Concept Art
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 original Subnautica 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 returned as an artist and Alex Ries was hired for the role of creature design. Several other artists have been outsourced from other companies such as Fox3D, notably Dima Pertsula who created several highly detailed landscapes.
Concept art is generally one of the first steps in the design process of features. Concept artists create many different designs, but usually only what the designers view as the most fitting and feasible concept ideas are chosen to undertake further development. As a result, not everything that is shown in Concept Art is guaranteed to make it into the game.
Artists
- Cory Strader - Art Director
- Pat Presley - Freelance Concept Artist
- "Mikhail"
- Several unknown artists
Concept Art Gallery
Early Concepts & Biomes
"Alien Sea v1" - by Pat Presley
"Alien Sea 2" - by Pat Presley
Early cave concept - by unknown artist
Bulb Zone (CoralReefZone 4) - by Cory Strader
Bulb Zone at night - by Cory Strader
Floating Island #1 (Coral Reef Zone 7) - by unknown artist
Floating Island #2 (Coral Reef Zone 8) - 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
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 (CoralReefZone 5) - by unknown artist
Safe Shallows (CoralReefZone 2) - by unknown artist
Twisty Bridges (CoralReefZone 9) - by unknown artist
"Sea of Pillars" - by Pat Presley
"Super Jet Streams" - by Pat Presley
"The Black Field" - by Pat Presley
"The Cyanean Rocks" - by Pat Presley
"The Pillars of Silence" - by Pat Presley
"The Single Cell Landscape" - by Pat Presley
3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D
3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D
3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D
3D Landscape Concept - by Fox3D
Early reef concept art - by unknown artist
"The Infinite Tree" - by Pat Presley
"Coral Zone" - by Pat Presley
"Coral Zone" - by Pat Presley
"The Cathedral Grove" - by Pat Presley
"Cave" - by Pat Presley
Creatures
Bleeder - by unknown artist
Biter and Blighter - by unknown artist
Cave Crawler and Blood Crawler - by unknown artist
Hoopfish and Spinefish - by unknown artist
Boneshark - by unknown artist
Crabsnake (Close Encounter) - by Cory Strader
Crabsquid - by unknown artist
Crashfish - by unknown artist
Crimson Ray - by unknown artist
Cuddlefish (the formerly intended "Crashfish")
Eggs - by unknown artist
More Eggs - by unknown artist
Eyeye - by unknown artist
Floater - by unknown artist
Gasopod - by Cory Strader
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