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Holy shit, that model is adorable.

thank you so muchhhh <3

i've definitely found my vocation to be entertainment. and vtubing has been helping me slowly figure it out while also having a job that i can at least support myself somewhat. this is an amazing video and i definitely went too long without hearing this!

✨in my fueling my vocation era ✨ but seriously another great video!

squiiji u inspire me ;-; ur kind words are such a comfort <3

gave me some perpective hmmm thank you

Another fantastic video! Especially the breakdown of the actual meaning behind the starving artist trope.

If vtubers are new and dont have big fan base yet they could start off as a hobbyist//part time job (extra little money sometimes ) until you get a bigger Fanbase and the money you get from vtubing would be enough to set you for life

Omg i love your videos so i got excited sawing this ⁠\⁠(⁠^⁠ω⁠^⁠\⁠ ⁠)

Oh wow, I got way more out of this video than I expected. I thought that this was going to be about Vtubing, but it went so much deeper into talking about different paths to pursue in life. Thanks for taking the time to make this!

I'm glad that I finally had a chance to watch through all of this! You did a great job getting your points across. This way of thinking about VTubing, like any artistic space, is super helpful. I realized a while back that I may not be cut out for being a VTuber as a career (streaming, at least), but I do know that I want to solve problems for other people. Instead: I've kind of turned that into a career as a result of the kind of vocation I'm naturally drawn to (helping people overcome problems)! The results of that on other peoples' streams makes it all worth it, and that inspires me to do better, too. The friction that happens when people attempt to do content creation full-time without it truly being their calling (yet) really hurts to see. It's also difficult to see friends that can absolutely turn this into their sole full-time effort writing that off as a "job". Artists (especially the starving ones) seem to have a common anxiety that permeates their lives, mostly involving being worried if they're "good enough" at what they do. I might be spitballing a little too much here, but I personally think that comes down to attempting to shove themselves into a box doing what they love as a job without fully realizing that they've hurt their own passion, or attempting to chase a dream as part of a vocation that's actually slightly mis-matched from what they thought they were doing. I saw that a lot in art school, but that angst has persisted as a problem well after I graduated for most of my friends. Many of my old classmates have fallen out of love with their passions as a result. VTubing as a career can be complicated, tech-heavy, and requires a ton of support from other creators for most people to keep it up full-time. It feels like subversion of the classic Marshall Mcluhan "the medium is the message" mode of media production and consumption (It's not "hot" media, it's spicy!), but that creates some really heavy expectations for the creators that stay in this space, whether self-imposed or created by their communities. TLDR: I'm glad to see another creator thinking more about "why" people give VTubing a shot. I hope that more people see this video and take the time to really listen about it! Good looks, providing the source for your inspiration. I might dive into that mode of thinking a bit more, myself. Thank you so much for making another awesome video!

streaming as a career is a fool's errand. no one should stream full time. even if you make crazy money from it, it isn't a good long term thing. twitch itself is dying, perhaps showing that streaming just isn't a good business model for anyone

As someone who is disabled and can't work a normal career, Vtubing has given me reasons to live beyond just the day to day survival my life was before. I don't think I'll ever stop, partially because I can't do anything else, and partially because I don't want to do anything else.

Your advice is relevant for so many avenues. really helped me put things into perspective. Very happy your vid popped into my recommendations.

New Squiiji vid!

I wanna do vtubing as a hobby and I really don't wanna get big because I won't be able to do any other jobs, like baking(right now I love baking, once when I was little I planned on opening a resteraunt with my freind, but that's beside the piont.

I actually said something recently about how I just stream for fun and how not everything you do has to have a grandiose reason to be done. I can be one but doesn't have to be one. Nod. Nod.

12:24 that frame of media offline... why did I notice that? Why did I mention it? Eh whatever.

Thank you for the video! Really helped put my mind in perspective.

So happy to see a new upload! Literally two days ago I thought, "Hmm haven't seen Squiiji in a bit. Hope a new video comes out soon, I'm sure they're busy." Really like this topic too, feel like it's an important aspect everyone needs to dig into to figure out what's best for them career/job/hobby/vocation wise.

I’m graduating high school in a year and I’ve been worried about my future because I’m not really sure what I want to do and that’s part of why I want/wanted to make money off of it as soon as possible (ofc i also enjoy the streaming and video making process as well), but this video helped me ease some anxiousness!! I mean I still have senior year to build my channel and hopefully figure something out lol

As someone who streams as a hobby (disabled) i do feel like an imposter amongst the indies who "take it seriously", this explanation really helped put things in perspective and quell my thoughts, ty!

love the model tbh

Honestly thank you for this. I always felt so bad that I had to keep vtubing as a hobby cuz my main job pays too well for me to give up, but also didn't have the time or energy to go as hard into marketing myself and streaming constantly to actually make a job or career out of. I've actually had to (at least temporarily, hopefully) give up on streaming entirely because my job has been stressing me out, I was getting tired of always falling back into the headspace that I HAD to grow, and in general seeing the low view count always got my depression going real bad and it was getting unhealthy... It still sometimes feels like I 'failed' and it can be hard to remind myself that it was a hobby and that's ok.

I'm 17 teenage girl, soon to turn 18 in Sept. I'm nervous, yet eager to become a vtuber, I've been designing or even might do my self a favor of learning to rig, yet I have highschool to finish, I got finals, and assignments to finish up. Love your videos!

Darling you have no idea how validating this is, specially the part of working go survive and to support our passions makes me feel better for spending some of my spendable income onto it!

11:00 The "Media Offline" jumpscare got me good. On a serious note, this video is really helping me with rethinking how I manage by hobbies. Thanks Squiiji!

Apologies about the little bit of flickers and stutters in the video, my recording dropped a ton of frames and I didn't know until exporting RIP I promise the quality will be back in the next one! 🧡

YAY SQUIIJI POSTED edit: just finished the video! i really needed to hear this. a lot of things are stressing me out rn, and finding something to support myself is one of them 😭. i feel a lot better after watching this, thank you!

I'm really thankful for this video. When I don't have the language to say something I become so meek and I *have* been meek about what Vtubing is for me to just about anyone I've spoken to about it. Now I know what it is, or rather what I want it to be. Wonderful talk. 🙏

I'd love love LOVE to see more vtubing model critiques! I like when you offer subtle changes to the model that really enhance the design as a whole. Whether it be color palette, silhouette, or emphasizing the motif. Your last video on the topic was really interesting to watch. It helped a lot with my character design process.

5:00 yep, that's where I'm aiming 😄☺️ (with vtubing or content creation in general being the hobby/side-job)

Asian here, this is my opinion: The creator of this video doesn't seem to understand that these companies aim to appeal to a mainstream audience rather than a specific group of people. Their opinions are biased toward what they think is good design. I don't understand why the creator criticized unrealistic body proportions, but then later at 2:40, they said that this 'hyperstylized' look gets a pass because it's "meant" to be like that. The anime style can already be considered hyperstylized, as many of its defining traits are unrealistic (such as small necks, big eyes, and hair that is made of shapes rather than individual strands, etc.) So, what's the issue with long torsos/small feet? It's also a stylization. Westerners seem to have a double standard; if a character is made chubby or with freckles and stubby arms/legs, it's considered good 'stylization,' but if a character is too tall and slender, it's deemed as bad anatomy. Why isn't that considered stylization as well? Asian culture differs significantly from the West; Asians are typically much skinnier compared to Westerners, so the ideal body type aesthetic tends to be very lean, slender, and tall. If you ask Asians about their ideal type, it's usually a guy who's tall and slender with lean muscle but not too bulky, or a slender woman with a small waist. That is the beauty standard in Asia. And of course, since these companies are based in Asia, they will try to appeal to the aesthetic Asians like. That's why I find it very pretentious that the creator of this video critiques the work of industry professionals as if they don't know what they are doing. Furthermore, all this criticism seems very subjective and biased. It's the same with the clothing; it's made to be very detailed and realistic to be eye-catching and nice to look at, but faces are kept simple to avoid them from looking strange. Your example of what's good at 4:59 looks very uncanny and would not appeal to a wide mainstream audience. I'm sure the artist who made that is very talented, but the design is just not something that would be marketable. I am certain that these companies could make vtubers with average human proportions if they wanted to, but that wouldn't have as much appeal to audiences in asia. I find it very strange that this person's argument essentially comes down to their biased opinion of what is "good" and "bad" stylization. They define what is and isn't stylization, when in reality, anything that isn't realism is already stylized.

Solid Video! I think people being less judgmental when it comes to vtubing will make the space healthier. For me, it 's kind of a hobby but also helps me in my true passion that is art. I experiment with my own model all the time so it scratches ALOT of itches. It also makes me a little bit of money with commissions and I've found I love to entertain! I do hope to one day support myself with all my creative outlets but until then, my day job will have to do. My day job isn't exciting, but it's easy and pays the bills.

Might be one in the future

I feel like there's this grey zone where the possibility of having a side-gig become a tax advantage/tax advantageous is neat - minor write-offs, but they're one-offa

I loved this video!! I always feel so bad about wanting to make my vocations and hobbies my career, but this completely changed that :))

Hearing the amount of time needed is demoralizing on my end. It makes it feel like starting at 35 is too late. Everyone who becomes any decent size seems to be at least around a decade younger than me. I also have several mental blocks stopping me from getting a normal job to support such things.

I'm kinda just winging it 😅

Great video. It cleared up a lot in my head💛. Since like fellow students i wonder if my direction is right one. But i will see if it ends up a career or a job. At the very least i will find it intreasting. Might try vtubbing as a hobby or a way to get to know new people, but we will see i don't move on from that idea.

I remember you saying you where working on this video when i said stuff about it in the comments of a previous one. It's very helpful thank you.

Really good video!! It's nice hearing about a realistic approach to dedication levels of Vtubing!! 🩵

Yay new Squiji Video

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gearing up to step into the scene and this video came at a perfect time. Ive been trying to vectorized my logo and found many design flaws so stumbling across this video helped me go back to push the design and I wound up finding something I like 10x better so TY!

To be honest some day I wish I could make my own oc and be a Vtuber of my OC (I'm a Girl but Genderfluid. I prefer he/him and would love to be my OC for a day ;3) My male OC is so silly I just would make him wear a blank sweater, jeans, etc. He is a plain guy or I can mix his og au (Dragons) and make him a dragon hybrid :33

i cannot take this video seriously when ur model is THIS horribly designed LOL...

This was a great video and very informative. As someone who very recently went the other direction from "IRL" streaming to Vtubing for personal and private reasons, it was super overwhelming to get started. I love the just get into it mentality though and have been just livestreaming and posting my usual content using my Avatar and while it's too soon to see any kind of impact I am really enjoying the journey.

Noice!