Tessa Carter

If you've found this page, this is where I keep older art that's not on my portfolio! While you're free to look, please note these pieces are not applicable to my main portfolio, and are here for archiving purposes only!

Blade

Realistic, game-ready knife modeled, retopo'd, and UV'd procedurally in Houdini. Textured in Substance Painter, before being rendered in Maya Arnold on a photo plate.

5k polys

Houdini, Substance 3D Painter, Autodesk Maya

Stylized Soup Exploration

Personal work exploring stylized shader node networks to create a final render influenced by 2D animation styles.

Blender 3D

Blood-Drained Cow Model for "El Sol" - SJSU Thesis Project

For this project, I was tasked with sculpting, retopologizing, and texturing a cow that had been attacked by a Chupacabra, following visual development reference. Modeled for usage in web game engines.

Zbrush / Substance 3D Painter / Autodesk Maya

Skull Model for Fate of the Fey - SJSU Thesis Project

For this project, I was tasked with designing, sculpting, retopologizing, uving, and texturing a skull that would come from a fantasy creature, loosely based on bears and deer.

Blender 3D / Substance 3D Painter / Autodesk Maya

Rig Creation for 'El Sol' - 3D Explorative web game.

Creation of an animation and game-ready rig to be used in a web game engine as well as usable in Unreal.

Featuring:

IK leg and toe controls with offset control for parenting
Shoulder and elbow pole vector for easy adjustment
IK and FK switchable head and neck
IK and FK spine controls with two cogs, one for body acting and one for sliding across the ground

Model by Nicole Padilla, Animation by Reese Parungao

Autodesk Maya