Category: Random Thoughts & Visions

A New Challenge for MikuMikuDance Modelers – The Textures from Your Room Challenge!

What contests/challenges are there for MMD Modelers? How can I use photos to make textures for MikuMikuDance models? What is the Textures from Your Room Challenge? There are a ton of fun artistic challenges floating around! But there aren’t many of MikuMikuDance modelers! Ever since I’ve traded in my artist hat for a modeler hat, I’ve been…

CONTESTS

Proper Computer DPI Scaling Setup Stops Text Cut Off in PMXE

Why is there some text cut off in PMXE option panels? Why are windows in PMX Editor cut off? Why are parts of plugins missing? How can I make the text in PMX Editor smaller or larger? PMX Editor and DPI Scaling… Or, Why Is The Text Cut Off in the Options Box?! Note: This…

Mae Blythe

Anime Shorts – Five minutes worth of animation, maybe three!

Heh, heh… after having “typed” the last few articles I wrote on an Android tablet, returning to typing this one on my net book all of a sudden feels “odd”. Anyway… Anime Shorts Five minutes worth of animation, maybe three! Neru: I do all my typing on my iPhone. Miku: You can afford an iPhone?…

Animation Shortcuts

Animation Styles: Park and Bark vs. Choreography

Q: What is choreography? What is “park & bark”? How can these tools improve my animation? “Park and bark” is not a term you’re likely to hear when using MMD. Choreography is more common, especially since the program was first designed to be a virtual dance studio, but it’s still not a term you will…

Creating Motions

Vocaloids and MMD: It’s all about the Music!!

MMD: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!! Vocaloids are banned in some schools in Japan! There was an interesting article that I recently read that reported that Miku Hatsune and other vocaloids are actually banned from some schools in Japan. Which, if you think about it, since Japan is the home of the vocaloids, is very…

Random Thoughts & Visions

Making MMD Pictures: JPG vs PNG – which is better?

In the course of a private discussion the crew of LearnMMD were having in the background, “someone” wrote the following comment: hell no im not using jpg that format is horible because it doesent render the image in full quality … sic … AND DONT MAKE ME USE JPG Making MMD Pictures: JPG vs PNG…

MMD Tutorials

MMD Augmented Reality AR on Android Devices

VOCALOIDS IN AUGMENTED REALITY ON ANDROID DEVICES AND OTHER COOL STUFF The MMD program has been around more or less even since Miku Hatsune first made her debut on the world stage in 2007. The current version of MMD (version 9.26) has been around for nearly two years now and it doesn’t seem likely that…

Random Thoughts & Visions

The Disappearance of Akita Neru

Neru: OK, this article is going to be all about me! And about me, ONLY! And that was because the last article was written about her; so why is she here? Miku: Because you love me? Neru: NO I HATE YOU! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I HATE YOU! Miku: Waaaaahhh… Neru’s being mean…

Random Thoughts & Visions

A girl named Miku Hatsune…

A girl named Miku Hatsune… Orbiting the planet Venus is the JAXA probe “Akatsuki” and on board are several plaques featuring a very unusual personality: Miku Hatsune. Miku’s journey on the Akatsuki started in 2010, just shortly before she hit the top of the Japanese album charts. Both are astonishing accomplishments for a 16 year…

Random Thoughts & Visions

My Top 6 Favorite Miku Models!

This is a list of my own personal favorite Miku models. I hope you like them, too. My Top 6 Favorite Miku Models I have ranked these models by their qualities; like Rig, Facials, Textures, and etc. Raycast If you want to know which Shader is used in these pictures… it’s Raycast! First we have…

GloriaTheAnimator

Make Wattpad covers using MikuMikuDance and Canva.com!

How can I make an MMD Wattpad Cover? Where can I go to make a custom Wattpad cover for my latest project? You’ve already finished the draft of your fan fiction on Wattpad but… You need a Wattpad cover! You don’t have any cover for your story! How can you show the readers what your…

Faris