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Zestea 🌸

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She/They | Vocal synth lover, possible artist | Reupload 🚫 AI 🚫 NFT 🚫 Commissions: vgen.co/Zestea UTAU info + downloads: https://zestea-vsynth.weebly.com/ https://ko-fi.com/zestea https://vocadb.net/Profile/Zestea_Z #NerikaAnemoia #Marianne_UTAU #Leo_UTAU

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Dec 22

I've decided to expand my commission options to include monochromatic headshot "sketches", starting at $11. My circumstances are still pretty much the same as before, so I'll link the old post below.
Help is appreciated ❤️
vgen.co/Zestea
#VGen #digitalart #art #commissions

A monochromatic sketch of Kasane Teto from Synth V sticking out her tongue.

A monochromatic sketch of MYK-IV from Voisona holding a drumstick and grinning.

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · 2d

Rephrasing for clarity, but please do not use F&F (even blank ones) for commission payments; this is and ALWAYS HAS BEEN against ToS.

If you're getting paid for a service, use invoices.

F&F has no protections in place, especially for buyers, and using it to bypass fees is, again, against site ToS.

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 10d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 3d

Literally top 1 characters I like who have zero redeeming qualities other than looking kinda interesting and gender btw

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 3d

I rewatched it and when I got to that part in TYBW where Grimmjow casually uses his claws without going full-on catboy mode I had a neuron activation lol
I’m not 100% happy with the outfit, but idk how to fix it either soooo…

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 3d

Haven’t posted new drawings on here in a bit
This isn’t really “new” since I made it months ago and never uploaded anywhere but. Behold. Ulquiorra from Bleach except I decided he isn’t dead actually

A fanmade outfit concept for Ulquiorra from Bleach. He is dressed mostly in white, with a backless black undershirt and some bronze accents.

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 24d

I just want to preorder Iroha at a discount and I’m gonna be so sad if I “upgraded” to SV2 and made an ahs account for nothing ughhhh
I looked it up elsewhere and instead of answering the damn question everyone just says to use dlsite instead, but none of my coupons apply lmao

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 24d

Someone smarter than me please answer: does the ah-soft user discount apply only to the physical or digital version? The price screams digital, but the fact that it’s grouped with the physical version and redirects to world shopping implies otherwise 😭

Synthesizer V 2 AI Nekomura Iroha
Synthesizer V 2 AI Nekomura Iroha
JAN: 4580536503214
Regular version
Price: ¥10,780 (tax included)
AHS User Special Edition
Price: ¥8,580 (tax included)

*The AHS User Special Edition is a specially priced product for those who own an AHS product and have completed user/product registration.

Synthesizer V 2 AI Nekomura Iroha Download Version
Synthesizer V 2 AI Nekomura Iroha Download Version
JAN: 4580536503221
Download version
Price: ¥9,680 (tax included)

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 27d

...and spent the day fighting rigging demons (arm/wrist twist joints)
Still some clipping issues and painful-looking arms but at least the ears are cute

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 27d

Also. Obligatory process on Nerika
Got textures done on the default outfit...

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 27d

Still mad they never released an extended version of that one Luka v4x demo after all this time. You know the one

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · 27d

The problem with being willingly stuck on the same vocaloid editor for 10 years (oh god) is that being given v6 lite editor to play with for free makes me feel very dumb…

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 11

Actually if you’re looking into body topology, I should point out that I used the Pixar elbows/knees method
It’s oddly specific and not a lot of anime-style models use it afaik, but it makes them bend more realistically if you also have arm twist joints 👍

Five examples of 3D elbow and knee topology shown on simple cylinders. From left to right, the text says “no patch, collapsed edge, Pixar knee, Pixar elbow, two loop”. Image from @maxismakingstuf on Twitter

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 11

(looks a little weird in the screenshots because only some parts have the subdivision modifiers applied)
i'm just half-complaining because the design of the bodysuit inherently means there will be a bit of extra work and i'm kind of a lazy bum lol

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 11

no i don't know how i'll go about deleting the unneeded parts of the base mesh under the swiss cheese bodysuit she's wearing. yes i would rather walk into a volcano than explain anything

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 11

literally designed the outfit myself and i'm still in shock at how incredibly LETHAL certain parts of it look in 3d lmao
(clothes textures are literally just base colors rn please don't hurt me)

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 8

99% of the gap between updates was spent Not working on it of course
In fact, as of this morning they were only wearing a bodysuit, shoes, and the giant usb

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 8

oghhhhh....

A screenshot of an anime-style character in Blender, with clothes that have no textures.

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tunelab exists but changing phonemes is buggy af and that’s especially annoying when you’re manually using EVEC functions
At this point I might as well just give up on using Luka for this cover because I hate tuning in v4 and can’t afford v6 lol

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Sep 3

Piapro editor is so cool because it’ll harass you into installing an update and then the update in question bricks it

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 31

Turns out Meiji, Chis-a, Kurenai, and Luka sound great together
(Meiji’s diffsinger voicebank in general is sososo good actually)

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 29

My ability to slightly mess up the timing on at least one part of every song I midi is unmatched

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 27

THE song
youtu.be/4h0Ht6JyCxc

[MV] トレセン音頭 ( Tracen Ondo ) - Kitasan Black Ft. Daitaku Helios, Inari One, Tamamo Cross

YouTube video by Kumo-San

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 27

Actually idk what voicebanks I’d even use for it but I’m desperate to get tracen ondo out of my head…

Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 27

Would you still love me if the first cover I post in a year ends up being an umamusume song (I haven’t even started making it yet)

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 18

Modeling + texturing for one outfit is done
I want to finish rigging it immediately but I still have to do the other outfit ughhhh

A screenshot of an anime-style 3D model t-posing in Blender. The left side shows it head on with flat shading, and the right has it at a 3/4 angle with default shading.

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Zestea 🌸 @zestea.bsky.social · Aug 7

Gumi sv2 sounds so nice aughhh