VTuber EmotesFrom your model art, in chibi or anime.

A rigged Live2D model is a big commission. Most new VTubers start somewhere smaller: a static PNG of their character, then emotes, then a PNGTuber, then a model when the channel justifies it. The emotes are often the first thing viewers see in chat and the last thing that gets made.

Upload your reference sheet or a clean front view of your model. Pick Chibi cartoon or Anime. You get a character sheet you confirm, then emotes, badges and a talking PNGTuber in the same style.

Big head, small body, oversized expression: chibi proportions are almost designed for emotes. Eyes and mouth carry the emotion, and they are the parts that survive being shrunk to 28 px. The Chibi style chip restyles once on the sheet and keeps it for everything after.

• Hype: jumps with fists up, sparkles.
• Love: hugs itself while hearts float up.
• Sleep: nods off with floating Z’s — the classic “BRB”.
• Think: rubs the chin, eyes up.

The PNGTuber module gives you idle, talking, blink and blink-talking states on one canvas, plus mood sets (happy, angry, sad, surprised). Test it with your mic in the browser, then load it into veadotube mini or PNGTuber Plus. It’s not a rigged model — it’s a convincing stand-in until you have one.

1. 1
   Character sheet

   Upload your model’s front view, pick Chibi or Anime, confirm the sheet (2 credits).

2. 2
   Six emotes

   Hi, Love, LOL, Sad, Hype and Sleep cover most of chat (6 credits).

3. 3
   PNGTuber

   Four states for talking on stream before you have a rigged model (1 credit).

4. 4
   Sub badges

   Six tiers with your character’s face (1 credit).

5. 5
   Channel kit

   Offline screen and panels so your channel page matches (2–4 credits).

That’s 12–14 credits, so the 15-credit Starter pack covers a launch. Add stickers for your Discord and a character card PDF for your future Live2D artist at no extra cost.

VTubers live on personality. Use the catchphrase and personality line on the workbench; they print on the character card and help an artist or a mod team keep your voice consistent. Holiday outfits become separate versions, which is handy for seasonal lore streams.

Plenty of VTubers use AI emotes for the fast, everyday reactions and commission a human artist for signature pieces. The character card PDF — views, expressions, palette hex codes — is a handy brief for that artist, and it’s free to export.

If your model was designed by an artist, check your commission terms before turning it into emotes: some artists include emote rights, some don’t. Our terms require that you own the character or have permission.

Complex designs (many accessories, intricate hair ornaments) lose detail in emotes. That’s also true of hand-drawn emotes; simplify on the sheet if needed.