How I Learned Live2D Cubism in a Week

ni hallo! I'm Shizuka Dia and decided to share the process and resources I used to do Live2D. In the future if people ask "How'd you learn Live2D?" I want to say more than "just practice." This is my experience as an artist who's new to the program so everyone's journey may be different. Big thank you to everyone who posted Live2D tutorials specifically for Vtubers. I wouldn't have been motivated without you!

#Live2D #Vtuber #ENVtuber

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Video: #DiaWatching
Artwork: #LettertoKunlun

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[BASIC LIVE2D]
Brian Tsui's Introduction to Live2D Series

[CUTTING]
Yueko’s “How to cut Vtubers for Live2d rigging Tutorial!”

__himey's cutting guide

HamuAria's cutting guide

[RIGGING]
Brian Tsui's Chai work flow

Kira Omori’s ”How to Make Your Own Vtuber Live2D Model for Beginners Part 1”

Kappako’s “How to rig your Vtuber model with Live2D”

Siege YT’s “Basic Rigging | LIVE2D TUTORIAL (Part 2)”

Rafael De Canicus Ch.’s “How to use the GLUE TOOL in Live2D”

Kira Omori’s “VTuber Model Mouth Rigging Tutorial”

Enma Akatsuki’s “[Live2D Tutorial] Ep 4 - Standard Face I : Eyes”

Kira Omori's "NEW Live2D Physics tutorial + how to rig hair & breast [2D VTuber Model]"

[VTUBE STUDIO SETTINGS]
ariru’s “Vtube studio settings”

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Kotatsu base by furuya_mari (edited by me)

Images and objects used

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[Apulsauce]

I've been rigging for years now and I had no idea you can clip to several layers by putting a comma between the mesh names. I feel really dumb, also thanks a bunch!

[Lemondude]

“Strap in it’s gonna be a long one”










15 minutes

[novikovPrinciple]

Thank you for putting this out. I'm not really planning on doing L2D rigging, but I always appreciate the opportunity to better understand all the background work that goes into this!

[Ari-essc]

thank u for making this omg, , , as sm1 whos thinking of learning to rig, its nice to see a realistic explanation of what goes on...! cus the normal tutorials they already have a base knowledge so they dont explain as much, , , so this is really helpful!! also your art is really good and you character is so cute....! also your nihaolo is so cute i was happy when i heard it, (do you speak chinese....?) looking forward to see what else u put out!!! jiayou!!!

[muragarasu]

Cute video, and such a soothing voice! I was learning live2D a few weeks ago, had to restart SO many times, its fun but man it has a way of making you feel like you've accomplished nothing in a day haha

[kattphloxworthych]

I'd probably use "pitch-roll-yaw" for the rotational axes, knowing aerospace terminology. Head fore-and-aft is pitch, shoulder-to-shoulder tilt is roll, and rotation about the neck is yaw.

I'm going to check with my artist to see if I can get what was needed to create my current model and try a rerig myself to see how well this could work.

I find this to be helpful. Thanks for making this! <3

[iclaimthisname]

Thank you so much for including how long everything took for you. I'm considering to learn live2d for a school assignment, but if I want to do that I have to add an estimation of how long each part will take me.
It's also really nice to see the perspective of someone who's learning (as opposed to the pros who already know the ins and outs of the process)

[MrAwesomeBart]

Thank you very much. I am starting the journey myself and prospect of learning for months was a little overwhelming. Seeing it can take weeks instead of months is really motivating.

[miHoLoverse]

I dont think I can make it as a vtuber, let alone even get a model. I cant keep a mascot at all 😅
I always keep on getting bored of the design no matter how much I try and make it look good. But for some reason I like the same character as a background character for stories or a main character that I make. It feels better to look at for some reason. I always end up keeping the most simple design which as I have seen on vtubers, no simple vtuber design has made it so far. And from what I've heard they also cost a lot. I could try to make one myself (which I am most into to be honest) but sadly one of my pc's dont work and the other one is really, really laggy so I cant use any of them. Though I am planning on trying to make one in the future when I get in a position that I can. Yet, this still helps a lot. Thank you.

[MrGermandeutsch]

I always view *X* and *Y* as arrows. Since *Y* looks very close to being a down-arrow, I always see it as the vertical arrows, whilst I view the *X* as the horizontal arrows.

[sheiks]

It's probably good I'm making a very simple western-style cartoon model. I think I'd have a stroke doing the more complex models like in this video lmao

Thanks for a clear and concise video to get me started! :D

[A-bphq]

I hate cutting, I prefer to do stuff already separatedly :c the proccess of redoing lines and making all these surgeries makes me very dead lol

[fexgy]

I remember that I tried to do L2D for a few days and I had given up but I saw your video, it gave me hope that I could do it, now I can say that I have made several models and even had one or another commission. You can not imagine how much I thank you

[KellyVenus]

I appreciate this, it's taken away a lot of my anxiety about starting

[alisondorantes-garcia]

OMG thank you SO MUCH for putting in all your references in your video. Super helpful, clear, easy to follow, thank you!

[JustaBeeinaField]

Thank you so much for sharing this!! I’m a 3D mayor that wants to specialize in 3D rigging, but man live2D and 2D rigging look fun as hell too. I was thinking of creating a vtuber model and stream while I learn and polish my skills in 3D. This helps a fuck ton, so thank youuuu

[riddledear]

thank you so much! this gives me a good vibe of what I'm getting into! I've been putting off downloading live2d for a while cuz while i think its right up my alley learning new programs on my own is kinda freaky for me! so this gave me a (hopefully) good vibe on what I am biting into!

[daisyfairy]

AAaahhh thank you so much for all the cutting references!! I'm thinking about getting a 2D model eventually and want to do the art/cutting myself, and those guides look so useful!!!

[njcheddar]

i really want to learn how to rig as i think it'll be a really valuable skill to have rn but im feeling a bit intimidated with how complicated it seems but this video really help me to get the general idea. tysm! Oh and ur model looks so good and smooth, it's really mind-blowing to know it to be ur first model!

[breslinbyrne]

I like how you said you don't breathe 🤭 (luv your model though, it's given me some inspiration ✨)