icebell

Where am I, and a cover sneakpeak!!

HELLO!!!!!!! It's been longer than usual since I've posted, and I'm also not too active on social media at the moment either, so I feel gotta be transparent about that...

You probably already know I'm in school currently in a 3D graphics class, but recently I also landed an internship! That internship has taken a lot more time from me than I thought, since I'm getting a lot more responsibility than I anticipated.. which is good, I'm having a blast!!! I get to do so many cool things!!!...

New Icebell's first moves!!!!! :O

I CAN MOVE!!!! WOOOOOOO!! FINALLY!!!

It has taken a while to get this done, but I see the light in the end of the tunnel! The model isn't 100% done yet, but I can kinda use it, so it's good enough to show I think?? I still have some textures I want to fix, some blendshapes to fix, and some weightpaint issues I gotta fix. I also really want to add some fun extra expressions I can use, like blush, and cry, maybe animate them?? Never done that before, so I'm curious! There are also some s...

New model SNEAKPEAK :O

HELLO I have a lot to update you on :O

For right now I'm gonna show off the progress of my new model!!! I've been working on this on and off for over a year now, and it's been taking way too long due to school taking up a lot of time, so I'm really pushing myself lately to finish it. I feel like I can't do any of the other things I want to do before I finish this! I'm done with the modelling and UV mapping, and I'm close to being finished with the textures now. I've been trying to study...

Icebear Radio Sneakpeak!

HELLO! HAPPY NEW YEAR!! (a little late but still january, still counts!!!!)

I have been working more on Icebear Radio lately, and I've done a lot of design changes to the idea! I felt a little bit stuck on the visual part, and I felt like it wasn't the right vibe, so I decided to find out something else. I remembered that some of the songs I have in my playlist are from rhythm games, and I got really inspired by that for my menu. I grew up playing a lot of Dance Dance Revolution, so I b...

Icebear Radio

HELLO it's been a little while!!!

I've been drowning in a lot of schoolwork lately, so I've been feeling very drained, but recently I've gotten a spark back! You've seen me post about the new Icebell before, and while that is still in the works (hopefully I can get it done within this year hhh) I thought about Icebear too.. If Icebell is getting renewed, Icebear should follow! SO! I sat down and created a whole new design for Icebear. I wanted Icebear to be more movable, because the ol...

Behind The Scenes of Pipo Pipo + Icebell model download!

HELLO!!

I've hit a roadblock once again with my new model, so I decided to get more knowledge by doing ANOTHER MODEL lol. I also really wanted to learn about Blender's animation system and cameras, and how scenes work and stuff like that, so I thought I could go through a "behind the scenes" of how I created the music video for my newest cover of Pipo Pipo!

With this one I was really inspired by the old videos used for DDR and stuff, as well as the "y2k" chibi look kind...

Website and Model Update!

HELLO!

I've recently taken a little vacation, but at the same time not at all lol. I'm just taking a long time to create things, but I think I'm getting a lot better at it! Practice makes perfect! I've been working a lot on my model, since I got a little stuck on how I'd like it to look. It's still not all the way where I want to be, but I'm closing in on something. The pictures will speak for themselves, hehe, I've only done modelling though! I think once the textures come in it'll re...

Opening Cloud Mart! + Stylized Pool Set!!

HELLO!

I've been wanting to open up my own asset store for a while now, so I decided to just jump into it! Cloud 9 was made with expansion in mind, so I thought it would be a perfect place to use as a showcase world for assets I want to sell too! What better name to use for the shop then the one and only konbini store of Cloud 9, Cloud Mart!

The last couple of days I've been working on putting this little pack together, as well as learning how to make unity pac...

Cloud 9 is "DONE"!

HELLO!!!!!!!! I "FINISHED" THE VIRTUAL CITY OF CLOUD 9!!! 

I thought I could talk a little about the project! A lot has happened since my last post (sorry about that, I got lost in the work, and I was super determined to make it happen :S) This was definitely my biggest project yet, and I definitely learned a lot on my way.

For this project I modelled the whole city in Blender, and used Unity to create the actual VRchat world itself. I imported the Blender file dir...

The Blocking of Cloud 9 + Icebell Reference Art

HELLO!

I've been working hard on my exam project lately, there is A LOT of work to do, and I've only just begun!!! Last post was all about the new Icebell design, while this time I'm gonna talk more about the city, more specifically "The Virtual City of Cloud 9"! Cloud 9 is the casual name of the city, but the project name is "The Virtual City of Cloud 9". This is Icebell's city!

The city is very inspired by retrofuturism and solar punk, and is set on a huge cloud, that's why it...

New design?!??

HELLO

I've started school again, and been surprisingly busy with that in the last couple of weeks. I try my very best at absorbing everything I can as long as I'm able to, and learn as much as I can! My absolute end goal is to be able to get a job in the game industry after school. 

I only have one semester left of school to go, and we're already planning for the big final exam project. For me I really want to create something related to what I started school...

My Exam Project!

HELLO!

Since last post I got EVEN MORE SCHOOL WORK. It's kind of my own fault because I want to create something cool, and learn a lot of stuff, but that does come with a couple of sacrifices.
Anyway, I thought I could talk more in depth about my exam project! It's been a ride, but I've learned so much, and I feel like my 3D skills are evolving more and more!  
Our assignment was to design, 3D model, UV map, texture, rig and animate a game ready character mad...

HALLOWEEN 2022

HELLO!!!!!

Last post was all about ice channel 9...
I suddenly got a LOT to do at school, so I didn't get to finish up what I started there, and now it's almost halloween. So I thought I could put that project on pause for a bit, and create a cool halloween look for both Icebear and I! I call these "Dark Matter Icebell and Icebear". The idea is that we've been contaminated by weird unknown dark matter, which has transformed us both into something completely different. I got to work ...

Ice Channel 9 FULL UPGRADE, WIP!!!

HELLO!!

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I thought this would be a really nice side project for this month, upgrading Ice Channel 9, and reviving it! I've been wanting to make a proper studio now that I'm better at 3D modelling, and I want to get better at doing environments. I want to create more VRchat worlds too! You could say it's a practice towards something bigger, maybe a city someday?? I feel ready to create bigger things! ALSO! In addition to the studio upgrad...

I MADE MYSELF A SUMMER DRESS!

HELLO!!!!!!

As mentioned before, I started on a summer outfit! More specifically a summer dress because that's what twitter wanted the most. I really wanted to finish it before the end of august, and I DID!!!!!!! WOO!!!!!! Since I already have the base model, the groundwork was already done, but I did come across a few challenges here too since this was my first time editing the model into something else.

Starting from the top, the ribbons! I modelled them first in Maya, as that...

EARLY ACCESS! - Poppin' Candy Fever COVER!

HELLO!!!

I finally finished one of my covers, Poppin' Candy Fever!!!!!!!! It'll premiere on my youtube this sunday July 24th at 4:00 pm CEST! You can find the waiting room for it here. BUT.. I thought I could do a little early access video for patreon, so I made a secret new backup channel that I plan to upload early access stuff, and patreon stuff! So here's the cover before anybody else hears or sees ...

NEW COVER(S?!) WIP POST!!!

HELLO!

I've been working on 3!!!!!!!!! covers these last couple of days, because I wanted to focus om making covers this month, but I think I've been a bit burned out lately, so I've been working slowly. I finally got to record some stuff! The covers I'm doing are Poppin Candy Fever, Pon de Beach from idolm@ster, and the one I've talked about forever, LUVORATORYYYYYYYYY AHHHHHHHHHH

Ok so first up is P...

MODEL UPDATE VIDEO!!! I got it working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!


It's been a while since last time I posted, so let me recap the last month:

I've been doing my exam project, and it has gone really well! It was a group project where we made a VRchat world, so if you haven't checked it out yet, please do! More info in this tweet. I definitely learned a lot in this project, to the point where I see a lot more errors in my new mode...

Icekonbell Photo Set! (Phone Wallpaper Size)

HELLO!!!

Jehemoth requested me to make some wallpapers for phone, so I took a bunch of photos of Icekonbell in VRC! Oh yeah, I made a Low Poly Kon version of Icebell btw, it's gonna be a placeholder while I figure out how I'm gonna fix the errors on my model! I'm just happy I get to post short little videos again!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!! Please enjoy the photos!!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs from Icebell!!!!!!!!! <3333333333

Early Access to "Try Unite" Cover!

HELLO! I've been very busy with school lately, so I feel bad for not updating that much on what is going on, but I'm doing very good! Lots of progress with 3D work, and I feel I'm getting good at it, which is super cool!

I really wanted to do a quick little coversong, so I decided to go for the very first song I have in my list of likes on soundcloud, "Try Unite". It's a song by Megumi Nakajima, and it's used as an opening for the anime Rinne no Lagrange. I haven't watched the anime tho...

FIRST MOVEMENT WITH NEW ICEBELL! (Video!)

HELLO!!!

It has been a while, I've been having some covid times, and some pressure from school (which I still have hhh but it's ok, I just gotta spend some time on school stuff too) and I've been at a convention this weekend! Before Icebell I used to have stands at convention where I sold accessories and stuff, a lot of it inspired by sweets, space and magical girls! When the virus came along, it wiped all conventions too, so there were none left, so this was the first one I've been to ...

Icebell textures DONE, blendshapes progress!

HELLOOOO!! I just wanted to update you on model progress! I finished up all the textures, which took some time because I had to study some shading, but I DID IT WOO!! I like it a lot, it's very different from my past models, but I wanted to put on more details this time. I also scaled up the pupils a bit, since I think I was looking a bit scary earlier, now I look more approachable! ALSO!!! I have plans on making outlines on the model too, but it wont be until I'm finished!

Right now I'...

FREE ICE CREAM CHOCOLATE BOX!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!! I made you all some ice cream chocolate, hope you like it!<333
You can find the zip attached! 

Link to sketchfab for viewing: https://skfb.ly/osBTB

It contains:

Two FBX models, one with texture and one without.
Base Color, Height, Metallic, Normal, and Roughness maps.
A .txt file with some info!

Hope you have a nice day with lots of ice cream choco!!!!!!!

Icebell Texturing WIP!

HELLO!!! It's almost valentines day?!? I feel I should make you guys a little gift.. We'll see what I can do for you! This is not the gift though, this is Icebell texture process! This is the first time I try to do this type of texturing, so there is a lot of studying and testing what works and not, luckily there's a lot of inspiration to take from models on sketchfab! I've tried a cutesy anime style, with inspiration from genshin models. I've combined gradient tones with more sharp toon deta...

Icebell Modelling DONE! (pretty much!!!)

HELLO!

I've been working on and off on this model now ever since january started, and it has taken up a lot more time than I wanted it to, but since this is the first model I make I want to make it GOOD!! So.. it just has to take whatever time it takes. I do also have school and life I gotta deal with, so aaaaa, but! I KINDA FINISHED IT! I still gotta do the rigging, UV mapping and texturing ofc, but I'M HERE!! WOO!

For the clothing I didn't really follow any tutorials, I just tri...

Icebell 3.0 PROGRESS!

HELLO!!

I've been talking about making a 3D model from scratch ever since I started vtubing. 3D is even what got me into vtubing, through VRchat! I've been obsessed with the thought, to the point where I'm now going to school for game graphics and animation, and I feel like I'm in my element! I've already made a few "character" type 3D models, mostly just chibistyle, but I kinda feel I'm ready to do a big project like Icebell 3.0!

I already briefly started on a face last time I up...

Early Access to Love the World!

HELLO!!!!

I've been working super hard these last couple of days to finish this video that has been hanging over me forever, because I'm super noob at After Effects. I finally had a bunch of time to kill, so I spent it all on making the rest of this MV, and I FINALLY FINISHED IT!! What better time to post this than new years! 

I did post about this video earlier, but ever since then I didn't work on the video that much due to school and other projects. I felt a bit guilty to...

How I make clothes in Vroid! - Christmas Outfit

HEY! Merry christmas!!!!

I started making a last minute christmas outfit! Since the Icebell version I am today started late 2020, I did actually start making an outfit that I planned on rigging in Live2D, but then I ended up not doing that because time ran out. Because of this I feel like I kind of owe it to myself to finish a christmas outfit! This time I'm gonna do it in 3D in vroid though.

When I start making an outfit I usually think about what I want to make. For this I wanna...

Vroid/VRchat models up until now!

HELLO!
So as most of you might know, I make my own models, and to do so I use Vroid Studio, a type of "character creation" program that you can easily make 3D avatars with. This has become a very popular program for Vtubers as it's a very simple way to make 3D avatars, but you're kind of limited in what you can do.

I started with Vroid in... I think July 2020? Back then I made a casual Icebell with a hoodie and some socks (See pictures). This was because I wanted to have my own char...

Visit the Studio!!

HELLO!!!!

Last week I posted the first ever Ice Channel 9 episode! It ended up becoming a "get to know me" video, which I thought was fitting since.. I haven't really introduced myself?? before??? I think???????? If you haven't seen it, you can find it here!

I thought of posting one Ice Channel 9 video each week, and it has now gone a week.. so I'm posting one after writing this post! This ...