【 making a vtuber model from scratch ! 】 character design, art, & separation

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[00:17] everything I do to help my friends and

[00:20] help other people who might be

[00:22] interested for those who don't know I

[00:25] originally debuted as a YouTuber named

[00:27] tufufu about two years ago I made my own

[00:30] model I made my logo I made all my own

[00:32] assets but instead of leading towards

[00:35] being a more themed character I've been

[00:37] wanting to make my own model and brand

[00:39] myself more towards my IRL self

[00:43] and it's easy to draw so in this Rebrand

[00:46] series I'll be going over drawing my

[00:48] model art rigging making logo design

[00:50] graphics and other things that go into

[00:53] the whole entire thing obviously this

[00:55] specific video goes over all the model

[00:56] designs and art and uh as well as a

[00:59] little lore so if you're interested in

[01:01] seeing the rest of the process of me

[01:03] making my model and everything

[01:05] um please subscribe

[01:07] okay so first off is designing the

[01:10] character my new design is a lot more

[01:13] simple than my last Model and it's based

[01:15] off of me so it's pretty easy to figure

[01:17] out what I want the main look to be I

[01:19] did have some trial Doodles uh before my

[01:22] model which really these I had my color

[01:25] palette down I just had to figure out

[01:26] like the general look I wanted and even

[01:29] when I was drawing my model sketch I did

[01:31] go through some other hairstyle

[01:33] Renditions I decided just to keep all of

[01:34] them though and I'm gonna make toggles

[01:36] for each hairstyle what I thought the

[01:37] pigtails the best for my normal default

[01:40] overalls outfit so I kept them as the

[01:43] default look if you helped figure out a

[01:44] design I would first go for an aesthetic

[01:46] you personally like

[01:47] whether it's pink and cute or like

[01:50] creepy and dark or clean and simple or

[01:54] super complex and you're like a myriad

[01:57] of a million animals

[01:59] my rule of thumb is to go for a design

[02:01] you're comfortable with and that really

[02:02] resonates with you I know a lot of

[02:04] YouTubers struggle with trying to make

[02:06] it super complex super unique design

[02:08] since there's so many other YouTubers

[02:10] out there they want to stand out if you

[02:13] go down that route you'll honestly never

[02:14] be happy with your design and you'll

[02:16] keep wanting changes so I would say just

[02:18] go for a general Vibe you like that you

[02:20] can brand yourself around

[02:21] and I'll make a video of me making some

[02:24] different toggles for different outfits

[02:25] and looks and stuff anyway so watch out

[02:28] for that

[02:31] you can also use your lore to help with

[02:33] your entire look if you want this is my

[02:36] previous feature model was Cthulhu

[02:37] inspired I incorporate it into my

[02:40] current model star

[02:41] IRL I actually had open heart surgery

[02:43] when I was a kid so I'm making mine more

[02:45] as if I sealed away to Fufu within me

[02:48] and I have this big old scar from it

[02:51] which I basically did anyway

[02:54] I'm super into a cultish stuff sort of

[02:57] like that so it all fit pretty well

[02:59] obviously you can't see the scar with

[03:01] this outfit but I'm planning on making

[03:03] some cute concept art about it and

[03:04] putting into my refs now onto actually

[03:07] drawing and separating the model

[03:09] front-facing models are the standard

[03:12] obviously but you can make a

[03:13] three-fourths looking model as well but

[03:16] drawing separating and rigging a

[03:19] three-fourths model is a lot tougher to

[03:21] do so I would not recommend it unless

[03:24] you really want to put all that work in

[03:26] front facing models they're perfect to

[03:28] use as a simple ref whenever you're

[03:30] requesting art or doing anything like

[03:32] that make sure your canvas is pretty big

[03:36] too I typically start with a 4 000 by

[03:40] 6000 pixel canvas with minimum 300 DPI

[03:45] makes the art a good resolution easy to

[03:47] work with and like today personally I

[03:49] use clip Studio paint and I use a

[03:51] symmetrical ruler on a folder so that

[03:53] all the layers within the folder are

[03:55] affected by the symmetrical ruler then I

[03:57] make sure I have all my snapping options

[04:00] visible on my brushes that I use so I

[04:02] can turn them off and on when the

[04:05] snapping is turned on it actually

[04:06] follows the ruler and then when it's

[04:07] turned off it doesn't so I can use that

[04:09] for unsymmetrical parts of the design do

[04:12] make sure that your symmetrical ruler

[04:14] and your respective program is right in

[04:16] the middle of the canvas

[04:18] I know some artists like they shrink

[04:19] their canvas after or remove the model

[04:22] around to fill the canvas into more but

[04:24] it does make the live 2D rigging process

[04:26] a little more painful and I am all about

[04:28] making things efficient and easy for me

[04:30] for sketching I always start off with a

[04:32] full body sketch to make sure all the

[04:34] proportions on the anatomy look right

[04:35] before I put on clothes it's also really

[04:38] helpful to have like a naked sketch

[04:42] underneath everything for when you want

[04:43] to do other outfits as well you can also

[04:46] do a half body model if you'd like I did

[04:48] start off with a half body model

[04:49] especially if you're using the free

[04:51] version of live 2D and you're limited in

[04:53] your warps it's a lot easier to do a

[04:55] half body or just draw a full body and

[04:58] just rig half of it then after I sketch

[05:01] out the body to what I think looks right

[05:03] I really hone in on the face since it's

[05:06] one of the main things you notice with

[05:08] the V2 Remodel and it's one of the more

[05:10] complex things to separate to make sure

[05:13] everything works well obviously usually

[05:15] I would recommend rendering your art

[05:18] more before actually separating

[05:20] everything personally I find that it

[05:22] keeps everything looking really cohesive

[05:24] especially if you have a really complex

[05:26] shading style or painterly style but

[05:29] ultimately it depends on your art style

[05:30] whether or not you want to okay now on

[05:33] to separating this will look a little

[05:36] different for everyone obviously

[05:38] depending if you're separating

[05:39] everything from the beginning or if

[05:41] you're separating everything from

[05:42] rendering your art already I'll be

[05:44] putting up little mini guides up on the

[05:46] screen that you can screenshot or pause

[05:48] if you want to see them this is all how

[05:51] I personally separate everything if you

[05:54] want less work on yourself you can

[05:56] simplify some of these if you want more

[05:58] work on yourself you can separate

[06:00] everything even more it just depends on

[06:03] how complex you want your rig to be

[06:05] usually the more separated your art is

[06:08] the easier and better it looks to rig

[06:10] but it also depends on your rigging

[06:13] style so if you're ever commissioning

[06:15] someone else to rig your model I would

[06:16] suggest asking them if they have

[06:19] guidelines on how to separate your art

[06:21] and everything because trust me it will

[06:24] save a lot of time and a lot of hassle

[06:27] for the rig artist I will be going over

[06:30] how to add toggles like outfits and like

[06:32] other emotions especially like animated

[06:35] crying or other things like that in

[06:37] another video there are some things you

[06:40] can add to make your rig more impressive

[06:43] that isn't necessarily all the art you

[06:46] see here such as clipping masks for

[06:50] hiding the chin you see this a lot with

[06:53] models that look up to hide that chain

[06:56] and to really get the illusion that

[06:58] they're actually looking up you can see

[07:00] there's a thing in live TV called

[07:02] reverse clipping where whatever your

[07:05] clipping will be opposite so instead of

[07:08] clipping onto something it will be

[07:10] clipped around it also keep in mind live

[07:13] TD currently only has two layer modes uh

[07:17] besides normal of course which is the

[07:20] additive layer and the multiply layer

[07:23] so if you have any color Dodge or use

[07:25] something else for shading and

[07:27] highlighting I would suggest fixing your

[07:30] layers to adjust to looking better on

[07:32] those modes another important thing are

[07:36] layers you wouldn't see from the front

[07:38] but you will see looking to the side for

[07:41] example a big one is hair if you only

[07:43] have your front hair in like one layer

[07:47] for the back hair it's gonna be a bit of

[07:50] a struggle to really get a clean angle

[07:54] when you're looking to the side also you

[07:57] want to keep in mind that you will need

[08:00] a lot of extra room on your layers when

[08:03] you're extending out your art knowing

[08:05] how to separate your art is really

[08:07] essential for a nice looking rig but

[08:09] sometimes you don't know what you need

[08:12] more of so when you actually get to

[08:13] rigging and you realize oh shoot I need

[08:17] to add more art onto this layer you can

[08:19] always just go back in and change it and

[08:21] then if you ever want to remake your

[08:22] entire model after learning how to

[08:25] separate better and how to rig better

[08:26] then your models will just keep getting

[08:28] better and better

[08:30] while you're separating everything make

[08:32] sure to keep all your layers nice and

[08:34] neat because there's going to be a lot

[08:35] of layers make sure you use folders make

[08:38] sure you name everything right name it

[08:41] properly but name it simple and then

[08:44] remember to indicate which side is on

[08:47] the left and right side of the model

[08:48] when you're in live to D and you're

[08:51] putting in your parameters and it says

[08:52] left and right it's going to be the left

[08:53] and right of the model's perspective

[08:56] so I usually like to use arrows to make

[08:58] it easier for myself

[09:00] and you're going to want to get rid of

[09:01] layers that you don't really need so

[09:03] anything just random or has nothing on

[09:06] it you're going to want to keep your

[09:07] sketch layers though especially if you

[09:09] have a full body sketch layer this makes

[09:11] it easier for if you want to make any

[09:13] adjustments to anything or if you have

[09:15] an outfit or toggles you want to add on

[09:17] to it and then you should be able to rig

[09:20] everything hopefully in my next video I

[09:23] will be using live to eat the rig just

[09:25] the head for the next video and then

[09:27] I'll do the rest of the body and

[09:28] everything in other videos I'm hoping

[09:31] it'll be a quick enough video I like my

[09:35] rigs to look nice but I like to do them

[09:37] quickly and efficiently so I have a lot

[09:39] of tips and tricks for people who might

[09:41] need them and it will be mostly for

[09:44] beginners but you might learn something

[09:45] if you actually know stuff already so

[09:48] I'll see you next time in the next video

[09:51] oh my goodbye good goodbye guys thanks

[09:55] for watching my first YouTube video

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