What was the biggest mistake I Made as a Vtuber?
The biggest mistake I made as a vtuber is just becoming a vtuber.
And no this isn’t a joke nor is it clickbait.
It’s actually just that simple.
Here, let me explain a little.
When I first found out about Vtubing, I literally did zero research on it
other than figuring out what program I needed to make my own vtuber
model, how to load it on my OBS, and then how to track it to my webcam.
I think I just slapped together some random free presets I found on booth.
I didn’t have any big fancy debut.
I pretty much spent an hour making my model and then I put
“Vtuber debut” in my twitch title and just started streaming Outlast.
I literally put zero effort into making my vtuber model
because I was just so excited to start vtubing
and like that’s perfectly fine to do so when you’re first starting out.
Like, It got my foot in the door,
but looking back at everything I’ve done so far as a vtuber. . .
I kinda wish I put more time and effort into thinking more
about my character concept and the content I wanted to make as a vtuber.
Like, it’s totally okay to want to make your vtuber model
based off of how you look IRL and there are tons of successful vtubers
who have done exactly that, but even with that they still exaggerate
something about their model that makes it a lot more appealing.
And just, I dunno, I’ve always struggled with character design.
And after doing this for a few years, I have realized how important
it is to have a really compelling character design for your vtuber.
Like, look at this Fuzzy socks with a baby doll and shorts.
What was I thinking??
And oh ya not only did I come up with a terrible character design,
but the artist who worked on this model did some really weird things to my art.
and when you combine all of that with my top tier rigging skills
that I totally didn’t learn from a single youtube video to do, Well, you get this.
Yeah that was pretty bad, but not as bad as this segway
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You know, looking at all of my vtuber designs
I have asked my chat which one is their favorite
and still to this day they say it’s this design.
And I kept asking myself why.
WHY DOES EVERYONE LIKE THE PINK WOMEN and it dawned on me the other day
in my stream when someone said that her design is very eye-catching
and then when I asked chat about my design I got this response.
and I DONT LOOK LIKE AN NPC-
You know something, I never
realized how hard it is to come up with a good character concept.
I have spent so much money on these models and I'm
honestly not happy with how any of them look because my chat was right.
Pm chan’s outfit looks so much better than my outfits
and I DIDNT EVEN DRAW HER BOOBA ON IT PROPERLY.
But I realized that the actual design and color
scheme of her outfit really fits well compared to mine ya know?
which kind of bums me out to some extent.
But when I really think about its core values, it kind of makes sense.
Even though I don't want to admit that PM-chan is better than me,
I think I make up for it with my charming personality personally.
Like I said, having a compelling character concept is something
that I really should have focused on because just becoming a vtuber
without really putting in any thought about what being a VTuber meant
or having any clear direction in what I wanted to do for VTubing
is something that’s been holding me back for the past three years. now.
Like I’m not perfect and neither is any of the content I make.
Like a lot of my videos on this channel are garbage and I’m
still trying to figure out what direction I want to go as a content creator.
I really love being a vtuber and I have a few different ideas
for some of my content, but everyone has their own different ideal dream girl
and I want this channel to be able to give you that kind of experience.
So let me know down in the comments below what your thoughts are
and what kind of content you really enjoy seeing on this channel.
I was really happy to answer this question that I saw a couple of people
asking in the comments, and I was thinking about making this into kind of like
a little video series, maybe kind of like a not so much of an AMA,
but maybe like a AMY, you know, for ask Mari Yume.
So let me know down below in the comments about what your thoughts are
and what kind of content you really enjoy seeing on this channel.
Thanks so much for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.
Oyasumi~!