The Avatars of VRChat

[@Genichi__]

As an avatar creator, I can confirm that I find it relatively relaxing even if sometimes I want to blow up my computer because one easy thing just doesn't work properly. But I'm the kind of person who has the idea of an OC every 2 days and sometimes I want to make them for VRCHAT. It allows me to have avatars for how I want to be represented as right now while still being "myself" if you get what I mean. I make my avatars from scratch and I originally planned it as a hobby but the joy I get from making 3D models made me realize I can actually do it as a job. Once I manage to make my avatars better I plan to maybe take commission and all. Even if it all seemed very scary to get into in the first place I can't imagine where I would be right now without it.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Same! 😭💜 I’m really new to this and have found that it’s the easiest thing I either don’t want to deal with or can’t figure out what’s wrong with. 😂😂😂

[@DylanOfTheOthers]

As a fellow avatar creator it’s just a lot of fun to do whatever the hell I want with particles and what not. Tons of fun

[@roxasgirlnya]

Careful if you open commissions it gets overwelming

[@Genichi__]

@@roxasgirlnya Yeah I know, I'm trying to figure out a way to handle it properly.

[@SodaColada]

Hey man, if you ever decide to take commissions, I'd be interested in getting a custom ava

[@aezuki764]

THIS WAS SO GOOD!! I had a lot of fun being apart of this, thank you for giving me an opportunity to make an avatar for you as well!! ❤

[@euclodies1719]

Sauce pfp?

[@RightyRonaldo]

What a great day to be up at 4AM, just in time for an unexpected Twice upload >:]

[@XYCapriSunde]

3am cough

[@dmn7744]

@@XYCapriSunde 2am cough

[@narwhakun]

hah its 2 am for me XD

[@mhm5126]

As someone who is learning to create custom vrchat avatars, I can say that it is a massive project and takes a ton of time. It took me around 2 months of work to finish my first avatar. This is a lot to do with the fact that I have college and other things that take a lot of time but I also have a huge background in 3d modeling so I didn't have to learn the basics. I also think a portion of this is due to the fact that the recourses out there for avatar creation kinda suck. Not to discredit the people out there who have made tutorials they are really good and will work. These tutorials usually have small things that I personally don't want my avatars to have (topology, style, workflow, poly count, things like that. A lot of them a really long too) so I don't really like them. If you want to make an avatar that isn't 100% custom then just get a free base model and modify it or you can use one of those avatar creators. These two options are usually just as good as custom making your own you just don't get small things you might want. And if you want all that customizability without having to dump 100's of hours into blender just commission someone.

[@megaalix4309]

Avatars are so much important in VRChat that when i dont have my main avatar (like unfavoriting it my main by accident) it's like a part of my soul is gone, but really.

[@Mitaiii]

The Menhera avatar looks amazing!

[@TwiceVR]

Thank aezuki!

[@paolaanimator]

I would say I am very interested in avatar making and making my own personal avatar, but it is a learning process. That and it gives me motivation since I'm a college student studying animation and I got into 3D modeling. Avatar creating can be really nice when I'm building it up and adding textures but still getting the hang of rigging (rigging is taking a while). Overall I admire avatar creators

[@wrennybih]

I got into avatar creation because I just love the process of making something. Even if something goes wrong with the avatar, all it means to me is that I get to spend more time working on things, and that's really what I live for

[@soap5547]

1:13 I love that world, usually one of the few public worlds where you are most likely to find chill people not screaming hard r while running in circles haha

[@Miku_Worms]

that or edgy 12 year olds with crasher avatars lmfao

[@TwiceVR]

Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely instances with a bunch of screaming kids running around together but what’s great about that is that they’re having a blast playing VRChat😊

[@nightlight5722]

tell us the name and save us

[@soap5547]

@@nightlight5722 Diluc's Tavern 5․0

[@benvel3392]

VRchat should be the cornerstone of the Metaverse

[@AbstractS04]

both that and recroom to be fair

[@bakasheru]

It already is

[@MysticWorldsStudios]

maybe when they get bothered to use the millions in investment funding to actually improve the game and not just sit there and release a bug fix nobody knew about while there's people actively hacking into their servers to rip private content and other stuff

[@nameless_milk_1624]

it kinda is.

[@nameless_milk_1624]

@@AbstractS04 recroom is the 5-12 year old cornersstone. Past that is usually VRchat (also a lot of 12 year olds are chill but for some reason in vr 12 year olds are a diff breed.)

[@stevenbeideman-6424]

I create my own avatars for myself because I like to have fun with it but I use VRoid to make the models, it’s a lot easier to start out with if you want to make a character and I really recommend it.

[@flare5282]

I tried to port my model to quest and in remaking it to work without toon shaders, I made it look like a femboy. Also I haven't really finished my avatar yet and I made 1 more but haven't done anything with it so I'm new. Should I make a version of my avatar that doesn't need shaders and is good on quest for a fallback? People turn off shaders and my avatar is very poor rank on quest. Would that work?

[@MadamLava094]

As someone currently saving for a headset, one of the biggest appeals of VRChat for me is the creation of avatars and worlds, since I know enough 3D modeling to do so. I know you need to get some trust from the system to do so, but It'll be worth it.

[@lowkeysleepingrn]

i buy and edit avatars for myself, i absolutely love making an avatar into something that i love, i got into the whole unity thing awhile ago and started learning simply for fun! now i edit avatars for myself/family (with creators permission ofc) and i absolutely love it.

[@chrisfratz]

I made my avatar from a free avatar base that I wanted to buy before it became free, and I'm happy with how it came out. I'm also still adding things to it as I keep finding them. Although I'm getting dangerously close to running out space on my params file. I might try and switch to ints for things like cosmetics instead of having a ton of boolean toggles for things

[@alyssarasmussen1723]

may i ask what's the free avatar base? :O

[@chrisfratz]

@@alyssarasmussen1723 it's called the Kita'Vali

[@alyssarasmussen1723]

@@chrisfratz wow that's actually too awesome to be free :O tyvm :D

[@chrisfratz]

@@alyssarasmussen1723 it used to be a paid model, but then the person who made it wanted to move sales of the model over to gum road but because the Avali (which is what the Kita'Vali is based on) is a furry species that was created by someone else, they had to get permission the original Creator of the Avali to sell it on gumroad, which means it wasn't available for months. Eventually though the Creator of the model just decided to release it for free so that anybody could use it without paying for it. The people that have bought it in the past do get extra perks like exclusive assets they can put on to the avatar.

[@chrisfratz]

@@alyssarasmussen1723 Also, you're welcome.

[@KnightmareX7]

I don't know much about creating avatars on VR Chat, but I do a lot of character art and draw comics on my spare time, so I can definitely get what Aezuki means when she says how relaxing it is to create a character and, essentially, see them come to life, and getting reactions out of people is a very reassuring feeling.

[@secret6569]

Dude the Minecraft thing I’m dieting that just too funny 6:15

[@ImEveGaming]

I wanna get into it so bad but its so domineering when looking at unity and blender and how confusing it all is for me, i really hope i can get up the courage to make avatars and try to learn all the complicated stuff that goes with it

[@TwiceVR]

Ye it fries my brain

[@RetroPlus]

I have a really simple tutorial on my channel, it's actually not as hard as you think!

[@ImEveGaming]

@@alfy_boi6221 I tried for a bit after putting this message but it never worked out, and the tutorials i found never explained enough or they did explain parts but it was more skimmed over the parts i was having difficulties with

[@jan_Sanku]

Maybe consider vroid? There's still some stuff you can/should do in blender, but there are tutorials for that, and vroid has a pretty low skill floor but a good skill ceiling too, especial

[@ImEveGaming]

@@jan_Sanku I tried it, but i couldnt figure out how to get it on vrc from vroid

[@G0LDJAY]

i still think that yelp when you twisted your ankle was hilarious, loud enough to be heard over the music that i put to all too loud while jamming out that night lol

[@Binginator]

Hell yeah twice is back bois! This video was brilliant, your editing skill is insane

[@TwiceVR]

Thank you 😊

[@Binginator]

@@TwiceVR cant wait for yoyr birthday lol, hope i can make it to the stream

[@wforwumbo9665]

The random scenario in the middle of your informative video are hilarious

[@ember_vr]

Avatar creator here! You have no idea how much a video like this means to us; unfortunately many creators rarely get recognition for their work… it’s great money once you’re good at it though!

[@Poqets]

Question from an aspiring avatar creator! Where’s a good place to talk shop with other creatures (forums, servers, etc)?

[@AstralPhnx]

As somebody who has made their own avatar recently, I can confirm the game gets much more interesting when you have something that you can see as... You! Been taking tons of photos of myself ahaha. The issue for me is my minds eye is kinda borked which can make things more difficult but as I have discovered, not impossible!

[@im_aleey]

I don't even have vr (I'm poor) and but I've been learning how to create an avatar for a month now on a friend's computer. It's really like climbing a mountain, but satisfying when you manage to problem solve.

[@alex.d7529]

I myself am an avatar rextexturist, and work with unity and blender. I’ve bought a whole host of avatars and got to see how each artist does things, and got to build upon their work to bring my characters to life. There are so many amazing and talented creators in the VR world. Please give them your support, trust me it’s worth it. If like you have a friend who has to use public avatars, you will notice a lot of avatars that are ripped from the source are very often broken, or have assets removed entirely. Because a lot of rippers have no idea what they are doing. If you buy from the source it will work and you will have the original assets and you can even add stuff. Support artists, but their work and try no to work stolen work if you can. I am especially saying this as a furry myself, a lot of our characters are personal and mean a lot to us so having our textures ripped and used or even changed really sucks. So please don’t support that, it’s not cool. We work hard on what we make it’s not fair to have it stolen because it’s not yours to take!

[@beeboyben]

Bruh in the first 10 seconds I laughed, thanks for making my day a little brighter man

[@fukiburi]

great video, always happy when i see you uploaded

[@Tesuwu]

Good to have you back :D Love you :3

[@brewisferris3166]

Yet another banger from the madman himself.

[@brewisferris3166]

The "WTF!!" killed my ears :|

[@DylanOfTheOthers]

Personally I do avatars and worlds and I do it for the joy of seeing my stuff in game! However I never learned 3d modeling! I just edit everything together like a puzzle but I mostly do particle work lol

[@4iko373]

I enjoy avatar creating a lot and yes it takes a while to create avatars but its awesome to see others use things you create and sell. One thing I hate though is how avatars get leaked, ripped around the community or being made public as well when there are creators who worked hard on making avatars

[@lilgunson6441]

Awesome video! Love your content, it's awesome to hear different people's opinions about vrchat topics. I make avatars for myself personally, but I consider it more like frankensteining avatars lol. It can be fun and relaxing for sure, especially when you come up with a specific way you want things to turn out and you know how to do it. I don't really have the most positive view on selling avatars, since sadly a lot of people who pay for avatars get underwhelming results or get something that they could've done themselves for free or someone else could've done for free. Sadly I've met people who sell avatars that were ripped from other people and sell them to people who have no clue what some people do to get those avatars sold. Booth is definitely one place that has been reliable so far which I've bought a few models from creators on there, but I'm not sure about other places. If people can learn to do the basics with Blender and Unity, they will be set for uploading their own personal avatars. The thing is that most people either don't have a PC to do the work or don't have a PC capable for doing the work, so it's understandable why they go for the buying route. I would highly recommend people going to avatar creators that have the best reputation when it comes to buying avatars, don't go to just anyone. Or see if someone will be willing to do it for free and is known to get the job done in the time you may want it done. Personally for myself I don't do commissions nor do I make avatars for anyone, I just don't have the time or energy to do that type of work. I'm willing to help people, with the best of my ability, to learn how to use Blender and Unity to do their own avatar projects and guide them to specific KZbin tutorials that will help a lot in the long run. Again great video Twice! Maybe I'll bump into you in Vrchat some day out of random. Can't wait to see future content from you

[@AstralPhnx]

Also, BOOTH FOR THE LOVE OF HECK BOOTH. Booth has a TON of useful assets

[@Idomtcareee]

My birthday is also on Feb 5th, Happy birthday I love your content❤

[@sir.gromit9775]

Same bro happy B-Day

[@lukedoglt]

Another funny and inspiring video, love your stuff man. Even one of my friends got a quest recently after I got one after I was inspired by you 😅. And with people like Lola, makes me really want to make my own animations/ avatar to make me laugh. And to make an avatar of my favorite band since it doesn’t exist..z Hope you have a great one, cheers! Edit: Happy Early Birthday!!

[@pikachubolk]

Another great short VRCHAT documentary

[@VickyViolet]

Happy Birthday, Twice!

[@GeorgeWulfers_88]

That is pretty cool. I haven't created anything in a while like this, but maybe I can get back into it through VRChat.

[@themrskyline4118]

Happy birthday twice

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

Always a treat to see you have a video

[@haehum]

The avatar that your friend made is so cool!

[@RetroPlus]

I love making photorealistic avatars from photoscanned people and seeing how creeped out people get from them

[@RocketVRC]

I can have an avatar to my liking and add on what ever when ever I want.

[@tigerbot23]

3am rn bout to go to sleep, but I can watch this real quick

[@max_ishere]

8:54 LMAO THAT IS FHE REALEST THING THAT ACTUALLY FUCKIN HAPPENS. _theres nothing to bend here_ I can't I'm ROFLing rn.

[@spidfirechan5830]

It would be so cool to have a video in this style abt vrchat worlds

[@senexsui]

Def one of my top 5 youtubers bro i fucking love you keep going strong 😁

[@TwiceVR]

AWW THANK YOU ☺️

[@Medalpanda]

found this video on your bday, Happy birthday

[@spinosaurr]

Also currency differences can be a barrier too, 150$ for someone might be quite low, but from different country its like bying a gold plane

[@AaAAa-um9ex]

the goat has uploaded once more

[@apolloswrld4480]

all love to you twice 💞

[@Jaffa__]

6:52 no way a fellow uncharted 4 enjoyer! Such a masterpiece of a game. Also great video

[@remmiedoll]

AYO TWICE happy to see you again !! :D

[@tinnertanner]

Heyimbee is the reason why I ever started playing vrchat

[@thegrandinquisitor2838]

I just love the star wars avatars

[@childbarnard]

twice upload = good day

[@saitama9529]

I make avatars from bender sometimes it gets really boring and frustrating but in the end I making it because I love to share to my friends, my projects and talk about interesting ideas that motivate me to do ✌️☺️vrc

[@Z3roEXE]

Don't know if this would be interesting but Ive seen a few of your videos and from what I'm seeing you make videos on different aspects of VRC, so I was wondering have you ever heard of Avatar PVP? and no I'm not talking about picking up a weapons in a world, or when people do RP Death where they have models with weapons but they pretend to be shot, I'm talking about where the model its self has a weapon on it that shoots a particle, that only works in certain worlds which triggers the world to either make you take damage or, die and respawn. If not I would suggest looking into it. As a member of this community myself I think it would be interesting to see an outsiders perspective on this as this is a pretty niche thing on VRC that from what I'm seeing a-lot of people aren't aware of.

[@oppaidah]

That's the first time I hear about such a thing, at first I thought you were talking about crashers and their gun but that doesn't seem the case. Do you mind telling me a bit more about it?

[@Z3roEXE]

@@oppaidah Sure well, no we are not crashers for starters we all despise crashers and none of us tolerate such things. But heres gist pf things, avatar PVP is essentially a system made by a VRC user named Gofluffyourself who managed to basically put a system in worlds that enables the ability to make certain particle layers to trigger different effects in specialised worlds eg, Burn effects, stuns, shields ,healing, and of course damage which basically what is does is, you have health and after you take enough damage the world will respawn you. There are many different kinds of PVP groups there are, Warhammer 40k groups (you might of seen these guys randomly in the pug including myself), Halo PVP groups, Star Wars PVP groups, COD PVP groups, Combine PVP groups, Gears of War PVP groups and like a trillion other groups, so basically what I'm saying is there is a PVP group for most games with some form of weapons in them. We also do free for alls where you might see 50 people in world doing PVP where a space marine might being fighting some clone trooper and some dragon at the same time while some giant robot in the background is being hit with a targeted orbital strike. So yeah to end what I'm saying TLDR: No we hate crashers, and we have many different sorts of groups and its a very cool experience. If you wanna ever some PVP let me know I could let you spectate an event if you want.

[@oppaidah]

@@Z3roEXE Ohhhh I see now, for some reason it didn't cross my mind lol even though I've played many like them before. Thanks for the explanation I didn't know the system worked that way too!

[@Z3roEXE]

@@oppaidah one thing to remember we aren't picking up weapons in a world, all of the weapons are built into our models

[@oppaidah]

@@Z3roEXE I seeeee well that's a new thing to me

[@mostlycloudy6831]

4:35 This proves you don't wanna mess with Twice bro he well mess you up bro

[@ExoPenguin]

Great video as always! Loved 2:05 that killed me LOL! I hope to dwell into some creation myself this year!

[@hannahcannibal8845]

'Aight, Imma go make my own stick figure now

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I'm currently on the beginning of my custom avatar journey. I am very rusty at blender and am super unfamiliar with 3.0's massive overhaul. I'm struggling to find good videos on how to do it that doesn't start with a prefab model😅. I finally leveled up in VR chat and I'm ready to be me in there

[@oppaidah]

I highly recommend using VRoid as a start and checking The Virtual Reality Show channel for tutorials

[@inkydaichi5951]

Nice having you back👍

[@KrazyKya]

That "boo" at the beginning was fucking adorable xD

[@KrazyKya]

Also 9:09 Nyasuka, the one I use :D

[@parthic7743]

I did try to make some avatars but the Unity..... god damn. I could find out how to fly a space ship quicker than make a custom avatar.

[@kota_bear7174]

Almost finished making my first avatar. It took me 2 weeks and over 70 hours but I highly recommend it for people who are patient and enjoy fine details. For me, I was never able to draw(despite years of trying) and 3d modeling allowed me to fulfill my dream of creating anime characters. If you are looking to learn, I highly recommend rainhet chaneru’s videos! She is the only person that I was able to find that describes the entire process start to finish so simply and perfectly. The only reason I was actually able to accomplish it without giving up. Go check her out if you’re interested!

[@Wh1t3Rabb1t]

4:00 u entered my house TwT owned since start of January 2021

[@webbtail245]

woah, my friend's avatar world is briefly visible at 6:02!

[@kayo1127]

I'm tryna think how I would explain to my friends that I'm talking to Shrek and Shaggy in a Kazuha avatar--

[@Genichi__]

BABE WAKE UP NEW TWICE VIDEO DROPPED

[@alwaysyouramanda]

You can do it, Twice! Or don’t lol 😂💕 I’m so obsessed with the endless possibilities! People keep telling me to get into beauty and hair IRL so I can totally relate to the “nope.” AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Omg! Party hard, boi!!!

[@alwaysyouramanda]

My first avi for distribution is almost done and I’m so scared to post it-! It’s imperfect lol but I put countless hours into her design and abilities. PC/Quest but atm.. the quest version isn’t holding her staff in her hands- rather they’re flying around based on wrist orientation 😂😭 I really don’t want to redo it but I gotttaaahh- I also can’t test for FBT. Oh crap 😭🤣 yeah, she’ll have to be on the cheap.

[@redundant4456]

I LOVE THIS MUSIC

[@Shademarc]

Happy birthday in advance!

[@Potione]

New to your channel and I have to say I'm enjoying the topics :)

[@DH-ew9op]

Honestly I agree do your homework if your going too commission a custom avi as you will get scammers, I made that mistake I spent a hefty price on my first ever custom and finding out over a year later from another creator who is updating my avi for me that my avi wasn’t proper custom but ripped and done very poor and lately that it wasn’t worth what I payed for. Luckily they are actually redoing my avi from the ground up and improving it for only 29 dollars cause they had been looking for a chance to show off and out do the original creator as apparently the person k went too had a really bad rep which I had no clue about at the time. So yes do homework and don’t just accept the first person you see. It’s literally the same advice I give for tattoos. Do your homework on artists and don’t just pick the first thing that comes to mind as you could end up regretting it later.

[@devintetro6188]

7:56 just realized I know frenchfry, met her on a black cat server, she’s cool

[@oppaidah]

I started making my original avatar using VRoid which made it so much easier as a beginner and then I started learning more stuff on Unity to edit and customize more stuff

[@Yurik-the-marksman]

What's vroid?

[@oppaidah]

@@Yurik-the-marksman it's a software that allows you to make customized high quality anime-style 3D models in any way you like, which then you can import it into VRChat in Unity. Many people use VRoid to make their own vrchat models or even for making a Vtuber model for themselves. You can check The Virtual Reality Show channel which has many tutorial videos on how to start using VRoid for VRChat and other stuff in an easy way, it's really helpful. Best of luck!

[@ecko4335]

Preciate the shout out 😂😂❤️❤️

[@Bambi_Sapphic]

**Meanwhile, furries making the most complex avatars and world you have ever seen for absolutely no good fuckin reason**

[@Wayloz]

Ahh happy belated birthday!

[@CallMeKiraa]

love your videos, keep it up

[@mostlycloudy6831]

YOOO i have been waiting

[@katanagraphix3137]

Glad you made a video like this showing interesting creators but also resources to find good stuff. I've been making models for vrc for 3 years now and mostly specialize in cool effects and fun mechanics to use on the models. If you ever wanna see or talk about that stuff lemme know alright.

[@ChaosOnyx]

I'm glad he mentioned Lolathon

[@mystic5170]

Damn your birthday is 3 days before mine

[@SecretHero914]

Captain America is in my favorites

[@landomando78]

I’m a day late but happy birthday twice

[@steem_punk]

Another great vid man :D

[@kamsper8347]

a good way to start the day

[@itsesaii1832]

GOAT Uploaded

[@filkos1]

6:20 This gave me a good laugh

[@Chris-bp9uf]

Never been this early! Good video as usual habibi

[@GuillaumeThomas]

Awesome man. Liked it

[@_LLiinn]

happy early bday :D

[@Cneq]

I just spent the last four days making a custom avatar with the hakka base I got off booth and man it took a lot including having to manually add eye tracking to it [since I have a varjo aero] and also editing the textures in photoshop and porting the thing to VRM and Quest. Was it worth it? Yes. Did it hurt? Yes.

[@something_lame4838]

Happy late birthday, so sad I missed it

[@cerealregent]

Dude I love these videos I was laughing the entire time LMAO.

[@littlemiricz]

One day I'll pay Artist almost excatly same model but different style of Anime and then pay someone make it on Blender (I have that idea so long xd) Anyway Good video! 💜 ^^

[@DH-ew9op]

The problem I’ve noticed with the avatar creator discord servers actually comes from a friend of mine who when my onto a couple servers looking for some help to do with hair creating and she ended up getting pissed off at the people who replied asking her to pay them to help her. She called it gatekeeping and that people like them that try to charge people who are genuinely just asking for tips and such are a massive problem.

[@anta8416]

Avatar creator = artist

[@DRMAAN-pr1vb]

I really love your vids man