How to be a VTUBER - A Quickstart Guide

[00:00] happy new year

[00:02] so you want to become a v tuber in 2022

[00:05] well new year new you and i'll show you

[00:07] exactly how and what you need to do so

[00:09] stick around the rest of the video to

[00:11] find out so what exactly is a vtuber put

[00:14] simply a youtuber is someone who uses a

[00:17] virtual avatar in place of their real

[00:19] life phase using various tracking

[00:20] technology

[00:22] this is done for a few reasons the big

[00:24] ones being anonymity role play and well

[00:28] just wanting to become anime and as

[00:30] weebs why wouldn't we want to become

[00:32] anime right

[00:33] so now that we know what a v tuber is

[00:36] how do we make one

[00:38] unfortunately you can't just swirl a v2

[00:40] ring into existence like you can your

[00:42] anime waifus but as with everything

[00:45] where there's a will there's a way i

[00:47] will focus on the 2d side of v tubing

[00:49] but a lot of what i say can also be

[00:51] applied to 3d and png tubing as well so

[00:54] creating a v tuber is essentially

[00:56] creating a character when you create a

[00:58] character you need a concept so grab

[01:01] that pen and paper

[01:02] or open up google docs whichever one is

[01:05] preferable and write down what you want

[01:07] your character to be are they a rapping

[01:09] reaper of death satan herself or a bird

[01:13] with a single wing yo look at the

[01:15] feather physics though

[01:18] whatever you want write it down and get

[01:20] a general idea of your vtuber after

[01:22] you've done that it's time for some

[01:23] concept art i'm not an artist i can't

[01:27] draw

[01:28] well here's the best part you don't

[01:30] actually need to let's say you're making

[01:32] a dragon v tuber there's a sea of images

[01:34] that you can google and make a reference

[01:36] sheet out of all you need to do is right

[01:38] click and save image and if tears are so

[01:40] furious at me right now you think it's

[01:42] funny to take screenshots of people's

[01:44] nfts

[01:47] so now you should have a description of

[01:48] your character along with a reference

[01:50] sheet or concept art awesome you're part

[01:53] of the way there already now it's time

[01:55] to find your parents

[01:56] no no no not your actual parents your

[01:59] youtuber parents these are the people

[02:01] who bring you to life by creating and

[02:03] rigging your model some have separate

[02:05] parents for their model art and rigging

[02:07] some have a single parent who'll do both

[02:10] as kind of a bundle and some are even

[02:12] their own parents like me i was my own

[02:15] daddy

[02:16] yeah when i first made my own model

[02:19] so where should you go to find them i

[02:21] find my artist and rigger through

[02:22] twitter but you can also use services

[02:24] such as fiverr and in discord community

[02:26] such as the live2d server which has a

[02:28] vendor channel listing various artists

[02:31] and riggers now here's a pro tip though

[02:33] don't rush into picking someone take

[02:35] your time and look around read their

[02:37] terms and conditions carefully please

[02:40] you want to know what you're getting

[02:41] yourself into before you commit and

[02:43] spend a lot more money than you're

[02:45] willing to on something that you're not

[02:47] going to be satisfied in or you're not

[02:48] going to be a ladder visions on or

[02:49] something like that on the topic of cost

[02:52] a typical 2d model can set you back

[02:54] anywhere from 500

[02:55] to 2 000

[02:57] but that's not to say that you can't

[02:59] find cheaper deals or if you know how to

[03:01] draw you can make it yourself for free

[03:03] learning live 2d takes time but it

[03:05] certainly isn't impossible and there are

[03:08] a plethora of tutorials out there that

[03:10] i've personally binged when making my

[03:12] first model i personally recommend kira

[03:14] omori's channel for learning life2d

[03:16] she's been a real life saver when i was

[03:18] first starting out and rigging my first

[03:20] model i'll put her link down in the

[03:22] description below if you're enjoying the

[03:23] video please subscribe and follow me on

[03:25] twitch i stream every week at twitch.tv

[03:28] ch see you there so at this point you've

[03:32] found your parents and they've brought

[03:33] you to life or perhaps you've brought

[03:35] yourself to life now we need to get your

[03:37] 2d self to match your real life motions

[03:39] and to do this we need face tracking

[03:41] software as well as a webcam of sorts or

[03:44] even your phone there are a variety of

[03:46] options to choose from when it comes to

[03:47] face tracking the notable ones are prp r

[03:50] live face rig and what i personally use

[03:53] v tube studio there is a video made by

[03:55] vault falcon directly comparing the

[03:57] three which i highly recommend you watch

[03:59] right after this video to get a real

[04:00] sense of the pros and cons of each

[04:02] software at a glance

[04:04] for this video i'll show you how to use

[04:05] v tube studio as it's what i'm most

[04:07] comfortable with setup is fairly

[04:09] straightforward you import your model by

[04:11] following the instructions turn on your

[04:13] desired camera for me it's my webcam and

[04:15] you can adjust the settings to your

[04:17] liking mess around with what you find

[04:19] works best for you oh and make sure you

[04:21] have the transparency box ticked so you

[04:23] can overlay your model on obs alright

[04:25] great now that view tracking is set up

[04:27] we can move on to the final phase which

[04:29] is putting it all together in obs super

[04:31] simple stuff simply create a game source

[04:34] and select your face tracking software

[04:35] and vote

[04:36] you're done that was literally it now

[04:39] you can move around as the anime waifu

[04:40] or husbando that you've always dreamt of

[04:42] becoming all that's left now is for you

[04:44] to go live or make videos and with that

[04:46] honestly the sooner the better good luck

[04:48] out there ciao