STEAMComing late 2026BUY ONCE¥1,980

Your drawing, moving with your face.

DrawAlive is one app for drawing an illustration, bringing it to life as a VTuber avatar, and streaming it. Draw each part, and it blinks, talks and lets its hair sway as the camera follows your face.

See what it does Price & promise

She was drawn and animated in DrawAlive — try patting her

ALL IN ONE

Draw. Animate. Stream.

Drawing, rigging and streaming used to need three different programs. In DrawAlive they are steps in the same window.

The Paint screen, with the floating brush window next to the canvas

DRAWDraw

Pick a part — bangs, eyes, mouth — and draw on it. DrawAlive remembers what you drew where. Seven brushes, from pencil to watercolor.

The Shape screen, with a grid of points over the face

ANIMATEAnimate

Shape each head angle by dragging the points of a grid. A helper sets up standard shapes for you, so at first you only fine-tune.

STREAMStream

Connect a camera and it moves. Open the stream window — transparent, avatar only — and capture it in OBS.

7brushes

17blend modes

24steps of undo

5languages

¥0monthly fee

WHAT'S DIFFERENT

Usually, several apps.
DrawAlive: just one.

To turn your own drawing into a VTuber, the usual way is to combine a drawing app, an app to build the motion, and an app that moves it with your face. DrawAlive puts that whole flow on one screen.

DrawAliveDraw, animate, and a stream window — all in one
Streaming appJust capture the window
Redrawn art shows up in the motion as soon as you switch screens

A typical combinationDrawAlive

AppsOften separate apps to draw, rig and trackOne app for everything

After a redrawExport, then import againJust switch screens

CostPer app, some monthly¥1,980, paid once

LearningDifferent in each appSame layout on every screen (layers left, art center, tools right)

Your camera feedDepends on the appNever leaves your PC. No internet needed

Existing artDepends on the appPSD and Live2D-split PSD as they are

A general example. It varies with the apps and workflow you use.

MADE FOR YOU IF

Straight to what you want to try

You can draw, but don't know how to animateDraw each part, and the assistant sets up standard shapes for each head angle at once. Then just pinch points to adjust.
You're about to start as a VTuberThe official avatar is included, so you can move it today. Even without a camera, you can draw and build motion.
You have a PSD split for Live2DDrawAlive reads layer names (front hair, eyes, mouth…) and assigns motions for you.
You don't want another monthly billPay ¥1,980 once, and every feature is yours for good.

GETTING STARTED

Four steps, in this order

The app shows the same guide on the right, and ticks off each step as you finish it.

Prepare your artDraw each part, or import PNG or PSD files.
Auto-register shapesA helper creates standard shapes for each head angle in one go.
Fine-tune by draggingDrag the grid points until the shapes fit your drawing.
Test it liveConnect a camera, turn your head, and watch it follow.

FOUR SCREENS

Switch between four jobs with the tabs on top

Layers on the left, your art in the center, that screen's tools on the right. The layout is the same on every screen.

Animate

The camera reads your head angle, blinks and mouth, and moves your art. Backgrounds, the stream window and expressions live here too.

FEATURES

A closer look

Wavy lines drawn with pencil, round pen, G-pen, marker, watercolor, acrylic and airbrush, and three dots at different pen pressures — Top to bottom: pencil, round pen, G-pen, marker, watercolor, acrylic, airbrush. The dots below: 30%, 60% and 100% pen pressure.

Seven brushes, built for how drawing feels

The pencil catches the paper grain, the G-pen has sharp tapers, and watercolor bleeds colors you mixed on the palette. Fast curves stay round, and strokes end in a clean taper.

Pen pressure and tilt, with an adjustable pressure curve
Two kinds of stabilizer: smoothing and pulled string
A stroke at lower opacity never builds up past that opacity
Watercolor layers mix without turning muddy

The side panels hidden, with the drawing filling the window — Wide view hides the side panels so you can just draw.

A real drawing toolkit

17 blend modes, the same as Photoshop's — multiply, screen, overlay and more — for layering shading and color.

Clipping, transparency lock and layer groups
Non-destructive color adjustment (brightness, contrast, saturation, hue). Bake it in when you like it
Rectangle, lasso and select-by-color, plus drawing locked inside a selection
Lines, rectangles, ellipses and curves; grid, rulers, symmetry and reference images
Flip the view to check your proportions
Undo up to 24 steps, or jump back from the history list

The Animate screen — Without a camera, the avatar sways on its own to show its motion.

Moves naturally with your face

The camera reads where you look, when you blink and how wide you open your mouth. Your drawn eyes and mouth move as they are, and the hair follows a beat behind when you turn.

Eyes: open, closed and seven expressions. Mouth: closed, half-open, open and vowel shapes
Hair styles like soft, silky, flowing and heavy — just pick one
Swaying accessories, and shapes for the far end of a sway
Anime-style frame stepping (12 or 8 fps) with speed lines on fast moves
Play expression animations with number keys, and build your own face-triggered motions
Calibrate to your own face

PSD LAYER NAMEROLE IN DRAWALIVE

Front HairBangs that sway when you turn

eye_closeClosed eyes for blinking

mouth_openOpen mouth for talking

前髪 右目Japanese names work too

Bring in your Photoshop and Live2D art

PSD and PSB files import with their groups, clipping, masks and blend modes intact. For art split for Live2D, DrawAlive reads the layer names and guesses which motion each layer should get.

PSD from Photoshop, CLIP STUDIO PAINT, Krita and others
PNG import per part
Choose how to combine layers: by group, one by one, or flattened

The command search window — Type part of a name to find any command, even ones deep in the menus.

Easy to find your way

There are a lot of features, so DrawAlive is built so you don't have to hunt for them.

Command search, and fully customizable shortcuts
Float the tool and color panels next to your canvas
Themes, including your own
Per-screen hints and a guide for first-timers
日本語, English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어 (Chinese and Korean in beta)

STROKE FEEL

We rebuilt how lines feel, from scratch

During development, the brush engine was rebuilt. These show the same pen movement drawn the old way and the new way. Drag the handle in the middle to compare.

Now: a circle drawn from few points stays smooth, and strokes taper at the end — A fast circle stays a circle, not a polygon.

Before: the circle became a polygon and stroke ends were cut off — A fast circle stays a circle, not a polygon.

Now: strokes from seven brushes stay unbroken and taper at the end — Watercolor and acrylic stay unbroken, and lines taper off cleanly.

Before: watercolor and acrylic strokes broke apart — Watercolor and acrylic stay unbroken, and lines taper off cleanly.

No broken linesIt only fades when you barely touch
Dots that stayA round dot sized to your pressure
Steady opacityA 50% line stays 50% where it overlaps
Stabilizer that arrivesThe line catches up to where you lifted

Try a few strokes right here

A simple pen made for the browser. It isn't the app's real brush, but you can feel the width follow your speed and the end taper off.

PRIVACY & SAFETY

Your face and your art stay yours

Your camera feed is processed only on your own computer and is never uploaded. The face-tracking component ships inside the app, so it doesn't use the internet at all.

Automatic backups at the interval you choose. If the app crashes, you can restore your work next time
Each save keeps the previous version
The top-right corner always shows whether your work is saved
You're asked before closing with unsaved changes
Each project is a single file (.drawalive)

108automated checks run before release — stroke feel, saving, screens and translations

0internet connections. Even face tracking is built into the app

1file per project (.drawalive), easy to carry and back up

FULL FEATURE LIST

Everything DrawAlive can do

Draw

7 brushes pencil, round pen, G-pen, marker, watercolor, acrylic, airbrush
Custom brushes save and reuse your settings
Pressure & tilt size, opacity and tip direction, with a pressure curve
Stabilizers smoothing and pulled string
Watercolor palette mix before you paint
Eraser, fill, eyedropper
Shapes line, rectangle, ellipse, curve
Guides grid, rulers, center line, symmetry, reference images

Layer & adjust

Layers add, duplicate, reorder, group, search, lock
17 blend modes multiply, screen, overlay and more
Clipping & transparency lock
Color adjustment non-destructive brightness, hue and more
Selections rectangle, lasso, by color, lock to selection
Transform move, scale and rotate a selection
History undo up to 24 steps

Import

PSD / PSB with groups, masks and clipping
Live2D-ready art roles guessed from layer names
PNG per part
Official avatar a ready-made model to try right away

Animate

Face tracking head angle, blinks, mouth, calibration
Eyes & mouth seven expressions, vowel shapes
Shapes per head angle on a grid, with auto setup
Three deform modes fine, broad and whole-box
Sway hair styles, accessories, sway shapes
Anime style frame stepping and speed lines
Posing grab parts, pose, and line up frames
Custom motions triggered by your face

Stream window transparent, avatar only
Backgrounds soft, green screen, white, transparent
Stage size widen to 16:9 and more
Snapshots save the current pose as PNG

Comfort & safety

Command search find any feature by name
Shortcuts all customizable
Floating panels, wide view
Themes switch or make your own
5 languages Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Korean
Auto backup, crash recovery, version history
No internet needed your camera feed never leaves your PC

PRICE

In the age of subscriptions,
we're betting on buy-once.

DrawAlive full version

Pay once, and it's your tool for good
No monthly or yearly fees
Every feature included — nothing sold piece by piece

What if you did the same with a monthly service?

How long you use it24 months Example monthly fee¥1,000

Monthly¥24,000

DrawAlive¥1,980

That's ¥22,020 apart.Buying once wins from month 2.

An example for comparison. Move the monthly fee freely.

From the maker

We've entered an age of renting our tools. Pay every month, stop paying, and the tool is gone. Now that this is normal, DrawAlive is deliberately a one-time purchase.

A drawing tool becomes yours as it settles into your hand. Buy it once and it belongs to you. Open it whenever an idea strikes, years from now, without thinking about next month's bill.

And it won't stop at release. Where are VTubers and illustration headed next? For as long as that curiosity lasts, I'll keep fixing and growing DrawAlive.

Ryoga Eto

¥0 a monthYou pay once, at the start
Everything includedNo premium tier, no paywalled features
Updates via SteamFixes and growth arrive through Steam
As long as curiosity lastsThe maker keeps growing it

RELEASE

Coming to Steam
in late 2026.

DrawAlive is planned for release on Steam for Windows, as a one-time purchase of ¥1,980 (other regions follow Steam's regional pricing). We'll announce it here when the store page and wishlists open.

Until the end of 2026

FAQ

Questions

How much is it? Is there a subscription?

It's a one-time purchase of ¥1,980 (other regions follow Steam's regional pricing). No monthly or yearly fees, and every feature is included.

Will it keep getting updates?

Yes. For as long as the maker's curiosity lasts, DrawAlive will keep being fixed and grown. Updates arrive through Steam.

How is it different from other apps?

Drawing, building motion, moving it with your face and the stream window are all in one app. Redrawn art shows up in the motion as soon as you switch screens — no exporting or re-importing. And it's a one-time purchase of ¥1,980.

What size should PNG art be?

A 720×900 transparent PNG fits exactly. Import one image per part.

Does it run on Mac?

At release, it's for Windows.

What computers does it run on?

Windows PCs. Detailed system requirements will be on the Steam store page at release.

Do I need a camera?

No. You can draw and build motions without one. Without a camera, the avatar sways on its own to show its motion.

Do I need a pen tablet?

You can draw with a mouse. With a pen tablet, pressure and tilt change the size and opacity of your strokes.

Can I use it if I can't draw?

Yes. The official avatar is included so you can try animating right away, and you can import PNG or PSD art made in other programs.

I have a Live2D model. Can I move it over?

You can import the PSD you split for Live2D, and DrawAlive assigns motions from the layer names. Live2D model files themselves (the rigging data) can't be imported.

Is my camera feed sent anywhere?

No. Face tracking runs only on your own computer and doesn't connect to the internet.

Which streaming software does it work with?

Capture DrawAlive's stream window as a window capture in OBS or similar software. Its background is transparent, so only your avatar appears.

Your drawing, moving with your face.