I'm dedicating my final artwork of 2023 to Alan Wake 2. What a phenomenal experience, made by those who won't give up, telling the stories of 2 individuals who also just won't give up. Hopefully I can have a part of that spirit next year.
Happy Holidays from The Sudden Stop! 🎄We hope you have a fantastic season filled with all the things you love. ❤️
Every year, we commission a festive artwork from an incredible artist in our community. This year, it was a pleasure to work with the lovely Invisible Rain/Castle. As a long-time Alan Wake fan and beautiful artist, the collaboration felt like a natural fit with the return of the series this Autumn.
Alan Wake sat alone in a dark room. The clacking of the typewriter was a nauseating timbre in his ears. This was a scene the writer had become all too familiar with. He had been fighting the Darkness for a long time now. Always fighting. Maybe he'd always been fighting? The white glint of something caught his eye. An envelope appeared on the desk, stamped shut with a peculiar seal: perpendicular lines within a circle, intersecting at the lower corner. Maybe this was the change the story needed. Wake realized then: It isn't a fight... This is a Smash.