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 Intention Definition & Exploration of Ideas: History and Folktales have been a part of our lives forever, people use history and stories as a way to teach valuable lessons. History has been one of my favorite subjects for as long as I can remember and I remember in elementary school I would go out of my way to read fairytales. History and stories will always be in art and the media, video games, books, movies, paintings, sculptures have been made based on stories we've read in our history classrooms. We all know stories such as The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Cinderella, Hansen, and

 Gretel, etc. They are timeless and have been rewritten and told for years and will continue well past our time on this earth. This is not just limited to U.S. stories, across the globe there are multiple versions of stories we've heard million times before and even their own cultures' unique ones. Chinese folktales and history have piqued my interest for years now, I grew up knowing stories of the Lunar Zodiacs and the Monkey King way before I knew what Goldie Locks and the 3 Bears were. I felt as if a big part of my childhood and identity was not as well known as I thought, because upon asking my friends who also were Chinese they have not heard some stories I had thought were ironic in Chinese culture. I have wanted to make a 3D modeled character since my first day of 3D Modeling and Design, so when I reached profilio I knew this is what I wanted to do. I thought to myself, why just make a character when I can rig it and use it on myself. So I turned to the internet of course. I spend an unhealthy amount of my time on the internet, specifically youtube, and being an avid anime fan it was not long before I knew who Vtubers are. At first, I was a little bit weirded out, but then I began liking how their characters look and how much fun they looked they were having on the screen so I wanted to make one for myself. 

Planning: So after my last blog post I started deciding what I wanted to do for the majority of my work. I decided to work on the body this time rather than the head. I finished the body and went back onto the head as of late and have made decent progress with both aspects. I decided I was not going to make feet for my character due to time and mostly my character's feet would not be seen usually because her dress is supposed to be floor-length. 

Producing:  

Evaluating: I am really happy I finally have a concept sheet. I commissioned an artist to create one for me and I found her through TikTok. I was quite nervous for my first commissioning someone I had no prior knowledge of knowing. The concept art really helped with my mind and I could clearly see what my character suppose final to be. I believe I could have taken less time to do the body, but I am overall glad I choose to do what  I did for them.

Integrating:  So, moving forward I would like to work out of this outside of class more. I have worked on it a bit outside of class here and there but I want to dedicate more days of my life to making my character model. I am really happy I almost have the hair done and then I just need to make clothes and texture then rig and I would be done. Although it might sound a lot I believe this will be significantly less difficult than modeling. Maybe I am underplaying it in my mind but as of right now nothing seems too bad. I am prepared to work on 

Character design!! abd Commsions!!

                               Introduction

Once again I talk about character design. But this week it's different. I would like to talk about specifically, commissions. Throughout my journey in finding vtuber and certain artists, I learned about commissions and what they all are entitled to.

Inspiration

So I saw a tiktoker who had just started his vtubing career in 2021 and showed his concept art and explain where he requested his commission for his model artist and rigger. He drew his own concept art and then commissioned others for his actual model. It turned out wonderful and I wanted to commission someone for concept art for me.

Brainstorming

I tried using multiple different methods, Using the bases of other characters, making a Pinterest board, and other art templates. I now most understand I am more of a visual person and actually needed a photo image of my character. So I just needed a concept art. But I can not draw nor did I have an extra 50$ to spend on a commission. I understand that commissions take a lot of money since some artists do live off of commissions. So I had to find a budget and affordable artist who does concept art.

Experimental

 

On my tiktok fyp I stumbled across someone named "Ramuchii" They were a 16-year-old Korean American girl who was offering her services for a cheap and low price since it was a hobby rather than work. Her art was amazing I finally now have my own personal concept of a character. I used a doc and a Pinterest to help her visualize.                      

Process

Reflection

Overall, I was very satisfied with my purchase! I also learned a lot about trust and how commissions work! link to my google doc!

Work Log:

Monday: finger done!

Tuesday: workin on arms

Wednesday: hair

Thursday: hair

Friday:none

Hands

                               Introduction

Mori Calliope

    So hands and arms are sometimes not needed for a Vtuber, but I would really like my character to have hands so I can add a controller or an object to be seen as my character mimicking me better. It was something I wanted and planned to have since the beginning of my project.

Cyyuvtuber

 Inspiration

 There was not much inspiration I can say when it comes to hands. I guess Cyyuvtuber would be
my main inspiration for wants hands since his character pulls up a little controller and I think it is super cute and a fun bit to add on. Mori Calliope is also another popular vtuber with hands on a controller!

Brainstorming

Of course, in Blender, my character would be 3D and I understood that. I honestly would prefer this way because then my hands would do more than just hold a controller, it can also follow me. There wasn't much I wanted to do with my character's hands, maybe painted fingernails, but no other extra accessories such as rings or tattoos.

Experimental

So I have not done much this week as my process, mostly due to 2 rest days of the Man pageant set up and watching them during our class. I was having a hard time with my hands since I had to make more vertexes and figure out how exactly to make hands

Process

Have not started the process.

Reflection

Overall, my hands look promising, it's coming along okay. I need to make the pal a bit more realistic/noticeable because as of right now my hands look a bit chubby and VERY flat.

Work Log:

Monday:fixing chest area

Tuesday: man pageant set up

Wednesday: arms and hands

Thursday: fingers!! and vertex clean up

Friday: watching man pageant and making finger tips