so I'm making a vtuber... 😳 

I think "Daisy" weirdly works for a name, because there's the obvious cow name but "Pushing up daisies" is an expression meaning "to be deceased"

Here are some fun possible character traits that might give her some life: -If she ever walks, make there be a “clop clop clop” sound -Maybe when shocked she moos? -Her intros start with a boo! -Maybe if there are donations, there can be a cowbell that will always catch her attention -Maybe, since she’s a ghost, she can complain about/ mention the person living the place she haunts? This is just suggestions that may give you ideas to give her

Looked up some names that either mean “cow” or “ghost” and here’s what I found that’s cute: Adilee: Wild cow, graceful Gauhar: A pearl, white, cow-like Gracelee/Hanalee: Fair-haired courageous one, wild cow Lea: Wild cow, fatigued, delicate, medow, pasture (this is my personal favorite) Gronw: one with a passionate soul and reserved nature Jinny: White phantom No idea if you’ll see this but hope you like these!

You added hip dips- NO ONE adds hip dips- that’s actually really nice though. Everyone always makes the hips smooth but you added something natural that’s sometimes looked down upon, and I thank you for that.

"Miru-Miru" sounds like a good match cause 1. It kinda sounds like "Mirror Mirror" like those tales would say Mirror Mirror on the wall, and it makes sense cause Bloody mary and mirrors are overall a horror trope 2. It also sounds like the Japanese pronunciation of Milk

your content is so inspiring. it's the definition of hard work paying off, your talent is unmatched on this platform and i'm glad the universe is giving you some love

as someone who has messed around with Live2d a bit, be careful with having a lot of stuff on the model's head for your first time because it can be really hard to make every little thing up there look right when your model turns her head back and forth so keep that in mind when you're drawing the model and you legitimately have to draw every single piece separately (catchlights, upper lashes, upper eyelid, etc) which is a surprisingly huge undertaking and I definitely suggest you watch videos of other people doing this to figure out what to separate because it's important

I love the second outfit, name ideas include "Ushiko" which is cow + general suffix for female names and "Koko" because it sounds nice and means here (her second outfit looks a bit like a maid so her name being a homophone for here would be a nice touch)!

name suggestions: - Maggie - Harper - Belle (idk reminded me of cow bells) - Blossom - Dottie (wont apologize for that pun) - Mabel - Molly - Merripen (means death) - Lillith (means ghost) oh or maybe something kinda witchy like the name of an herb or crystal? (Ruby, Jade, Basil, Clove, Amber, Topaz)

This is going to be such a cute character! I'm a little sad that none of her outfits include the bell around her neck that you had for one of the original outfit ideas, but overall, she's really cute and I can't wait to see where she goes! ^^ I saw somebody suggest the name Belladonna with Belle as a nickname, and I think that would be extremely fitting both because a poisonous plant like Belladonna would really suit the ghost theme, and the nickname Belle probably would remind someone of cow bells, which also fits. Also, since you mentioned that cake decorating was a thing that you learned in 4H, maybe she really likes cake! ❤️

I really like when artists make their models in their art style. It makes them more unique. Juniper and honey goblin wouldn't be the same as generic anime girls for example

This is genuinely so cool, interesting and fun. I didn’t see it coming but it all works so perfect (also love your energy when you say “okay, listen, listen” it’s like “This wired but go with it!”)

Character trait ideas: She's actively uncomfortable when she sees cow milk. She'll even gag sometimes. She doesn't feel safe around mountains. (Kinda scared of heights) She likes to dance, but often looses her balance.

Suggestion for backstory/lore: She was a normal farm girl who passed away on her family's farm. The space that used to be her family's home now has a cottage there that she scared the former denizens out of, so now she just haunts this cottage and lives there by herself

I feel like her name should be “Moo”. And if someone asks, that means Daisy in cow language 😅🥰

Second outfit looks nice! As for a name, "Terifa" came to my mind, no idea why though. Random tip when it comes to rigging her in live2D, for each angle (like looking to the left/right), push the transformation/deformation as much as you can in the given direction, even if it looks not soo good, because it will be easier to fix later than to rig the whole thing from scratch!

ah, when you first introduced this character and told us how you wanted to make her into a vtuber i was super excited. can't wait to see her in action on stream!

The whole design is so cute, along with her outfits. I'll always love your goth vibes. Some Vtubers I've seen have various outfits and hair styles. The left design looks great for fall, the right one for summer, and the middle could be a general outfit. For the sweater I think showing the bottom of the design, like have the feet of the ghost peek out, might read better the way you want. For a names I would go for cow names to stick to the theme like Dottie, Moona, various plant names, etc. I would also go for toxic plants like Dahlia or Belladona (Bella or Bell) for the ghost aesthetic. I would avoid japanese names since it seems you want to stay away from the anime aesthetic although some of the names are cute.

Cow x goth x ghost = absolute perfection, it feels like something I would do and I love it so much!! I’m super excited for the final product!!!

ugh you dont know HOW much i adore this character's design, its so freaking cute 😭 cows are so adorable and i love spooky halloween aesthetics and the colors and black and white splotches look so pretty and adorable

FINALLY, a Vtuber I can get totally obsessed with! She looks so cute!

Ahhh she's got such a memorable silhouette with her one horn I love her already! I cant wait for part two! Also, it's really fitting your voice is all soft and pleasant sounding, which is a vtuber staple.

I'm intrigued about seeing a v-tuber that won't be anime styled :D it's different, and I'm excited to see how this goes :0

I imagine her to get revenge on the people that turned her into burgers as her lore. Also I belive if her moo was that of a Minecraft cow it will strengthen her.

I really like the design with the overalls, and it makes sense with the whole cow athstetic (idk if I'm spelling that right). As for a name, I think naming her after a flower would be really cute. I think Magnolia (Maggie for short) would be perfect

You have been so helpful with me gaining confidence in my art, tysm

I love her! She’s so sweet

You should name her something kind of “farmy”, like Annabelle or Millie (Caroline, Annie, Jessie, Norma, Jane, Tillie). I also love the third outfit the most, I just love the farm idea since I also live in a rural area. This is awesome

I appreciate how thoughtfully you are approaching going against the grain: fuller animal touches, larger body shape, etc.

DUDE that middle design is SO good it gives me ADRENALINE WHEN I SEE IT!

watching you draw the base and add her outfits over it made me remember your old disney design redraw series, where you modernized the disney princesses. I loved that series and it was actually what got me into character design. the nostalgia 💕💕😭. this character is really cute and I can't wait to see her in her rigged version, I'm sure it will look great!

the most left outfit you scrapped I thought you might have been going for a magical girl (milk)maid kinda thing and I thought it was a fun twist haha. A few people have said you should name her after your lil cow friend and I think that's super cute too, or something like Millie-Kay if you wanted to give her a more grounded name. She's super adorable and congrats on designing such a unique looking v-tuber!

A name that came to mind was “ghost cow” directly translated into Japanese, Yurei Ushi, but since you seem to be leaning towards a non-anime style, I think a good name could be something like Belle, but I’m not really sure.

I also absolutely love the combo of cute and creepy aesthetics. I'm rooting for you to have a good time with this!!! I'm already in love with seeing the development of an OC. I have a hard time developing OCs so it's inspiring to see the process. I'm also really proud of her diverse appearance. She's not a stick figure. She's busty and she's fat and she's a three-dimensional person!!! It's just a fact!

I love how you make so many different types of art! You did digital, traditional arts and now even a v-tuber. Your content is so inspiring and I'm so glad to be subscribed to you

My god, I remember watching you back in late 2018-2019.. you had abt 1mil subs, now you’re releasing merch, making a vtuber avatar and you’re almost hitting 2mil.. Youre so nostalgic and it makes me so happy. You were my inspo to start drawing back when I was younger. Congrats, I’m proud of you, so much. ❤️

I would love the name Lilith. It fits so cutely with the little goth vibe and the precious little cow feel. I could imagine people calling her "Lily" short for Lilith.

I think Claraboola would be a pretty silly name for her, if you're into that! You get to name her after an iconic cow and use the Monster High naming conventions of "spooky pun + normal name" which, I think is the peak of existence.

Lavi! I'm sooooo happy for you! I just feel so connected to you and I've been watching you since I was little! Your the one thing that really inspires me to chase the character designing career I've always wanted! So, I just wanna say thank you, and please keep being the inspiration that you are!

I really noticed it this video but loved the video editing. All of the extra images and emotes but also just your own little notes about what you were saying or throwing a quick joke in. Made the video even more enjoyable than your others which I didn’t think was possible

I love drawing as you’re drawing and it’s like we’re drawing together :D btw I LOVE this character design

woah really??? this is gonna be so exciting, i cant wait to see the finished result :DDD

I like that when you make a character you actually care about them. I do the same thing with characters I create in my stories and people think I'm a bit weird, so it's nice to know you see your characters the same :3

i cant wait to see your vtuber come to life !!!! it embodies literally two of my favorite things, cows and goth aesthetic

she's so cute!! i just love your commitment to making a v-tuber🥺 good luck!

Idk why I thought of the name Miruku, it's just really cute and it means milk. Anywho, I LOVE her design she's super cute and I CANNOT wait to see her in action! ( ◜‿◝ )♡

Keep the legacy of Milky Way going and name your character that. It's a great name for a cow and I'm not sure it's been done before. If it has, then Holly Stein (like Holstein mixed with Frankenstein) could work

oh that’s so awesome that you did 4H! My family does 4H as well and I thought that was very cool! :D

Omg I love her SO much this is probably my favorite of your ocs that I’ve seen before ❤❤❤

ah this is such a cool idea!!! can't wait for part two :) I've noticed your style has been changing pretty quickly over the last few months, and I love where it's going! the eyelashes you do on the bottom of the eye now I especially like, they're so cute. name ideas - Belle/Bella, Natalie, Poppet, Millie (kind of originating from "Milky Way", after the cow you took care of), Blaire

This is a fun watch! It's very cool to hear about your process as you're working on this huge project, and I salute you! I designed a VTuber for someone else last year, and it was probably the most intensive commission I've ever done, so I can definitely appreciate the time and effort going into this. I have to admit as a 2D artist with a lot of OCs, becoming a VTuber has a strong appeal to me if for no other reason than wanting to see my own characters in motion. There's genuinely something so cool about Live 2D as well as the motion capture stuff with both those models and the 3D ones. I'm really stoked to see the cool stuff you'll do with the program!

GAH! I love your ART! You are one of my biggest inspirations!!! You've been helping me gain confidence in my art! Thank you so much! 😄

This is such a cool series idea! I really admire how original your ideas are and I love seeing you explore various art avenues. Seeing as you used an animal- girl for your V Tuber design, maybe if you expanded this series you could adapt your 'If Cat- Girls Weren't Cats' girls into models 😉😉😉

Honestly if I could ever figure out vtubing and you did commissions for them I would love to have a vtube character done by you. 😍🥰 I have always loved your style

I‘m super looking forward to seeing you in the community!!! 🖤

Lillie: “I wonder what can do to make myself more V-tuber…”

All outfits look adorable! first could be winter, second the default and the third for summer. Though then it would make sense to switch hairstyles to have your hair out of the way in summer.

This is quite different from your original content, but in a really good way! The fact that your V-tuber is designed in your own art style will be so PRETTYYY and really unique! You are really likeable and I'm sure that many people are gonna love your personality! I'm so excited

I cannot express how much I love your art! It’s so pretty I wish I could draw like you!! Keep up AMAZING work!!!!

I love the overalls the best, they fit the theme really well and are really cute

Her artstyle would work so well with a 2D model and would definitely stand out from the crowd.

YAASSS!! I always thought your style would make an amazing vtuber model.

This is the first time I've ever heard someone mention 4H outside of my local community. Hi from west Colorado!

This series really inspired me to start my journey of becoming a vtuber, lately I’ve been avoiding the drawing process (that’s what I’m up to right now) so I decided to watch these videos again. I think this will help me to stop procrastinating and start working on my model again. Thank you so much for making this series, it really helped me :)

Melanie or melody feel like really good name choices!! I think it matches the design and works really well.

I always wanted to know how these are made! Thank you, this is gonna be epic!

I'm actually so interested in how this turns out!

She looks so cute so far!! I really love the middle outfit, gives a bit of a diner vibe? As a Vtuber and L2D artist/rigger myself, I'm super excited to see how her rig turns out!!

I have been a huge fan since day 1! The Melanie Martinez speed paint video you made five years ago had me hooked! I’ve been keeping up with your channel since, and you are my favorite online artist, and I feel like I have learned so much. Even though you might not see this, this channel has helped me develop a style I’m happy with, and helped to encourage my love for art that I have now :) thank you for continuing to inspire and make content :D

I haven't seen your other videos yet (they're in my playlist to go to right now though) but I'm calling it here... I think you're going to run into trouble with that face. Its your style but those eyes are gigantic. Had it been me, I would have made them somewhat smaller. Then again, when I became a vtuber and started creating my avatar, I heard about vroid and loved it for its ability to have instant 3D access, so I chose the other route of difficulty. I make all my own clothes and avatars now, though I'm still learning the advanced Blender and Unity stuff. I can't wait to welcome you in as one of us! And I can't wait to see how you solve the problem of your avatars eyes. I have absolutely no pithy ideas for names today, so I will simply eagerly await what you come up with.

Soo excited to see the vtuber model in action!

Oh my gosh! She's absolutely adorable!!

Omg your so inspirational I wanna try this! Especially in my own style!

All of them are so cute!! I think the last two are my favorites though (the long sleeves stole my heart! So cute!!)

I've known Daisy for less than 20 minutes, but I would die for her

i love how i can hear how happy and excited you are about this just in your voice! I'm excited too, this is gonna be so cool!

I love how happy and passionate you sounded when you were explaining your thought process on the character design ^_^ it was cute !!

IM SO EXCITED I ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WOULD LOOK SO GOOD FOR UR CONTENT

so cute! can't wait to see the finished v-tuber, i already love this character so much!!

oh jeez now you too🤣 Looking forward to seeing your vtuber I'm in love with how many ppl are making them 🥰 I especially love seeing all the different designs that come out! I even designed one as well🤣

The design is so heckin' adorable though! Personally, my favorite outfit was the "collage" aesthetic one. I really like the pattern concept on the sweater, I thought it was cleaver too. It'll be interesting to see the end result, I'm sure it's gonna look amazing!

I'm really glad you're doing this series. I've also been contemplating getting into Vtubers, but I'm really intimidated by the process. Having someone I'm familiar with go over the process makes it less scary

I love how cute the animations look♡

That overalls outfit is so cute! Definitely my favorite :D

I just wanna say that I bought your book and read it and I LOVED IT! It was so cute yet creepy but it was amazing anyway

I wanted to say that I will try to support you and make sure your art is going to be approved cared and letting you obtain the true care you deserve!

i just finished watching the video, and what the heck i love this idea how are you so good at making characters 😭 i cant wait to see how this turns out you are so good at art and oc creating, and i look up to you so much! you inspire me to be more creative with my own ocs

I LOVE HER She's adorable, and i also love your character creation process

Milky way is the sickest name for a cow lol

i LOVE the braids, and a cow v-tuber is super fun!! i'm excited to watch her come to life

I personally like the original outfit, and the overalls! Very cute

Excited to see you jumping into the Vtuber wagon! I'm also on the same boat. I'm also going for a completely different type of Vtuber design. Mine's is more based off a mascot type character. Anyways, love your Vtuber design! Can't wait to see more from this!

I’m in love with your design!!😭😭💜💜💕💕

AH NO I CAN’T WAIT FOR PART 2!!!! I’m literally inlove with the cartoon vtuber and wish there were more. Your style is amazing.. I love it, I love you 😍

I'll admit i haven't been the most active viewer lately but a lavendertowne Vtuber was too much to resist

I love the first & the third design, they’re too cute. The second one is also pretty but I think that there’s just a lot of maids already, so the first and third give it an even more unique vibe than what it already has 💖

Ooo, this is exciting! I'm glad to see such an amazing artist getting into vtubing. Can't wait to see how this turns out!

Aw, you named a calf Milky Way, my heart can't take this much wholesomeness

When amarante :) songs started playing I got really nostalgic from your content back in 2016. You’ve come so far in editing! Thanks for always being an inspo, Lav!

Aww, your intros are always so adorable!