MioDioDaVinci

The finale of my collaboration with ricedeity and Yamaha SoundUD is finally here ! ! ! ! ! It's an English cover of BORDERLESS ! ! ! ! Please be sure to check out the full video when you have the chance, and I hope you enjoy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ✨🩷💙💚✨

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 296

MioDioDaVinci

In collaboration with ricedeity and Yamaha SoundUD, my official ZOLA standing artwork has been released ! ! !

Once again, I'm incredibly thankful to have received this opportunity, and even more thankful that rice decided to join me for the ride!! We had a fantastic time designing a colorful set of ZOLAs that we felt reflected the high-tech vibes of their V6 update while also embracing classic VOCALOID design tropes. I've documented our design process both on twitter (twitter.com/miodiodavinci/status/17576272162956043…) and on tumblr (miodiodavinci.tumblr.com/post/742279332623417344/a….

You can download the complete artwork alongside more than 30 alternate expressions via the ZOLAs character page on the SoundUD website ! ! ! Please feel free to use them for covers, talkloids, original songs, or any other VOCALO endeavors ! ! ! soundud.com/characters/zolaproject.html

This is part one in a collaboration with Yamaha SoundUD. The second part will be released this year on the ZOLA anniversary!! Please look forward to it ! ! ! !

But most of all, thank you again for all your love and support!! I legitimately would not have had this opportunity were it not for the serious appreciation you've all shown me over the years. The me of 2013 could have never imagined themself here--so thank you for helping make my dream a reality ! ! !

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1 year ago | [YT] | 1,486

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Howdy, y'all ! ! !

I forgot to mention something before the premiere, but I contributed two Piko covers to Valkris's latest Voca Live Party project--Piko Live Party 2 ! ! ! ! I hope to upload them to my channel at some point, but it may be a long while on account of my university schedule (ough ; ; )

In the meantime, please be sure to check out the concert ! ! ! A ton of cool people contributed some wicked Piko artwork and covers to this project, and the results honestly blew me away ! ! ! ! ! Valkris seriously gave it their all, and it shows in every number in the set list w

That's all for now ! ! ! I have a big project I'm working on in between university classes, so here's hoping you'll hear more from me sometime early next year ! ! ! See you then ! ! ! 👋

2 years ago | [YT] | 65

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i'm still working on my PV today ! ! ! and there's a good chance i might not actually finish until later this week , , , , but ! ! ! in the meantime i'd like to share a couple screenshots of my original plans for today w

my hope last year had been to make a set of matching vroid models for the ZOLAs, but unfortunately kyo proved to be a major challenge (the back of his hair alone contains at least 20 different hair materials hh) and i ended up getting burnt out ; ;

he's not done yet, but i'd still like to come back to him someday and finish everything up ! ! ! ! maybe i'll have that 3D PV i dreamed of by the 15th anniversary?? w

in any event, have a wonderful ZOLA anniversary ! ! ! i'll be back soon with an itty bitty cover i managed to scrape together last minute w

until then ! ! ! ! 👋

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2 years ago | [YT] | 743

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so in addition to the A.I.VOICE libraries how normal are we all feeling today

2 years ago | [YT] | 148

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heyyo ! ! ! dropping in once again to let y'all know i'm still alive and give some updates about what i had originally planned for the coming months

first and foremost, i don't have anything planned for the vy2 anniversary this year, so if you don't see me in your feed around then, don't worry w as for the zola anniversary, though, i'm kind of hesitant to admit it but as much as it pains me, i get the feeling i'll be skipping it as well this year

i've had some really big plans hanging around for months, and while i Was™ on track to finish everything back in december, the health fiasco around the same time really threw a wrench in the works and prevented me from getting back into it until late march, early april. not only that, but by the time i did have the opportunity to come back, i realized that i?? didn't really have many positive feelings left about the whole thing??

or i guess more concretely, i suddenly found myself sitting in the middle of a bunch of hefty, half-finished projects that demanded a level of time and dedication i wasn't sure i was willing to part with (i.e. i'd basically need to start working and not stop until june 20th in order to finish) and—as i tried paring things down to make the work more manageable—found myself thinking more and more about what sort of expectations people would have from THE kyo person for the big ten year anniversary

i think in short, it stopped being fun. it's a sort of thing i've been feeling creeping in for years, with each anniversary covering being bigger and more tedious than the last because i couldn't help but feel like i had to keep growing to keep up with the community. for the most part, i could always press through because i had the momentum and there was some amount of fun to be had in seeing it all come together, but with the sudden break in my workflow for this year, i think it was kind of impossible to come back—not when i'd had a chance to actually focus on enjoying myself with short term projects during my recovery

i'm still holding out hope i might be able to pull things together for some anniversary in the future (i mean, i've put in a lot of work so far ! ! !) but i definitely think it's something i need to let myself naturally come back to instead of pushing and pushing and forcing myself to work on it when i'd rather be doing something else w i'm realizing i just work best when i feel like no one's waiting or looking, and i'm starting to come to terms with that w

beyond that, i'm still working on UTAU development ! ! ! i know it's been quiet here, but i've been recording me, recording friends, .oto'ing so much i feel like my eyes are going to roll out of my head, and dreaming up what it'll be like once they're all finally done w they're nice long-term projects that i can (for the most part) safely pick up and put away without feeling overwhelmed by the mess when i get back, and it feels nice getting to decide my own deadlines (if any) rather than locking myself in a constant cycle of working on anniversary after anniversary w

it sucks having the 'brain refuses to focus long-term' disease and the resulting 'has nothing to show because all that work is spread across many little things that will be completed much slower than if they were worked on wholesale' syndrome but ! ! ! ! i'm making the most of it w

in any event, i hope y'all are having a good year so far ! ! ! and i hope you're taking time to find what you enjoy (or reconnect with what you already enjoy in a healthier, more healing way) w

mio out ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2 years ago | [YT] | 377

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minor life update ! ! most of which has already been said on tumblr but i know that most people who are subscribed to me here don't follow me on tumblr w

just letting y'all know i'm alive and well!! 2022 was pretty darn busy for me what with taking care of ZOLA anniversary prep and working on a few other projects i'm on board for, along with recording some new libraries (and working on existing libraries) i hope to release at some point 🕺✨

originally my goal was to keep steamrolling ahead and see about getting some UTAU covers out once my semester ended, but due to some sudden health issues in the past two months, i've had to put vocal synth work on pause while i recover (nothing too serious, i don't think!! just very inconvenient and exhausting to deal with w)

at the very least, i've been using the new abundance of downtime to focus on myself and work on cultivating my own happiness, and even through the rough headspace that comes with this particular brand of health nonsense, i can seriously feel that it was long overdue. it feels good to create with no one else in mind and spend long afternoons playing games i've told myself for years i don't have time for—so i guess in a way i'm a little thankful that i'm getting the chance to reconnect with what actual downtime and relaxation feels like before i burnt out for good (but i'm also a little 👁 👁 at myself that it took as long as it did w)

but either way ! ! ! i'll try and see if i can see y'all again later this year, and if not, just know i'm probably living the sort of impulsive short-term project life i want to be living and off doing things like finally repainting the little bench on our porch or learning how to cook a cool meal w

have a wonderful 2023 everyone!!

2 years ago | [YT] | 445

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ALRIGHT,,,,, looks like it’s pretty clear that most people would prefer to just keep seeing my UTAU things on my main channel—which is nice!! because i feel like my self-imposed standards for UTAU are a little lower, meaning i might be able to post more of those in between big voca projects (assuming these coming months don’t obliterate me w)

but yeehaw!! thank you all for the feedback!! i look forward to doing more vocal synth things once i get the chance!!

3 years ago | [YT] | 600

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this might be impulsive of me but what if i 👁 👁 just made a second channel specifically for utau things

if i did chances are i'd either make it the second i'm back in town and post a copy of salvador's release video to nail it down until i can make a new cover or i'd hold off until i get around to my next big goal post and just set it up then (which i'm personally leaning towards for the sake of channel hygiene) but what if 👁 👁

3 years ago | [YT] | 86

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also please enjoy this catboy VY2 as compensation w

4 years ago | [YT] | 1,057