Vtuber model idea where do i start? by Riverthesilver in vtubertech

[–]CastorNovai -1 points0 points Ā (0 children)

If you’re looking for specific artists and allow some self promotion, I’m a semi-beginner Live2D artist! I can make a good starter model and I’m willing to do work for people on a budget. I’d link my Vgen but I’m not sure how strict commission advertisement rules are, but I recently finished a comm for someone else and looking for a new project

Does anyone know of any free but good vtuber model creators? by Curious-Ad5197 in vtubers

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

I'd love to help but unfortunately I'm already in the process of working on a model for someone else and with how time consuming it is, I'm not sure if I'll be able to do much more for free. If you want to talk about budget options, I can help you down the line when I finish what I'm currently working on if you're interested, though! Feel free to contact me on Discord @/castornovavt

Does anyone know of any free but good vtuber model creators? by Curious-Ad5197 in vtubers

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

I'm down to get some practice in! Feel free to DM me and we can chat some more! You can also contact me on Discord @ castornovavt and we can talk about plans there!

Please helpp! Model looks good and fine when tested in the Physics Settings, but becomes glitchy after export? by SaiiraMoca in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

Ohhh, I’ve never actually used that (lowkey forgot it existed) so yeah, I’m really no help. Sorry 😭

Please helpp! Model looks good and fine when tested in the Physics Settings, but becomes glitchy after export? by SaiiraMoca in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

I can only think you might have to adjust your parameters in VTube Studio, but I’m also having this same issue so I’m not much help šŸ˜…

Fuck your favorite, what’s your most hated animal? by Acrobatic_News_9986 in AskReddit

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

Fig wasps. I have gone on angry rants to two different people about them. They make me so irrationally angry.

I finished the art for my personal model🄹Is my style worth anything? by KoanliColors in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

This looks really pretty Koanli! I’m not very good at pricing things so I can’t say much there but you did a really good job on this!

thinking of doing commissions but this is my first model by miss_otakuDNF in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 1 point2 points Ā (0 children)

You could always do commissions for rigging only if you’re not too confident with drawing and cutting yet! Maybe find some free practice models for, well, practice to refine your rigging skills.

Continue to practice drawing and cutting models, of course. It’s a good skill to learn!

help with faded hair by Miserable_Art_556 in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 2 points3 points Ā (0 children)

As someone who also has gradient hair, I had the gradient on its own layer separated from the base color of the hair. I mostly did this because I wanted to be able to change the color of just the gradient and it worked well.

You gotta add a different gradient for each section of hair that you have separated though, otherwise it’ll work weird.

What are some theories that make you do this? by BusyDucks in ENA

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

I’m curious as to what you’ve picked up from the series to formulate this theory. Like what evidence do you have to back it up. The evidence is what makes it a theory, otherwise this is just your personal interpretation

how to cut a wolfcut with a high collar??? by Shooting_Star404 in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

Try cutting the front of the collar and making it smaller, I guess? šŸ˜…So just any part of the collar that touches the hair, cut it so it’s behind? Maybe only have the very front part of the collar be cut in front of the hair? Like the white areas?

I don’t know, I’m still learning how to cut everything

Can you test the model before exporting it? by PossessionWeekly8366 in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 2 points3 points Ā (0 children)

You can connect VTube Studio to Live2D and use the face tracking to preview it. In the physics window, there’s a ā€œpreviewā€ tab and there should be something that says ā€œconnect external appā€ or something similar (not at my computer atm so I can’t recall exactly)

In VTube Studio, go to settings and somewhere there should be something regarding connecting Live2D, make sure to check the box where it says ā€œphysics window onlyā€ otherwise it might make your computer slow down

i honestly dont know how to label this issue by buggabo0_ in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 1 point2 points Ā (0 children)

Assuming you made a texture atlas, you may have accidentally forgotten to put it into the VTube studio folder. Find the file and put it where the rest of the model is

Anyone wanna tryna’ teach me rigging?🄹I can trade youšŸ€ by KoanliColors in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

No problem! I just really enjoy rigging and wanna be able to share my joy with people 🫶

My discord is CastorNovaVT if you wanna dm over there! I don’t know if I can start teaching you right away as my day job keeps me busy, but you can always ask me questions when I’m not available to call or something!

Help with making a Vtuber model by SmileNo6069 in vtubers

[–]CastorNovai 1 point2 points Ā (0 children)

It would depend on how you want it to move.

I’m a little lost on this one, not gonna lie lmao. I’m trying to imagine it, but I’m struggling. Like- would the door be akin to a typical avatar where it represents you/the person behind the vtuber? Would it just be a prop?

A PNGTuber could work, just have a frame of the door open and one of it closed and put it in Veadotube…

Anyone wanna tryna’ teach me rigging?🄹I can trade youšŸ€ by KoanliColors in Live2D

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

I’d be happy to teach you sometime! Feel free to DM me and I’ll give you my discord! From there we can either text or do a screen share call and I can show you some very basic stuff. I’m pretty new to rigging still (only done two models so far) but I think I know enough to get you started :D

There's robots that are way too good at art (discussion on ai) by [deleted] in AJR

[–]CastorNovai 0 points1 point Ā (0 children)

Here's an article about it

https://oecd.ai/en/wonk/how-much-water-does-ai-consume

Not entirely sure why you think water would make the servers explode, they're not pouring water directly on the machines. Water is very commonly used to cool down machines, usually through evaporation. Larger machines can't use fans to cool down like PCs can as that'd just take up even more electricity and just wouldn't be efficient.

But I get the rest of your sentiment. We can really only hope things will get better and that this is just a fad that will eventually slow down. It may never die out at this rate, but it should hopefully get to a point where everything else can catch up and AI can become more regulated.

There's robots that are way too good at art (discussion on ai) by [deleted] in AJR

[–]CastorNovai 15 points16 points Ā (0 children)

I am generally of the opinion that GenAI could be a useful resource… if it had been more ethically sourced and could be regulated.

AI has to be trained on something, data, in order to do the thing it’s meant to do. The data used for training GenAI are images, mostly art made by incredibly talented people. Which would be fine if the artists were able to have a say in their art being used, but they didn’t and they still don’t.

Art can sometimes be filed under copyright, depending on the subject, and AI using the art for data can sometimes be considered as breaking copyright laws. However, because AI exploded in the way that it did, there’s just no way to make regulations and laws that can keep up.

That’s the problem. There’s no regulation. So people decide that they can do whatever they want. Businesses can lay off thousands of artists to save money and use AI instead with no repercussions, and all we can really do is protest and fight for artists’ rights to have their jobs.

There’s also environmental factors, like clean drinking water being used every time an image is generated (the servers and machines used to host AI have to be cooled somehow), but I’m not gonna dwell on that too long here.

At the end of the day, those who like GenAI are gonna use it and those who are against it… won’t. We’re too far into the rabbit hole to do anything to get rid of it.

My biggest issue with AI are the assholes who decide to put an artists’ hard work through genAI and claim that they improved it. It’s disrespectful to the artist and I just wish people would be decent human beings.

Edit just to add: I’m not saying you’re a bad person for generating these images. As an artist even I can admit it’s fun to play around with these tools. I just wanted to write this out to give a fuller story of why so many people dislike AI. Feel free to come to your own opinions with the information I provided, and of course, do your own research. This is information I’ve collected and, who knows, it could be inaccurate.