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title: "Cauldron Lake"
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description: "Lighting exercise inspired by Alan Wake II."
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date: 2025-07-26
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featured: true
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image: { url: "titlecard.jpg", alt: "Alan Wake II The Heart" }
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tags: ["blender", "gimp"]
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categories: ["personal"]
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highlight: true
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rank: 9
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---
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I felt inspired to begin an environment lighting project after restarting playing Alan Wake II but was unable to find a suitable forest environment that fit what I was looking for. Therefore this turned into a slightly larger task than imagined as I needed to create that too, I am however pleased with the final result and how I overcame issues like these whilst working. I wanted to create something that whilst not a direct copy from the game, its inclusion would be plausible alongside other sections.
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_Sunrise_
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_Night_
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### Early progress and tests
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_Uprooted tree lighting test_
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_Initial lighting_
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_Daylight test_
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### Third-party assets
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- [Uprooted Tree](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/uprooted-tree-47faa896d56c40e2a2ace97086cb4791)
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- [Fallen Tree](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fallen-tree-df1d3b45dd84443abc74e3ced6cd2336)
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- [Geo-Scatter](https://superhivemarket.com/products/scatter) + foliage packs
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