Indie VTubers, Watch This Before You Debut: The Blank Canvas

[00:02] for a while you've probably seen a V2 for debut typically V Trooper debuts out of agencies are large-scale spectacle events that are hyped up through trailers and advertisements debuts typically have a brand new vtuber

[00:16] revealing their model overlays and branding for the first time often times the main attraction of a debut is a PowerPoint where the YouTuber goes over PowerPoint where the YouTuber goes over their bio likes dislikes and goals to

[00:29] let the audience get to know them better sometimes the V tuber will go the extra mile and include a cover song new original song or fully animated lore videos to Captivate their new audience hey a bat Bunch my name is yam Al bat

[00:43] while I'm still on Hiatus preparing for my next live 2D model I figured I would make a very quick low effort video on a question I get asked by aspiring Indie V tubers very frequently and that question is how do I debut as a YouTuber and my

[00:58] honest responses is don't debut a traditional V tuber debut is useless to most creators and only really makes sense for corporate YouTubers who have years of experience under their belt so today we are going to go over three

[01:12] reasons why YouTuber debuts are absolutely unnecessary and what you should do instead reason one slow growth is better than fast growth going instantly viral is the dream of many content creators and let me be real you

[01:27] probably don't want to blow up before you had experience as a content creator in order to capitalize on virality you would need to know what you're doing already and most creators don't figure that out until they've had years of

[01:40] experience with all the tech involved audience management and curating a brand for themselves it's no secret that whole live niji Sanji Idol and the Shoujo creators aren't new to content creating at all many of them have been streaming

[01:54] for years before they host their corporate vtuber debut they also have an entire team equipping them to make sure their debut is as polished as possible if I can be blunt for a second if you're new to content creation you're going to

[02:08] be bad at first after all you kind of have to suck at something before you can be good at it therefore you can expect your first videos or streams to also suck apparently I suck at being non-violent dude sucking at something

[02:21] it's the first step towards being sort of good at something with that in mind and I want to ask you do you want your audience hyped for a stream that is inevitably going to be one of your worst for this reason delayed slow growth is

[02:35] on your very first debut stream corporate V tuber debuts are designed to build hype and get as many people to watch them as possible as such debut culture makes you think that you need to have everything together before you

[02:49] start streaming and that just isn't the case what's more the inevitable dip in numbers that every YouTuber experiences after their debut can be very discouraging for a new content creator there's a huge tangent I could go on

[03:02] about by slow growth is much better for your mental health but I'll boil it down to Justice building a community over time and learning to manage it as you go is much less overwhelming than having thousands of eyes on you all at once

[03:16] while you're still figuring out the basics reason 2 immediately investing in your setup is a bad idea don't invest in a model yet please I I know you want to be all unique and pretty and I know you

[03:29] want to look like iron mouse or shy Lily or Hall live immediately but it is a bad idea for one character Concepts don't always stick and you will want to change and improve things later I myself have gone by three different names Lorelei

[03:44] gone by three different names Lorelei Alto yam komori and now yam Albert I've gone through two different characters entirely and only after I've been a content creator for three years am I finally paying a rigor to actually give

[03:56] me full movement that's how long it took me to finally commit to a character concept I know suits me and my content Vision speaking of content as a beginning content creator you really don't know what you want trust me you

[04:10] might think you have a good idea of what Niche you want to occupy but you won't know that for sure until you have experience in that Niche when I started making content I was convinced I wanted to be a variety streamer and musician

[04:23] just like Hall live and join a bee tuber agent someday I had no idea that I would end up becoming a video essayist on YouTube and talking about character design and honestly some point down the line you may realize that content

[04:37] creation just isn't for you I learned over time that I actually hate the content creation grind and the only way for me to have fun while making content is to keep it a hobby I thought I wanted to be a full-time YouTuber but I found

[04:51] out that's just not the case and the only way to figure that out is through experience so what's a new content creator to do start as low cost as possible start with commissioning or drawing a still image of your Avatar's

[05:05] design or have a few frames of Animation set up in viato2 mini and become a PNG tuber or you can download vroid and use assets from Booth to customize your own

[05:17] 3D avatar for free you can also find full pre-made live 2D and 3D models on booth for free or just a few bucks this goes for anything thing else Hardware like an expensive PC or a microphone too start with the lowest cost setup and

[05:32] only upgrade over time if you end up sticking with your channel in fact I'm sure you've noticed at this point that I've been using a reactive PNG of my model this entire time I've decided to be a PNG tuber for a day to prove that

[05:46] you don't need a fancy model to get eyes on your content you just need experience and the ability to make content worth watching Reason 3 traditional debuts are boring okay I know this one sounds a bit harsh but hear me out unless it's

[06:01] something big like a whole live debut I honestly just don't watch YouTuber debuts I actually find streams and videos where the Creator is relaxed and doing things they enjoy to be much more interesting than a PowerPoint about

[06:14] their likes and dislikes I get to know a Creator a lot better through regular streams or videos than through a debut debuts are high stakes and high pressure streams and anything that can go wrong often and will the V tuber is usually

[06:28] nervous and flustered and trying so hard to cling on to their character cave fape it's common knowledge among YouTuber fans that you won't actually know if you'll enjoy watching of YouTuber until they've calmed down after debut and

[06:41] settled into being themselves anyways I believe that all the famous aspects of a debut like character bile lore likes and dislikes and goals would be better served on a personal website or Wiki page rather than a stream this is

[06:56] probably a good time to shout out v2b a v tuber Wiki page that any Indie V tuber can set up for themselves my point is unless you're going to incorporate your character bile lore likes dislikes and goals into your regular content doesn't

[07:11] make sense to focus on it for your very first stream or video I know a lot of talented YouTubers can actually incorporate lore into their videos and streams but that isn't the focus for everyone listing your favorite anime

[07:23] only makes sense if you're going to make anime related content singing in Japanese only makes sense if you're going to make Japanese content same for video games this is coming from a vtuber who actually debuted back in the day and

[07:37] who actually debuted back in the day and oh boy my debut was awkward as heck

[07:53] trying to make it perfect because guess what I literally don't use anything for my debut I don't use the same overlays the same model I don't even make the same genre of content anymore I look back on my debut and honestly consider

[08:07] it a big waste of my time so please learn from my mistakes don't stress yourself over a grandiose V tuber debut as a new content creator you don't have to be perfect at the beginning it's okay to make bad content that's the only way

[08:21] you are going to learn to recap you shouldn't host a traditional debut as a YouTuber if you are new to content creating because one slow growth will benefit you better in the long run so that you have time to learn along the

[08:34] way secondly investing in your setup is a bad idea unless you have an idea of what you're doing already and finally traditional V Trooper debuts are often boring and don't fit everyone's content style so if you are dead set on having a

[08:49] debut even after watching this here's is my advice step one learn OBS and practice streaming ahead of time Step 2 find a low-cost model and step 3 tailor that debut to the niche of content you want to settle into but instead of

[09:04] debuting I highly recommend you start with low pressure content as soon as possible make your social media accounts and find a low-cost or free Avatar that represents you it could literally be anything even a PNG of a chicken nugget

[09:18] take your time learning the ins and outs of OBS through actually using it to make practice content and experiment with all different kinds of ideas and genres of content and remember just have fun for now hone your craft over time no need

[09:34] for spending thousands or waiting months before the stars of a debut align the reason agency V tubers have these high budget debuts is because they are locked in agency V tubers have signed a contract promising to produce a specific

[09:48] type of content at a specific rate for for their full-time job they can't change their V tuber they can't decide to change genres of content either right now you have much more flexibility compared to an agency YouTuber you can

[10:03] literally decide tomorrow that you want to go a totally different direction you can just decide to make content once a month like me you have the freedom to view your vtuber journey as something that's just for fun you don't have the

[10:17] weight of the business side that agency YouTubers have view it as a blessing that you don't have everything figured out just yet the canvas is blank and no one can tell you what to paint or how to paint it so instead of doing a big debut

[10:32] save the big celebrations for anniversaries birthdays and Milestones once you've found your footing as a Creator so tell me about punch how do you feel about V tuber debuts let me know if you want more mini video essays

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