I Spent Hundreds on Custom VRChat Avatars from Fiverr

Wanna know how to make a custom VRChat avatar? Well it's complicated. So you'll probably be better off commissioning a custom avatar from someone. But how much should you spend how to make a VRchat avatar? We find out in this video where I use Fiverr to make several VRChat avatars. Spoiler, the most expensive one was the worst.
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[@VirtualPandaVR]

If you want to get an avatar made, someone recommended this Discord server and it looks like a great place to find awesome artists: discord.gg/T6m9x2nXkT

[@joshuajames7034]

My partner makes avatars and she only charges around $30 USD give or take depending on the complexity. A few people have been buying them and loving them, not being biased or anything she just loves making avatars (and not making them look like that last one in the video haha) Her VRC name is Queenwolff

[@zombiesharkzzzTEAMSHARKY]

@@joshuajames7034 ayo can u tell me where to see examples? And do they work on quest?

[@azuranna]

expired

[@jvstdanyi]

What? Isn't it free?

[@DanVille1000]

The $150 one had me laughing so hard, I can’t believe they actually sent you that.

[@sicsiddd]

it looks like e.t lmao

[@nene_fae]

ikr

[@PlasmaOJ15]

You were a great customer, glad you liked the avatar! I honestly have no clue how that distortion happened, think it’s an issue with the modeling software I used (it’s super basic)

[@VirtualPandaVR]

I'm not even worried about it. Overall, it's still awesome! Thanks again!

[@ea7myshorts957]

Ayy I know you

[@starfireix8207]

It's not an issue with the modelling software, it's to do with how you rigged and weight-painted it....

[@bukachell]

It looks like a problem with shading of the normals, not too hard to fix

[@havocassassin]

Great avatar man, I personally love a simplicity avatar

[@extracter43]

As someone who works on fiverr full time as an avatar creator, this final avatar is honestly painful to look at haha

[@CelsiusNK]

👀

[@ciguitar1451]

Donnie Darko or a Frank for a poor struggling soul please lol

[@thebaku818]

How cam I find you? Might check out your work sometime

[@elliusagi]

@@thebaku818 You can find all that person's information and links by going to their KZbin profile description! They have eeevery links needed in there for contact! 😍

[@ThrillSeekerVR]

This was a really fucking great video idea dude. I kinda want to do something similar to this, but man you nailed it so well. Great content panda ❤️❤️

[@VirtualPandaVR]

I really appreciate the feedback and you stopping by 😀 would love to see your version of this. It would be really cool to see!

[@spedhead9267]

Ye it would

[@HalfGuitarLife]

Ayyyyyy thrill, you're the whole reason I got into vr!! Love your vids❤️

[@Electirc]

AYOOOO THRILL IS HERE

[@harl3643]

The $150 is my sleep paralysis demon

[@xeniaa777]

BAHAHHS X2

[@MaximusProxi]

Wow the 150$ one seems more like a troll rather than a honest try that got cancelled because of the lack of time. Normally you take a male base to blender that you bought for 20-30$ somewhere, hook it up with a face, put the requested hair on top add the clothes and some accessories to it and export the model. Then you upload it into Unity, rig the model, shader the materials, put some cool effects like emission maps on the hair or some other parts, add some dynamic bones to hair and some colliders to the head and the hands (so the hair doesn't flop into the head), save the scene and export the package. DONE An Experienced Creator will do this in 30min to 2 hours (depending on how good the result needs to be) and be done with it. Also you will never get malformed bodies or flopping hair like that cuz for hair you have your preset values you always use.

[@slutmagic383]

is it smarter to rig in unity instead of blender using rigify?

[@MaximusProxi]

@@slutmagic383 nah u rig ur model in blender or import a already rigged model. In Unity u just check if your rigging worked and disable upper chest and jaw bone. That's pretty much it.

[@auraed3635]

Or you can really get into detail by using VRoid and making avatars to exact specifications. Then you just make whatever edits you need in Blender (usually I don't need to make any blender changes) then put it in unity for shaders, expression to gesture rigging, and dynamic bones (if you choose to add them).

[@axolotl2959]

The $150 one legit just looks like if you picked random free assets and made them into a VR Chat avatar lmao

[@Riceballer3D]

that's because they did

[@MacPanama]

id rather use the 10$ to the 150$ one

[@420RadioLord]

Lol same

[@sirforcer]

As a 3D artist looking to expand into VRC avatars, this was a great video to help me understand what people are looking for in avatars. I've played a bit of VRC but even still, seeing critiques of others work helps to put certain things in more concrete terms.

[@moonoramaVR]

As an avatar creator myself I can’t bear to see the quality on the $150 avatar. So many issues. Weight painting on the hoodie (especially on the elbows) is horrendous, textures on the hands and neck look creepy, proportions are not very good, overall not good for full body users with that chest bending forward. Actually, not good at all. Keep rocking that $60 one, it’s so much better.

[@ValandisValley]

The $150 one sounds like a typical scammer, or someone who has overestimated their avatar making abilities. 😑

[@Coffeeratgaming]

i dont think thats actually case here it sounds way more likly a case where artist didnt realy feel like they wanted to working with him or doesnt have a well put to geather priority of who they work on first or last so they realy put minimal effort when they did work on his stuff in particula

[@Serek_Studios]

@@Coffeeratgaming thats a shitty artist then if i pay a fat stack you are not gonna slack on it lmao

[@Coffeeratgaming]

@@Serek_Studios i agree if u artist u should cancel if u dont want work on it or sya so tho suspect fiver lower your rating for thos stuff

[@Serek_Studios]

@@Coffeeratgaming that was a pure scam from that guy

[@juno3287]

@@Coffeeratgaming nah man, it was just dogshit, You can litterally find better avatars for free inside a Avatar world, also my friend has an avatar that she paid 35 bucks for and it has over 10 different toggles, props, color change etc, and this dident even have emotes😂

[@Risng_Phoenix]

Wow didn't realise how new this video was. Very disappointing about the $150 dollar avatar. They should of just said that they couldn't take the job because they were to busy with multiple other jobs.

[@DeroruVR]

For the last one with the highlight they were using an emission layer on the material to get the highlights you requested instead of opening an art/editing software to make the material for the hair by scratch it seems. Which explains why it was lighter in color when they showed you.

[@jereki4995]

oh my god the 150$ one is so yikes

[@YourCorvus]

I come from the future to tell you the final avatar creator has increased their prices by a large factor.

[@Luke-np4jg]

The $150 one 😭😭😭😭😭😭😂😭😂😂😂

[@rollygoldennut]

Seeing both the 60$ and 150$ one be completely flipped MMD TDA assets, which are illegal to make a profit on, and the 15$ one be made from scratch kinda has me on the floor lol. I'm no expert, but if I plan on making someone an MMD rig, I check the model rules first. Children think they can get away with profiting off of others' work, but that's not how the world operates.

[@jarkkodacakefox1975]

Y E S, my God it pains me SO MUCH as someone who uses MMD regularly to see a model that I've SEEN and read the rules of before before used improperly within the VRchat community barely ANY of em even TRY to credit the original creators and end up getting the praise for them

[@IdiotWrangler]

The people who cry the loudest about the use of MMD used them the most and are projecting

[@Schzym]

damn 150 dollars to be built like a cereal box

[@ethantato]

who else died laughing at the final one

[@neetidols]

I wanted to say specifically the avatar base that both $60 and $150 is called TDA and it's illegal for anyone to edit and make profit off of those edits. It's pretty common in VRCHAT now i suppose, but wanted to give you a heads up it's illegal to do.

[@Anzuwi]

yea that ^ might aswell buy a booth model

[@ooo1o8o1]

Is making model with vroid considered illegal too? Since its free and I don't remember seeing a paid version for business use

[@Anzuwi]

@@ooo1o8o1 i dont think its ilegal its free so it can used by everyone u should be fine

[@trashcan8183]

You can’t make profit off of models with TDA bodies and heads, but you can use other assets as long as you properly credit !

[@Anzuwi]

@@trashcan8183 yes

[@DrStinger]

5:22 OK, looking at that avatar, as an MMD user myself, I can definitely confirm that's a TDA face and TDA doesn't allow people to sell TDA model edits🤦‍♂️

[@unusedlogic6241]

This was awesome! Good job!

[@Oginaka]

The 2nd and 3rd person literally scammed you since they're stolen content, they didn't create those models from scratch, technically what they're doing is illegal.

[@animeisgodly8370]

The 2nd one too? How do you know

[@frosty848]

@@animeisgodly8370 its an edited tda

[@PrincessTwilightdash]

@@frosty848 true but in vrc 90% of the model is based on Tda mostly the face

[@erilluu]

@@PrincessTwilightdash you mean the ones that didn't listen to the community and kept using tda even though it's banned unless it's a completely free model, the creator community has moved away from tda.

[@muriax]

whoever made that $150 avatar scammed you, looking at it I just wanna fix it for you T^T so bad dude.

[@Coffeeratgaming]

i mean guess thats what happens when they rush the order in faviour of getting u out of there hair

[@RemitheDreamfox]

That made me giggle more than it should have

[@ADAMLERIGOLOW]

Hi ! I have a question please, how do you record yourself in facecam like this with you avatar? Is it with an Oculus quest 2? If yes how do you do please ? Thannks 🔥

[@VirtualPandaVR]

Hey! I'm just using VRChat's stream camera on the Quest 2. :)

[@ADAMLERIGOLOW]

@@VirtualPandaVR Owh great so the stream camera is working even for Quest 2 users, thank you fella !

[@VirtualPandaVR]

@@ADAMLERIGOLOW I believe they just added it. But I usually do it on the steam version with my quest 2

[@JAYZ999]

The 150 one proportions are all wrong holy shit

[@animated_supatime1933]

I know you're frustrated about the 150$ avatar but im still curious about a real 150$ avatar

[@adachikardinov7629]

I really like the 60 one, they did a really great job

[@kymerahYT]

ive made over 80 models quest compatible if you need help giving quest players the option to see you.

[@kitty-drawl]

Bro, you are so underrated.

[@fsmewvrc5841]

I had a similar thing happen the seller spoke English well made the avatar I mentioned at the beginning that it needs to be quest compatible they said it was it was uploaded pc only asked them again they said they’d take a look they haven’t every since just ignored me and I can’t convert it to quest because that would mean changing the overall look so I spend hundreds on an avatar I can’t even use

[@VirtualPandaVR]

That's frustrating as hell

[@Wangan_W]

I was looking on fiverr the other day and I saw were scammers. Be careful everyone. Plenty of tutorials out there to help walk you through how to create/upload avatars. Great video!

[@cintiae3229]

My native language is Spanish but the problem there is the prise of the third one. 150$ I assume dollar's, the problem is that normally in all speaking Spanish countries normally the dollar has a high value and sometimes u have to pay taxes when u are getting them or using them. (150 dollars today in my country are 15644.99 but maybe tomorrow the value goes up or down) So... I am confused if that person actually mades avatars for Spanish people or not

[@cintiae3229]

aclaration:the taxes come from the own country not United states 👍

[@hexqqed]

i had an issue with Hex's on my own custom avatar too, it was the shaders that totally changed it for me most of the time and I ended up just not using Poi for that part

[@Cneq]

Honestly I just bought the Hakka3d base model and turned it into my own, bought a cat ears/tail pack, some outfits and bam, totally unique avatar just for me 1of1 and I also added eye tracking to it myself which I believe is a first out of any Hakka models

[@Endless_Nightz]

Where did you buy your base model at? If you don’t mind me asking

[@shadsuuu]

I was actually going to buy an avatar from that exact 150 usd artist... Im so happy i bought one from gumroad. It came finished but i was given every single asset so i could theoretically edit it ANY way i want

[@LISADEV1]

have u got a link for this please x

[@Moctop]

These prices are honestly a steal...$50 bucks should give you an hour or two from a 3d artist..these avatars take much longer. Even if they have a template that they just tweak they are working for peanuts.

[@Eddies_stuff]

15 dollar looks actually pretty awesome

[@romerenegade9286]

So here's my story i bought a custom avatar from the 150$ artist but instead of 150$ i paid 230$ which yes, is expensive for an avi but i wanted something no one else had well after a month i finally got something i didn't really like honestly. BUT!! it pushed me to learn unity and blender to make the avi i paid for better which after a year of having it, it doesn't look anything like what I've bought and its completely edited by me which actually helped me start my little side business editing avatars and making my money back plus more. So it kind of was like a punch in the face but it pushed me to do something i never thought i would ever do

[@BarryMikokinju]

You got ripped with the last one, holy... Have never created one of these, but give me a week and a box of sauv blanc and I'll match that

[@GoldenSerpentTree]

i swear to god the $150 one haunts me in my dreams

[@BlueNETGaming]

I am.new to VR and was wondering what room (program) he is standing in it looks really crisp

[@plagiric3629]

it was so annoying with the hair going into the head i couldnt keep my eyes off it lol

[@FrancisKlipp]

I just started with makin avatars I'm not selling cause I'm still learning a lot but I'm having fun

[@Revelationz87]

150 dollars and they don’t even bother putting bone colliders.

[@moxiedevil3670]

Hey is it a good idea to make a base In VRoid and then export it to Blender and make the clothes and details if I use the oculus quest 2 with it to the PC ?

[@eidod23]

so the hex color issue is due to the emission it looks like they had that on with the hair of the avatar

[@uwuMiki]

i am simple, i see fiverr video, i watch, and i like

[@hterat]

Hey panda! Do you have a video on how to upload your custom avatar to the quest? I want to buy a custom avatar but I’m unsure on how to upload it to my quest

[@VirtualPandaVR]

I'm working on a series related to that... Phia has some great tutorials out now that you can check out about that!

[@DIZZY-xl9hx]

you have more patience then most people lol

[@happypawfun2143]

I think the cartoony one is really cute 😭

[@ererbe]

the 60 one is a steal for this price ngl.

[@lizzy_simps]

Wow the 15 dollar one is suprisingly super good for being only 15 id defintly have the artist do one for me when i get a vr and i want a model

[@hiddenlotus26]

Can fiver make a quest friendly avatar that floats or flys on command?

[@BadgerBlunts]

I don't think I've ever done a model that wasn't also quest compatible...hell maybe I should get on fiver...

[@m4d_b0t88]

I'm probably gonna look for the one that made you the 15 dollar one and ask them cuz that fits my style

[@ZaffreFennec]

5:37 THEY GAVE YOU YAOI HANDS!!!!!

[@cookv96]

Them some Dennis Rodman hands

[@Its_Johny]

I can't stop staring at the floppy hair 😂

[@Amiyugi]

Peek my fiverr ad to draw peoples avatars or DND characters at 1:03 ... holy moly

[@S0urBugz_]

that would be really easy to make quest-

[@waltervd_o3o]

right now the problem is tho the base the model uses is originally by TDA ( a hatsune miku model from 8 years ago that was made for MMD ) who actually doesnt allow people to profit from using his base.. atleast from as far as i know. i know alot of people dont care about the rules people put on bases ( cause VRchat is a free game and so should all its content be according to them ) but still tho..

[@minsugaswag311]

How did you import the fiver avavtar to vr

[@lssllm]

I love the 60 onr

[@jameshandley7197]

whats the virtual room your in ? DID YOU CREATE IT

[@benstenson2459]

How did you pay for them what website did you go to how did you put on vrchat how did you upload them to vrchat

[@benstenson2459]

Where should I go to get a custom vrchat skin

[@angeloarlert9747]

damn they gave you kyphosis on the 150 one XD

[@mysticalwizard42]

congrats on being the video i watch after watching a horror movie

[@darksyde0418]

Oh my goodness that 150 dollar one 💀💀 I'd be taking them to court lmao..

[@mememan2392]

15 avatar looks like my five year old drawing. I am 19 and i miss my first drawing.

[@Maxed_K]

Like a year ago when this video was made I watched this and then joined vr chat and met the 15 dollar guy

[@vrgaming3208]

My first time im the first View on a video

[@rebeccaicerp]

Have no money so have to make my own

[@stawbearry]

Yeah there was no way to quest optimize without removing features of the 60$ one , the eyes and Haj are able to change because of the shader itself

[@ak0e]

Exactly! sliders

[@hannibalsbf]

what vr model do u use?

[@AbstractS04]

the $15 one looks like a RecRoom character

[@Storming_edits]

Tbh the 15 dollar one is kinda cute

[@ukiyovr4173]

The 60 dollar avatar is all public assets mashed together

[@moleyface]

I was ready to sympathize with the artist on the $150 one because like... modeling is hard. and in general I feel artists should be charging more for their work than they do. Then I saw it and just...... It's an edit. Clearly. The edit job is terrible, the rigging is jagged and broken, and about the only good thing is the face and hair which they probably didn't have to make many changes to. That's really disappointing. If you ever want an avatar in the future, please hit me up. I do completely original work for only $50 more and can promise you better quality.

[@Hobie2]

Do you need a pc to get a custom avatar

[@Baconatoryuh]

I like 60 and 15 the most

[@loganheron684]

Honestly I like the $15 avatar

[@jaxsonplayz8238]

the 60 doller seller can i have there link cuz there not coming up on fiver for me

[@fartpoopy9551]

I have no idea if you’ll respond but if I have an avatar I found from someone that I really seriously like but I’m scared the creator is gonna delete it is there a way I can save it to my files and recreate it as the same exact version?

[@calliebuni]

I know it was 6 months ago now but what you're talking about sounds like ripping which is against VRC ToS. Now, I do know a fair few avatar creators who create public avatars and are willing to simply send you the files for the avatar if you want to keep your own version of it, though that usually means meeting them in some way which can be difficult and being nice to them.

[@sleepykittyMMD]

I'm just gonna put this out there but uh, your avatars look like free deviant art MMD TDA style models. not in a bad way but I can't unsee TDA

[@mizhammerfist]

next time try gumroad, yeesh

[@tnc7399]

That last one probably doesn't have bad models, but bad customer service which led to bad models and poorness.

[@arvurebantra7639]

I know of a few people on Booth and other places, but a lot of the avatar makers I tend toward are furry makers. You're going to spend a little more for a custom furry avatar lol

[@candymartinez9547]

WHO MADE THE LAST-OH NO

[@littlenuni]

I do commissions starting from 20…. And I add wayyy more than what those models are.. questioning my worth atm

[@iiraingirlii]

The 150 is so funny 😭😭

[@iisajudge5671]

The 10 dollar one ain’t that bad

[@brianheath1427]

try ghosti gumroad

[@carafurry7862]

I really wanna get into custom avatar making, but first step I have to turn 18... Cant sell stuff online without being 18

[@mar0n26]

the discord link does not work anymore :(

[@FACS01]

not even with language barrier an avatar can be that messed up, they weren't trying at all

[@nidgithm]

this makes me feel less bad about the avatars i create... maybe i should try selling custom avatars for like 15-20 dollars lol tho theres probably a lot of competition so maybe not, plus i dont have money to buy a bunch of assets