24 hours or less.
[0:44] So with that being said,
how hard can Live2d really be?
[0:49] So the first thing I had to do
was set up my PSD,
[0:52] and right after watching Kutata’s
first video in this Live2d course.
[0:56] I realized that my PSD
was not set up for rigging.
[0:59] Basically, I had to reorganize and rename
my layers and do some minor cutting.
[1:03] But thankfully, Kutata provided me
with two examples for basic and advanced
[1:07] layer cutting for your PSD.
[1:08] I decided to download the basic one
because I didn't
[1:11] want to spend too much time
focusing on a highly detailed model
[1:14] and just getting the minimum amount done
took me 3 hours to do so.
[1:19] Thankfully, my artist was kind enough
to send me an updated version of my PSD,
[1:22] which helped me work on it a lot faster,
but I didn't realize how important and
[1:26] time consuming it is just to have to
set up and cut the art properly.
[1:30] Like, man, this 24 hour
challenge is not going as planned,
[1:35] and I haven't even loaded the program yet.
[1:38] Now you might be wondering,
[1:39] Mari, why’s it such a big deal
if you lose the pro trial of cubism?
[1:43] And that's
because the free version of Live2d cubism
[1:46] really limits your ability
in what you can do for rigging.
[1:49] Besides,
I've always wanted to learn Live2D
[1:52] Because you can do
some really cool things with it.
[1:55] And I have some crazy video ideas
for different types of content
[1:58] that would be a lot easier for me to do
if I knew how to rig VTuber models. Duh.
[2:02] Also, I had this pro trial for 42 days
and I didn't do anything with it.
[2:07] I literally felt like
I wasted a lot of time
[2:10] and this seemed like a fun challenge
to finally start learning.
[2:13] Now I'm not a complete beginner
[2:15] for Live2d.
[2:16] I have attempted to learn live2D before
and I wasn't the happiest
[2:20] with the results.
[2:21] So this is my second time
[2:22] trying to actually learn the program
and I'm not going to give up this time.
[2:29] Once I finally got my PSD sorted
[2:31] and loaded everything into Live2D,
it was time for me to start rigging.
[2:35] (Haha JK).
[2:36] Why would I actually do any Live2d
rigging in this Live2d rigging
[2:40] challenge video, right?
[2:42] It was actually time for me
to start working on my art meshes.
[2:47] Now, originally I was going
to automesh everything to save time,
[2:51] but after watching some of Kutata’s
videos, I learned some really cool
[2:55] techniques and shortcuts
on making my own custom mesh for my model.
[2:59] Making my own custom made for certain
parts was going to come in handy later
[3:03] on, as you'll see in the video. Plus,
I don't know.
[3:06] There's just something
therapeutic watching my VTuber get slowly
[3:09] swallowed into the void of
just *Mari zones out* Anyways,
[3:14] this also took longer than I was expecting
because I had to take some time
[3:18] studying the example file and taking notes
to help better understand the concept of
[3:22] Live2d modeling. I know, right? Studying.
[3:25] I actually studied in this challenge
for you.?
[3:28] Like. Yes, I did. You know.
[3:30] Did you know that when you connect three
dots, you get a triangle,
[3:33] the smallest geometric unit
[3:35] that your computer can read,
and when you put them all together,
[3:37] you get this
and then you can do things like this?!
[3:40] Anyways, it took me about 2 hours
to finish this part,
[3:42] which means I'm already 5 hours
into this challenge
[3:45] and I haven't even started
rigging my model yet.
[3:48] Why do I take so much time
[3:50] to have everything before
I actually started rigging?
[3:53] Well, because remember how I said
[3:58] making my own custom art
mesh was going to come in handy later on?
[4:02] Well, I realized
midway through during this challenge
[4:05] that not separating your model correctly
can cause stuff like this to happen.
[4:10] That's right.
[4:10] Welcome to Live2d rigging Hell. Hell
[4:15] implement.
[4:16] I taught you how you got to article.
[4:18] Don't come to school eat political catwalk
all the time.
[4:22] One joke furniture and it was me
that gained a lot of standing.
[4:24] And since what we all So, rigging
the eyes should be the easiest right?
[4:28] Well,
my eye looks a lot different than his, so
[4:31] it took me a little longer to get my eyes
to look left and right of course.
[4:34] Actually, I had to look up a lot of 90’s
anime references to get
[4:38] the general aesthetics right for my model,
but I learned this cool little time
[4:42] saving tip that Kutata showed me
and I have saved a lot of time
[4:44] by not having to rework each left
and right side.
[4:47] Now there are episodes
I watched later on in this class
[4:50] that showed me more advanced techniques
on rigging these elements.
[4:53] But I'm trying to get this done
within 24 hours before my trial expires.
[4:57] And I wanted to get my eye and mouth
rigging done as fast as possible
[5:01] because the next thing I had to rig
that I really wasn't looking forward
[5:05] to, where the face angles.
[5:06] Now how could that possibly be?
[5:10] Oh I
[5:13] struggled so much on this part
because I am so smooth brained.
[5:17] You would think that rigging your face
[5:18] to look left
and right would be simple, right?
[5:21] Wrong.
[5:22] It is literally the most difficult thing
to rig correctly.
[5:26] I only had 17 hours
left in this challenge.
[5:28] That's almost a halfway mark
and I obviously know I can't have these
[5:31] super cool, edgy, high end turn angles
[5:34] for my model because that does
take a lot of time and effort.
[5:37] But even just doing a simple left
and right turn took me almost 3 hours.
[5:42] You know, looking at all of this,
I think my biggest problem
[5:45] I was having during this challenge
was that I'm a literal perfectionist
[5:48] and I keep trying to make everything
look good the first time.
[5:52] But then when I would go
check out my model,
[5:54] it felt like
I was treading into the uncanny valley.
[5:58] I don't know.
[5:59] This took me so long and I was getting
really frustrated and hungry.
[6:03] So I decided to take a break
to get some boba,
[6:06] and I watched more of Kutata’s videos
and took more notes.
[6:09] And all of a sudden I heard him saying
this-
[6:16] At first I
didn't really understand what this meant.
[6:19] But as I went on
throughout this challenge,
[6:21] I realize how much of a foreshadowing
this was because it ended up
[6:24] becoming the biggest lesson
[6:26] I learned in this entire class,
which is stop being a perfectionist.
[6:30] Like it's okay to want to make something
look good, right?
[6:32] But that doesn’t mean
it has to be perfect.
[6:34] And when you think about how much time
[6:35] I spent working on this part, you know,
getting angry and upset at myself
[6:38] because I'm a complete beginner
and Live2d.
[6:40] It made me realize that
I need to stop focusing so much
[6:45] on the minor details
and actually look at the bigger picture.
[6:48] Because when I export to the model, just
to test everything out in VTube Studio,
[6:52] you know, to make sure nothing was broken,
the model actually looked really cool
[6:56] and I didn't even work on any physics
for it yet.
[6:58] So they kind of brighten up my mood a bit.
[7:00] Want to keep going
and working on this challenge,
[7:02] try to get some full body movement
and physics done before the 24 hour mark.
[7:05] Also, you know, it's never really good
to be sitting at your desk
[7:09] for extended periods of time, right?
[7:10] It can really affect your productivity
and health.
[7:14] And I think that started happening to me
because at one point I literally just kept
[7:18] rewinding
every couple of minutes of Kutata’s video
[7:21] just to see how he specifically
rigged certain parts.
[7:24] And thankfully, after so many corrections,
and rewinding Kutata’s video
[7:28] over and over again.
[7:29] I was finally done rigging the face
angles and stuff for my VTuber model.
[7:33] So what's next?
[7:37] Finally,
[7:38] something
that didn't take me an hour long.
[7:41] Honestly,
the body was pretty straightforward
[7:43] because I didn't have a lot of movement
[7:44] to my body because- Okay, so get this,
you know how so many Live2d riggers
[7:48] swear on Twitter that you need to separate
the leg into three different parts.
[7:52] To get nice leg movement?
[7:53] Well as it turns out,
you don’t need to do all of that.
[7:55] So I just copied what Kutata’s
model looked like it only took me
[7:59] about 30 minutes to finish
making all of the body movements I wanted.
[8:02] So now, that means it’s time for physics!
[8:07] Now you can do a lot of cool
things of physics, but honestly,
[8:11] who cares about any of that?
[8:13] Because we all know the most
important thing that everyone cares about,
[8:16] and that is how Boing boing, Your VTuber’s
Boing Boings are.
[8:20] If you know what I'm saying.
[8:22] So if I just focus on that,
then I'll get this challenge
[8:25] done- And well, as it turns out,
you can't really do a much with booba
[8:29] if you don't have much booba to work with.
[8:32] So I guess I'll just go work on
normal physics stuff now.
[8:36] And at this point,
[8:37] after I finished some basic physics,
I started getting really tired,
[8:41] you know, probably
from all the lack of nutrition,
[8:44] from only consuming Boba
several hours ago.
[8:47] So I went to go make noms
and ended the challenge at 13 hours
[8:51] because I needed my beauty
sleep, as cat girls do.
[8:54] And the results?
Well, you tell me how it looks.
[8:59] I think I did a pretty
[9:00] great job doing a basic rig myself
in less than 24 hours.
[9:03] It's not the same quality
as my current model, of course,
[9:07] but this was a really great chance
for me to learn the fundamentals of Live2d
[9:11] and enhance
my current knowledge of the program.
[9:14] Now that this challenge is finally over
and I had more time to finish watching
[9:18] and studying the rest of the class
material, I can safely say that a lot of
[9:22] tutorials on Live2d that I've watched on
YouTube are kind of mid.
[9:26] Like, don't get me wrong,
[9:27] they're all made by amazing Live2d
modelers, but
[9:31] I really struggle learning a lot
about Live2d for years
[9:35] because every tutorial
I watch either lacked consistency,
[9:38] proper subtitling,
or they weren't very beginner friendly.
[9:41] Like a lot of the stuff you see here on
YouTube is very nuanced
[9:44] and unless if you’re very familiar
with the program.
[9:46] Then a lot of the things that I tried
[9:49] learning
just didn't make sense to my smooth brain.
[9:51] I think learning from others is so useful
for improving your own creations.
[9:55] However, if you're a smooth brain like me,
[9:58] then you probably struggle
learning from others.
[10:00] If it's not explained well enough.
[10:01] And I don't know,
[10:02] I feel like I actually learned
a lot more about life today
[10:05] and making vertebrate models
in this 13 hour class
[10:08] than the last two years
I spent watching YouTube tutorials.
[10:12] Plus, it feels kind of nice to learn
from someone who's an actual professional
[10:15] in the field.
[10:17] I often find myself struggling
to stay motivated starting new projects
[10:20] like this
because I'm not a professional all like
[10:24] I don't always know where to start things
and I don't know.
[10:28] I just feel like I'm always getting lost
with so much information
[10:31] being flooded into my brain.
[10:32] Like, my head empty, okay?
[10:34] I'm really thankful for Colosso
for sponsoring today's video
[10:37] and letting me take this Live2d class
because now I feel a lot more confident
[10:42] in my abilities
to take on big projects like this.
[10:45] I'm really proud of myself
[10:46] for getting this much work
done on my VTuber model within 24 hours.
[10:50] It isn’t high quality, but who doesn't
like little scuff in their VTuber?
[10:54] So if you made it this far into the video
then congrats.
[10:57] You get a cookie.
[10:58] And if you'd like to take the same class
as me,
[11:00] then you can click on the link
to the course down below and you can use
[11:03] code ‘MariYume’
to receive $30 off of your first order.
[11:06] Also, even if you aren't interested in
Live2d, Colosso has a ton
[11:10] of other courses for all different
kinds of subjects like illustration,
[11:13] 3D modeling, pixel art,
character concept creation, you name it.
[11:17] I remember when I first found out
about Colosso from an artist
[11:20] YouTube channel named Ergojosh,
and I've tried a few other illustration
[11:23] courses before, you know, unsponsored
of course
[11:25] and they were really well-made courses
by very reputable artists.
[11:29] So of course, when Colosso asked to work
with me on this project, I instantly said
[11:33] yes because I knew it was going to be high
quality content and I love my content.
[11:38] Now, usually
this would be the part of the video
[11:40] where I would say
leave me a comment down below
[11:42] on any questions
you might have about the course or Live2d,
[11:45] but I actually want to answer
some common questions
[11:48] I think some of you watching might have
because some of you like to spam the exact
[11:53] same question over and over again,
and it makes me feel like I'm talking
[11:56] to a virtual wall.
[11:58] Oh, wait-
Are these classes a subscription?
[12:02] No, these are not subscription based.
[12:04] You pay for the entire class
and receive all the video and class files
[12:07] associated with it.
How user friendly is interface?
[12:10] It's very friendly.
[12:11] At first I kind of struggled
to get my videos to load properly,
[12:14] but once I downloaded their video player
software, it work just fine to me
[12:17] so I don't have any issues
using the website.
[12:18] And lastly, is it worth it?
[12:20] Well,
I can't tell you if it's worth it or not,
[12:23] since at the end of the day
it's your money and your choice.
[12:25] But let me put it to you
in this perspective that might help
[12:28] answer this question for you.
[12:29] You can always make more money,
but you can never make more time.
[12:34] Time is going to be the most
valuable currency you spend in life.
[12:38] And do you really want to spend
the precious time you have left
[12:42] feeling frustrated, burned out
and dissatisfied with your current work?
[12:45] I know I didn’t,
[12:47] and even though I got this course
for free,
[12:49] you better believe
I would have bought this the moment
[12:51] when live because there is no way I would
have gotten this challenge completed
[12:55] just by sifting through YouTube videos
hoping to find the right tutorial.
[12:59] Like look at this.
[13:00] I actually did it.
[13:02] I completed the challenge.
[13:03] I really didn't think
I was going to be able to do it, but
[13:06] this class really helped me a lot
and understanding the concepts of Live2d
[13:10] and why certain techniques work
with VTuber models and like I said,
[13:14] if you like to take the same class as me,
[13:15] then you can click on the link
to the course down below and you can use
[13:19] code “MariYume”
to receive $30 off your first class.
[13:22] And with that I'd like to say once again
thank you to Colossal
[13:25] for sponsoring this video.
[13:26] And if you like these kind of Live2d
[13:28] rigging challenge videos, then
I don't know, subscribe or something baka.
[13:32] Thanks for watching
[13:33] and feel free to check out
my other VTuber videos on my channel.
[13:36] Oyasumi.