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+title: "Cauldron Lake"
+description: "Lighting exercise inspired by Alan Wake II."
+date: 2025-07-26
+featured: true
+image: { url: "titlecard.jpg", alt: "Alan Wake II The Heart" }
+tags: ["blender", "gimp"]
+categories: ["personal"]
+highlight: true
+rank: 9
+---
+
+![Alan Wake II Sunrise](titlecard.jpg)
+
+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.
+
+![Alan Wake II Sunrise](sunrise.jpg)
+_Sunrise_
+
+![Alan Wake II](night.jpg)
+_Night_
+
+### Early progress and tests
+
+![Alan Wake II](trunk.jpg)
+_Uprooted tree lighting test_
+
+![Alan Wake II](3.jpg)
+_Initial lighting_
+
+![Alan Wake II](3-day.jpg)
+_Daylight test_
+
+### Third-party assets
+
+- [Uprooted Tree](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/uprooted-tree-47faa896d56c40e2a2ace97086cb4791)
+- [Fallen Tree](https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fallen-tree-df1d3b45dd84443abc74e3ced6cd2336)
+- [Geo-Scatter](https://superhivemarket.com/products/scatter) + foliage packs