MattOishi

Audio/Visual musings with some words [Also a Game Devlog]

[mattoishi]

Demo Reel

My last Demo Reel I made was in 2016 and that was when I was just getting the hang of 3D animation and developing a personal style for myself. Since then I have made so much stuff, and it's really something to look back at, which seems silly to say as I type this but I didn't quite realize how little I've taken time to reflect on past work.

I do feel proud of my works, looking at it all now, and it's wild to think how long I've been doing this(12-ish years) and how much I do want to keep on animating.

Anyway - here's my latest demo reel, it's a pretty big mishmash if I'm honest, but certainly some cool stuff in there!

Matt Oishi Demo Reel - 2023

Finally got around to making an updated demo reel! Lots of personal projects in here this time around, a touch of stuff I did for a company

Enjoy :)

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Y'know - if Unity is strapped for cash then maybe they shouldn't have gone on a wild acquisition spree whenever that was all the buzz? (I guess it's likely still going on)

I know that can't be the entire/main reason why, but still, it's not great to see them just throw down billions for stuff that'll maybe help them compete with Unreal or whatever.

I'm voicing an opinion on this because, of course, I just started working on a passion project game in Unity and it's not a great feeling to maybe have to move engines because of the compounding lack of trust in Unity's business decisions over time. (and also basically zero revenue if I understand what the changes could mean for a lot of small indie devs starting from the ground up)

Not sure what to do... Guess I'll keep a close eye on how things play out. the weird acquisition era made me think about switching also but overall it wasn't as impactful as how this new scheme sounds.

Hopefully they will back down on the announcement, with the way the community is talking about it I can't see it doing well for the company in the long run.

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Started working on a new character this weekend!

Name TBD, let's call him Kenny for now.

Some small texture details to add later but pretty happy with how he's developing so far.

Took some extra time to figure out how to approach face expressions and animation, I at one point considered modeling the face fully but ultimately I determined that was a huge time sink for rigging and animation. So what I decided on is a texture sheet of many different expressions. some tutorials I looked up would say it's a sprite sheet.

Despite it being a straightforward method and pretty simple to setup in Blender(and certainly an old method, especially in video games if I'm not wrong) I couldn't quite find a good resource on this method, I bet there is one but not easy to google.

Anyway - eventually I will have to figure out how to swap character faces in Unity whenever I get around to importing them. and make a workflow for marking face swaps, because I don't believe the material data I animate in Blender won't import into Unity.

here's the node setup for anyone curious :)

(This of course could be setup a little better for animation in blender but for my needs I just key-framed the X Location.)

Lastly here's a little test animation!

I made this Japanese style classroom a while ago, so it was nice to just have it ready to go!

Tho it definitely needs some more props and things on the walls! Also students!

Unsure if I want him to have glasses or not. What do you think?

Excited to show more later :)

Until then peace out,

MKO~

[mattoishi]

Releasing some music today :)

particularly proud of this one - I feel like I got all the elements I wanted in it just right, like my scratching, arrangement, drum programming, and I think mixed & mastered it pretty well! (Although I'm sure an actual professional mastering engineer might have some opinions heh)

Felt like it took forever to come up with a name, but I eventually decided on Funky Furigana haha

Making the cover art for it was fun.

This track gives me many ideas for a music video, but that may stay as a dream for the foreseeable future.

Anyways hope you enjoy it!

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(Random sketch today)

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First Post

Hello & welcome!

I Intend to post on this blog the various things I'm working on, but also a devlog for a game I've been scheming for a long time now.

it's still very early stages of development so I don't feel comfortable saying too much about it yet but I will reveal what it's all about as soon as I can. :)

So here is a character I recently mocked up! (Name Pending) lot's of things to improve, particularly with the rig, some topology, and weights, but overall I'm happy with this initial pose test.

I want the characters to be dynamic and expressive so it will be crucial that they pose and deform well.

if you're curious about the rig I am using Rigify! but it has an extension to it, which is funny to me cause it's like an addon for an addon... but anyway it's called GameRig, and it extends the built in Rigify system in blender, to add rigs that are more game engine friendly!

I'm very used to the rigify workflow so I think it a good option for me.

(but I will report on any caveats I come across if I do)

I think that's all for now - Thanks for reading (and watching!)