[0:00] Want to become a vTuber like iron mouse, nyanners, or nux taku?
[0:03] But have NO money to hire an artist
OR a Live2D rigger?
[0:07] Well, today is your lucky day
 because I'm going to show you
[0:11] how to become a 2D vTuber
in this Live2D tutorial series.
[0:14] My God, OK, it's happening.
[0:16] Everybody, stay calm.
[0:19] So what do you need to start
 your vTubing journey?
[0:21] Well, first you need art of your vTuber model
and then it needs to be cut up
[0:26] in a bunch of different little layers
 and then exported as a PSD (photoshop document).
[0:30] Then you will need to get an art
 rigging program called Live2D Cubism
[0:35] which don't worry, I'll be covering in
 full tutorials on this in future videos.
[0:40] But for today, we're going to be focusing
 on your vTuber art
[0:42] It is really important that you make sure
 your model art is set up correctly
[0:47] at the early stage because if it's not. . . .
 you could end up with this.
[0:57] OK, maybe not to that extreme,
 but your model won't be rigged properly,
[1:01] and you'll be wasting a lot of hours
 trying to go back and fix it,
[1:04] so let's go over
 how to set up your art the right way.
[1:07] Now, before I even show you
 my model layers, I want to specify
[1:12] that your art needs to be in a PSD file,
 which stands for Photoshop document.
[1:17] This is because it is the only file type
 that can be read in Live2D Cubism
[1:22] Yes, there are a lot of
 art programs out there
[1:25] that can export your art in PSD!
[1:27] You don't have to just
 use Photoshop!!!
[1:30] Just Google if your art program can export in PSD,
 and if it does, then use that.
[1:34] one thing I would pay attention to is
 how many layers your art program
[1:37] can handle. Because if you are thinking of
 using an art program like, let's say,
[1:42] procreate, then you have a layer cap,
 which could be tedious
[1:46] if you're planning on making
 a complex model with a lot of layers.
[1:49] OK, now that we got that out of the way.
[1:51] Let me show you my layers. Mm-Hmm.
[2:00] OK, I know this looks
 really scary and overwhelming,
[2:03] but trust me, it will all make sense
 as we go through each step.
[2:07] If you happen to notice I have all of my
 layers grouped into several
[2:10] different folder categories, then good job
 you have more than two brain cells.
[2:14] I have them in several folders
[2:15] to categorize everything better because
 when you take this file into Live2D,
[2:20] it will be organized to help you sort
 through each part when rigging,
[2:23] and it honestly saves you so much time.
[2:26] Everyone has their own special way
 on organizing their layers,
[2:29] but I like to do it like this
 where I have one folder that is basically
[2:34] kind of like the whole main body
 and it holds everything.
[2:37] Then a bunch of subfolders
 to categorize the main parts of the body
[2:41] and then another category of folders
 of everything divided into its features.
[2:46] Then lastly, I need any layers
 the left and right
[2:49] side of each corresponding part
 on the actual layer.
[2:52] I want using different model examples
 to show how simple and complex
[2:56] you can make your avatar
 look like throughout the whole video.
[2:58] Let's start with the head first,
[3:00] since that is literally the most important
 part to any model,
[3:04] in my opinion, since, well, it's
 what you see the most on stream.
[3:09] The head can be divided
 into these different sections the face,
[3:13] the eyes, the front hair, the ears,
 the eyebrows, the nose and the mouth.
[3:18] So most of these don't have to be separate
 any furthure unless if you want to.
[3:22] For example, the nose,
 the front hair, the face,
[3:25] they can all be on their own whole layer
 for a simpler rig,
[3:29] But if you want to separate each of these
[3:30] a little further
 for something more complex,
[3:33] then you can separate the face layer
 into the hair shadow.
[3:36] If your character has it
 hair color and fixed line art,
[3:40] the nose can be separate into the lineart,
 the shadow and the highlight.
[3:43] And lastly, the front hair
 can be separated further into the middle.
[3:47] The left and the right part separating it
 like this can allow you to create
[3:50] an almost 3D effect with your vTuber
 model when you're rigging it
[3:54] and don't worry! I'll show you how to do that
[3:55] in another video later :)
[3:56] the ears and the eyebrows folder,
 I think, are pretty self-explanatory.
[4:00] You literally just need to separate them
 from the left in the right,
[4:04] and it should all be drawn on its own
 layer like this?
[4:06] Hey, are you still with me, Bobas!?
[4:08] You better let me know by giving this
 video a like and subscribing to my channel
[4:11] if you haven't already!!!
[4:12] I do a lot of tutorials like this,
 as well as other entertaining vTuber
[4:16] content on my channel.
[4:17] Thanks so much. Now for the eyes.
[4:20] I want you to pay close attention.
[4:23] You need to just stop.
[4:24] OK, I'm sorry. You need a separate
 into a lot of different layers.
[4:28] Even the simplest models
 that aren't cartoon
[4:30] have quite a few layers for the eyes.
[4:32] This is because I rigging is
 one of the most difficult aspects of Live2D
[4:37] especially if you don't
 separate the parts correctly.
[4:40] Here's how you should separate the
 eye parts for a basic rig.
[4:43] If you want to get a little fancy and
 get that beautiful eye tracking like Baoo senpai
[4:48] then you can separate the iris,
 the pupil , the lashes and the highlights.
[4:53] And don't worry,
 I'll go more in depth about this.
[4:55] Another Live2D eye rigging tutorial for you
[4:58] The mouth can be separated
 in quite a few different ways.
[5:02] It really comes down
[5:03] to how much control you want over
 your model's mouth movements.
[5:06] I personally would recommend
 having the top lip layer, the bottom
[5:10] lip layer, the tongue, the inner mouth
 and then separating the top teeth
[5:14] in the bottom teeth if you have any.
[5:15] It's a little bit more simpler in terms of
 separating it compared to the eye layer,
[5:19] but the rigging part of it is actually just
[5:23] as complicated, and that's all the parts
 with the head section.
[5:26] Now let's move on our body.
[5:29] The body can be divided
 into these different sections.
[5:33] This is a lot simpler
 because you don't need to separate these
[5:37] any further than besides their
 corresponding left and right portions.
[5:41] But of course, if you want to have
 more movement in your view to remodel,
[5:44] then you have to separate your limbs
[5:46] by their joints, and I recommend
 separating the booba from the torso.
[5:50] If your model has them.
*sigh*
[5:55] the rest of the hair that doesn't include
 the bangs have its own folder inside.
[5:59] You have pretty much the back of the head
 if you want to separate that
[6:03] and then the actual hair. Now depending
 on what kind of hair style you drew.
[6:07] That's going to determine
 how many layers it will have,
[6:09] because you can either separate it
 a lot in different strands
[6:13] or you can just kind of
 leave it in one solid piece like this.
[6:16] If you make it this far into the video,
 then congratulations,
[6:19] you're pretty much done
 with layering your art.
[6:22] You don't have to separate or add
 anything extra from this point.
[6:25] But if you were thinking of adding things
 like expressions, accessories, animal
[6:31] ears, tails etc. Then of course
 these will be put into their own folders
[6:36] and added to the main folder
 wherever they're located.
[6:39] I hope this video is helpful to you,
 and if you haven't, then make sure
[6:43] to subscribe to my channel for more
[6:45] Mari Yume vTuber content!
[6:46] and feel free to check out my livestream
 when I went over all of this part.
[6:49] If you want a much
 more detailed explanation.
[6:51] Thanks so much for watching. Bye Bobas!