BEGINNERS Guide to being a VTuber in 2025

[00:00] so you want to become a vtuber in 2025

[00:02] or you're finally in the right place

[00:03] whether you want to stream make videos

[00:05] or just have a personal online Persona

[00:08] today I'm going to be breaking down

[00:09] everything you need to know so let's get

[00:11] started all right step one for basically

[00:13] becoming a vtuber is choosing your

[00:15] vtuber identity first things first what

[00:17] you want to do with your vtuber person

[00:19] on is you can be anything you can be a

[00:21] futuristic cyborg you could be literally

[00:24] a talking mailbox and I'm not kidding

[00:27] I've seen it it is a real thing you

[00:28] could just be a cute anime Idol you

[00:30] could be anything you want before

[00:32] jumping into figuring out what model you

[00:34] want to be you got to ask yourself

[00:36] what's my vibe what's my personality and

[00:39] that'll shape your entire brand I know

[00:41] many people are very unsure of how they

[00:44] go about choosing their vtuber identity

[00:45] and there are several different places

[00:47] where you can get these identities from

[00:49] whether you go to VJ is an amazing

[00:51] website where people will commission

[00:54] them to do these types of arts for you

[00:56] and be able to get these different V2

[00:58] models or whe whether you want to be 2D

[01:00] 3D a PNG so many different options you

[01:04] can go to Etsy to find several uh and

[01:06] there are even free ones in several of

[01:08] the apps already ready for you to use

[01:10] that you can go about as well so really

[01:12] you just got to figure it out and fill

[01:14] it out and and what your overall Vibe

[01:16] you're going for is as for me as you can

[01:18] see I am a cross between Beast Gohan and

[01:21] gear five Luffy that's really my Persona

[01:23] I went with here that's the brand I was

[01:25] building at the time so you really just

[01:27] have to figure out what you are who you

[01:28] want to be and what fits you personally

[01:31] all right step two the main thing you're

[01:33] going to want to do is choose your

[01:34] correct software and tools so pretty

[01:37] much in 2025 there are a ton of

[01:39] different options for vtu software

[01:40] here's a quick breakdown of it so you

[01:42] have your free beginner friendly options

[01:44] with your vtube studio available on

[01:46] Steam you have animes video tube mini

[01:49] all right then you have your Advanced

[01:51] customizable options which are vroid

[01:52] studio for 3D models live 2D cubism for

[01:56] 2D models then you have your high-end or

[01:58] Pro level which are under engine and

[02:00] then Unity with VR tracking those ones

[02:03] are a little bit more advanced a lot of

[02:04] those actually really help you like

[02:07] bring your whole entire vtube model

[02:08] Alive by moving your hands and they can

[02:11] actually see what you're doing versus

[02:13] pretty much with me I use vtube Studio

[02:16] because it just it captures me it

[02:17] captures my eye blinking me talking I

[02:20] have different options to toggle as you

[02:22] can see here I can toggle off the clouds

[02:23] toggle off that I have a whole entire

[02:26] happy face where I close my eyes here I

[02:28] even have like a I'm a grumpy man face

[02:30] here so different options available for

[02:32] you depending on which one you end up

[02:35] going with there there are so many

[02:37] different options when it comes to

[02:39] actually figuring out which one's going

[02:41] to fit your brand the best and which

[02:43] one's going to fit the model you choose

[02:45] so you really have to pretty much what

[02:47] what work best for your skill level if

[02:49] it's on your budget and there are plenty

[02:51] of free resources to help you start

[02:53] without spending a single dime so just

[02:55] keep that in mind all right step three

[02:56] your model creation so pretty much this

[02:58] is where the magic happened you can

[03:00] create your own model using vroid Studio

[03:02] for 3D or live 2D cubism for 2D it

[03:06] sounds like too much work you can always

[03:08] commission an artist to bring your dream

[03:09] of character to life just make sure they

[03:11] include all the Expressions animations

[03:13] you need so for me I did make the

[03:16] mistake when I firstly got this model

[03:18] that I didn't tell them what all

[03:19] emotions I wanted I wish I had a scared

[03:21] face I wish I had a sad face but t as of

[03:24] currently all I have is the happy face

[03:27] and the grumpy face okay so so

[03:30] definitely some other options would be

[03:32] best when it comes to actually getting

[03:34] out your model creation but figuring out

[03:37] what all you want in this model is key I

[03:40] wish I'd gotten a separate outfit as

[03:41] well so I wouldn't be stuck inside the

[03:43] ghee at all time for the most part there

[03:46] there're just different options and you

[03:47] need to make sure you get it right the

[03:48] first time if you go about commissioning

[03:50] it because you got to remember when you

[03:52] actually fully commission a true vtube

[03:54] Model A a really good one one who know

[03:56] people know what they're looking at know

[03:58] what they're looking for you're going to

[04:00] be spending upwards of a grand on these

[04:03] models and you have to keep that in mind

[04:05] if you go the full customizable route so

[04:07] you have to be careful because it's a

[04:09] lot of money at the end of the day so

[04:11] just figure out what you want sit down

[04:13] sit down with your artists whether it's

[04:14] on the Discord chat or Discord voice and

[04:18] bring your creation to life bring what

[04:20] you have inside your head exactly how

[04:22] you want it to be and they'll make it

[04:24] happen most artists are more than happy

[04:25] to work with you on anything you've got

[04:27] going step four is going to be your tech

[04:29] support and your tracking so for the

[04:31] most part you to bring your model life

[04:33] you need a tracking software some of the

[04:35] best in 2025 of course for facial

[04:38] tracking is vtube Studio or I facial

[04:41] mocap the full body tracking is VC face

[04:44] Roco and VR chat with trackers hand

[04:47] tracking is Leap Motion or AI powered

[04:49] webcam tracking now pretty much you can

[04:51] even use your phone as that but it is

[04:54] through vtube studio for the camera um

[04:56] if you have a low-end PC I highly advise

[04:59] using your phone is the camera um you

[05:01] don't need a high-end webcam currently

[05:03] at the moment with my PC I'm using an

[05:06] aie webcam that's like a $25 webcam off

[05:09] of Amazon to bring all of what I'm doing

[05:12] live but for the best smooth tracking

[05:15] you can get especially when you're

[05:16] playing a game or something using

[05:19] something such as uh your phone to be

[05:22] the tracker instead of your computer it

[05:24] will help keep your computer at not

[05:27] running as high with vtube Studio be

[05:29] able to run Run games smoother and

[05:30] you're still able to get your vtuber

[05:32] alive in the games that you're playing

[05:34] so just some options on that and I mean

[05:37] for the most part you could literally

[05:39] use the webcam from a laptop to do the

[05:41] vtube stuff but you have to be careful

[05:43] with what games you pick because like I

[05:45] said vtube does take up a lot of

[05:47] processing power so you have to be very

[05:50] careful with the games I'm not getting

[05:51] low FPS so really keep those types of

[05:54] types of things in mind when you are

[05:56] figuring out the best tech setup and

[05:58] tracking that you want to go with so

[06:00] step five setting up your streaming and

[06:02] recording software so me personally I

[06:04] love OBS you have the options of

[06:06] streamlabs or YouTube dashboard if

[06:08] you're streaming you'll need to be

[06:10] broadcasting software like OBS or

[06:12] streamlabs to set up your overlays

[06:13] alerts chat features to create an

[06:16] engaging experience recording make sure

[06:18] your vtuber software integrates well

[06:20] with your editing software like Prem

[06:23] Premier Pro or dentry resolve just make

[06:24] sure everything runs well you have the

[06:26] option to obviously if you're not going

[06:28] to be streaming but so recording you

[06:31] have the option to of being able to

[06:34] bring everything to life in the sense of

[06:37] you can make this screen into if I'm not

[06:39] mistaken it is 3280 by 3240 by 1080 and

[06:44] you'll get basically two screens one can

[06:46] be a green screen with your vtube on one

[06:48] side and one can be a the gaming screen

[06:51] on one side and you'll just have to

[06:53] Overlay those two in order to bring your

[06:55] vtube where you want him on the screen

[06:58] during the video if you're solely just

[06:59] recording now there is one thing you do

[07:01] need to realize is when you are using

[07:04] things like OBS and such you will need

[07:07] to have a green screen imported into

[07:10] your files of your vtube model and I

[07:14] I'll show you how to do that as well but

[07:15] you'll need to get that imported that

[07:17] way when you do bring your vtuber model

[07:19] to life you can easily use a filter

[07:22] called chroma key on V2 on on OBS that

[07:27] does actually select the color green

[07:29] long as your vtu model doesn't have

[07:31] green on it you will be able to get rid

[07:32] of the background you have going and

[07:34] easily be able to bring your model to

[07:37] life without as you can see you don't

[07:38] see the green screen that is around me

[07:40] currently if I go into vtube studio so

[07:44] just something big there the way to

[07:46] import things into your vtu studio is to

[07:49] go to your local cisk go to your program

[07:52] files

[07:54] x86 once you are there you'll go to

[07:56] steam from there you will then go to

[07:59] steam apps you will go to Common once

[08:02] you're in common you'll go down to vtube

[08:04] Studio okay once you're in vtube studio

[08:07] you will go to V tube Studio data and

[08:11] from there you will put you will go to

[08:13] your streaming assets once you're on

[08:15] streaming assets you can then this is

[08:17] where you'll import your backgrounds as

[08:19] well as your other live 2D models So

[08:21] backgrounds you'll obviously see the

[08:23] backgrounds I have I have green screen

[08:24] and a few other random backgrounds back

[08:26] there but I also have live 2D models

[08:28] where you can col any V2 models you may

[08:32] have or want to use that's where you'll

[08:34] import that file and that's how it'll be

[08:36] integrated into vtu Studios I highly

[08:39] advise starting out this is what you use

[08:41] as vtube Studio as your main thing until

[08:44] you get better or have more time to look

[08:47] into other options that are much more

[08:49] expensive or better for tracking but

[08:52] these are the overall to me vtube studio

[08:55] has everything you need to be a good

[08:57] vtuber in 2025 all right step six is

[09:01] going to be building your brand and

[09:03] growing your audience so overall it's a

[09:05] social media platform your YouTube

[09:07] analytics everything you need you can

[09:09] have the best V vtube model in the world

[09:12] you spent three grand on a vtube model

[09:14] and it does everything you could need it

[09:16] to do but no one knows about you so it

[09:19] won't even matter so here's some tips on

[09:21] how to grow it's pretty much post on

[09:23] multiple platforms posts on YouTube

[09:25] posts on Twitch posts on Tik Tok and

[09:27] Twitter all these things are really

[09:30] solid ones you even have Instagram

[09:32] Facebook as well and any other social

[09:34] medias I'm not currently listing I

[09:36] highly advise using the thing is to be

[09:39] consistent being consistent means

[09:40] regular uploads and streams build an

[09:43] audience so pretty much make yourself a

[09:45] schedule for your uploads make yourself

[09:47] a schedule for your streams these are

[09:49] the ways that you will grow on separate

[09:51] platforms for me P personally I post

[09:53] every day on Tik Tok and Twitter and on

[09:57] Instagram and Facebook around noon every

[10:00] single day and then on YouTube I post

[10:02] every Monday Wednesday and Friday shorts

[10:06] every single night I post long forms on

[10:08] those particular days and then on Twitch

[10:10] I do not have a consistent schedule

[10:12] which is why my twitch doesn't do as

[10:14] well as my other platforms so just

[10:16] something to be advised there is be

[10:17] consistent your audience wants

[10:19] consistency they want to know when

[10:20] you're going to be live and not have to

[10:22] guess that all right the other thing is

[10:23] network with other vtubers there are

[10:25] several different options out there you

[10:27] could network via Reddit you could

[10:29] network via Twitter I highly advise

[10:32] those two when it comes to networking

[10:34] Twitter is really great because you post

[10:35] a little photo that basically shows

[10:38] exactly what you're wanting to collab

[10:40] and stuff I'll post an example up for

[10:42] you to see and it pretty much says who

[10:44] you are that you want to collab what

[10:46] games you'll collab what games you want

[10:48] to play in the future there's groups

[10:49] inside of Twitter for you to post in

[10:51] there are many ways to grow last thing

[10:53] here is to make sure you engage your

[10:54] audience comment reply be active in your

[10:57] community but I do comment on almost

[10:59] every single video I post on YouTube if

[11:01] somebody comments I'll comment back as

[11:03] well as I make sure I reply if I'm on

[11:05] Twitch and somebody says something I

[11:06] make sure I quickly reply don't be a

[11:08] stump on the log make sure you reply

[11:10] make sure you're active in your

[11:11] community if you post something on

[11:13] Twitter and somebody comment something

[11:15] comment back reply back it builds that

[11:18] you're a real person type of vibe

[11:19] instead of just a digital face on the

[11:21] screen looking to get big looking to get

[11:24] famous so overall those are my best tips

[11:26] I can give you for how to become a

[11:28] vtuber in 2025 I think you're going to

[11:30] do fantastic you follow these guidelines

[11:32] you follow this and you just create your

[11:34] persona create who you want to be it's

[11:36] going to be great so as always this

[11:38] helps make sure you do drop a like

[11:39] subscribe let me know in the comments

[11:40] what your vtuber name is going to be I

[11:42] can't wait to see all you YouTubers in

[11:44] the world you have a good one hug

[11:45] someone you love peace

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