Labor and man-hours spent on the first WhiteOnePeace costume

2024年1月29日2024年3月2日

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　Thanks for your time, I’m asa_Peach from asapidock, a company that sells 3D costumes for VRChat.
　This time, I would like to talk not about “costumes” but about the effort and time it took for me to start selling costumes.
　Why labor/time? You may be thinking, “There are many articles out there about costume production. But there are not many stories that say, “It took me XX months! So, I thought I would write about it.
　I want to make and sell costumes! I think the content of this article will be of interest to those who want to make and sell costumes.

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0. Assumptions.

　Before going to the main topic, I would like to first talk about my specs before the costume production.

　It is important to keep the starting point in mind. For example, if you read an article that says “I was able to make a 3D costume in one month! I was actually studying 3D when I was a student,” you might say, “Ye? (I don’t want to talk about myself. (I don’t want to talk about myself, so please don’t be embarrassed.)

~~~~ specs for myself

Blender: Never touched it.
Unity: I touched it for the first time when uploading my character (I was only aware that it is often seen in doujin games).
Painting software (ClipStudio, Photoshop): never touched
Never touched 3D systems in high school, college, or work.

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So my 3D knowledge is almost zero.

1. overall duration and time

The overall time frame is about this long.

I want to sell costumes! The period of time it took from when I thought “I want to sell my costumes!
→ About a month and three weeks.
(For myself, I thought “I want a white dress for Maiya-chan in early January after the New Year vacations…if it’s not there, I’ll make one!” (For myself, I thought “I want a white dress for Maïya-chan” at the beginning of January after the New Year holidays, and after going through various things, I exhibited it for the first time on 2/28.)
Hours.
→ 2 to 4 hours a day on weekdays and 6 to 12 hours on weekends? (about 300 hours in total). about 300h?)
(It fluctuated with real work, but I touched it every day.)

　For myself, this is about it.

2. Breakdown

Learn the basic operation of Blender (about 2 weeks)

　Practice by referring to Blender initialization videos on Youtube and “I tried making XX” videos that are about 10 minutes long.

We did not have a clear end criteria, but around the end, we were able to create 3D models as fast as the commentary without pausing the video, so that’s where we ended.

The guy I referred to below.

Actual costume production (about 3 weeks)

　I wanted to make a white one-piece dress, so I looked on the Internet and Youtube to see if there was a good way to make a skirt. By the way, here is the one I made.

Coloring (about 1 week )

　At the time, I was using free Gimp software because I didn’t want to buy ClipStudio. Looking back, I think I would have been better off buying ClipStudio. I can also use it for modification.

○PB setup and confirmation in Unity (about 1 week)

　At that time, I used something called DynamicBone instead of PB to control the shaking thing. Basically the same as PB.

Prepare the terms and conditions and the sales page (1-2 days).

　For the terms and conditions, VN3 was created by popping in VN3.
　It was tough to do it alone, so I summoned a friend and we checked it together. Thank you, ZUH○kun.

　I guess the breakdown is something like this. In my case, it was “I have a costume I want to make! →I didn’t have time to design a costume, but if you want to make a costume, you will need time to design a costume. you will need additional time to design the costume.

3. at the end

　The above is the story of the effort and time it took for me to start creating my own costumes. It depends on the individual, but even with zero 3D modeling skills andcompletely self-taught (only information available for free on the Internet ), I hope this gives you an idea of the amount of time and effort it takes to create something as good as WhiteOnePeace.

　Recently, there is a social gathering of people who make costumes at a modeler’s bar called #BarCrossTailors, which I think is a good place to ask questions. (I often go there myself.) You can ask questions and learn from them, or you can buy a Blender course or book and do it.

　I would like to make a costume! I hope this will be helpful to those who want to make a costume.

　As an added bonus, it has been two years since I started making costumes. Below is a thumbnail of my first work from 2 years ago and a thumbnail of a new work that I will be exhibiting soon. I feel that I have grown up. ・・・・