Beginner's Guide to Separating VTuber Models for Live2D☆
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Interested in creating your own VTuber model using Live2D? Watch this complete beginner's guide on how to separate your VTuber model and make it ready for rigging!
Learn how to easily and effectively separate your VTuber model into body parts and facial expressions with this step-by-step guide. No prior experience with Live2D is required, making it perfect for anyone looking to create their own VTuber model.
VTuber Model File: ko-fi.com/s/3e149f5d75
CSP VTuber Template: assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/...
Faf: / fafrotsky
Himono: / @himono_vtuber
Nnnoira: / nnnoira
Tools (Below are affiliated links that support the channel):
Art Program: Clip Studio Paint bit.ly/cspjueri
Drawing Tablet: Huion Kamvas Pro 16 (2.5K) bit.ly/huionjueri
Timestamp:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Live2D vs. VTube Studio
0:59 Prepping Your Workspace
3:01 Rules of Separation
4:48 Head
5:33 Face
7:26 Hair
9:20 Torso
10:51 Legs
11:59 Misc.
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『Tip Jar』
streamelements.com/juerihaan-...
『Ko-Fi』
ko-fi.com/jueri
『Discord』
/ discord
『Twitter』
/ juerihaan
『For Business and PR Inquiries』
JueriHaan@gmail.com
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「Credits」
Character Model/Rig/Reference Sheet: Me
Character Design: @siivvvvvv
Cartoon PNG: @living_deadroom
Ending Screen: @k_szk
BGM: Dova-Syndrome
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「Notes」
My name is Jueri, and I'm a moon bunny VTuber sent to Earth to pursue my idol dreams. I like to play games, do art, and sing/dance by myself~ My inspiration stems from Hololive and their streams!
![how to draw & cut/separate a VTuber for Live2D - UTTER BEGINNERS [Clip Studio Paint]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NXx8xbBYFh4/mqdefault.jpg)
![how to draw & cut/separate a VTuber for Live2D - UTTER BEGINNERS [Clip Studio Paint]](/img/tr.png)
![How I Made My VTuber Move! 🌸💚 [Part 2: Rigging the Eyes, Mouth, and Head]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AM-DYj0d5vo/mqdefault.jpg)
![MURDER DRONES Series Finale [TRAILER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/p6mhC5Iatns/mqdefault.jpg)
Quick note: Please pay close attention to the eye separation. It’s separated the way it is because you need everything to collapse for a blink!
ENGLISH CC IS DONE WOOO
If you like this video and want to support me:
PDF/CSP File: ko-fi.com/s/3e149f5d75
Art Program: Clip Studio Paint bit.ly/cspjueri
Drawing Tablet: Huion Kamvas Pro 16 (2.5K) bit.ly/huionjueri
And honestly, it doesnt even have to be monetary. Just watching through the video and interacting with it is enough
Great video bestie. I will finally be able to make my dinosaur move.
Thanks bestie. I'm glad your dinosaur survived the meteorite.
One of the best tutorials on Live2D imo
Thank you 🙏🏻 I’m glad my video can be of help
1:00 the subscribe button got a rainbow outline when the subtitles said "subscribe" and it was so cute that i did. this is an awesome tutorial! thank you!
Thanks for watching! I tend to avoid putting a call to action in my script, so I wanted to experiment with putting it in the subtitles hoping the new YT highlight button would work (which it did!). I'm very excited by this revelation, so thank you for letting me know
You explain it Soo well thank you
Wow, thank you so much for the in-depth tutorial! Subscribed 🌟
Thank you for watching!
Oh, this is such a useful video! Thank you for making it.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for checking it out
I just wanna say thank you, this has helped me understand the process so much better!
Thank you~! I’m really grateful to hear that from you
Your editing makes everything really easy to follow and you've got closed captions, finally. For guide videos like this, I find it almost necessary. I get that it can be a lot of extra work but it's incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!
Thank you for noticing the work in cc. I personally love them in videos, but they can be pretty time consuming with spell checks and timing. I appreciate it a lot
That hair separation tip is so good TT0TT
Thank you! I hope the tutorial helped you in your model making journey
One of my newbie friends shared this with me. I'm impressed by how concise and visual it is (esp. as someone who's made some myself). Perhaps its because it's geared towards beginners, the whole "line art with rendered bases" merged can be passable, but I otherwise generally disagree with this thought process. If you want to have highlights, shadow, and other effects, it becomes near impossible if it's all merged together. I use this rule for nearly all areas not just the head. If they're megred and you don't know how to mesh efficiently, then the texture can be pulled in unseemly ways.
That’s a fair point to make! I agree that you can separate pretty much everything and it’ll offer more flexibility if you find that you didn’t need the extra separation.
However, it’s better to teach the basics of separation, so that beginners can have the confidence going into their first model rather than overwhelm them with the details of every single separation. It’s also better to have that foundation, so that they can learn and separate more if they want to in the future. That’s my intention with this video at the very least because the hardest part with making a live2d model is the confidence to start.
Let’s say that I do tell them to separate every shadow, highlight, and effect. Then they might feel overwhelmed tackling the hair alone and that’s something I want to avoid. I do agree with you overall
@@JueriHaan Thank you for taking to time to write a thoughtful reply! Wishing you the best.
Lovely tutorial! And lot of explanation!❤
I've been searching for a tutorial like this for entire days..
Thank you queen hope you have a nice day 👑
Wahh I’m really flattered by your compliment
Tysm for this tutorial! I can finally make my Kitsune >:D
7:05 saving this for later lol ^^
The editing is so charming!!! Very cool video Jueri.
Thank you snocc! It was a long time coming
@@JueriHaan I love how you use 2 c's lol
@@snocthesock yeah it’s kinda bad habit. I have no idea why my mind adds a second c
thx your tut helps a lot
now I know before I learn Live2D I need to get familiarize with CSP first cuz TIL symmetry ruler
You're welcome. I sorta looked up what I needed and learned CSP that way 🤣A lot of good features are tucked away unfortunately
Fantastic and concise breakdown!
I wish Procreate gave me more layers ; ;
Yeah, unfortunately that’s a huge drawback with apps. The most I can suggest is to max out on layers, export it, and then try to reconstruct it onto a desktop application little by little >< I wish you the best
Extremely well put together, appreciate the deep dive into how all the magic is made
Thanks for watching! It seems like it was well receive even among non-artist, so i'm happy my video is accessible. Either way the editing and stuff made it fun for me to make
@JueriHaan Honestly the more I learn the tools the less intimidated I am by giving art a shot. Never been the best but seeing the process start to finish (I watched the first video) actually makes me want to give something of my own a try
@@JustAGhost608The poet picking up a paintbrush is a pipeline I didn’t think I’d see from you :O
@JueriHaan What can I say, you and the community inspired me. Try it out at least
great tutorial! I can move my own model now!
📢Hey everyone Topament is getting a new VTuber Model
creating my own cute model with this aaaaaaaaa thank you! i have a question though, would this work for the live2d trial type? sorry if you already mentioned it in the video, thank you for the excellent tutorial that my brain can understand lol
The Live2D free trial has the ability to create a fully functioning model, but it does not let you create anything too complex (which is when the Pro version is needed). As long as your separation can be done within 100 artmesh and 30 parameters, you will be fine. More info. can be found here: www.live2d.com/en/cubism/comparison/
the model art is so pretty! and it is so kind of you to provide it on ko-fi :D
i really like the way you edited this video, it's playful while still being really informative. i love the "shaking" sound effect when your chibi art moves across the diagram(?). i love the ding on every chapter. and i love how you visualize the cuts you made on each section.
it's also so nice to see the progress of the model art being drawn, your art is so pretty!! i love the floof!
i was surprised to see you not using your vtuber model for the voice overs despite having one, but i think this show that i don't need a vtuber model or a png to represent myself in a tutorial like this. yes it can add personality but it is not necessary.
you said that you feel like you're just repeating info of other people. sure there are other separating guide, but this is yours.
the way you present the information is your own creative choices. everyone is different and they might prefer the way you teach so please don't be discouraged! i really enjoyed this video :D
and it's okay to take your time making these videos, there is a lot of work in a tutorial video, even when drawing the art, it is going to be different when you have "making a guide" in mind compared to just drawing art. because you start thinking, what should i put in the video? which thought process should i include? not including the writing, drawing the art, trying to condense information, doing the voice overs, editing, adding visual cues, adding sfx, and the list goes on. that doesn't include the irl stuff that you have to do, so it's okay! it is worth the wait :D
I think that you did a really good job, keep up the amazing work!! ❤
Thank you Potato! You're so sweet!!!
I appreciate the feedback on the video because it really helps me out with what I can do to improve on the next one. You actually address my worries as well, so I'm also grateful for that.
On a side note, I actually wanted to feature more of my VTuber model in the video, but I had issues with greenscreens and the like :,D That's something I wanted to improve on, so your feedback pretty much confirms this Thank you again!
@@JueriHaan ah, I see! don't be afraid to ask around :D
I can't wait to see more of you in future videos, good luck!!
I was confused with the head things. For the green mask do we have to simply draw a green circle on the chin?? Or is it something else? Also I was wondering if you could make a video on how to shade the eyes, Skin, Hair, and the clothes. I need help with learning shading😅. Also your tutorial videos are great!! Thank you for it!!❤
Firstly, trust the process when making your model’s art. The art separation has so many things tucked away in the final psd that the final product may look a little crazy haha
To answer your question, you draw the green mask on its own separate layer. This green mask will be invisible in Live2D and it will make anything linked to it also invisible (it can be any color, but I chose green because it’s noticeable). We’ll use this mechanic to make parts of the face’s lineart invisible during head turns at the chin. You can honestly disregard this layer, but I included it in the tutorial because a lot of artists will have this as default nowadays.
Just a heads up, but the next video I plan to do will talk about growing as a VTuber. I did not intend to make too many art videos because there’s already so many amazing videos out there ☺️I only wanted to give people a basis for a start in their model. I might consider putting out shorts that cover some of the things in more depth but I can’t make any promises!
Thank you very much for the explanation!! ❤ I really appreciate it!! Thank you!!
great tutorial, but how did you do the heterochromia? my model im working on has similar eyes and i cant figure out how to keep both sides identical without keeping both eyes the same colour :/
Hiya! My own model that I'm working on has Heterochromia as well (pink + blue) and I did it by first painting the eyes w symmetrical ruler in blue and once I was happy with the render, I turned off sym. ruler and used color layers ("color" is a layer setting like multiply for example) on top of & merged them w the layers that were meant for the pink eye!
I can't understand a lot of stuff cuz i'm on Android and I'm separating them on ibis paint. I'm struggling my ass off rn but i'm gunna try my best
You can do it! As stated in the video, the layer management will be a bit more limited, so do your best to group larger chunks when you can
I’m having a hard time figuring out how to render the hair 😭 because it’s in so many separate layers how do you get lighting and shading all look so cohesive ! ❤
Hmm, it's a bit difficult to describe my thought process because my art style has its roots in painting. If you take the ball shading exercise, a lot of that rendering is done with that mindset of planning where areas of shadow and light would be next to each other. In the case of the general anime style, you don't use dramatic lighting. The lighting is more akin to a studio lighting like you would for formal pictures with lighting filling most areas. With that in mind, it's simpler to add shadows towards the back away from the camera and light up more of the center of objects. That's the best explanation I could come up with
Do you have any more information on how to use masks? Like when you mentioned using a mask on the head line-art to make it slightly disappear, it wasn't something I was familiar with... but I'd like to learn more!
If you're curious about the head lineart mask in live2d, I suggest taking a peek at this video tutorial: ruclips.net/video/p1MV6FauGz8/видео.html
Some other ways people have used the mask is also for stuff like hair highlights (x.com/sh1romichu/status/1650603687364927524 ), nose turns (twitter.com/anaiss_vt/status/1523680526527524865 ), and even transformation sequences using patterned masks (twitter.com/KkAllTheWayy/status/1739790247561695712 ). There are lots of things you can do with it creatively!
@@JueriHaan aaaa thank you so much!! I'll take a look over these C:
i wish i could use the template in krita or something,,
Yeah… 😢I wish there was a more universal way to give everyone the template. It definitely saves a lot of time
One of the biggest things I am struggling with is coloring it in. I have watched every video I could and it's just not clicking for me. How do I color everything nicely? Do the colors go on a separate layer? What absolutely needs to be a separate layer and what doesn't?
The lineart and color generally go together in one separation. I suggest simple base color and shading together in one layer (it doesn't have to be painted the way I did it in the video. That's my personal peference). The video shows the minimum of what needs to be separated, but you can separate more than what is shown in the video.
If you can imagine a paper puppet that is cut out, it will be bent and pushed out to give the illusion of 3D
the eye is so confusing when ur character has just simple oval eyes- how- how do i make it blink??
If you have ovals for eyes you can leave it like that. In the rigging program (Live2D), you can use the transform tool to collapse it into a blink. You can also draw a separate upper eyelid tucked away, so that appears only when you blink for your model.
can you do ibis paint next?
Even though I used CSP, you can follow the separation with your program of choice as long as you can export to PSD and turn on symmetry tool. Trust the process. The steps don’t have to be followed in an exact 1:1 in CSP to get a fully separated model at all.
One draw back with drawing apps is the layer limit. I told someone in another comment, but your best bet is to export the layers to your desktop program and slowly build it up that way (or draw a simpler separation). If at any point you’re confused about something, feel free to ask me.
hello how long would it take to finish design a bust/ torso (not full body model), thank you
Depends on the complexity of the model. For me personally, something simple can be about 15 hours.
thank you for answering, i love your work btw, mashallah ❤🤗