Vtuber

[HughMann]

If you're old enough to remember, try having a voice similar to CABAL from Command and Conquer Tiberian Sun. That will have impact.

 

[BestBoy]

@MawMaw True, there are also cute anime boys.

 

[solstice258]

Years ago I thought of making videos by first recording my voice while playing a game or something, then animating a 2d avatar in the corner similar to a let's player. I was too lazy and not skilled enough, and afterwards technology developed to make the process simpler (today's vtubers)

If you have the patience and video editing skills, you could try that, op.

 

[BestBoy]

Hololive has just announced a new english branch consisting of 5 members called holomyth. It includes the anime personifications of an eldritch monster, death, a phoenix, a shark, and Watson(?) from sherlock holmes. I expect their first crossover with hololive JP to be with Kiryu Coco seeing as she's fluent in English.

 

[bigtiddyoneesan]

@BestBoy

The recruited members have since made that dream impossible

How so? Just in the specific directions they've each taken their channels?

 

[Richman]

How do you even get into Hololive? I would like to try but i'm also scared.

 

[hazzack]

they held audition for it.

 

[Thoraxe41]

@Richman

As said audition.

There is also other projects aside from Holo Live like Voms(?). Might be easier and less stressful trying for a smaller group.

Or you could go the Chatterbate route and then become a Vtuber like Melody lol.

 

[Richman]

@Thoraxe41
Wait, i worded it wrong lol (i'm even blushing irl). What i wanted to know is where should i start if i wish to watch Hololive and get into the community, since i see it frequently but have no idea what it is about.

 

[bigtiddyoneesan]

Chatterbate

I thought this was a typo at first lol, but it's real. I'd only ever heard of Chaturbate, not Chatterbate.

 

[Mr_Detective]

https://mangadex.org/title/48577/my-father-became-a-cute-vtuber-girl

 

[Thoraxe41]

@Richman

Lol, yes slight misunderstanding.

Personally I am also just getting into this Vtuber thing. Quite a few vtubers have groups that will put out subs in parts after the stream, which is a good start. I don't quite find it the same as it's not live. I did however find a Vtuber called Pikamee! Who is Bilingual. So when watching her live it is quite easy to understand and fell like part of the crowd.

@Bigtiddyoneesan

You might be right. Believe it or not, I don't actually use the website so I only spelt out what I thought the website sounds like.

 

[Richman]

@Thoraxe41
Literally the only reason i got interested was this

 

[kasajizo]

Just do a facerig with 2DLive, as described from Shirogane's old man. (And yeah, he wasn't joking at the time when he told Shirogane(s) about his vtuber's plan, perfectly done with the research, props to Aka-sensei)

 

[Kanami-chan]

Vtubers are worse than twitch and onlyfans thots.
Their simps are the worst of all.
Shame on you.

 

[bigtiddyoneesan]

@Thoraxe41
I just did some 'extensive research'. It turns out that Chaturbate also owns the domain Chatterbate.com (and other ".[]"'s), and going to those sites just redirects to the actual Chaturbate site.

Vtuber called Pikamee! Who is Bilingual. So when watching her live it is quite easy to understand and fell like part of the crowd.

I don't watch VTubers or VTuber streams really, but I've seen some clips of Pikamee. She a cute owo uwu U^U

@Kanami-chan
Nah fam, VTubers are better bc they're far more wholesome than E-thots.

 

[krossite]

I think OP already gave up from the cost, but to bring the topic back to "how to become vtuber" a bit, the cost/preparations to become a vtuber are :

1.the art for base avartar
2.rigging artist - the more variations you want to be able to move, the more time/cost it takes
3.Live2D program
4.facecam hardware
5.video editing softwares
6.voice changer program (optional)(do note that if you want to change from a man->girl's voice, you'd also need voice practices, as the program could only get you about halfway there)

Naturally, anything you can do yourself will cut money spent but cost time, and anything you hire others will save time but cost money + risks (finished product end up not how you want, don't get any product at all/delivered way past deadline, etc.), but OP's spec of "red orb with glowing eyes" should be realatively cheap, since it wouldn't have a mouth to do the rigging for.

As for how to join us down here in the Hololive hole, I guess it depends on what you like. Personally I got in through a sub clip where they do a prank call collab on their friends and I found them entertaining enough to look for more + start the Youtube algorithm working (it's the 4 Marines and a Aqua one), so you could hang out in the communities and check out some clips you found interesting, or try to seek them out and put some of their live archives on the background while you do something else and maybe pop in when you heard them do something interesting/make weird sounds.
For that "background sounds" route, heres a few example :

Singing streams. They're idols (yes,really), so most of them have a few out every once in a while
Inugami Korone (the brown dog) 's oldschool games (she can be very tenacious and go on for hours, 10 hours streams are common)
Tsunomaki Watame (sheep) 's Minecraft building projects (she's currently making houses sort-of modeled after her Hololive friends)
Usada Pekora (rabbit) 's Fallguy/any games you'd expected to hear player's crying and begging to get a "win" (she often get smug while winning and desperately pleading when losing, often within seconds from each other)

Or you could check out their 3D debut streams, which are 1 hour clips of them in 3D models and entertaining their fans, which could give you a quick glimps of how their characters and fans are like.

 

[immortalartisan]

From what I’ve seen so far one word to describe the whole thing? Dumpster fire

 

[BestBoy]

@bigtiddyoneesan To answer your earlier question, yes. They are unapologetically vulgar and often hyper sexual. Here's a fairly funny 5 min. vid that has a montage of a bunch of stuff that they've done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HIBDGni1-o The video is separated into sections and has descriptors in the progress bar.

 

[Thoraxe41]

@BestBoy

Doesn't mean they can't be both(Wholesome and vulger/sexual). Look at Ironmouse, she talks so Vulgar and sexual but is she is actually wholesome.

@bigtiddyoneesan

Actually a smart move by the owners of that website. Cuts down on imposters and other leeches.