VR Chat Commission

• Import and correctly parent props or accessories

• Weight paint if needed (light touch)

• Ensure transforms, scale, and orientation are correct

• Verify no clipping in basic poses

Why Tier 1:
No topology changes, minimal risk, predictable time.

• Adjust mesh to fit avatar proportions

• Minor sculpting for clipping

• Weight transfer cleanup

• Test basic animations

Why Tier 1:
I'm adapting, not rebuilding.

• Create or hook up gesture animations

• Configure expression menu parameters

• Ensure compatibility with existing setups

Why Tier 1:
Confined to animation + Unity config.

• Create contact receivers/senders

• Position and tune interactions

• Test reliability in VRChat

Why Tier 1:
Small systems, easy rollback.

• Repaint or recolor existing textures

• Maintain UVs and material structure

• Export Unity-ready maps

Why Tier 1:
Pure surface-level work.

• One-off animations (props, toggles, emotes)

• No complex state machines

• No physics-driven motion

Why Tier 1:
Low interaction complexity.

• Correct intersections or anatomy

• Add or refine detail

• Preserve deformation quality

Why Tier 2:
Changes affect deformation and downstream work.

• Create clean, animation-friendly topology

• Optimize edge flow

• Maintain silhouette and volume

Why Tier 2:
Foundational mesh work — mistakes are expensive.

• Prepare high and low meshes

• Bake normals, AO, roughness, etc.

• Fix artifacts and seams

Why Tier 2:
Requires experience to avoid visual errors.

• Flatten complex shader graphs

• Bake multiple materials into PBR maps

• Reduce draw calls and texture count

Why Tier 2:
Pipeline-heavy and easy to break if done wrong.

• Replace non-exportable or heavy shaders

• Rebuild look using Unity-compatible materials

• Preserve visual intent

Why Tier 2:
I'm reverse-engineering someone else’s work.

• Configure bone chains and limits

• Tune performance

• Ensure expression compatibility

Why Tier 2:
Physics bugs are subtle and frustrating.

• Create Quest-safe materials

• Reduce texture memory

• Remove unsupported features cleanly

Why Tier 2:
Hard constraints + high client expectations.

• Author full PBR texture sets

• Layered, non-destructive workflow

• Export engine-ready maps

Why Tier 2:
Professional-grade asset creation.

• Build or heavily modify base mesh

• Optimize for animation and performance

Why Tier 3:

Topology determines animation quality, performance, and editability. Mistakes here are costly to fix later, and good retopology requires experience with deformation, edge flow, and engine constraints.

• Create or fix armature

• Weight paint for clean deformation

• Test full pose range

Why Tier 3:

Rigging is foundational to all movement and interaction. A bad rig causes animation artifacts, physics issues, and broken expressions. This step requires a holistic understanding of anatomy, deformation, and Unity/VRChat expectations.

• Create phonemes and expressions

• Blend shape optimization

• Ensure compatibility with gestures and tracking

Why Tier 3:

Blend shapes must interact cleanly with each other, the rig, and expressions. Poorly made shape keys can cause mesh collapse, clipping, or broken tracking. This work affects both visual quality and user experience.

• High-quality PBR textures

• Style consistency

• Performance-aware resolution choices

Why Tier 3:
Authoring textures from scratch defines the avatar’s final look. This involves material theory, UV awareness, and performance budgeting. Texture decisions here impact memory usage, draw calls, and platform compatibility.

• Poiyomi configuration

• Matcaps, AudioLink, presets

• Clean parameter layout

Why Tier 3:
Shader configuration controls visual behavior, interactivity, and performance. Advanced setups must balance aesthetics with platform limits and future maintainability, especially for Quest compatibility.

• Author effects

• Tune performance

• Ensure toggle compatibility

Why Tier 3:

Particles interact with shaders, animation states, and performance budgets. Improper setups can tank framerate or break expression menus. Designing them well requires testing and iteration.

• Expression menus

• Parameters

• Animator controllers

• Upload testing

Why Tier 3:
This includes animator controllers, expression menus, parameters, constraints, and testing. Errors here can render an avatar unusable. Tier 3 assumes full responsibility for system integration and correctness.

• Draw call reduction

• Texture compression

• Bone and PhysBone budgets

• Quest compliance if applicable

Why Tier 3:
Performance optimization requires tradeoff decisions across mesh density, textures, shaders, bones, and physics. This work determines whether an avatar is viable long-term and across platforms.