starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 14/03/2026fiery cape finissheddd OK fix: in shader graph, set surface to be opaque rather than transparent, use alpha clip threshold instead -- also, this is based off of this tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f46Q... (10/?) 010
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 14/03/2026this is Unity and im using Warudo to drive the model 110
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 13/03/2026so I brought it into unity to use with more fun shaders. Also, i decided to fiddle around with shader graph to try to create the fire cape effect, but it's a bit buggy. i mean it's a cool effect, i'm sure it might be neat to use in other thiings but how do i fix this !? (9/?) 230
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026yeah, this is about where i am now. what's my goal? probably swap off the vroid model and maybe put it into vrchat but im not sure 010
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026after some minor hiccups i threw it into warudo to test the hand tracking (with the help of handy dandy XRAnimator) and i realized blender's auto weight painting made some interesting choices for the fingers. i fixed them (8/??) 220
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026so, it's bones time, just rigged up some bones for the cloth (and also the ears and the tail too). the VRM plugin has a bunch of fields for entering colliders, and also configuring spring bones, where u can indicate whether theyre affected by gravity and how springy/dampened they are (7/?) 130
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026i ended up fixing that. think it was just turning down the collision distance of the cloak. hope that helps if u run into the same issue. (also make sure u have collisions on on the actual body but that's another issue) anyway didnt end up doing this because VRM doesn't do this kinda physix (6.9/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026but whatever, decided i might wanna fiiddle around with cloth simulation. here's a funny vid (6.875/?) 130
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026so the little cape/coat thing... i wanted it to actually look flames at the end, but i didnt know how to do that or where to begin looking, so i decided to make it a normal boring cloth. if u look at the concept art u'll notice... (6.75/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026also i decided to add all 52 of the ARKit blendshapes and it was really slow n painful but whatever. i wanted to throw this guy into warudo anyway so yk? (6.5/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026at this point i started doing blendshapes for like the VRM plugin in blender. i found shapekeys earlier in the menus but i got too scared to mess w it too early but now i know everything so im confident (lie). also another reason why i decided to make face mesh based not tex based (6/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026ah, i suddenly remembered: shading. so w low poly stuff if u dont touch anything u get some really sharp edges with shadows n stuff. so i searched some quick tutorial (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kzh...) -> using basically a sphere as proxy mesh for... well, check it out if u want details (5.5/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026bones (5/?) also tail i guess. i forgot when i did that but it was at some point. 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026basically only the nose and the actual iris part have actual detail in the texture, the rest are flat colours. another reason why i changed to this was cuz i wanted to move the face strip markings with the expressions if i needed to yk? also ended up makin me do ARKit blendshapes (4.5/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026so ended up texturing all the polys like this. also, at this point, i decided to do the same thing with the face (ok ignore the dead fish lookin eyes). im a beginner so dont roast my topology too bad LOL i just relied on intuition so there might be weird stuff (4/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026also cuz the torso had nuff polygons for it i just ended up UV mapping each torso onto this tiny colour palette texture i made (3.5/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026UV mapping: if u looked closely at the above model you'd notice that my face is not actually that flat. that actually made it really hard to map textures onto the model. well, i managed to make the eyes look pretty good but the mouth, for any expression besides the neutral it was kinda wonky (3/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026after i started acutally modelling the thing i ended up not making it as low poly as i'd initially intended (i wanted to make the torso mesh interesting). after learning how to use the basic tools i found it kinda fun, so i sorta just started goin for it (2/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026decided to learn blender to try doin some character modelling a week ago so ill quickly post a catchup log of what's happened so far (started with @/crashsune.bsky.social 's tutorial low poly tutorial. it's really good!) (1/???) youtube.com/playlist?lis... 140
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 10/03/2026i guess i oughta post here so there is at least things to check out HAHA 220
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 22/01/2026in full here! isnt it very yehOG_srbio u think youtu.be/yehOG_srbioyoutu.beCRITICALITYYouTube video by starbyte 010
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 15/05/2025new youtube release. sorry i dont have a short version, might do that later, i got sick of my video editing program for today youtu.be/SbYhompvRMMyoutu.beMAKER'S END (lyric video)YouTube video by starbyte 010
Reposted by starbyteToomannnynames @toomannnynames.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Collab drawing with @stellarwyrm.bsky.social !! original template by K_MB001 (couldn't find the original post ;;;) THIS IS SICK!!!!!!!!!!!! #art #oc #collabart 051
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Pq...youtube.comsynthbrainYouTube video by starbyte 000
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025new song release: "synthbrain" (full song in reply) #music #musicsky 151
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025 1 min limitations; full song here www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lksh...youtube.comLet Me SleepYouTube video by starbyte 000
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 07/03/2025(tryin video upload natively on bsky for the first time) #music #musicsky 110
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025haha, ill take the suggestion, and also i appreciate the other replies you’ve made! its good to hear another point of view on those things 010
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025New Song; guess the lyrical parts of this -- you can't!! (i myself forgot the first section's exact words LOL) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhMT...youtube.comRUNTIMEYouTube video by starbyte 042
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025also who am i kidding i posted like two dumb memes on here already LOL 010
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025how should i think of this... showing my art to the wide world? i sometimes think i should just do it with reckless abandon, while other times i feel i should curate what i show, as the character, too, can be a form of art, i might imagine. but that's too much to think of often (4/4) 110
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025i know at some point people struggle between creating art for the purpose of pleasing many people, compromising the vision they have for themselves. but i'm not yet at this crossroads, i think... at least today, i think the strongest thing that drives my creation is that i love what i make (3/?) 110
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025i know creation of art is an expression of the self, but as much as i agree with the fact that it should be for myself foremost, i also wonder if that necessarily means those who enjoy what i create is... sensible? i feel like it's only human, right? (2/?) 110
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 16/01/2025if i post here more regularly, will the algorithm reward me 🥲 i want more people to hear my music or see my art, even if it's a shallow desire (1/?) 120
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024the new song www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iLj...youtube.comTo Ward A StarYouTube video by starbyte 020
starbyte @stellarwyrm.bsky.social · 23/10/2024OK Bluesky, i make music n art: www.youtube.com/watch?v=foP0... check me out on youtube that's where i put things and follow me pleas! and tell me all you think about my music and my lack of ability to advertise it. 😨🚶youtube.comburnsphereYouTube video by starbyte 010
