| pronoun.is | She/Her |
| Twitch | http://twitch.tv/LucyTheCrow/ |
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| Status | Tiiiiired |
I have begun to heavily consider just replacing all the intel computer parts in my desktop with AMD parts.
I think that would only amount to like the motherboard, and.... the CPU?? I CAN DO THIS, IT IS DOABLE, AND IT WILL BE A DEFINITE UPGRADE!!! O.O
But should I? Hhhhhhh.
I just wanna be able to be a better Virtual Streamer u ///u
I saw this fantastic CPU with 8 cores and even better processing power than I currently have, the tempation is real! ; ///;
https://twitch.tv/LucyTheCrow/
If yer interested, I've made my own virtual avatar, and I'll be drinkin, and playin Genshin Impact. It'll be fun, I promise! ♥
Mmmaybe see you there!
So 2 days back I was watching a streamer 3D modelling meshes in blender and wanted to try my hand at it.
It probably took me 10 times as long to make this than someone experienced, but I feel proud of what I've managed so far without having done a bunch of tutorial projects beforehand.
I had to look up how to do so many basic functions, but I got to this point after a day and then 40 min this morning 💜
I streamed me working in Live2D for 4 hours, and this is the progress I made.
From just the art textures to this. I feel like I've done a good job at giving her the illusion of 3 dimensions ^^
If you wish to see the results of the stream, it is at:
Currently, I have eye shaped holes in the skin layer, and underneath are the pupil and eyewhite layers. Which allows me to easily position the pupils wherever I so please.
But in the long run, this method isn't going to be easier for me to use within Live2D, so I've gotta update it to the way that'll make my animating quality of life multitudes smoother.
I keep on finding little things that need to be done before I can finish the art side of things ♥
Kinda fun still tho-
I added in some crow feathers along the collar of the clothing to get the crow motif of "Lucy the Crow" into the avatar, as well as doing a number of other small quality of life changes (extending lines, fixing small errors, etc).
But I just realized that although the eye layer setup is currently perfect for Clip Studio Paint or Photoshop etc... I gotta have an eyewhite layer on TOP of the skin layer which the pupil will clip to in Live2D in order for things to work proper
Anyway, the main benefit here with this avatar will be that I won't ever have to feel stressed about how good I look once I get back into streaming c:
Bedhead? Hah! No worries
No makeup? No problem ;)
Someone shy in background who doesn't wanna show up on stream video? No issues here!
Annnd, it's my own art that I'll be piloting. So it's just like, "fuck yes. I made that!" Kinda deal~
I am absolutely intending to use this as a moving stream avatar. It's gonna be great, if I can figure out importing it into some facial capture software I've got.
My main goal is that with this avatar, I want to add in hair physics, which I didn't do with the last one (just ended up hard animating gravity into the head tilts which made it feel very static/stiff and sans the feel of inertia).
Halfway into making art in order to rig it for facial mo-cap in Live2D & I realized it was gonna be a lot more work than I remembered it!
Below is what I did abt 2 days ago, progressed lots since
Now I've got the hair basically ready, segmented into front, left, & right bangs, & main hair. Got the eyes ready for open and shut but still gotta add in a half shut version, & making good versions of all mouth positions, etc.
Suffice to say it's fun af to try and problem solve this project mine.
Me: I should grow out my hair longer once more~
Also me: what if I cut my hair short again and/or reshave my side/under-cut *.*
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