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 Subnautica: Below Zero, 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.
Biomes=
Bulb Zone - by Cory Strader
Bulb Zone at night - by Cory Strader
Floating Island #1 - by unknown artist
Floating Island #2 - by unknown artist
Grand Reef's "Orb Field" - by Pat Presley
Grassy Plateaus (Coral Reef Zone 3) - by Cory Strader
Inactive Lava Zone (Lava Zone) - by Cory Strader
Inactive Lava Zone (Lava Zone 2) - by Cory Strader
Inactive Lava Zone's Lava Castle (Super Thermal Vent) - by Pat Presley
Inactive Lava Zone "Tumulus" - by Pat Presley
Inactive Lava Zone's "Magma Forest" - by Pat Presley
Kelp Forest - by Cory Strader
Lilypad Islands - by
Lost River's "Bones Field" - by Pat Presley
Lost River (unknown) - by Cory Strader
Lost River's "Ghost Tree Chamber" - by Pat Presley
Lost River's "Lost River Corridor" - by Pat Presley
Lost River's "Ghost Canyon" - by Pat Presley
Lost River's "Tree Cove" - by Pat Presley
Lost River "Vent Field" - by Pat Presley
Mushroom Forest - by unknown artist
Safe Shallows - by unknown artist
|-| Fauna=
Bleeder - by unknown artist
Cave Crawler and Blood Crawler - by unknown artist
Boneshark - by unknown artist
Crabsnake - by Cory Strader
Crabsquid - by unknown artist
Crashfish - by unknown artist
Crimson Ray - by unknown artist
Cuddlefish (the formerly intended "Crashfish") - by
Eggs - by unknown artist
More Eggs - by unknown artist
Eyeye - by unknown artist
Floater - by unknown artist
Gasopod - by unknown artist
Lava Lizard - by Cory Strader
Mesmer - by unknown artist
Oculus Concept Art - by unknown artist
Peeper and Oculus - by unknown artist
Reaper Leviathan - by Mikhail
Reefback - by Pat Presley
Sand Shark - by Cory Strader
Final Sea Emperor Leviathan concept - by Pat Presley
Unused Sea Emperor Leviathan concept - by Pat Presley
Sea Treader Leviathan - by Pat Presley
Final Ampeel - by unknown artist
Old Ampeel - by unknown artist
Shuttlebugs - by unknown artist
River Prowler - by Cory Strader.
The Kharaa Bacterium - by Cory Strader.
Warper - by Cory Strader
Grabcrab Concept Art - by
Rock Puncher - by Cory Strader
|-| Flora=
Bloodvine - by unknown artist
Drooping Stingers #1 - by unknown artist
Drooping Stingers #2 - by unknown artist
Old Flora and Fauna concept art, out of all these concepts only the Gabe's Feather made it into the game - by unknown artist
Giant Coral Tree - by unknown artist
Tiger Plant - by unknown artist
Initial Tiger Plant concept sketches - by Cory Strader
Spike Trap - by unknown artist
- Technology=
Aurora - by Pat Presley
Starships A - by Pat Presley
Starships B - by Pat Presley
Starships C - by Pat Presley
"The Crashed Aurora" - by Cory Strader
The Aurora's Power Generator Room - by unknown artist
The Aurora's Prawn Bay - by Fox3D
Degasi - Pat Presley
Degasi variant - Pat Presley
The Degasi - Pat Presley
Lifepod 5 Interiors (damaged) - by Cory Strader
Sunbeam - by unknown artist
Aurora's debris #1 - by unknown artist
Aurora's debris #2 - by unknown artist
Wreck Concept Art - by Fox3D
Cyclops and Mobile Vehicle Bay - by unknown artist
Cyclops - by Pat Presley
Cyclops Launch Bay #1 - by unknown artist
Cyclops Launch Bay #2 - by unknown artist
Cyclops interiors sketch - by unknown artist
Cyclops Control Room - by Cory Strader
Cyclops Engine Chamber #1 - by unknown artist
Cyclops Engine Chamber #3 - by unknown artist
Cyclops Keel Section - by Pat Presley
Cyclops Main Rooms - by Pat Presley
Seaglide, Propulsion Cannon, Cyclops Docking Bay and Prawn Suit - by Fox3D
-AQUA-MECH- - by Pat Presley
Aqua-Mech A1 - by Pat Presley
Aqua-Mech C1 - by Pat Presley
Aqua-Mech C3 - by Pat Presley
Prawn Suit Arms concept art
Seamoth - by Pat Presley
Seamoth Interiors - by Pat Presley
Seamoth variants 03 - by Pat Presley
Seamoth variants 04 - by Pat Presley
Concept art of the different Neptune Escape Rocket stages
Seabase - by unknown artist
Seabase with terraformed ground. - by unknown artist
Basic Compartment - by unknown artist
X Compartment - by unknown artist
Multipurpose Rooms - by unknown artist
"Large Aquarium" - by Cory Strader
"Large Aquarium," showing notes - by Cory Strader
Scanner Room - by Cory Strader
Moonpool - by unknown artist
Specimen Analyzer - by unknown artist
Botanical Analysis Machine - by unknown artist
Water Filtration Machine - by Cory Strader
Fabricator - by Cory Strader
Modification Station #1 - by Cory Strader
Modification Station #2 - by Cory Strader
Locker - by unknown artist
Plant Pots - by Cory Strader
Solar Panel - by unknown artist
Vending Machine - by unknown artist
Seaglide - by unknown artist
Mobile Vehicle Bay - by Cory Strader
All-Environment Protection Suit - by Fox3D
Radiation Suit - by unknown artist
Reinforced Dive Suit - by
PDA #1 - by Cory Strader
PDA #2 - by Cory Strader
PDA #3 - by Cory Strader
PDA #4 - by Cory Strader
PDA #5 - by Cory Strader
Creature Decoy - by unknown artist
Time Capsule - by unknown artist
Battery - by unknown artist
Fire Extinguisher - by Cory Strader
Flare - by unknown artist
Knife - by Cory Strader
LED Light #1 - by unknown artist
LED Light variations - by unknown artist
Power Transmitter - by Cory Strader
Scanner - by unknown artist
Stasis Rifle - by unknown artist
Transfuser - by Pat Presley
|-| Precursor=
Quarantine Enforcement Platform Concept Art - by Pat Presley
Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior concept - by Pat Presley
Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior concept - by Pat Presley
Quarantine Enforcement Platform interior concept - by Pat Presley
Quarantine Enforcement Platform Control room - by Pat Presley
Quarantine Enforcement Platform deactivation terminal Concept Art - by unknown artist
Disease Research Facility - by Pat Presley
Disease Research Facility hanging Warper concept art - by unknown artist
Alien Thermal Plant concept - by unknown artist
Primary Containment Facility concept art - by Pat Presley
Primary Containment Facility interior entrance hallway concept art - by unknown artist
Primary Containment Facility Antechamber concept art - by unknown artist
Sea Emperor Leviathan's aquarium concept art - by unknown artist
Primary Containment Facility Moonpool concept art
The first Alien Base concept art - by unknown artist
Incubator Device concept art
Alien Arch Concept Art - by unknown artist
Alien Robot Concept Art - by Cory Strader
Ion Cube Concept Art - by unknown artist
Alien Tablets terminal concept art - by unknown
Alien cable concepts - by unknown artist
Various Alien objects concept art - by unknown artist
Alien Arch activation terminal concept art - by unknown artist
|-| Player=
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