Yukiko "Taila" Snowflake


Brief description



An anhuman (human with slight animal characteristics) girl who makes illustrations, streams on Twitch, and occasionally repairs computer equipment and consoles.




Character's origin



It was the year 2013 and I was beginning to discover the furry fandom, specifically the fursonas and the nekomimi.I was with a very good friend, and she made a character called "Tasa" which was a cat and she was very excited about her.


Art by AlaeraArt

Tasa
Art by AlaeraArt


Then, one day while I was doing my chores as a normal human, the big question occurred to me: what if I made a character like hers to keep her company?So I got to work and drew what I had in mind, but it happened that it didn't fit me that she had the ears the same color as her hair and since my favorite color is blue, I put the ears in blue and as pieces totally independent of the head.And that's how I came up with the design for Yukiko Snowflake.The name also has its little story. I really like the snow and I always try to be happy and see the good part of things.Yuki = Snow in Japanese
Iko = Happy in Japanese.
And the name Snowflake already came by itself.


Previous designs



Similar characters


Taila "Yukiko" Snowflake
(2004 - Current)

Freeze Winter
(2013 - Current)




Going VTubing



At the end of 2020, some people mentioned to me the idea of streaming because it was something that was booming due to the pandemic that was happening. To which I always responded the same: It gives me a phobia that people see my real face on the internet.And then they mentioned the VTuber thing to me, I had no idea what they were and they explained to me that they were youtubers and streamers but... with an avatar and in no way could their faces be seen.A person offered to work with me on an avatar, taking advantage of the fact that I knew how to draw well enough to give a striking result, at least, and we did so, although I was still not sure whether to go live publicly.It taught me some basic guidelines on how I had to develop the model and how I had to "cut the pieces" and I ended up making my first 9-pieces model and trying the PrPr Live program.In the process of developing this Yuki design, I was watching the BNA series: Brand New Animal, so I decided to also change the design by making her tail much bigger, giving her a more animal look, making her back more hairy and making her had little paws instead of hands. In addition to giving a more "furry" look to the eyes.Later, I was watching the stream of a good friend on Twitch, who was on a call with more people on Discord and they told me to enter said live call.I ended up entering into the call and it made me very shy because I knew unknow people were listening to me. Then they began to say "What a cute voice!", "Who is it?" and stuff like that and one person said "She has VTuber voice!", to which I thought "another one mentioning VTuber, what the hell?"And then I decided to try streaming with the avatar, but not with the one I had done first because I didn't like it enough to show it to the public, so I did another one and I asked this person if it could animated it for me to start streaming, already using the program that I use now: VTube Studio.


V0 - Half Body - 9 pieces
Didn't stream publicly


V1 - Full Body - 12 pieces
January - December
2021


V2 - Full Body - 26 pieces
January - May
2022


V3 - Full Body - 154 pieces
May 2022 - Current


V0 and V1 rig: SpinaSoul

V2 and V3 rig: Zyaris Eiriksdottir




Artworks





Yukiglitch!



Yukiglitch is... something... I'm not sure how to describe her.It was born as a doodle on my tablet while I was at a friends house and while they were playing cards, I was drawing the first stickers for telegram... and well, it was born as "a quick drawing".And the friend I was with at that moment said the magic phrase:"There are no balls to do it sticker"I never thought the damn phrase would take this thing this far.



Beast Form



Nothing about when the full moon rises or similar stories...When Yukiko suffers an extremely tragic event (for example, the loss or suffering of a loved one) or desperately needs to survive, her body changes into an extremely aggressive wolf.Although she retains consciousness, she sometimes has trouble distinguishing friend from foe.In other words, if you see Yukiko in this state, you better bother running and hiding.


Previous Designs



Biology


The characteristics of the beast form are generally those of an ordinary wolf, however, it varies in some aspects due to the modification of its DNA.The ice-colored pupil of her eyes turns ice-blue due to said modification. When it is daytime, the pupil shrinks, while when it is nighttime, the pupil enlarges resembling the light of a flashlight.The nails, although it seems that they are made of ice, they are not. They are completely normal nails whose appearance of keratin makes it look so striking.The body fur is hard and fine, while the fur on her neck is extremely soft, this serves in both cases to conserve body heat in cases of extreme cold.In particular, the fur on the back grows and stands on end, resembling stalactites that form in icy environments.The fur on her big tail becomes hard, rough, pointy and highly abrasive, perfect for attacking its prey.




Character's lore



Yukiko was born as a human baby, she had her father and mother like any normal girl.At the hospital where she was born, someone changed the names of the babies and they stole little Yuki to take her to a pharmaceutical facility.Once there, they injected her with modified wolf DNA, which caused various external features to change as he grew, such as her face, hands, and even made her grow a tail the same length as her body. As she grew, so did the tail.She was trained along with other children also stolen from different hospitals so that in the future they would serve the military in the different international conflicts that might arise.One day, a very special friend of Yukiko's ended up badly injured due to one of the routine training sessions that they used to do and she couldn't survive.Yukiko could not bear living such a loss and due to the fury that arose from that loss, she transformed into her beast form, something that these facilities were not prepared for, so she ended up fleeing from there without too much complication.




Fanarts





Credits
Special thanks



First of all, thank all my people for supporting me to continue with all of this. I know it sounds cliché but without you none of this would have been possible.Art of all model versions: Yukiko SnowflakeYukiglitch design: Yukiko SnowflakeRigger: Zyaris EiriksdottirDecoration: PastelSaga


Special thanks to:Paululuh and Doboruhjo for helping me design the character of Yukiko Snowflake.To HikikoVT and Zyaris Eiriksdottir for constantly supporting me and helping me through all of this.Grey Edge for contributing to the creation of Yukiglitch.Nima Storyteller for encouraging me to start the VTuber project and teaching me everything I know about Twitch.Pokelink for helping me out of the hole I was in before I started all this.Padrino for all the support and for the GREAT economic help that he has given me to carry out the animation of the V3 of the model.To all the people who have helped me to develop this website.And especially to my mother, who, although at first she was a little suspicious about the project, finally ended up supporting me and helping me both financially and morally.


Thanks for always being there!