For more information on Live2D:
Live2D Website
What it is
SDK
Download
Resources:
Official Documents and Manuals
Live2D Official Tumblr - Tutorials
Tutorials:
Art Part 1: Preparing Your PSD File For Modeling
Art Part 2: Using the Live2D Modeler
Art Part 3: Using the Live2D Animator
Part 4: Using the Live2D Viewer
Stages of a Live2d Sprite
Videos:
Official Live2D on Youtube
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avDTIZAOX9o[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woDz1aaC724[/youtube]
Models/Art Resources:
Official Cybernoids Models
Things I've heard from others:
renoa-heartilly wrote:i've gotten a feel for it by using emofuri, so maybe you should play around with that program first and figure out what the heck live 2d is, and once you recognize the main points and the names of things you'll find it easier to use a bigger program like Cubism
renoa-heartilly wrote:in emofuri you draw the eyes as: eye white + top and bottom lashes + pupil
in cubism you draw the eyes as: top eyelids, bottom eyelids, top lashes, bottom lashes, eye white, pupil
renoa-heartilly wrote:if you have the old version try to update, the newer update makes it super simple to import the image into cubism and apply a template
what you do is go to 'File -> import PSD' and open the file for your character, once it opens on the screen go to File -> apply template
renoa-heartilly wrote:it's difficult without an actual SDK for Ren'py
you see, the way it is now, you have to draw the sprite, import it into live 2d program (either Cubism or Emofuri) and then export the frames of the motion into PNG images. and from there declare them one by one into renpy (or create a LiveComposite of the succession of the motion)
i tried it, and the way it works is that if you also have LipFlap, it will look wonky and weird unless you make RenPy pause so that the different layers don't all show up at the same time, so you end up with a Phoenix Wright kind of effect.
renoa-heartilly wrote:bottom line is, using live 2d in the current state of things is the same thing if you'd simply hand-drawn all the expressions
With these Resources, this is what I've been able to do so far:
How about you guys?