Concept Art

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Many pieces of Concept Art have been created by the developers of Subnautica. There is Concept Art for biomes, vehicles, life forms and Alien Technology.

The main concept artists for the base game were Cory Strader, the art director, and Pat Presley, who is a freelance artist also known for his work on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series as well as several other outsourced artists.

For the Expansion the role of art director is once again filled by Cory Strader who has drawn much of the story and landscape art, Pat Presley has also returned as an artist and Alex Ries has been hired for the role of creature design. Several other artists have been outsourced from other companies such as Fox3D, notably Dima Pertsula who has created several highly detailed landscapes.

Concept Art is made to showcase future features of games, although the designs are subject to change during the course of development. Not everything that is shown in Concept Art is guaranteed to make it into the game.

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  Bloodvine - by

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  Drooping Stingers #1 - by

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  Drooping Stingers #2 - by

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  A fraction of the Giant Tree Mushroom concept art - by

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  Tiger Plant - by

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  Initial Tiger Plant concept sketches - by Cory Strader

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  Spike Trap - by

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  Old Flora and Fauna concept art, out of all these concepts only the Gabe's Feather made it into the game - by

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  Bleeder - by

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  Biter and Blighter - by

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  Cave Crawler and Blood Crawler - by

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  Hoopfish and Spinefish - by

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  Boneshark - by

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  "Clown Pincher" - by

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  "Coral Reef Grabber" - by

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  Crabsnake - by Cory Strader

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  Crabsquid - by

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  Crashfish - by

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  Crimson Ray - by

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  Cuddlefish (the formerly intended "Crashfish") - by

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  Eggs - by

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  More Eggs - by

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  Eyeye - by

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  Floater - by

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  Gasopod - by

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  "Grabcrab" [1] concept art - by

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  Lava Lizard - by Cory Strader

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  Mesmer - by

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  Oculus Concept Art - by

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  Peeper and Oculus - by

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  Reaper Leviathan - by Mikhail

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  Reefback - by Pat Presley

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  Rock Puncher - by Cory Strader

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  Sand Shark - by Cory Strader

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  Sea Dragon Leviathan

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  Final Sea Emperor Leviathan concept - by Pat Presley

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  Unused Sea Emperor Leviathan concept - by Pat Presley

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  Sea Treader - by Pat Presley

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  Final Ampeel - by

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  Old Ampeel - by

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  Shuttlebugs - by

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  River Prowler - by Cory Strader.

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  The Kharaa Bacterium - by Cory Strader.

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  "Giant Turtle" - by Pat Presley

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  Warper - by Cory Strader

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  Various small fauna - by Pat Presley

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  "Scytheskull" - by Pat Presley

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  "Whale" A - by Pat Presley

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  "Whale" B - by Pat Presley

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  Unknown Fauna - by

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  "Eye" - by Pat Presley

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  Coral Zone Creature 02A - by Pat Presley

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  Coral Zone Creature 02B - by Pat Presley

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  Large Deep Sea Creature 03 - by Pat Presley

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  Large Deep Sea Creature 04 - by Pat Presley

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  Large Deep Sea Creature 05A - by Pat Presley

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  Large Deep Sea Creature 05B - by Pat Presley

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  Large deep sea creature 07D - by Pat Presley

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  Scrapped creature "Snap" - by

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  "Alien Sea v1" - by Pat Presley

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  "Alien Sea 2" - by Pat Presley

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  Early cave concept - by

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  Floating Island #1 - by

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  Floating Island #2 - by

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  Grand Reef's "Orb Field" - by Pat Presley

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  Grassy Plateaus (Coral Reef Zone 3) - by Cory Strader

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  Inactive Lava Zone (Lava Zone) - by Cory Strader

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  Inactive Lava Zone (Lava Zone 2) - by Cory Strader

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  Inactive Lava Zone's Lava Castle (Super Thermal Vent) - by Pat Presley

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  Inactive Lava Zone "Tumulus" - by Pat Presley

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  Inactive Lava Zone's "Magma Forest" - by Pat Presley

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  Kelp Forest - by Cory Strader

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  Bulb Zone - by Cory Strader

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  Ditto, at night - by Cory Strader

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  Lilypad Islands - by

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  Lost River's "Bones Field" - by Pat Presley

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  Lost River (unknown) - by Cory Strader

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  Lost River's "Ghost Tree Chamber" - by Pat Presley

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  Lost River's "Lost River Corridor" - by Pat Presley

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  Lost River's "Ghost Canyon" - by Pat Presley

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  Lost River's "Tree Cove" - by Pat Presley

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  Lost River "Vent Field" - by Pat Presley

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  Mushroom Forest - by

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  Safe Shallows - by

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  Early reef concept art - by

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  "The Infinite Tree" - by Pat Presley

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  Twisty Bridges - by

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  "Coral Zone" - by Pat Presley

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  "Coral Zone" - by Pat Presley

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  "The Cathedral Grove" - by Pat Presley

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  "Cave" - by Pat Presley

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  "Sea of Pillars" - by Pat Presley

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  "Super Jet Streams" - by Pat Presley

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  "The Black Field" - by Pat Presley

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  "The Cyanean Rocks" - by Pat Presley

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  "The Pillars of Silence" - by Pat Presley

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  "The Single Cell Landscape" - by Pat Presley

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  3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D

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  3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D

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  3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D

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  3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D

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  Aurora - by Pat Presley

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  Starships A - by Pat Presley

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  Starships B - by Pat Presley

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  Starships C - by Pat Presley

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  "The Crashed Aurora" - by Cory Strader

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  The Aurora with Lifepod 5 - by Fox3D

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  Degasi - Pat Presley

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  Degasi variant - Pat Presley

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  A very early art

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  The Aurora's Power Generator Room - by

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  The Aurora's Prawn Bay - by Fox3D

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  Aurora's debris #1 - by

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  Aurora's debris #2 - by

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  Wreck Concept Art - by Fox3D

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  Sunbeam - by

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  Cyclops and Mobile Vehicle Bay - by

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  Cyclops and Aurora - by Fox3D

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  Cyclops - by Pat Presley

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  Cyclops Launch Bay #1 - by

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  Cyclops Launch Bay #2 - by

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  Cyclops interiors sketch - by

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  Cyclops Control Room - by Cory Strader

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  Cyclops Engine Chamber #1 - by

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  Engine Chamber #2 - by

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  Cyclops Engine Chamber #3 - by

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  Cyclops Keel Section - by Pat Presley

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  Cyclops Main Rooms - by Pat Presley

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  Seaglide, Propulsion Cannon, Cyclops Docking Bay and Prawn Suit - by Fox3D

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  (Exterior Sketch) Cyclops and Seamoth, the first piece of concept art ever drawn for Subnautica. by Cory Strader

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  "Beluga" - by Pat Presley

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  "Manta" - by Pat Presley

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  "Draconis" - by Pat Presley

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  Small Submarines - by

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  Seamoth - by Pat Presley

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  Seamoth Interiors - by Pat Presley

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  Seamoth variants 03 - by Pat Presley

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  Seamoth variants 04 - by Pat Presley

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  -AQUA-MECH- - by Pat Presley

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  Aqua-Mech A1 - by Pat Presley

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  Aqua-Mech C1 - by Pat Presley

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  Aqua-Mech C3 - by Pat Presley

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  Prawn Suit Arms concept art

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  Seaglide - by

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  Mobile Vehicle Bay - by Cory Strader

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  Lifepod 5 Interiors (damaged) - by Cory Strader

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  Ditto (repaired) - by

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  Seabase - by

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  Seabase with terraformed ground. - by

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  Basic Compartment - by

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  X Compartment - by

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  Multipurpose Rooms - by

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  "Large Aquarium" - by Cory Strader

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  Ditto, showing notes - by Cory Strader

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  Scanner Room - by Cory Strader

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  Moonpool - by

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  Specimen Analyzer - by

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  Botanical Analysis Machine - by

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  Water Filtration Machine - by Cory Strader

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  Fabricator - by Cory Strader

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  Modification Station #1 - by Cory Strader

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  Modification Station #2 - by Cory Strader

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  Locker - by

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  Plant Pots - by Cory Strader

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  Solar Panel - by

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  LED Light #1 - by

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  LED Light variations - by

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  Equipment - by

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  Fire Extinguisher - by Cory Strader

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  Flare - by

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  Knife - by Cory Strader

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  Scanner - by

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  Power Transmitter - by Cory Strader

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  Stasis Rifle - by

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  Transfuser - by Pat Presley

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  All-Environment Protection Suit - by Fox3D

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  Radiation Suit - by

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  Reinforced Dive Suit - by

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  PDA #1 - by Cory Strader

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  PDA #2 - by Cory Strader

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  PDA #3 - by Cory Strader

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  PDA #4 - by Cory Strader

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  PDA #5 - by Cory Strader

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  Vending Machine - by

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  Creature Decoy - by

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  Time Capsule - by

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform Concept Art - by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior concept - by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior concept - by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior concept - by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform Control room - by Pat Presley

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  Quarantine Enforcement Platform deactivation terminal Concept Art - by

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  Disease Research Facility - by Pat Presley

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  Alien Thermal Plant concept - by

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  Primary Containment Facility concept art - by Pat Presley

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  Primary Containment Facility interior entrance hallway concept art - by

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  Primary Containment Facility Antechamber concept art - by

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  Sea Emperor Leviathan's aquarium concept art - by

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  Primary Containment Facility Moonpool concept art

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  Incubator Device concept art

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  Alien cable concepts - by

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  Alien Arch Concept Art - by

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  Alien Robot Concept Art - by Cory Strader

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  Ion Cube Concept Art - by

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  Alien Tablets terminal concept art - by

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  Alien Arch activation terminal concept art - by

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  Various Alien objects concept art - by

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  Disease Research Facility hanging Warper concept art - by

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  The first Alien Base concept art - by

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  Another early Alien Base concept art - by

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  The Player in Radiation Suit, Stillsuit and All-Environment Protection Suit, another male face concept and two female concepts, one from a Poster - by Fox3D

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  Two Women - by Fox3D

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  Five different Men - by Fox3D

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  Several suits - by Fox3D

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