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How to be A VTuber - Complete Beginner Guide

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Beginner 8 min read For: Complete beginners interested in becoming VTubers, with no prior experience.
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Keito, a VTuber with 5 years of experience, presents a comprehensive beginner guide on how to become a VTuber. The video covers essential steps from setting goals and choosing a name to selecting a model type and necessary equipment, emphasizing the importance of starting small and streaming for enjoyment rather than numbers.

[01:06]
Set Yearly Goals

Write down your goals for the year, such as reaching 1,000 followers or releasing merch. Goals provide direction and help measure progress.

[02:07]
Find Inspirations

List three content creators or VTubers you want to emulate, but ensure they align with your interests and content style.

[07:12]
Choose a Unique Name

Pick a name that is unique, easy to search, and reflects your persona. Avoid common names or numbers. Consider a first and last name combination.

[11:14]
Define Your Content Niche

Stick to one game or niche when starting out to build consistency and attract viewers. Your niche should be something you enjoy.

[18:30]
Three Ways to Get a VTuber Model

Options: 1) Commission a custom model (most expensive, fully tailored), 2) Buy a customizable pre-made (cheaper, many options), 3) Use a PNGTuber (lowest cost, no webcam needed).

[28:26]
Customizable Pre-mades Are Game-Changing

Pre-made models have lowered the barrier to entry. They are relatively cheap and offer many customization options, though you don't own the design.

[34:15]
PNGTuber: Lowest Barrier to Entry

PNGTubers require only a microphone, no camera. They are cheap and easy to start with, but lack movement.

[38:05]
Equipment Needed

For face tracking: webcam, DSLR, or iPhone (iPhone 10+ for best tracking). A good microphone and a computer/laptop are essential.

[39:56]
Final Advice: Be Brave and Stream Once

Set a date to go live. Do VTubing for fun, not numbers. Before spending money, stream at least once to see if you enjoy it.

The key to starting as a VTuber is to set clear goals, choose a unique name and niche, and start with an affordable model like a PNGTuber or pre-made. Most importantly, stream for the love of it and don't invest heavily until you've confirmed you enjoy the process.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 01:06 Write down your yearly goals (e.g., reach 1,000 followers, release merch).
2 02:07 List three content creators or VTubers you want to emulate.
3 07:12 Choose a unique VTuber name (avoid numbers, common names; consider first+last name).
4 11:14 Define your content niche (stick to one game or genre when starting).
5 18:30 Decide on a model type: custom, customizable pre-made, or PNGTuber.
6 38:05 Acquire necessary equipment: webcam/iPhone for tracking, microphone, computer.
7 39:56 Set a date and go live at least once before spending money on equipment or models.

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What are the three main ways to get a VTuber model?

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Commissioning a custom model, buying a customizable pre-made, or using a PNGTuber.

18:30

Why is it recommended to stick to one game or niche when starting out?

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To build consistency and attract viewers, as no one knows you when you start.

12:21

What is a key disadvantage of customizable pre-made models?

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You don't technically own the design, so you cannot sell merch with it.

29:45

What equipment is needed for a PNGTuber?

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Only a microphone; no camera required.

34:15

What is the recommended first step before spending money on VTubing?

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Go live at least once to see if you enjoy it.

41:13

What software is commonly used for rigging VTuber models?

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Live2D Cubism.

28:08

What type of iPhone is needed for face tracking?

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iPhone 10 or above (with Face ID).

39:19

What is the main reason custom models are expensive?

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Every component is separated into many layers (e.g., hair into 8 parts) for animation.

25:03

What should you do if your goal is to become the biggest VTuber?

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Start smaller, e.g., aim for 1,000 followers first.

01:54

What is the most important advice for VTubing?

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Do it for fun and love of the game, not for numbers.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Set Yearly Goals

Provides a practical first step for aspiring VTubers to create direction and measure progress.

01:06
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Stick to One Niche

Explains the importance of consistency for discoverability when starting out.

12:21
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Customizable Pre-mades Lower Barrier

Highlights how pre-made models have made VTubing more accessible and affordable.

28:26
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Do It for Fun, Not Numbers

Emphasizes the importance of passion over metrics to avoid burnout and unhappiness.

40:17
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Stream Once Before Spending

A practical warning to avoid costly investments before confirming enjoyment of streaming.

41:13

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How to Start VTubing: Goals & Inspiration

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Practical, step-by-step advice for beginners with a relatable, humorous tone.

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VTuber Model Options: Custom vs. Pre-made vs. PNG

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Clear breakdown of costs and trade-offs, helping viewers decide which path to take.

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Don't Spend $3,000 Before Your First Stream!

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Controversial, money-saving advice that challenges common VTuber spending habits.

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VTuber Niche: Stick to One Game or Genre

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Actionable growth strategy that counters the desire for variety streaming.

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VTuber Burnout: Do It for Fun, Not Numbers

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[00:00] Guys, I need your help. Can you guys

[00:01] just spam hi YouTube so it makes me look

[00:03] like I'm popular and have lots of

[00:04] friends.

[00:05] Um otherwise, I'm going to look like a

[00:06] [ __ ] idiot. Thanks. All right, cool.

[00:08] I get asked a lot on how to be a VTuber.

[00:10] So, I thought, "Why not? Let's make a

[00:11] 25-slide show presentation on how to be

[00:14] a VTuber." For those that don't know me,

[00:16] my name is Keito. And I'm a

[00:17] singer-songwriter and producer, and I've

[00:19] been a VTuber for the past 5 years. And

[00:21] if this video helps you, click that like

[00:23] and subscribe button. Absolutely smash

[00:25] that [ __ ] out. I'm cringing. It's bad.

[00:27] It helps us out a lot. Thank you. Aren't

[00:28] you a femboy? All right, man. What the

[00:30] [ __ ] When's recess? All right, guys. We

[00:32] haven't even I've even started the

[00:34] presentation. Recess is going to be in

[00:35] [ __ ] like 3 hours, okay? So, I hope

[00:37] you guys There's no toilet breaks.

[00:39] You're not allowed to leave, all right?

[00:40] Will we be graded on this? Yes, there

[00:42] will be a pop quiz at the end of it. If

[00:44] you fail the pop quiz, you get banned

[00:47] from the stream forever. You get

[00:48] expelled from class. Lock in. I've

[00:51] gotten inspired by Ludwig's how to be a

[00:52] streamer video, which I absolutely love.

[00:55] And he does an amazing job at breaking

[00:57] down a lot of the things that I'm going

[00:59] to talk about here. Um so, definitely go

[01:02] watch this video after watching this

[01:03] one. So, first steps, guys. First steps,

[01:06] write down your goals for the year. The

[01:09] your goals can be as wholesome as you

[01:12] want it to be, or they can be as

[01:13] selfish. Is your goal to be to become

[01:15] the biggest VTuber? Do you want to be

[01:17] bigger than I mouse?

[01:18] That's That's awesome. If your goal is

[01:20] to create a small community to vibe with

[01:22] and to hang out with, that's also

[01:24] amazing, too. Is your goal also like

[01:25] just to upload clips of you dominating

[01:27] Valorant? Then by all means, that's like

[01:30] that's amazing, and maybe it might be

[01:31] easier to achieve your goals. Well, at

[01:34] least maybe for you guys, but I can't

[01:35] shoot [ __ ] in Valorant, so there you go.

[01:37] Goals are I think really really vital

[01:41] cuz they give you something to sort of

[01:44] What's the word? They give you something

[01:45] to look at and compare yourself.

[01:48] Basically, puts you on the right path.

[01:50] Obviously, if your goal is to be like is

[01:52] to become the biggest VTuber in the

[01:54] history of VTubers, then maybe start

[01:56] smaller and say, "All right, I want to

[01:58] get 1,000 followers first." Or something

[02:00] like this for the first year. That's

[02:01] what you guys should start writing down.

[02:02] If you guys are not writing it down,

[02:03] please write it down right [ __ ] now.

[02:05] After that, after you have written down

[02:07] your goals, it can be three, it can be

[02:08] five goals, whatever. Write down three

[02:10] content creators or VTubers that you

[02:13] would like to try to emulate. Like write

[02:15] these down right now. Like click like

[02:18] start like open up your book and write

[02:20] this [ __ ] down right now.

[02:45] So, obviously, right? Obviously, if your

[02:47] idols or your your goals is like, "All

[02:49] right, I want to be like I want to be

[02:51] like Tens or Kayday." And you don't play

[02:54] Valorant or you don't play shooters,

[02:56] then maybe not have Tens or Kayday as

[02:59] your as your three content creators.

[03:01] Same thing as like, "Oh, I I want to I

[03:03] want to be like Giguk or something." And

[03:05] he does love gacha games, and you don't

[03:06] play gacha games, and you don't watch

[03:08] anime, then probably maybe don't try to

[03:10] emulate Giguk. I think if you don't have

[03:13] three content creators that you like,

[03:15] you need to start watching streamers or

[03:18] start watching YouTubers, VTubers, start

[03:20] watching them. But what about you're the

[03:21] only VTuber I watch? I'm very honored

[03:23] for one-off, but second, you need to

[03:25] start watching other people as well. I

[03:27] mean, you can you can draw inspiration

[03:29] from me, but just keep in mind as well

[03:31] like, you know, you got to figure out as

[03:33] well what kind of content that you would

[03:35] like to do. Like don't try to copy like

[03:37] another VTuber that plays Pokémon or

[03:38] something when you don't play Pokémon or

[03:40] you hate Pokémon. Okay? So, like try to

[03:43] think of people that you that games that

[03:45] you like to play on streamers that you

[03:47] like to watch. I'll sh- I'll show you

[03:48] guys as well like what what I wrote

[03:50] down. These are my my goals for 2026 and

[03:54] 2025. My goals for last year was to

[03:57] upload consistent shorts, to reach 1,500

[04:00] subs on YouTube, average 40 CCV, release

[04:04] my first merch, make more original

[04:06] music, and to move out. I managed to hit

[04:08] in terms of like my VTubing goals, I

[04:09] managed to hit actually quite a few of

[04:11] them. I managed to do consistent shorts.

[04:13] I was doing like maybe like at least two

[04:15] or three shorts a week. Well, actually,

[04:17] at one point I was doing [ __ ] two two

[04:19] shorts a day, which was [ __ ] insane.

[04:20] I don't recommend that to anyone. I

[04:22] actually managed to get 2,500 subs on

[04:25] YouTube. And by I think I think by

[04:29] August or September, I was reaching 40

[04:32] CCV. Um so, this is like the kind of

[04:34] goals that you should have. And for my

[04:36] inspirations my

[04:38] You can see that I've got Ludwig and

[04:40] SeeDogVA. And I've got some more like

[04:42] off off screen there. So, they these are

[04:45] the creators that I want to try to

[04:47] emulate and learn from what kind of

[04:50] content they do. I would recommend as

[04:52] well not to

[04:54] not to fuss over the numbers too much,

[04:56] but just to have it as a goal in mind.

[04:58] My goals are to become Twitch and

[05:00] YouTube partner, to release merch,

[05:03] to release more songs,

[05:05] to release more songs, which you know, I

[05:08] I'm very very not good at at releasing

[05:10] songs. Or yeah, to release more

[05:12] full-length YouTube videos, to move out,

[05:14] and to create fun stream ideas, which is

[05:17] what we're doing right now. For my

[05:18] inspirations, I actually blurred it out

[05:20] this time around or for this year. And

[05:23] the reason why I blurred it out is

[05:24] because a lot of them are my friends

[05:26] that I have grow- I've gotten a lot of

[05:29] inspiration from. A lot of recent

[05:30] friends, actually. Uh Tae Hong Yi is one

[05:32] of them. Shear Tails is another one of

[05:34] them. Th- Those are two that I can think

[05:36] off the top of my my dome, but there

[05:38] there's there's a few more. These are

[05:40] some people that I've been really really

[05:42] inspired by in terms of like the kind of

[05:44] content that they do and the way that

[05:47] they handle being a VTuber community and

[05:50] all that kind of stuff. I think writing

[05:51] down what inspires you and the people

[05:53] that inspires you is uh is really good.

[05:56] Release any song and you achieve this

[05:57] goal. Yes. Yes. Like I mean, goals are

[06:00] are something that you you know,

[06:01] we're going to try to aim towards. And

[06:03] this is why um this year I'm leaning

[06:05] very heavily into trying to release full

[06:08] YouTube videos and covers and and all

[06:10] that stuff. In terms of your goals and

[06:13] the things that you want to hit, right?

[06:15] Let's say my goal was like, "Oh, I might

[06:18] I want to the average 40 viewers a

[06:20] stream." But then I look at my my end of

[06:22] year and realize that I've only got

[06:24] maybe like five viewers. This is is a

[06:25] good indicator for you to maybe try to

[06:27] change your strategy or to change how

[06:31] you how you approach VTubing or if it's

[06:33] maybe even something for you. And that's

[06:35] maybe an honest conversation that you

[06:37] need to have with yourself and the goals

[06:40] which you want to have. The goals are

[06:42] important because if you do want to grow

[06:44] and turn VTubing into a side hustle, you

[06:47] got to obviously set some goals out and

[06:50] measure up and see how well

[06:52] you can achieve those goals. That's

[06:55] true. You need a goal to keep

[06:56] to keep you going on days where you feel

[06:58] like giving up. Exactly. Exactly. E

[07:01] Exactly. So so so so, moving swiftly on.

[07:05] If you managed to write down your goals

[07:07] and your three inspirations, this next

[07:10] part is for you. Where to start? First,

[07:12] you should start off with a name. Names

[07:15] can be whatever you want them to be.

[07:17] However, in my opinion, try not to have

[07:21] names which have numbers in them. I feel

[07:23] like names with numbers in them are not

[07:25] exactly great for searching up, but you

[07:27] know, that could just be me. Your name

[07:28] should also

[07:29] be unique. Almost think of it like a

[07:32] like a YouTuber name. Yeah, if you think

[07:33] of like a YouTuber like Ludwig or Mr.

[07:35] Beast, literally like any other big

[07:38] YouTuber, PewDiePie, they have unique

[07:40] names that are like, you know, to them.

[07:43] I don't really recommend picking

[07:45] something common like let's say if you

[07:48] you pick like Yuki and you're a snow

[07:50] leopard cuz there's a million

[07:52] snow snow leopards named Yuki. How How

[07:55] do you come up with something original?

[07:56] It's hard. I like I genuinely didn't

[07:59] think it was it would be that hard to

[08:01] come up with a name until I had to pick

[08:03] my own.

[08:04] Um keep in mind, guys. My first name was

[08:06] KitKat cuz it was derived from my my

[08:09] childhood um nickname. Is it better to

[08:12] have a similar name to your actual name

[08:13] or a unique one? That is completely up

[08:15] to you. Changing my name to Keito and

[08:17] Junior123. Would Kitsu work as a good

[08:19] one? That is a So, depending on the

[08:21] name, there might be a lot of Kitsus. I

[08:23] think Kitsu would be quite common in the

[08:24] VTuber community. I think yeah, Kitsu

[08:27] would be quite quite common in the

[08:29] VTuber community. But however, there

[08:31] there is a way get around this. The

[08:33] other way to get around this would be

[08:35] something like, for example,

[08:37] um if you would have like a first name

[08:38] and a last name. Let's say my name was

[08:40] like you could call it like Kitsu uh

[08:43] I'm trying to think of a uh

[08:46] Kitsu Kitsu Harumio or something like

[08:48] that. By having like a unique

[08:50] combination, you can turn your name into

[08:52] like

[08:53] into like a unique name with both first

[08:55] and last name. Or unique spelling. Could

[08:56] be that as well. Try not to have names

[08:58] that are like four-letter really common

[09:01] Japanese names or or that that's just my

[09:03] opinion. You can By all means, you can

[09:05] name yourself what- ever you want. You

[09:08] can name what

[09:09] You can name yourself whatever you want,

[09:10] but just keep in mind that if you want

[09:12] to stand out, try to have a unique name.

[09:15] I don't think there is another Keito in

[09:17] in the VTubing community. There is

[09:19] another Keito in who's also There's an

[09:22] ASMR on YouTube, and there's also

[09:27] um yeah, I think there's only one Keito

[09:28] in terms of VTubers. How did you come up

[09:29] with Keito? That's a really good name.

[09:31] So, actually Sorry, that's a really

[09:32] really good question, not name. Oh my

[09:33] god, I'm [ __ ] glazing myself. I was

[09:35] actually throwing around a lot of a lot

[09:37] of ideas. Do I still have the list of

[09:39] names that I had? So, I was also trying

[09:41] to follow my own rules of, you know,

[09:44] trying to become like trying to have a

[09:45] unique name cuz I said my first name was

[09:47] Kit uh KitKat. So, I thought of trying

[09:51] to think of something with maybe cat,

[09:53] but

[09:54] I feel like having cat might be it will

[09:56] lean you towards being a cat neko V

[09:59] tuber, so scrapped it. So, I decided to

[10:01] go with kit, but kit as well is also

[10:04] pretty dangerous as a as a thing

[10:06] because, you know, kit is used in a lot

[10:08] of things. So, I think of like keto or

[10:10] keto zen, keto can, keto car, keto da.

[10:13] I've got just keto again cuz I'm I

[10:15] wasn't [ __ ] creative. I've got a

[10:17] guitar cuz it sounded a bit like guitar.

[10:20] A bit cringe. Well, actually, I

[10:21] initially came up with it as keto nae

[10:23] and then I asked my friend who was

[10:27] who was a pretty big I yeah, I asked my

[10:29] friend who was like a pretty big

[10:31] streamer as well. I was like, "What's

[10:33] your thoughts on keto nae?" And then she

[10:34] was like, "Nah, don't don't call

[10:36] yourself that cuz otherwise people are

[10:38] going to think that you're keto and you

[10:40] have to constantly correct them." And

[10:41] so,

[10:43] she was like, "Why not just use keto

[10:44] nae?" I was like, "Oh, okay. I think

[10:46] keto nae kind of works." And the reason

[10:48] why I settled on keto nae was because it

[10:50] kind of takes a pun with key, which is

[10:54] like a musical term, and tone, which is

[10:55] another musical term. And since we do

[10:58] music here a lot of the time, I thought,

[11:00] you know, keto nae. It's a it's like a

[11:03] double entendre. That's why I thought,

[11:04] you know, keto nae was a really genius

[11:06] name for for me at least. Also, having

[11:09] your name in English makes you easier to

[11:10] be found.

[11:13] That's just a given.

[11:14] You also have to think about the type of

[11:17] V tuber that you that you would like to

[11:19] be. So, think of like what kind of

[11:21] species. Like, are you like a dinosaur V

[11:22] tuber? Are you an assassin rogue? Are

[11:25] you a hot

[11:26] are you a villainous? Are you a cat? Are

[11:29] you a dog? Are you a bird? Like, think

[11:32] of like what kind of animal that you

[11:34] would like to be.

[11:35] You can also go like really really off

[11:37] script. You could be like a unicorn or

[11:39] you can be a like a like an eagle or

[11:42] something. That's genius, not going to

[11:44] lie. Thank you. I just been thinking

[11:45] about things I like like the Greek

[11:47] goddess Nyx. Yeah, I thought so as well.

[11:48] That that was the thing that I thought

[11:50] of. And what my future mother have like

[11:51] dark circles? That's awesome. That's

[11:52] really cool. Yeah, so think about your

[11:54] name as well as the kind of V tuber that

[11:58] you would like to be. While we're on the

[11:59] the topic of what kind of V tuber that

[12:01] you would like to be,

[12:03] since you've written down your three

[12:05] inspirational

[12:07] content creators, content is somewhere

[12:10] that you also may have to start thinking

[12:12] about. So, do you play a lot of

[12:14] Valorant? Then maybe you would like to

[12:15] stream more Valorant. Do you play League

[12:17] of Legends? Maybe you'll be a League of

[12:19] Legends streamer. I sort of recommend,

[12:21] in my humble humble opinion, when you're

[12:23] starting out stick to one game. Stick to

[12:26] one game or to one niche. That's how I

[12:28] started. That's how many of my friends

[12:30] started. And the reason why I say that,

[12:33] the reason why I say that is because

[12:35] when you're starting out

[12:37] no one [ __ ] knows you. I'm just I'm

[12:39] just going to lay it down completely

[12:41] normal like I'm just going to lay it

[12:43] down flat for you guys.

[12:46] No one knows you when you're starting

[12:47] out. No one knows no

[12:49] I can't talk. No one knew me when I

[12:50] started out. You can pick maybe like one

[12:52] or two games, but don't pick like five

[12:54] games a week and then change to another

[12:56] five games next week. The reason why I

[12:57] say that is because no one really knows

[12:59] you when you're starting out, so they

[13:01] will usually come to you based on

[13:04] they'll come and watch you based on like

[13:05] the game that you play and by playing

[13:08] the same game you'll have consistency

[13:10] with your content, which is what thing

[13:12] what people like. For example, for for

[13:14] me at least, I'm I am a musician

[13:16] streamer. That's like the main thing

[13:18] that I do. I will I will always,

[13:20] regardless of the game that I play, I

[13:22] will always do a singing or guitar or

[13:24] singing stream at least once or twice a

[13:26] week. Can I go for a broad category like

[13:27] horror or does it have to be a specific

[13:29] game? Can be

[13:30] it can be a genre like horror. That's

[13:32] why that is why you will see, for

[13:34] example, tens. If you if anyone has ever

[13:36] watched the Valorant pro tens, you'll

[13:38] see that he will either do Valorant or

[13:40] he would do a game similar to Valorant

[13:42] like Arc Raiders or Apex or or Tarkov or

[13:46] something like that cuz they're all

[13:48] first-person shooter type games. V

[13:49] tubing sounds fun, but I don't want to

[13:50] leave my day jobs. You don't have to

[13:52] leave your day jobs. I've got a day job,

[13:54] in fact. You say inspiration kit. I was

[13:55] actually thinking about thinking about

[13:58] live streaming music. Yeah, try to have

[14:00] a niche with what you do. Try to have a

[14:02] niche. My my niche is music. You guys

[14:04] niche can be Legend of Zelda. You guys

[14:07] niche can be League of Legends. It can

[14:08] be Valorant. I will say as well

[14:11] this might be getting a little bit too

[14:13] into the content hole. Streaming

[14:15] Valorant and League of Legends is I

[14:18] wouldn't recommend starting out with

[14:20] that. The one thing that you must do is

[14:22] the thing that you enjoy. If you don't

[14:24] [ __ ] enjoy streaming Valorant

[14:26] or League of Legends because the reason

[14:28] I say that is because there is a million

[14:30] League of Legends and Valorant streamers

[14:32] that it's very hard to to break the the

[14:35] zero to three viewer barrier, let's say.

[14:38] You have to scroll down so much. Do you

[14:40] know how many streamers stream Valorant

[14:42] and League? [ __ ] like thousands. So,

[14:44] to in order to get or to be discovered,

[14:46] you would have to get above like the 10

[14:48] viewers for for Valorant or League and

[14:51] that's very hard to do. It's a very

[14:52] saturated category. I do not recommend

[14:54] streaming it when you first start out,

[14:56] but however, however, however, if you

[14:59] really enjoy Valorant or League, stream

[15:01] it. [ __ ] stream it. That's the most

[15:04] important thing to do, but just know

[15:06] that you it's very hard to grow when you

[15:08] start out. I thought I think this won't

[15:09] work out for me. It can work. It can

[15:11] work. And I can go into into how it can

[15:14] work. But yeah, just think about the

[15:15] type of content that you guys would like

[15:17] to be making. Does anyone have any

[15:18] questions about about the topic on on

[15:20] content? Just do it. Make your dreams

[15:21] come true. Exactly. Exactly. I'm also a

[15:24] a firm believer on if you enjoy it,

[15:27] you'll make it work. I'm a firm believer

[15:28] on that. 100%. What if you want to play

[15:30] two different games like two two

[15:32] different genres? Yeah, then then I

[15:34] think you should stick to that. Try try

[15:37] to stick to that. Can we become V tubers

[15:38] who does art? That is actually one of

[15:40] the most popular things. It's music and

[15:42] art I reckon are some of the most

[15:44] popular art. Yeah. Like outside of

[15:46] games, V tubers that do art and do

[15:49] musics like singing or that kind of

[15:51] stuff extremely popular. I reckon those

[15:53] are some of the two best niches in my

[15:55] opinion. I've seen some really really

[15:57] creative V tubers. They're like like

[16:00] they have like a split between like

[16:01] celestial something or like a like a

[16:03] mixed combo like celestial dragon or you

[16:06] can have like a like a robotic XYZ. It's

[16:09] pretty cool. I've seen like really good

[16:11] combinations of like half dead it's kind

[16:14] of like undead like cats or undead

[16:17] tigers and that kind of stuff. Really

[16:18] cool. Is it better to be indie or join a

[16:20] company? That's a really good question

[16:22] and my answer to that is it depends on

[16:25] your goals. Saying staying on one thing

[16:27] would probably be hard for me at first

[16:28] because I draw too. Yeah, I mean like

[16:29] you can make like When I say make

[16:32] something your main thing, right? I say

[16:34] that like for example, like music is my

[16:38] main thing. However, I also do some

[16:40] things on the side like Lies of P. Lies

[16:42] of P and music are not in the same

[16:43] category. Not even close to being in the

[16:46] same category, but you guys know me as

[16:49] that guy that does music and I also do

[16:51] push-up streams with with Lies of P and

[16:54] hard game. In terms of content,

[16:57] in terms of content, I actually didn't

[16:58] want to become a V tuber. I started out

[17:01] thinking V tubers are cringe. Out of my

[17:02] friend group of six people, I was the

[17:05] last person to become a V tuber.

[17:08] Partly because I didn't think I would be

[17:09] very funny and didn't think I would have

[17:11] people watching me.

[17:13] Ha, jokes on past keto nae.

[17:15] But now, 5 years later, I've been doing

[17:17] it and I absolutely love it. I also,

[17:19] when I started out V tubing, I also

[17:21] planned to be a

[17:24] League of Legends streamer.

[17:26] I've only streamed League in my entire 5

[17:28] years of of being a V tuber

[17:30] three times.

[17:31] I've only streamed League three times.

[17:32] And the reason why is because I found

[17:34] out that there's too many people that

[17:35] stream League, so I decided to stream

[17:37] other games like Hollow Knight and other

[17:39] hard games.

[17:40] Then we know, 5 years later, still doing

[17:42] it and I think we're doing pretty good.

[17:45] Doing pretty good. Have variety, but

[17:46] have one main thing to stream. Exactly.

[17:48] Exactly. Have have your bread and butter

[17:50] stream that people know you for. For

[17:51] example, what do you guys know me for?

[17:54] You guys know me for probably music and

[17:56] probably the Dark Souls games where I

[17:58] would do push-ups. Once you have found

[18:00] your name and all that, time to create

[18:02] your all your accounts on Twitter,

[18:04] YouTube, Twitch, all that good stuff.

[18:07] And yeah, it's good. So,

[18:09] now that we've gone over

[18:12] the prerequisite,

[18:15] how do we start

[18:16] getting a V tuber model? This is

[18:18] probably the main thing that most of you

[18:20] guys are wondering about and um

[18:23] and is the main meat and potatoes of

[18:26] today's stream. How to get a V tuber

[18:28] model.

[18:30] First off,

[18:31] there are a few ways to do it. There are

[18:33] a few ways to to do it. I've got three

[18:35] ones here

[18:37] or three three main ones here, but yeah,

[18:39] we'll go through all of these in detail.

[18:40] The first one is commissioning a custom

[18:42] model. These ones are usually or the

[18:44] dollar sign next to them is to show you

[18:47] how expensive they are in comparison.

[18:49] First one is commissioning a custom

[18:51] model. This one is basically you have

[18:53] it's like custom to everything that you

[18:55] want on it. It is like it's got all the

[18:57] bells and whistles. You want the hand

[18:58] toggles that that stick a middle finger

[19:00] up, then you can have that. If you want

[19:02] a custom model that does [ __ ]

[19:03] backflips, you can commission that. Cost

[19:05] a lot, but you can. Um yeah, it will

[19:08] have everything that you want down to

[19:10] the pixel, pretty much. So, the second

[19:12] one as well is customizables or

[19:14] pre-mades. Customizable or pre-mades.

[19:16] These ones are the ones which they

[19:19] usually start off with a like a pretty

[19:21] basic base and then you can change

[19:23] around the textures of it or the

[19:25] hairstyles, nose, eyes, pupil size, etc.

[19:28] to fit how like to fit your character in

[19:31] mind. The third option

[19:33] is

[19:35] to be a PNG tuber. PNG tuber is actually

[19:37] how I started out and is I think it's a

[19:41] pretty low cost way to do it and I think

[19:44] it's pretty good. To make it as

[19:45] realistic as possible, I'm getting a

[19:46] model with a 20 inch.

[19:48] So true. What I'm confused about is how

[19:50] you come up with so many ideas. Like,

[19:52] the thing is, you have to I think

[19:53] watching YouTubers and watching Vtubers

[19:55] or content creators, they will just give

[19:57] you ideas, I think. I'm going to be so

[19:59] real, this is just made it very apparent

[20:00] my brain is not built for streaming.

[20:02] That's completely fine. Like, I'm I'm

[20:03] giving a sort of introductory course on

[20:07] it, but keep in mind that this is

[20:11] knowledge that

[20:12] I have accumulated over 5 years of doing

[20:15] it. When I become VTuber, I would tell

[20:17] everyone that you helped me with this

[20:18] class. I'm very very happy. I'm very

[20:19] happy that this stream might, you know,

[20:21] it might help someone that doesn't know

[20:22] where to start. Hell, I didn't find

[20:23] where to start when I started out. Um,

[20:25] and the landscape of Vtubing has changed

[20:27] so much in the last 5 years. Yeah, these

[20:31] are the three main ways to go about

[20:34] getting a model. All right, next one.

[20:36] So, number one, commissioning a custom

[20:38] model. This one is the most tailored

[20:40] towards you. This one is like

[20:42] you can have everything that you want.

[20:44] You can have the right jacket that you

[20:45] want. You can have the right pets that

[20:47] you want. You can have the right shoes,

[20:48] shirt, all that good stuff. You can have

[20:50] everything down to the right

[20:53] pixel. The model that I'm using right

[20:55] now is a or is a custom model. It's

[20:58] completely tailored to everything that I

[21:00] wanted, like head-to-toe perfect.

[21:03] However, it is usually the most

[21:06] expensive. Obviously, with, you know,

[21:08] you being able to change everything that

[21:10] you want about it, it is bound to be

[21:12] pretty [ __ ] expensive. So, this is

[21:14] why I've got the gift of this guy

[21:15] opening a wallet going, oh.

[21:17] This one as well, you will have to hire

[21:20] and communicate and talk to artists and

[21:23] or the riggers, which is the animators,

[21:25] on what you want your model to look

[21:26] like. For example, for my model,

[21:29] I'm going to step into the front here.

[21:31] Whoa, look at that. I'm going to Yeah. I

[21:33] asked them to obviously draw my hands,

[21:35] you know, playing guitar, and I asked my

[21:37] rigger or my my animator to be moving my

[21:41] hands around so that it looks like I'm

[21:43] playing guitar. Does your model have

[21:44] legs? Yes, my model also has legs.

[21:46] That is right. There you go.

[21:48] Uh, and I also obviously got them to add

[21:51] a little guitar case and everything. Oh

[21:53] my god, short. I'm not short. I'm

[21:55] [ __ ] tall as [ __ ] man. I'm tall.

[21:57] Yeah. So, again, as well with with any

[22:00] art, it can get expensive. Art is a

[22:03] luxury. Let's not cut it any other way.

[22:06] Art is a absolute luxury. So, you have

[22:08] to obviously ask the artist and the

[22:11] rigger or the the animator, you know,

[22:13] you you have you have to ask them on

[22:14] their prices and how much it would cost

[22:16] to to to, you know, draw and animate

[22:19] your model. Short king, yeah. I love the

[22:21] style you say. I love it as well, thank

[22:22] you. Yeah. This thing like the the the

[22:25] style of the slave is like one of the

[22:27] most like genius

[22:29] ideas that my designer made, actually.

[22:31] You have to hire and communicate with

[22:32] artists and riggers on what you want

[22:34] your model to look like, which depending

[22:35] on the artist, you may also need to hire

[22:39] a character designer. Or, if your model

[22:41] artist also does the design as well,

[22:43] that's a big bonus. This model is

[22:45] extremely tailored towards you. So, if

[22:47] you want pink ribbons in in your hair,

[22:49] go for it. You can get pink ribbons. You

[22:50] can get green jackets. You can get black

[22:52] pants. You can get freaking a dinosaur

[22:55] on your head. Oh, no, talking to people.

[22:57] I know, right? Talking to people is is

[22:58] hard, but yeah, you know, just shoot

[23:00] shoot them a message. There's also

[23:02] other stuff as well. In terms of like a

[23:05] model, you'll also need other equipment.

[23:07] For example, like a camera or an iPhone

[23:09] to track your face movements and, you

[23:11] know, make your your model talk and move

[23:13] and move its lips and all that good. If

[23:16] that's what you want to add to your

[23:17] VTuber model, by all means, be my guest.

[23:19] There is other equipment that you that

[23:21] you will need when you get a custom

[23:22] model like this is that you need webcam

[23:25] or an iPhone to track your movements

[23:27] and, you know, to to obviously show that

[23:30] to to to stream. There could be Yeah,

[23:33] this I think I'm I'm going to make a

[23:34] whole separate video on face tracking

[23:37] down the road. So, if you guys want to

[23:39] if you guys want to see that, please

[23:40] leave a like on stream or [ __ ]

[23:43] say say yes. The tracking could be a

[23:45] whole new slideshow presentation in on

[23:46] its own. Commissioning sounds scary. It

[23:48] can be scary. It can be scary. Um,

[23:52] but that is a necessary thing that you

[23:54] have to do.

[23:56] I guess next slide here, character

[23:58] design. So, yeah, this was my character

[24:00] design that was designed by by my good

[24:02] friend Ira Art, who I have known ever

[24:05] since we were, I think, 6 years old or

[24:07] maybe even 5 years old. I've known this

[24:08] guy for for most of my life. And, yeah,

[24:12] it is really really cool that he was the

[24:16] he was an We found out Oh, I found out

[24:18] very very late that that he watches

[24:22] Vtubers and he's also an artist. So, I

[24:24] asked him, "Hey, can you design a 2.0

[24:27] design for me?"

[24:28] And, yeah, he's good.

[24:30] He's really really good.

[24:32] Write this down. Write this down, yeah.

[24:34] But, yeah, this is my design before

[24:37] obviously being turned into what you see

[24:39] now on an everyday stream. Any

[24:41] questions? Probably not. All right,

[24:42] moving on. Moving on. So, this part here

[24:45] is the VTuber model. This was made by

[24:48] color color art. This is like sort of

[24:50] like the components

[24:52] of

[24:53] my model. Obviously, the the legs, the

[24:55] jacket, the shirt, the feet, the

[24:57] necklaces, the choker, everything was

[25:00] kind of separated out. The reason why

[25:03] VTuber models are very expensive is

[25:06] because the mod the model artist has to

[25:09] basically separate every component of

[25:12] the model into its own bit. So, the

[25:15] guitar separate, but even the jacket

[25:17] itself has maybe about 50 layers to it.

[25:21] All separated out so that the the

[25:23] animator can make it all move nice and

[25:27] flowing. I think my hair my hair itself

[25:29] is separated into like eight parts. So,

[25:31] that's why it's so expensive is because

[25:32] it's not just regular art that someone

[25:35] is drawing.

[25:36] It is it is also making it in the right

[25:38] layers. Do Does anyone have any

[25:40] questions? Bro, it's not even clean the

[25:41] art. Rigging is so much work. It is so

[25:43] much work. Reese space, is it common for

[25:45] Vtubers to buy pre-mades? Yes, 100%.

[25:47] I'll talk about pre-mades in a second,

[25:48] actually. Um, the Vtubing space has

[25:51] definitely changed a lot

[25:53] since since I started back in 2021. And,

[25:56] pre-mades are definitely a huge part of

[25:57] that. But, next slide, guys. Next slide.

[25:59] Oh my god, this feels like a [ __ ]

[26:01] high school presentation, guys. Lock in.

[26:03] Lock in, guys. High school presentation

[26:04] time.

[26:06] Um, this part here is the animating

[26:08] part, which some people in chat has have

[26:11] already said that it is an absolute

[26:13] nightmare. And, I think so as well. This

[26:16] thing here is apparently the bane of

[26:18] most people's existence.

[26:20] So, you guys can see all these little

[26:22] sliders and and all that. These are

[26:24] individual parameters that change

[26:26] depending on if I move. This obviously

[26:28] is working in the background, but yeah,

[26:31] this is the the rigging or the animating

[26:33] part of Vtubing. Took me 2 weeks to make

[26:36] learn how to make the model blink, open,

[26:38] close mouth, and tilt the head left,

[26:39] right. 2 weeks, yeah. It's not an easy

[26:41] thing to learn. Again, with

[26:44] drawing model art,

[26:46] rigging as well is an art form. It is is

[26:50] an art form. The rigger's job is to make

[26:51] the model move to your movements and to

[26:53] give your model physics like bounciness

[26:55] or whatever. In all three areas of

[26:58] design, model art, and rigging, they are

[27:00] all art forms in their own way. And,

[27:02] with any art form, there are preferences

[27:04] and stuff that you may like or may not

[27:06] like. For example, I really like the

[27:09] bounciness. If you can see like the the

[27:11] flap on my jacket, it kind of bounces. I

[27:13] prefer that kind of stuff, but you may

[27:15] more like you may prefer less bouncy or,

[27:17] you know, you might prefer stiffer or

[27:19] maybe a VTuber's uh sorry, maybe a

[27:22] rigger's mouth is more like can

[27:24] annunciate the words better or whatever,

[27:26] right? For Yeah, for me at least, the

[27:28] bouncy kind of rigs, I prefer that kind

[27:29] of stuff. I like to be able to move

[27:31] around and kind of bounce off the walls,

[27:32] but maybe that's not something that you

[27:35] like. That's just how I like I like to

[27:37] express myself. What I like to say is to

[27:39] look at other VTubers models, and if you

[27:41] like how their model moves, see who

[27:43] rigged it. I'm surprised your jacket

[27:45] even says that. I know, right? I know,

[27:46] right? Yeah. There's definitely a lot of

[27:48] really good advice as well I'm seeing

[27:49] there. People say Yeah.

[27:51] Chat Chat's also come out with some

[27:53] really good advice. Look at this. Oh,

[27:54] helping each other out. I know, right?

[27:56] Your model's definitely one of the of

[27:57] the more bouncy ones I see. Yeah. Yeah,

[27:58] I really prefer the kind of bouncy

[28:00] stuff. But, you know, some people also

[28:01] do like the like the more

[28:04] like realistic or, you know, What

[28:06] program is best used for rigging? The

[28:08] only one that I know of is called

[28:09] Live2D. Live2D Cubism. Getting all this

[28:12] stuff seems really intimidating. How do

[28:14] you go through that? That's a really

[28:15] good start. Um, the other options are

[28:17] like I'm going to go through the other

[28:18] stuff as well, and they're going to be a

[28:20] lot easier.

[28:21] A lot easier, trust me. So, next slide,

[28:23] guys. Next slide. Number two, the

[28:26] customizable pre-mades. This has been

[28:27] the fastest fastest changing thing

[28:30] inside the Vtubing sphere. Customizables

[28:33] are the one thing that has completely

[28:36] changed the Vtubing landscape. It is

[28:38] insane. It is so good. It has lowered

[28:40] the bar of entry, the barrier of entry,

[28:43] for a lot of people. It is relatively

[28:46] cheap comparatively, and there are so

[28:49] many options. I will admit, there are

[28:50] more options geared towards

[28:52] female-leaning models, but there's also

[28:55] some guy models out there as well. How

[28:57] to tell if this is AI or not? I'm not

[28:58] the right person to ask for that. I'm I

[29:00] get tricked all the time. The price for

[29:02] it is that there are many options, and

[29:03] it's

[29:04] relatively cheaper. And, by say

[29:06] relatively cheaper, I mean instead of

[29:08] spending thousands of dollars on a

[29:10] custom model, it's maybe going to be

[29:12] either tens or like maybe hundreds at at

[29:15] most kind of dollars.

[29:18] Some people would say that they don't

[29:20] want to be a PNGtuber cuz it isn't

[29:21] really Vtubing or it doesn't give like

[29:23] the same vibe. I completely disagree

[29:26] with that. I think PNGtubing is

[29:28] definitely way way way way up there.

[29:31] In fact, actually, a lot of What's it

[29:33] called? Yeah, you have many options to

[29:34] choose from. You got male, female

[29:35] options. Admittedly, I've seen more

[29:37] female-leaning models than male, but I'm

[29:39] sure if you search hard enough, you'll

[29:40] find one that you will like. Yeah, there

[29:42] definitely some cons as well, which I'm

[29:44] going to get into.

[29:45] The cons are you don't technically own

[29:47] the design, which means that you can't

[29:50] make a character out of it and sell

[29:51] merch.

[29:52] You can't make merch out of it cuz you

[29:53] don't own the rights to it. However,

[29:56] which I didn't think of this before, but

[29:58] thank you Chia for this one. If you have

[29:59] an existing design that you have

[30:01] commissioned or created created

[30:03] yourself, you can try to make your

[30:04] customizable look as close to it as

[30:07] possible. You won't have full control

[30:08] over over everything, right? Like you

[30:10] know, if you have pink ribbons in your

[30:11] hair or like polka dot ribbons, maybe

[30:13] the model can only do like ribbons or

[30:15] something.

[30:16] But so you won't have full control over

[30:18] it, but you can get it pretty close. The

[30:20] models nowadays are pretty good, so I'm

[30:23] pretty sure with enough time you can

[30:24] make something that you like. You can

[30:26] also

[30:27] use the design of your customizable as a

[30:30] base to build on top of it for art or

[30:34] you know, you can use it to to maybe

[30:35] make your own future custom model. Yeah,

[30:38] thank you as well to my good friend Chia

[30:40] for for this idea. I never thought of

[30:42] using your customizable as a base to

[30:46] make your original custom VTuber model.

[30:49] Really really cool stuff. I've also in

[30:51] terms of like using customizable, I've

[30:53] seen people use custom

[30:56] I've seen people use customizable

[30:58] all the way from beginning towards like

[31:01] to reach Twitch partner.

[31:02] Yeah, so again

[31:04] the customizable do give you a

[31:07] They give you the VTuber experience for

[31:09] a fraction of the cost. Is this a

[31:11] PowerPoint presentation? It is. It is.

[31:13] They're lovely thing to have before

[31:14] custom. Yes. Yes, I I think so as well.

[31:17] I think so as well. There's so many

[31:19] customizable hard to choose from. It is.

[31:20] It is. The slides provided with the

[31:22] model sorry easy to use. Yeah. Yeah. So

[31:25] it's it's basically as easy as moving a

[31:27] slider left and right to find the right

[31:29] hair they want or to find the right

[31:30] texture that you want. Ears, eyes,

[31:32] everything. There's so many options. It

[31:34] is absolutely insane. Yeah. Obviously a

[31:36] customizable is not going to be one to

[31:38] one exactly what you want, but I reckon

[31:40] you can get pretty close. Like the

[31:42] options are insane that I reckon with

[31:44] enough feeling around you can get

[31:45] something which you're really happy

[31:47] with. All right.

[31:48] No questions? Moving on.

[31:50] Moving on. Brilliant. Brilliant

[31:53] brilliant brilliant. So, here are some

[31:56] of

[31:57] the models which I have seen. The prism

[31:59] one it has been very popular. In fact

[32:01] actually I think the the one in the

[32:03] middle called the the Jenny model. You

[32:05] can find that on Nazima I think. And

[32:08] that one was I feel like that was like

[32:10] the grandmother that opened the gates

[32:11] for you know customizable cuz that one

[32:14] was so popular. It was extremely popular

[32:17] that a lot of people still still use it

[32:18] to this day. And then obviously we've

[32:20] had the recent Sweeka one and then the

[32:22] prism what one as well on the far left.

[32:25] Really really good. Also I think if I

[32:26] made an attempt to VTuber considering

[32:27] cost and how equivalent of a dollar is

[32:29] in my country, I would only be able to

[32:31] aim for pre-made. And that's completely

[32:32] fine as well. Oops, sorry. That that's

[32:34] that's completely fine as well. And I

[32:36] think it is

[32:38] it's very expressive. It's probably the

[32:41] most expressive pre-made I've seen

[32:43] genuinely. I actually the reason why I

[32:46] showed the ones on here is because

[32:50] I wanted to show you the stuff that you

[32:52] can do. So obviously with like the basic

[32:55] you know, the the the base you can do

[32:58] such awesome outfits and designs like as

[33:01] you can see on here with Chia tails,

[33:03] lady mate. So this is just a way to show

[33:06] the stuff that you can do with the

[33:08] model. You can really like customize it

[33:10] so that it looks it looks like you.

[33:13] Or you know, it it looks something that

[33:15] you'll be happy with. So this can just

[33:16] show the

[33:17] the like the extent of how much you can

[33:19] customize, which I think is really cool.

[33:22] And yeah.

[33:24] Next slide guys, next slide. I'm going

[33:25] to just swiftly move on. So

[33:27] where can I find these pre-made models?

[33:30] That's an excellent question random

[33:32] Twitch message that I made up in chat.

[33:33] These are the four sites that I would

[33:35] suggest starting out to look at.

[33:38] Keep in mind Booth and Nazima are both

[33:40] Japanese sites, so you will have to use

[33:42] the auto translate in your in your

[33:44] Google Chrome or whatever in your

[33:46] browser to you know, to navigate it. But

[33:49] Nazima, VGen, Booth PM and Etsy are

[33:53] pretty good. However, watch out with

[33:55] Etsy cuz there might be a few AI ones.

[33:57] Obviously pre-made models are cheaper

[33:58] than custom ones, but obviously there is

[34:00] a little price to pay, but in terms of

[34:03] price to pay for how good they are, it's

[34:06] it's like it's amazing. It's it's so

[34:08] it's

[34:09] night and day kind of thing. Anyway

[34:11] anyway anyway, next slide guys, next

[34:13] slide.

[34:14] So

[34:15] PNGTuber. This is the one that

[34:18] I started out with actually and is a

[34:21] really really interesting

[34:24] place to start.

[34:26] I think this one has one of the lowest

[34:27] barriers to entry. Yeah, it's usually

[34:29] the cheapest option. Very extremely

[34:32] extremely entry level and

[34:34] however it's not obviously you won't

[34:36] have like the movement and stuff, but

[34:38] the trade-off for that is that you won't

[34:39] need a webcam. You can just use a

[34:41] microphone and you're pretty much set.

[34:43] Yeah, the requirement for equipment is

[34:45] very very low. No camera required and

[34:48] you know, there's obviously paid and

[34:49] free options. Some people have even made

[34:51] PNGTuber very very expressive. But you

[34:54] obviously need the most expensive mic,

[34:55] right? No, you don't. No, you don't. You

[34:57] can have I would say you can have a

[34:59] pretty cheap mic, but you know, you can

[35:02] also try to spruce it up a little bit as

[35:04] well. Question, how often did you stream

[35:05] when starting out? I

[35:08] think I did twice a week. Twice a week,

[35:09] but my advice is do it as many times as

[35:12] you can. Do it as many times as your

[35:15] schedule allows. So I'm not saying quit

[35:17] your day job and start streaming 12

[35:19] hours a day for 7 days a week. In fact

[35:21] actually I recommend do not do that.

[35:23] That's my huge suggestion is to not do

[35:25] that. Yeah, so PNGTuber is just

[35:27] basically the type of image and it just

[35:29] either moves or lights up when you talk.

[35:31] Next one here guys. So as you guys can

[35:33] see this slide might be a little bit

[35:35] blank.

[35:36] And I'm going to show you something

[35:37] which I usually don't ever show on

[35:39] stream ever.

[35:41] Yes. Yes, there it is.

[35:44] Yes, so this is how I started out.

[35:48] Every time that I would talk my model

[35:49] would literally light up. This is how I

[35:51] started and I streamed this for maybe

[35:53] about 6 months when I first started out.

[35:55] I miss him? No, you don't. No one misses

[35:56] him.

[35:59] Yes.

[36:00] So as you guys can see this was the my

[36:02] design was pretty much I said I said to

[36:04] my model artist at the time or like my

[36:06] PNG artist at the time, I just want me

[36:08] in a plaid shirt black shirt. Sorry,

[36:10] a plaid

[36:12] like what's it called? Plaid over jacket

[36:15] thing. Black shirt and a dinosaur on my

[36:17] head. That was it. That was the the

[36:20] assignment and they

[36:22] knocked it out of the park. I miss Kit

[36:24] Red.

[36:25] He's cute. Oh, thanks. Thanks guys. So

[36:27] this is just an example PNGTuber.

[36:29] However, the ceiling for PNGTuber can go

[36:33] extremely I used Godot for a while.

[36:35] That's probably another one. Is there a

[36:36] way where Discord isn't needed? There

[36:38] are. PNGTube and and

[36:41] what's it called? PNGTube and I think

[36:43] those are the ones. There may be some

[36:44] other ones. Like I've not done the

[36:47] PNGTuber cuz PNGTuber as well was

[36:50] extremely extremely in its infancy when

[36:53] VTuber first came out. It was very much

[36:55] in its infancy. There is a fourth even

[36:58] more devious option and it's called make

[37:01] it yourself, which costs $0. But the

[37:05] cost of it will be your sanity. Anyone

[37:07] that draws or rigs that yourselves or

[37:09] you know, does any of that, respect to

[37:10] you guys. That is some insane work and

[37:13] it is really really hard to do. It's

[37:15] really really really hard to do, but if

[37:16] you can do it at the cost of your

[37:18] sanity, by all means please be my guest.

[37:21] What if doing it bad sets you apart?

[37:23] Then 100% do that. 100% do that. There's

[37:26] a reason why custom models are

[37:27] expensive. Exactly. There is a reason.

[37:28] However, on the bright side you also

[37:30] have ultimate creative freedom. At the

[37:32] cost of my sanity? What sanity? That's

[37:34] true. All right guys. So in terms of

[37:36] like making it yourself, I do have a few

[37:38] examples. You could make like a PNGTuber

[37:41] like a Picrew or like a VRoid or like a

[37:43] Microsoft Paint if God forbid you want

[37:46] to use Microsoft Paint for your next

[37:47] VTuber model. VRoid is a custom you can

[37:51] make your custom 3D model

[37:53] with a bunch of like assets and stuff.

[37:56] But yeah, there's definitely ways that

[37:57] you can

[37:59] that you can create your own PNG models.

[38:01] You can use like a Picrew or something.

[38:03] Next slide guys, next slide. Equipment.

[38:05] In terms of equipment, we obviously in

[38:07] terms of like the face tracking stuff,

[38:09] there's a few ways to go about it. There

[38:11] is like a camera you can use like a

[38:12] webcam. You can use a DSLR camera so

[38:15] it's like one of those fancy $4,000

[38:17] cameras. Don't know why you would want

[38:19] that, but you can use it if you want.

[38:20] And you can also use an iPhone. An

[38:23] iPhone paired up with the tracking

[38:26] software

[38:28] on your computer

[38:29] can do some really really good stuff

[38:31] like this.

[38:32] Like all that. I can see what I or I can

[38:35] also pop my cheeks out as well. I can

[38:36] also pop my cheeks out.

[38:39] Or stick my tongue out.

[38:40] Or

[38:41] I'm going to try to do both. No, I can't

[38:43] I can't do both. Never mind. Never mind.

[38:44] But yeah, that basically tracks what

[38:46] happens with your face and then relays

[38:48] it onto your VTuber model. The

[38:50] microphone as well is also very

[38:52] important

[38:53] and your streaming device. Your

[38:55] streaming device will probably maybe

[38:58] have to be like a computer or a laptop,

[39:00] but keep in mind that VTuber models

[39:03] depending on how intensive they are will

[39:06] take up resources on your computer. The

[39:08] iPhone tracking basically bumps up the

[39:11] the tracking and and you know, the mouth

[39:14] movements to an insane level. Obviously

[39:17] it's an it's an iPhone that has Face ID,

[39:20] so it's an iPhone 10 and above. You can

[39:21] probably get an iPhone 10 for fairly

[39:23] cheap second hand.

[39:25] But yeah, just keep in mind that when

[39:27] you use a webcam or a camera, the

[39:29] tracking quality may be down a little

[39:31] bit. What brand of webcam do you

[39:33] recommend? Anything that does 30 to 60

[39:35] frames like 1080p or you know, I started

[39:39] out with a 720p camera. So literally

[39:41] anything that that's just okay. Yeah, so

[39:43] you might need you definitely probably

[39:45] need a laptop or a computer to stream

[39:49] with a VTuber model or a PNG. All right,

[39:52] next slide guys. Next slide, lock it in.

[39:55] So,

[39:56] my final final advice for you guys is to

[40:00] be brave. Be brave. Set a date for

[40:03] yourself when you're going to look for a

[40:05] model or open up a Twitter or Twitch

[40:07] account or even go live. Set yourself a

[40:10] date and hold yourself to it. Set

[40:12] yourself a date and hold yourself to it.

[40:14] My most biggest advice is

[40:17] do VTubing for the love of the game and

[40:20] for fun.

[40:21] Do not do it purely for numbers. I Me

[40:24] and many other VTubers and content

[40:26] creators get into this trap of doing it

[40:31] like you know, getting really stuck into

[40:32] the numbers and like oh like would this

[40:34] do well?

[40:35] First and foremost, do it because you

[40:36] enjoy it. I'm being dead serious because

[40:38] if you do it for numbers,

[40:40] you will be unhappy, you will burn out,

[40:43] you will give up. Hell, I almost gave up

[40:45] about a year ago.

[40:47] I was close to giving up a year ago

[40:49] because I was so into like the numbers

[40:52] that I did I kind of didn't see why I

[40:54] even started it in the first place. And

[40:57] don't be afraid to suck when you start.

[40:58] I mean, [ __ ] I start I sucked when I

[41:01] when I started. If I look back to this

[41:03] moment, future Keyser's going to be like

[41:04] oh my god, what the heck are you doing,

[41:05] mate? He's going to be rolling in his

[41:08] bed cringing his off. Fail and fail

[41:11] better. Another bit of advice as well is

[41:13] that before you spend any amount of

[41:15] money into VTubing,

[41:18] for the absolute love of God, [ __ ] go

[41:22] live once. Please go live once. Do not

[41:25] blow $3,000 on a new PC, new model,

[41:28] $5,000 on on a new model, like art, rig,

[41:31] everything.

[41:32] Please stream just like stream once.

[41:35] Stream once and see if you like it cuz

[41:37] I've seen people they've spent months

[41:39] they've put six months together all

[41:40] right, I've got a really good PC. I've

[41:42] got an amazing model, 500 toggles,

[41:43] amazing.

[41:45] And then they stream maybe for a week

[41:47] and they realize that they don't like

[41:49] it.

[41:49] And they quit. So, I'm going to save you

[41:52] the trouble for and pain of spending

[41:55] thousands and thousands of dollars, do

[41:57] not

[41:59] buy stuff for VTubing

[42:02] unless you've streamed once. And thank

[42:04] you for coming to my TED Talk. Who's

[42:06] Ted? Shut up. Shut up, Ted.

[42:08] Shut up.

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