How to Make a 3D VTuber Avatar From Scratch, Part 2: Modeling

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Part 2 of a series in which I guide you through the overall process of creating a 3D virtual avatar starting from nothing for use in VRM applications and VRChat, using Blender and Unity. In this video we address the task of actually modeling the thing, and I try my best to give as many tips and pieces of advice as I can to help you on your arduous journey.
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0:00 Intro to 3D Software
1:04 Adding Reference Images
7:14 Object vs. Edit mode
10:54 From Cube, We Are Birthed
18:26 Subdivision Surface Modifier
20:51 Additional Demonstrations of Blender Functions
26:17 Hold on There, Bucko
28:29 Properly Positioned Edges
31:25 Tricked Ya, I'm Dumb, Go Watch These Instead
32:58 Basic Start-to-Finish Modeling Walkthrough
34:30 In-Depth Series on Modeling Characters the Right Way
36:14 Additional Things I Had to Figure Out on My Own
36:52 What We're Aiming For
38:24 Clothes
41:33 Funky Knuckies
42:44 Anime-Style Eyes
45:29 the h a i r
54:00 Asymmetrical Meshes
55:20 Clothing Folds
58:31 SAVING: Destructive Processes and How to Not Ruin Your Life
1:02:58 SAVING: Ctrl+S You Stupid Idiot
1:03:59 Extrusion Canceling
1:04:28 When to Move Things in Object Mode
1:05:07 Geometry Economy
1:05:34 Good Luck
#vtuber #tutorial #blender
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@greggatesjr1301 3 жыл бұрын

“If you’re a normal person...” “If you’re an American however...” 😂🤣😂🤣

@bobbathy7464 3 жыл бұрын

Proceeds opening up another tab in chrome

@weeb_5724 3 жыл бұрын

damn you guys are slandering yourselfs 😂

@shiotenshi2304 3 жыл бұрын

i didnt even notice wow

@sven9900 3 жыл бұрын

oh god. he a vary tall femboy

@MrDuckDrawz 3 жыл бұрын

RIGHT

@vanlith520 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else read those iteration file names? "fuckin with colours" "now i unwrappy clothe" "how the fuck" "ear rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrotate" "maybe this is fine" "dont make me go through this whole damn process blend" . . This is so unbelievably accurate

@airustotle8299 3 жыл бұрын

Digital artist trying to learn how to make vtuber models as well and gotta say this was literally the most informative and fun tutorial ever. You seriously have a knack for teaching. Im doubly impressed and I hope you know

@makorays 3 жыл бұрын

thank you!!

@dariya1873 3 жыл бұрын

As a digital artist, would love to do this if my laptop could handle it

@Breadaronie 3 жыл бұрын

@@dariya1873rip

@VR4vsR1 3 жыл бұрын

I have no skill with computers or art… I will attempt to take all of this and go ham on the weekend… there will be blood there will be pain and suffering. Wish me luck. If it goes well I can officially say this is an incredible teacher

@VR4vsR1 3 жыл бұрын

To honor that comment I will not watch a single other video on modeling or tutorials.

@puyomsprimpt3447 3 жыл бұрын

"from cube we are birthed" caught me off guard lmao

@SpringySpring04 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@ishanscjijfhd1086 2 жыл бұрын

🤣

@paolaanimator 2 жыл бұрын

Love that label cause it's true lol

@Jestermancer 2 жыл бұрын

FROM POLYGONS WE RISE

@thefrickerofyourmother869 3 жыл бұрын

im sorry, when i first saw your avatar's behind in full view i literally choked on my drink. It never stops catching me offguard

@squeenixu 3 жыл бұрын

D U M P T R U C K

@Mr._Blackjack 2 жыл бұрын

@@squeenixu fr

@thevenatorproject7269 2 жыл бұрын

"Interesting geometry"

@naomidel7187 3 жыл бұрын

I'm literally never gonna use this, just listened because your voice is soothing.

@freckledcatcreations 3 жыл бұрын

Dang, the accuracy at which your avatar's mouth moves when you talk and makes every shape is GOOD. I look forward to learning how to do that!!!!

@iiArixae 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, didn’t expect to see you here! Love your videos btw, helped me make my first fur suit head!

@freckledcatcreations 3 жыл бұрын

@@iiArixae omg thank you so much for watching them!!!!! i'm excited to make furry vtuber/vrchat models in the future as commissions :3c

@aIchemizedlemniscate 2 жыл бұрын

:o its freckled cat creations

@freckledcatcreations 2 жыл бұрын

@@aIchemizedlemniscate hi hi!

@alwaysyouramanda 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure all of you who make your own avatars from scratch like this understand just how god-level you are. 😭🎊🔥

@Alexa-be4sk 3 жыл бұрын

fr I just use vroid like the trash i am😭 😭 😭

@aesthetic_aki2220 3 жыл бұрын

I take hours to make my vroid characters, using vroid isn’t trash 😭😭😭

@maddie-xk2uv 3 жыл бұрын

@@aesthetic_aki2220 i use vroid too but it kinda felt slightly limited in my opinion so here i am..

@aesthetic_aki2220 3 жыл бұрын

If u erase some stuff than it erases on the thing itsel too, I feel unlimited if vroid in my opinon ^^

@TwistersClip 3 жыл бұрын

Welp, this is gonna take me a while to learn

@MrDiesel237 3 жыл бұрын

Between the highly informative and easy to understand tutorial, the relaxed piano music, and your exasperated, "I'm so done with this" tone of voice, I'm absolutely enamored.

@claudia4578 3 жыл бұрын

I'd have such good grades if all my classes were given by a cute catboy.

@bdot2.tacttt 3 жыл бұрын

It's a they

@Alexa-be4sk 3 жыл бұрын

@@bdot2.tacttt how do you neutralize "catboy"? as in gender neutralize, please do not abolish all cat boys

@exceptionallyriso 3 жыл бұрын

@@Alexa-be4sk I read somewhere people call it Nyan-binary

@Alexa-be4sk 3 жыл бұрын

@@exceptionallyriso I love this

@roamspida4951 3 жыл бұрын

@@exceptionallyriso this joke haunts me, PM seymour, actual Tumblr, not even comments are safe

@Quirkney 3 жыл бұрын

Your video is the best I’ve found on making a VRM and blender in general. Thanks for being to the point while including all the details someone ACTUALLY needs. No convoluted “learn X feature with no context”...

@makorays 3 жыл бұрын

that was the idea, you're welcome!

@projectalpha22_va 3 жыл бұрын

I came here looking for specifically how to make hair, and the answer you gave was refreshingly honest. "Here's these two tutorials you've probably already seen, I did the second one but I have no idea if that was the correct choice, may god have mercy on your soul." Refreshingly honest, I'll give you that! XD

@mass.4397 3 жыл бұрын

this is legit a better blender tutorial than most other stuff out there, even if you dont want to make an avatar this goes straight to the point and explains the basics pretty well lmao epic work gamer

@NatJuno 3 жыл бұрын

Youre a legend dude you're incredible

@olifant6919 3 жыл бұрын

Simp

@parkerc3 3 жыл бұрын

@@olifant6919 bruh do you know what simp means

@cherricake1796 3 жыл бұрын

@@parkerc3 well clearly you don't.... Bitch😎

@parkerc3 3 жыл бұрын

@@cherricake1796 bro what

@marceletta 2 жыл бұрын

@@cherricake1796 how

@Pepumu 2 жыл бұрын

This was supposed to be a vtuber avatar video and it ended up being EVERYTHING you need to know when starting blender. Amazing job.

@SnaxMang 3 жыл бұрын

21:47 He looked away right when my dog barked. Same direction too lmao.

@makorays 3 жыл бұрын

the mystery is solved

@SnaxMang 3 жыл бұрын

@@makorays lives within the walls.

@tankdesu7077 3 жыл бұрын

This is genuinely good advice, I’ve always wanted to get into 3D modelling, and this has given me a decent amount of knowledge to actually go ahead with it, with those tutorials added (Yea, those tutorials where needed, before I went mad.) So thanks a lot Mr Ray, this has helped a lot.

@ussamabinnaveed Жыл бұрын

As someone new to blender but not necessarily new to 3D I found the following parts very helpful 09:00 Object mode rotation translation and scale should be set to zero. To make these changes stick to edit mode. This is because in object mode your point of origin will move with the object. In most cases you need the origin of the object to be at zero. 11:00 edit mode. Press 1, 2 or 3 to loop between vertex, edge and face selection. Ctrl R-create an edge loop 12:00 enable clipping for mirror modifiers 12:20 go to view to decrease clipping distance 12:30 press delete on numpad or 0 to recenter camera 13:00 to align two vertices-press S to scale and X to fix it in the X axis and then press 0 15:00 edge slide to move an edge loop along normal. Alt select to select entire edge loop 16:00 dissolve edges rather than deleting them as deleting them would remove the entire face of the edge. 21:00 press k for cut / knife tool. To make the cut for the neck 24:00 Alt S - scale along normal 24:30 reduce sizes of edges to half 25:00 Alt mouse wheel- increase and decrease falloff while editing 27:00 Shift s- cursor to selected-changed origin to 3D cursor 43:00 Ctrl l-select everything physically connected 48:00 To merge different meshes their modifiers must be the same 58:00 save a new file whenever you want to do anything destructive 59:00 modifiers cannot be applied to models with shape keys 1:00:00 if you want to undo extrusion undo it twice to remove the extrusion 1:03:00 apply all transforms in object mode if you’ve edited them in edit mode so origin point is back at zero

@0THELLOV0NRY4N 3 жыл бұрын

this was a very difficult process for me, I just started blender for this, ive done fairly decent but at the same time this progress of making a 3d model personally wanted to make me cry, but I'm happy with the end result

@Fluff 2 жыл бұрын

this is actually a really good 'get the basics of blender' tutorial, im not even interested in making a vtuber model, but i have always had a mild interest for 3d modeling so ive been sitting here for like 30 minutes its great

@ninicookie6300 3 жыл бұрын

some tips of things im noticing: - using a cylinder as the base primitive to model the body off of helps a lot having a more organic shape from the beginning, i usually spawn a cylinder with 12 vertices around it to start a model off with - for topology in general: triangles don't hurt you and won't actually mess anything up technically with the model, the only reason artists fear triangles is because they can mess with the LOOPS, so while editing, the loops will be affected if there is a triangle somewhere, but if you know how to work with or around that, triangles don't really hurt the mesh cause when the model is exported it gets triangulated anyway

@SilentTownOfEchoes 3 жыл бұрын

I like how his personality matches his character

@mr_milquetoast2221 3 жыл бұрын

honestly, I started watching this series bc you were recommended and your avatar gave me gender envy But this is actually pretty interesting stuff, and I typically don't care about computers or 3D modeling

@cheesedoots5032 2 жыл бұрын

I literally have learned more in 2 videos of yours than 2 years of art school wherein a teacher failed me from her 3d modeling class because she taught for 4 hours straight and wouldn't let any of us ask for her to slow down and ask questions. This is literally a god send and I might have cried a little when you mentioned how hard some of this can be bc yeah!! It is!!! 😭😭😭😭 thank you so much for being really thorough and helpful!

@makorays 2 жыл бұрын

aw i'm glad c: i hope to be a good teacher for people

@RRios0027 3 жыл бұрын

god i feel like hypnotized by this. a droopy emo looking cat person is teaching me how to do 3d model and i feel...mesmerized by it for some reason. good job fella also, "Cubular" just killed me

@StaticWyvern 3 жыл бұрын

I've been wandering in the rabbit hole of avatar creation for a little while, and you my friend are probably the most emotive Vtuber I've seen so far, well met!

@camerons.8322 3 жыл бұрын

Watching you scroll through all your hilariously named saved iterations over the course of 3 months is surprisingly entertaining, yet reassuring that modeling takes time.

@morguepup 3 жыл бұрын

after seeing this, i got inspired and wanted to try making a model again. I've got the base mesh done now! looking forward to the other videos :D

@stevecates4298 3 жыл бұрын

I've been messing around with 3d modeling off and on for awhile and this is honestly top teir for basics, you did an amazing job keep up the great work

@galactic_studio09 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, thank you for existing. I've been wanting to learn 3d animation and stuff for quite a while and the tutorials I'd watch would never really help. But this is easy to understand and helps me learn things that were never explained. You even use the same version of blender as me!

@poptartzgaming5545 3 жыл бұрын

This series is literally saving my life bless you sleepy catboy

@TwistersClip 3 жыл бұрын

I've been looking for a tutorial for hours on how to create your own avatar from scratch and I finally found it. Great video.

@nrppl 2 жыл бұрын

This a genuinely amazing tutorial. I’ve been modelling for a year now, but in 1 hour I’ve learnt so much.

@sleepytealeafs 3 жыл бұрын

I love your avatar design and I love how well your voice fits it (as well as how absolutely done with the world you sound, it's amazing) Great tutorial series, I've learned so much :) thank you!

@greggatesjr1301 3 жыл бұрын

Love how informative, specific, and on point your tutorials are! Thank you from a blender newb who wants to learn.

@FluXxxie 3 жыл бұрын

wow so much worth the wait!! absolutely thank you for making it so detailed!

@firemouse8396 3 жыл бұрын

you literally explain a whole course of modifier shortcuts and blender tools while showing how everything works you are god :0

@gonderage 3 жыл бұрын

Recommended Dikko, let's gooooo. Watched his series and stayed up all night waiting for each tutorial.

@D3niz3n 3 жыл бұрын

This is the easiest to understand blender tutorial I've ever seen. You made it so simple to process, and arguably fun to watch/listen to-thanks!

@caffeinatedteddy2110 3 жыл бұрын

38:18 it's a lot easier to learn from someone with the same maturity level as mine

@mcswaggerduff8946 2 жыл бұрын

as someone going to school for 3d animation I can say that your videos are much more informative than any instructor I've had so far

@MUNKewa 2 жыл бұрын

ive been figuring out how to get into youtubing and just found out about vtubing this tutorial is definetly gonna help me out a ton since i dont wanna use a webcam. so id like you to thank you for helping out so many people eith this series and i appreciate you a TON keep going!!

@kyuuketsukikun420 3 жыл бұрын

You deserve WAY more views. Within 15 minutes you explained more than I learned from 4 hrs of google searching.

@PhantasmPiper 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly? You're a damn good teacher and your explanations into the start of the blender program is good for us beginners. I am normally a sketch artist

@angelmancrybaby 3 жыл бұрын

oh my, I think you're so underrated!! to be honest you have the most unique and the prettiest model of all vtubers I've seen and of course the cuttest femboy voice ever can't wait for the next part even if I'm never gonna use this in practice

@makorays 3 жыл бұрын

:O thank you very much!

@LoverOfManTits 2 жыл бұрын

Best tutorial I've seen on this and easiest to follow IMHO. Love how yours came out btw.

@badashphilosophy9533 Ай бұрын

this is the best modeling tuiorial ive found on blender yet, mainly coz no one covers the basics they just assume u already are familiar. thanks for starting from the beginning of opening the software for the first time i nneeded that

@firebirb6726 2 жыл бұрын

This is so in depth without bullshit, I'm not even following along and it feels understandable. Thank you for this!

@yosgang420 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SM. THIS IS WAY MORE HELPFULL THEN THE OTHER ON I WAS WATCHING, THIS ONE ACTUALLY SHOWS THE BUTTONS I NEED TO HIT AND IS SO BETTER

@mr.zoneout8629 2 жыл бұрын

I’m frankly new to blender and 3d modeling, my first ever model was a dragon I made years ago which I never touched again. This video really really helped me out. Out of every video I watched this series(?) by far is my favorite and most beneficial. Both entertaining and very helpful.

@vacantspace333 2 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the most comprehensive character modeling tutorials out here on YT.

@anxiouspanda2402 6 ай бұрын

I’m in the clouds rn watching this and it makes sense and I’m learning so much. Gonna need to rewatch later for full comprehension but holy shit dude this is amazing

@richarddrawsstuff2728 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my god dude. You are the best. Ill check this series out when i want to create my character.

@HiWill0309 Жыл бұрын

this tutorial is insane, i havent even started but ive learnt more in the first 20 minutes that i wish i had learnt half a year ago ish when i started 3d stuff damn!

@Dio...Brando 2 жыл бұрын

I, Dio Brando, am learning more from this video than I have learned over the hundreds of videos on this site. Thank you for creating this perfect aid for three dimensional creators

@Beneficialzombie777 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely the best guide ive seen for this sort of thing, thank you so much for this gem of knowledge

@crackerbarrel670 3 жыл бұрын

this series is so incredibly helpful THANK UUUU

@Oppaiko666 2 жыл бұрын

Much thanks for this vid, and mad respect for being vulnerable and forthright about yourself in front of an audience…especially an Internet audience! Much love!

@hiradmohebi8207 2 жыл бұрын

So Passionate and tired at the same time, truly amazing. Super fun and helpful vid btw

@jamesmitchell7707 3 жыл бұрын

I literally went to school for animation and game design, but I got burned out on it, and it's been a few years since I've touched any 3D software. This was a great refresher.

@MrSnekArts 3 жыл бұрын

This video series is a blessing

@BreadAB 2 жыл бұрын

Omg thank you so fking much, I've been struggling to do anything on this god forsaken application and its thousands of buttons (I'm totally new to any 3d modeling software). Your tutorial was fun to watch, funny, and you got to the point relatively quickly, I had a blast following along with you. tysm!

@jmercado101 2 жыл бұрын

Your teachings are great! This translates very well with production design software like Fusion 360 and SolidWorks. I'm genuinely invested. Thank you!!!

@WolfgangRhys 2 жыл бұрын

This tutorial is actually really great! Well done!

@elainajourney Жыл бұрын

This is the best 3d modeling video I've seen! I've done so many tutorials and bought classes on Udemy but nothing has ever clicked like this has! Thank you so much Mako!!!

@makorays Жыл бұрын

ah you're very welcome, that's great to hear!

@skytiburon3955 3 жыл бұрын

This tutorial is honestly amazing, thank you!

@PileofKyle 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! Tutorials don’t get much better then this.

@dhaburuk6494 Жыл бұрын

This is a working-man tutorial - gets the job done, no more, no less. Dare I say, you've been the change that you wished to see, and made the world a better place.

@makorays Жыл бұрын

:D!

@paperpoppy 3 жыл бұрын

First tutorial to grab my attention!! Youre super good at teaching for sure :D

@InaAkuma 2 жыл бұрын

this is very detailed, compared to some of the tutorials where people just say, ah yes do this "whatever they did" while you'd just have to know what buttons they hit. i could definetly use this to make a models for some characters, thank you

@Caktoz 3 жыл бұрын

Im glad I found this video it really helped me understand Blender better and how to actually create models in it, I tried using VRstudio but its just so limited, thank you for explaining all of this to me like im 5 i really needed that

@BunnyOfThunder 2 жыл бұрын

I love the rapid fire tips. The example of taking 17 minutes to learn multiselect is such a common and terrible experience with tutorials. Thank you!

@booorue4876 3 жыл бұрын

How are they such a genius- Like knowing how to use Blender is truly top tier.

@scribblecloud 2 жыл бұрын

this is somehow the best and only blender tutorial ive managed to understand so far

@honeyglitch4979 3 жыл бұрын

"i recommend watching the entire series before starting" *me with my half finished torso* 👁👄👁

@watashiwhyareyouhere 2 жыл бұрын

i don't think thats a issue, actually time saving

@watashiwhyareyouhere 2 жыл бұрын

don't restart pls don't pls don't

@Jestermancer 2 жыл бұрын

Me with my head

@xforeverplay 2 жыл бұрын

great series, been looking to get into 3d avatar making. will have to no life one of these days and follow your steps.

@Melonlonmonies 3 жыл бұрын

You are the true homemade guide to 2d to 3d character creation.

@xyzxyz9107 7 ай бұрын

Did the donut tutorial and then moved onto this. You have been super helpful! Got my whole naked body now except for the head. Kinda procrastinating doing the head. I am sure I have some terrible issues but we will see, its looking good so far.

@NicoHannes 3 жыл бұрын

First of all, thanks for the rapid fire in the beginning. I wish more guides would be this fast paced. And if it takes nothing else away from this video except "we all have our vices" it is fine ^^

@annonimouse8131 3 жыл бұрын

i love the technical terminology

@Fennekku 3 жыл бұрын

thx a lot for existing, great help. youre almost my favorites catboy now ty ty

@AbrahmEden Жыл бұрын

Hey the part around 34:00 really speaks to exactly what my concerns are and I appreciate this series a lot. I would rather learn about my intrinsic goals and make progress from there, and I greatly appreciate this kind of down-to-earth talk and treating the viewer like they have intelligence even if they're a neophyte. Thank you.

@Vilverna 2 жыл бұрын

you speak my language. this is the best tutorial I could've asked for to get into Blender

@brightwanderings 2 жыл бұрын

Started watching for the vtube modelling tips, have continued out of sheer solidarity for the journey through Blender character modelling. I may have laughed out loud when you got to the shape keys/modifiers bit because oh god I had the exact same moment!

@simonhebert4089 3 ай бұрын

Not only this video is informative, but really entertaining!! I'm looking forward to making my own little avatar with Blender, and I do understand the tech difficulties TvT

@raiza3363 7 ай бұрын

I love the way you say funny things with a straight face

@samdwich_eater.mp.4101 3 жыл бұрын

*a gigantic amount of polygon combined with a flawless rigging*

@discodinosaur1313 2 жыл бұрын

*Me take furious notes for tackling my first model* This is a great video and I'm happy I can come back to this when I am going to struggling with making my own model XD

@Grayard 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much buddy 😊👌 your exp and advices are really valuable 😉 I wish you a comfy day

@kimiloid Жыл бұрын

I'm not new to 3D modelings but i am new to blender and it has a lot more features then what im used to. this is soooo helpful!

@LoneKuroRaifu Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Love your style :D

@noot1857 3 жыл бұрын

Oh hey, for your knuckle problem I suggest using the smoothing sculpt tool in sculpt mode. You can set the radius small, the strength very low, then just click a few times on the sides of the knuckle bumps to round them out a bit. Hope that helps!

@naomilazarus 3 жыл бұрын

The comedy is so spaced and so casual and it just makes it funnier-

@idofx8722 3 жыл бұрын

Well this is going to be a fun story to tell people. Learning how to 3D model at 1 in the morning. Upfront, easy to understand, and some appropriately used profanity, makes objectively a good video.

@Almadeia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great tutorials! It makes me feel braver to try 3Ding someday!

@TimesChu 3 жыл бұрын

You're the first person to actually explain all this in a way that I can both understand AND isn't boring. Thoth surely blesses you for your gift of arcane knowledge. (

@Graemecrakerz Жыл бұрын

Literally my first time using blender and this video has made learning it so easy(so far)! I then looked at other blender how to vids, and.... whelp. let's just stick to yours and your recommendations! Aaand as an added bonus: seeing you edit your avatar file while you use it in your camera overlay is both incredibly helpful and motivating! Thank you!

@makorays Жыл бұрын

i am happy to be palatable

@Graemecrakerz Жыл бұрын

@Mako Ray Appreciated, helpful, and stimulating! Palatable? 38:19. Msg me anytime 😊