Halloween may have been three months ago, but Remedy fans sure know how to keep the festive spirit going all year round, especially this artist. If you've been on social media over the weekend, you may have seen a new creepy new artwork by Kat inspired by Alan Wake 2's expansion, The Lake House. If you don't, let me introduce you to the creepiest thing that crossed my timeline this week.
Let's jump back a little, though. A few months ago, Remedy shared a video of a custom figurine; 3D printed by John Crossland (Lead Character Artist) and painted by Axel Furuvik (Junior Technical Artist). The statue centred around one of The Lake House's Painted enemies, who has fully emerged from the paint-covered wall behind them. As well as being the physical manifestation of those twisted works, they are themselves being an unexpected source of inspiration, both in the community and developer side.
And it's easy to see why; it's the source of nightmares! The figure is creepy, a twisted, elongated version of a human with a face fixed in a moment of pained anguish. These creatures seemingly emerge out of anywhere; pass a painted wall and you're not safe. In their collaboration, John and Axel's creation takes a look at the creature fully emerged, but what about when it's in that most-terrifying state, seemingly emerging from solid concrete?
Unfortunately for our sanity, we don't have to imagine that. Kat's (aka lilampki) most recent artwork is a mixed media creation combining clay, acrylics, wire, tinfoil, UV paint, and cat hair (though noted not by choice), on a canvas with a wood backing. In the dark, the piece comes to life even more with the help of the aforementioned UV paint. If you've played the expansion, you will understand how the wet paint seems to glow in the torchlight, and their approach brings a startling mirror to those moments.
I love a good development story, and fortunately Kat has written about the process on her Instagram account, providing an insight into how she approached the monstrous design. The original creation measures 20 x 30cm and as for more, she reveals that there's that potential, “might make a bigger one at some point, though the small ones seem easier to dropkick into the sun should they decide to come to life after all. 💀”
Her online pages are filled with beautiful digital artwork, and for Kat, the venture into designing with clay is a fairly new one. This is actually only her second piece! Recreating the Painted was a process that Kat fittingly described as “messy”, after using leftover clay from their Angel Lamp recreation earlier in the month. (Check out Kat's amazing Angel Lamp, HERE!) Her feedback for the second return to the medium? "Still not the biggest fan of clay and paints and much more prefer working with textile and fibre as it's a lot less messy and a lot more relaxing, but as I STILL have clay leftover, watch this space.”
You can follow all of Kat's creations on her Bluesky, Twitter or Instagram account!
