EVE Vanguard - Lighting - Pt. 1

Today is EVE Vanguard's "First Strike" event, an early access preview into what we've been building in CCP's London studio. This first level, Carrion, is set on an alien world, recently scarred by the crashed wreckage of a huge Bowhead spaceship. Players are touching down amongst the flames and twisted metal, ready to fight over the scraps, and pick this shipwreck clean.
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I've been working on the project for just over a year now, as its only Lighting Artist. Responsible for implementing and optimising Unreal Engine 5's Lumen tech, and delivering dark, atmospheric lighting that transports players to a new, but appropriately familiar corner of the New Eden Universe. The home of EVE for 20 years.
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All screenshots in this post are taken by me, in the UE5 editor.
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The team has been amazing, huge thanks to you all for being a pleasure to work with and phenomenal artists, designers and engineers. A full credits list is in the game, but for these particular screenshots I'd like to call out:
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Neil Kiminski (Art Director)
https://www.artstation.com/theartfulldodger

Ben Cottage (Associate Art Direction)
https://www.artstation.com/bencottage

Matthew Macer (Wreckage Team Lead)
https://www.artstation.com/macer

Matthew Southall (Senior Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/mattsouthall

Dennis Lukat (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/dennislukat

Stephen Pietrusiak (Biome Team Lead)
https://www.artstation.com/stephenpietrusiak

Olivia Butler-Stroud (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/livbutlerstroud

Daria Odnorogova (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/daria_odnorogova

Vanessa Boelke (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/nes0815

Anna Bjornsdottir (Lead Technical Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/hbjornsdottir

Lukas Boonen (Senior Technical Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/lukasboonen

Peter Skager (Technical Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/peterskager

Leo Calamati (Lead Concept Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/alihai

Jon Dunham (Concept Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/jon

Hector Mateo Pino (Concept Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/hectormateo

Davide Fortunato (Senior VFX Artist)
https://www.davidefortunato.com/
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Tyler Lamon (Associate Level Designer)
https://www.tylerlamon.com/
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Jared Belkus (Lead Rendering Engineer)
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Nicole Munro (Associate Rendering Engineer)
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Stijn Vervaet (Producer)
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Carlos Ulloa (Lead Technical Artist)
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Liam Phillips (Level Designer)
https://liamephillips.wixsite.com/liam-phillips
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James Cook (Level Designer)
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Tyler Sharpe (Senior Level Designer)