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Ok tumblr. Have your fandom content.

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I keep accidentally drawing his eyes green I’m so done bro

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Every time I see Yi Xi’s designs I get a bit more bisexual/pos

ALSO 9Z I’M DYING LMAO

Riku… *kicks feet/j’

Okay I need to stop now COOL DESIGNSSS!!!!

wanted to yap a little bit about my SV2 vimalion design process as i wait for my arm to recover from drawing all those fullbodies o(*￣▽￣*)ブ part 1 of ????

i have always loooooved vocaloid update designs, v4 update era was my Absolute Favorite, so when sv2 was announced, against my better judgement, i was absolutely determined to make "update" designs for all (checking) 28 ?? vimalion sv designs. ough

there were a few things i wanted to achieve:

i wanted the SV2 designs to feel more like a unified ensemble

i wanted it to be obvious from an immediate glance whether you were looking at a SV1 or SV2 design

i wanted to leave flexibility for new future SV2 (only) designs in the future

vimalion sv1 designs were largely "neutral colors (black, white) + key colors", so for sv2, i reduced this down to "dark neutrals (black, grey) + key colors, with a gradient". it does make everyone look a little bit emo, and some sv1 designs (like weishu) didn't have any light neutrals which kind of makes them fail point 2, but i think overall it worked out pretty well :')

i also gave everyone newwww hairstyles ^_^ because it's fun. but i made sure they were all hairstyles that didn't change the length or cut of the hair cuz i like the idea of them being able to switch between these designs at will lol

(also, i added an extra line to the logo. for Synth V Two)

but the main challenge of this premise is that there are many vimalion designs i simply feel like i nailed on the first shot. i simply think that some of the vimalion designs are Perfect. also some of them i made like, literally only months ago. so i can't really go a miku v4 or longya v4 route of trying to "improve" or "modernize" them with only slight adjustments.

to this end, my approach was more along the lines of v4 flower: take the same original Vision, but turn it into a different direction*

i feel like this approach lets each iteration have its own identity, and since i don't want the SV2 designs to be replacement for the SV1s but rather just New Additional Designs If You Want Them, i felt like it was the right approach :-)

*i know v4 flower was just based off a genderbend fanart but bear with me for the sake of my design theory lol

anyways, i haven't really talked publicly about the direction/themes/motifs/Visions for the vimalion dt designs, so i thought it'd be fun to identify them and talk about how i did them in a different flavor for their sv2 designs! some are a bit more interesting than others haha

Saki: the og, very first AI voicebank... so i wanted her to feel very Lowkey, very Tutorial Character. nonplayable secretary in the idol game vibe. so my vision for her is "chic sexy office lady", which i did with a sexy little tube top- fully out for her SV1 and buttoned up under her blazer (but still w some skin showing under) for SV2- combined w sexy officewear (it's just normal officewear?)

Qing Su: she and saki were the only faceless vocals for a while, so when people made fan designs they often made them reaaaally complex. so i wanted qing su to be elegant but simple: "marine fashion + hanfu". hence the sailor collar :-) SV2 has her showing more skin but i feel like it's like a "walk in the ocean" vibe. she's also got a bit of a lace subtheme in SV1 so i brought that back in SV2 with the gloves to kind of echo the "elegance" vibe of the long skirt.

also! back when letter vocals were only 1 letter i also tried to incorporate the letter into their designs... this didn't last long, but it did stick for qingsu- in her SV1 design, the combination of her bun and the hair stick make a Q shape. i reprised this in spirit for SV2 with the hair loop + ponytail also making a Q shape :-)

Ryo: his vision is "street fashion + modernized traditional japanese". for his SV1 i gave him a little half kimono thing, kinda samurai reminiscent... SV2 i gave him a haori instead (though i brought the kimono sleeves back for vibes) + hakama pants. also, his hair is based off kenshi yonezu, so i just picked another kenshi hairstyle for SV2 lol

Kevin: i felt bad for english voicebanks not having traditional fashion motifs to pull from like the japanese and chinese ones. i figured steampunk is the closest thing to immediately recognizable English Fashion Culture, so that's why the english voicebanks have steampunk elements. and thusly as the first English voicebank his vision was just "steampunk guy". i brought back the K-shaped neck thing from one of Kevin's earlier design iterations because it's sooooo good. and then i put the goggles on his head because they annoy me around his neck. that's basically all i have to say for him.

mo chen: his vision is "cute menswear + chinese fashion", or more succinctly "match qingsu" LOL. i couldnt really get him to matchsies super close w qingsu anymore though so i swapped out his wendy collar so he could have an elegant sweater vest over chinese collar moment. his hair is in a loop to match his sister but maybe it can look like the O from his logo if you want.

an xiao: his vision is "elevated high fashion suit". it was a very dramatic weird bodysuit moment for SV1 but SV2 looks a bit more like a normal high fashion suit LOL. also his tits gotta be out. also idk he gives me "suit + sneaker" vibes right? dont you agree? (holding a microphone up to you) hey

feng yi: she was the first one i earnestly designed with "VIMALION" in mind rather than just one-off designs, so i went a little bit too crazy with giving her motifs. i guess her vision theme is "han lolita-ish?" but she also had subthemes of clouds, ribbons, that weird criss-cross thing on her wrists... plus her main theme of ginkgo... anyways. i took the fluff under her skirt that served as a "cloud" vision and gave it to her as a fashionable little shawl for SV2. i swapped the zettai ryoukai of her arms and legs (thigh socks -> opera gloves, bare arms -> bare legs) just cuz?? i also made her colors closer to what they actually are LOL

weina: her vision is "phoenix goddess". i regretted giving her a bird theme when ling wan came out and was actually bird themed HAHA. but for SV2 i just did another angle on this vision, though maybe a little more elegantly this time... hers probably feels the most like a "level up". you can't tell in her key art but her cape is still wing shaped i promise.

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okay i'll do the others in another part another time!! my arm hurts goodnight

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No explanation.

Teeth of the Valley

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HELP REAL I SWEAR I’VE SEEN SO MUCH PEOPLE SAYING “wow this song sounds like Jason’s skin OST!!” I’m gonna hold my (not yours) hand when I say this…

No hate to Jason I don’t play Forsaken but all my friends are obsessed so he must be very cool

Yi Xi MENTIONED I’M THE BIGGEST Yi Xi FAN I HAD A 1.8M HANDMADE POSTER OF THE VIMALION FAN DESIGN BUT IT FELL DOWn 💔

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You are a postman in a remote town. Slowly uncover the secrets that lies underneath the surface...or don't. The choice is in your hands.

Rafael I’m sorry anyways THIS IS THE BIGGEST ART IVE DONE AND IT TOOK EXACTLY 4 HOURS WOAH IT MAKES ME THINK I MISSED SOMETHUNG (ignore the tags)

Spica you make me happy I hope you don’t turn bald

Anyways here’s your fandom content Tumblr be happy now give me moots pls or I’ll have to draw ivantill and my my beloved Rafael Nio/Cain Doster (Post Memory) (ship so small we don’t even have a ship name lolll okay I’m rambling)

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Oh, only fandom content gets likes? OKAY TUMBLR THEN HAVE IT.

Wait for me, it’s just gonna take like 12 hours I’m cooking….

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#doomedyaoi we’re all cooked chat 💔💔

TW: implied suic-de

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Me when rendering magic

Bro’s green eyes got blink gone’d💔💔

Off topic but Rafael ily bro

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Me: “W-Why does no one like my line art…. 😣”

Also my lineart:

(Okay sorry but this is literally what it looks like before I ask the magic wizard to render for me)

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CAIN FOSTER IS THIS YOU TF HOW DID MY ART STYLE MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE A RUNAWAY TEENAGER

Anyways chat I love him sm I’m gonna explode ahahhahahahahahhhahahhahahahahaha

Do not be scared postmemory fans others may favour silver thread and Homekeeping more but trust I’ll always be here for you (Currently playing another game also I like Eury I think I would say “she’s just like me!!” But that would be a little concerning wouldn’t it)

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Incase you guys haven’t noticed:

Yes I’m in the Alien Stage fandom (Luka fan, murder me if you want)

Yes I make games

Yes I have played some of the sig games

Yes I’m a huge fan of Spicaze’s games

And yes I use SynthV

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I’M SORRY CAIN I’VE ACCIDENTALLY MADE YOUR HAIR MOLDY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔 MB

I desaturated too hard lmao

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BRO THIS IS SO REAL FOR A FEW SECONDS I THOUGHT THE MYSTERIOUS GUY AND PROTAGONIST WOULD KISS OR SOMETHING 💔💔💔

help me i accidentally got into another minecraft civilization thing off instagram reels (full versions are on youtube). why the hell is the joll and conk cinematic universe in-fucking-sane??? just the prequel (technically beginning arc if you think about it) contains a back-and-forth redemption and no-redemption arc dude, a mysterious guy who's trying to help in the oddest ways and that im pretty sure was slightly gay for the protag, the protag was a bi disaster with horrible luck until the end, his best friend had a crazy foreshadowed plot twist, the protag's girlfriend was cool and just as calculating as mystery dude until certain event, a (implied or at least in my headcanon) lesbian who deals with almost deadly comphet and justifably went psycho after her two relationships with back and forth and best friend, an iconic sibling duo who deserved way more screentime, and even more epic shit... and it's all contained in an rng gacha game tournament.

and then his son is even more insane when it comes to his adventures. guys why is this so crazy good.

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Something my friend K requested :3

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21 minute ad on YouTube

😰lmao

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Using all the time on my VN project doesn’t mean I’m gonna give up feeding the small fandoms, it just means I’ve now gained the ability to make extra content for the fandoms in game form (With the creator’s permission)

Ren’Py ily

(It means I could make Cain and Rafael kiss- WOAH WHO SAID THAT)