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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 01/10/2026

Other things to help optimise your avis: - Separating outfits across uploads - Merging material slots in Unity with tools like AAO: Avatar Optimiser - Packing B&W masks into RGB masks (guide in future on this!) I hope this guide is useful to someone out there! 🧡🐯 🧵6/6

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Introduction

AAO: Avatar Optimizer # Set of Anatawa12’s non-Destructive Small Avatar Optimization Utilities. Those utilities are applied on entering play mode or building avatars. Avatar Optimizer is a Open Source...

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 01/10/2026

Once you have un-subdivided your model it can be helpful to bake a new normal map! Below are two guides on how to bake normals! - blender.stackexchange.com/questions/32... - www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzBu... 🧵5/6

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how do I bake normals?

The Normals just bake weirdly and I don't know why The_blender_file Low Poly High poly

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 01/10/2026

While un-subdividing you have to make sure you do *not* delete *any* of your UV seam edges. It *will* break your textures. It can be helpful to select some edges, dissolve, undo and repeat as you go to make sure it isn't going to explode with the final dissolve! 🧵4/6

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 01/10/2026

Un-subdividing your mesh is as easy as 3 steps! 1. Mark the UV seams from your UV islands 2. Select every other edge loop (Alt + Click) across your whole mesh (video shows small example on my hands) 3. Dissolve the edges! 🧵3/6

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 01/10/2026

As many folks find VRC's 70k tri limit hard to hit (including myself) I have found that on bases that were originally subdivided you can un-subdivide them to reduce ~75% of your body's tri count without a significant drop in fidelity! 🧵2/6

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 01/10/2026

Its easy to pick apart low poly geometry when it stands still, but once you're in motion, you can get away with a lot! A quick on 🧵how I got my avi from very poor to a medium with a quick "hack" in blender! 🧵1/6

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Kaburion ❄️ WEBTOON ARTIST @kaburion.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Don't be like doomer bunny, it's not good for you 🐇

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 11/09/2026

Funny new displays coming to the DJ booth in Skyline soon :3

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Hella_Faith - Comms open (Queue) @hellafaith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Adding realistic muscles to @gwbabycat.ca avatar! Wip commission, next step are softening the curves and edits from feedback. Even without a gpu blender works okay w/sporadic crashes, getting work done is my priority! #b3d #VRChat

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 14/07/2026

After much puttering this year, and many bug fixes and tweaks, Skyline on #vrchat is now at Version 100!!! I hope you all are enjoying Skyline as much as I have enjoyed working on it!!!

A screenshot of the VRChat SDK Upload Screen for Skyline. The venue Skyline was last updated on 2026-07-13 at 6:13:27 PM onto Version 100.

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 13/07/2026

Hehe Natalie, you’re always too kind 🧡

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 13/07/2026

CW: Flashing Lights // As part of revamping the dance floor in Skyline, I am playing around with the idea of an audio linked dance floor... thoughts? #vrchat

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 02/07/2026

I have been having a lot of fun gogo dancing in #vrchat recently, and I thought I would share a quick trick I use while dancing!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/06/2026

How to Join the Party: 1. Join the Trevor Project Collaborations Group: vrc.group/TREVOR.6956 2. Make sure you're 18+ Age Verified 3. Join the instance when its opened at 1945 PST/2245 EST!

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Trevor Project Collaborations

This is a group that is in support of the Trevor Project Charity․ What Is the Trevor Project? - The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization f...

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/06/2026

That is why I have donated to The Trevor Project for the last two years. If you have the means, and can comfortably donate, please consider doing so at: give.thetrevorproject.org/thejungle

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Fundraise for Trevor

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/06/2026

I believe in and fundraising for the Trevor Project because I believe in choosing to hope in these dark times. I choose to believe in a future where every single person, including LGBTQ+ individuals, feel safe, loved, and celebrated regardless of who they love, or who they are.

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/06/2026

Why the Trevor Project? In our increasingly stressful world, it is important to have resources for LGBTQ young people who need help. The Trevor Project is one of the leading resources in the US that helps in crisis, but there are many other organizations aiming to do the same!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/06/2026

The Pride Month Dance Cats Trailer on YouTube: youtu.be/mVFwX4mmaNU Music: Sano - SET ME FREE Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds. Watch more NCS on YouTube: ncs.lnk.to/YouTubeATFree Download / Stream: ncs.lnk.to/s_setmefree

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/06/2026

This Friday at 1945 PST I'm hosting a DJ Dance Party in #vrchat alongside @ministrypromotions.bsky.social and the FBHC Trevor Project Collab Team to raise funds and awareness for #thetrevorproject! Come see: - 5-Hex-7 - KittyMixikins (@mixikins.com) - Saki - Blackstr

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 10/06/2026

I wanted to optimize some of the world decor in Skyline, and using this simple trick I cut about 60 batches! Feeling good and fast with many frames!

A screenshot of the Unity Editor before the optimization. The batches were at 186 with 101 saved, rendering across 171k tris.

A screenshot of the Unity Editor after the optimization. The batches are now at 127 with 12 saved, rendering across 144k tris.

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 10/06/2026

Its amazing how good a simple bottle using inverted normals can look! Just some simple contents of a bottle without needing more than an opaque shader!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

Let me know what you think of the poster! I am really happy with how it turned out! If you take a picture with the poster I would love to see it!!!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

I rendered the poster using Cycles for its emissive capabilities with touch of a glare node in the composite for some extra bloom (I love a *gentle* touch of bloom) and the poster was done!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

The Ministry "M" was modelled by tracing over the logo with smoothed curves. The colours in the pride flags were driven by a curve position variable set by a simple geometry node that fed into a colour ramp for the flag colours.

Top: Blender geometry nodes taking the geometry input to store a "curve_pos" variable for use by shaders.
Bottom: Blender shader nodes using the "curve_pos" variable to drive the factor of a colour ramp node.

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

The scene was quite simple. A simple spot light with an image texture for colour casting the Progress Pride flag on a plane with a PBR brick texture. In front were floating text elements using the Ministry letter set.

A screenshot of the Blender viewport showing a camera frustrum in front of flat plane elements with text saying "Ministry" in front of a brick wall with an unlit ministry "M" neon light fixture.

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

For graphic design, I tend to draw on tools like PowerPoint and Blender for graphics of these natures! As a key element of this design was the lit brick wall, I chose to use Blender for this design challenge!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

Inspiration for the design came first from a previous design of the Ministry "M" in front of a brick wall. The key inspiration from this piece was the emissive nature of the "M" and the light casted on the wall. These two elements laid the foundation of this year's banner.

The ministry "M" is depicted as a neon red sign casting a glow on a brick wall. Below the "M" is the text of "Ministry" with a linktree link, and QR code in the bottom right.

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

Briefly, the poster depicts the Ministry logo re-imagined in full pride regalia, showing the progress pride, pride, sunset lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, pansexual, asexual, and aromantic flags!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/06/2026

Now that its in the Pride world, I thought I would do a quick breakdown of how I made @ministrypromotions.bsky.social's submission for the 2026 Pride Poster Contest!

Amy posing in front of the Ministry Promotions pride poster in the VRChat 2026 Pride World!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 07/02/2026

I have recently made a new, somewhat experimental, #VRChat world that has combined #AudioLink with #VRCLightVolumes to have house lights, and a stage lighting system alongside a few games to play with friends! Let me know if you're interested in learning about the development process!

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Skyline by ΛMY_

∗EPILEPSY WARNING ｜ MANY FLASHING LIGHTS∗ Skyline is a high end DJ venue with space to dance‚ play pool‚ share drinks‚ and play games with friendsǃ

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 06/01/2026

Thank you! I will treasure it greatly :3

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Luxe Nova @luxe-nova.com · 05/06/2025

We're excited to announce that we're fundraising for the #TrevorProject in collaboration with the Femboy Host Club and over 20 other communities in #VRChat this June! Join us at 8:45 PM EST tomorrow to open the collaboration with a party and fundraiser! discord.gg/luxe-nova luxe-nova.com/charity

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 29/04/2025

These are so cute and so sad at the same time 😭

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 05/02/2025

This is so good ahhahahahaha Thanks for sharing it with me ❤️

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 20/01/2025

Thank you so much to everyone that came out to attend the Luxe Nova events this past weekend! It was a lot of fun to see you all, and to have fun partying! Another special thanks to @applevrc.bsky.social for the lovely photos!

Amy leaning against a railing while looking smugly at the camera. The lovely photo was taken by Apple!

Amy and Apple smiling into the camera for a selfie at the Radiance Lounge party!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 17/01/2025

The Luxe Nova team has been working really hard on these events and they should be lots of fun! If you cannot get in to Observa Theater @enderempress.bsky.social will be streaming it on Twitch.TV!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 03/12/2024

I love this so, so very much ᓚᘏᗢ

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 02/12/2024

I am really excited to be a part of this project! We have been cooking, and exciting things are on our horizons!

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Amy_ @gwbabycat.ca · 21/10/2024

What a tremendously informative plot hahaha! I wonder what relationship is being looked at, since all I can tell is that when x = 1 y is less frequent.

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