the fun side

So yesterday was the annual re-opening of one of my favorite little virtual spooky season traditions:

The Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival!

made and maintained by adamgryu on itch.io

It's a little virtual ghost town where the main attraction is carving pumpkins! As far as I know, you can carve as many as you want and place them around the town and see other people's pumpkins. You can also bump into anyone else currently active on the server as ghosts and play little games together, go on the haunted hay ride, solve the haunted maze, and take pictures!

Me and my friends gathering to take a quick selfie at the top of the tower at the end of the maze during last year's festival. It's honestly a very cute and wholesome little tradition that's pretty near and dear to my heart, and people make some pretty amazing pumpkins!! Anyways, if you're bored and have a few minutes to spare, I'd highly suggest checking it out and maybe even bringing along a couple friends. :)

The pumpkin festival is open until some time in November, so check it out while you can!

Complex mouth rigging + Added in some animation smears.

[For context, this is an avatar I made for a client some time earlier... this year?-- _{How does time work...} yes, this year (2024)--anyways, I made it in live2D. For the uninitiated, it's the current major alternative to making 3D vtubing avatars that use face tracking.]

Since [I was asked on cohost] how I did it, I'll just do a quick breakdown here.