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.

• Fauna, Flora and Coral
• Biomes
• Technology
• Precursor
• Player

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"Alien Sea v1" - by Pat Presley

"Alien Sea 2" - by Pat Presley

Early cave concept - by

Floating Island #1 - by

Floating Island #2 - by

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

Bulb Zone - by Cory Strader

Ditto, at night - 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

Safe Shallows - by

Early reef concept art - by

"The Infinite Tree" - by Pat Presley

Twisty Bridges - by

"Coral Zone" - by Pat Presley

"Coral Zone" - by Pat Presley

"The Cathedral Grove" - by Pat Presley

"Cave" - by Pat Presley

"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

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 with Lifepod 5 - by Fox3D

Degasi - Pat Presley

Degasi variant - Pat Presley

A very early art

The Aurora's Power Generator Room - by

The Aurora's Prawn Bay - by Fox3D

Aurora's debris #1 - by

Aurora's debris #2 - by

Wreck Concept Art - by Fox3D

Sunbeam - by

Cyclops and Mobile Vehicle Bay - by

Cyclops and Aurora - by Fox3D

Cyclops - by Pat Presley

Cyclops Launch Bay #1 - by

Cyclops Launch Bay #2 - by

Cyclops interiors sketch - by

Cyclops Control Room - by Cory Strader

Cyclops Engine Chamber #1 - by

Engine Chamber #2 - by

Cyclops Engine Chamber #3 - by

Cyclops Keel Section - by Pat Presley

Cyclops Main Rooms - by Pat Presley

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

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

"Beluga" - by Pat Presley

"Manta" - by Pat Presley

"Draconis" - by Pat Presley

Small Submarines - by

Seamoth - by Pat Presley

Seamoth Interiors - by Pat Presley

Seamoth variants 03 - by Pat Presley

Seamoth variants 04 - by Pat Presley

-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

Seaglide - by

Mobile Vehicle Bay - by Cory Strader

Lifepod 5 Interiors (damaged) - by Cory Strader

Ditto (repaired) - by

Seabase - by

Seabase with terraformed ground. - by

Basic Compartment - by

X Compartment - by

Multipurpose Rooms - by

"Large Aquarium" - by Cory Strader

Ditto, showing notes - by Cory Strader

Scanner Room - by Cory Strader

Moonpool - by

Specimen Analyzer - by

Botanical Analysis Machine - by

Water Filtration Machine - by Cory Strader

Fabricator - by Cory Strader

Modification Station #1 - by Cory Strader

Modification Station #2 - by Cory Strader

Locker - by

Plant Pots - by Cory Strader

Solar Panel - by

LED Light #1 - by

LED Light variations - by

Equipment - by

Fire Extinguisher - by Cory Strader

Flare - by

Knife - by Cory Strader

Scanner - by

Power Transmitter - by Cory Strader

Stasis Rifle - by

Transfuser - by Pat Presley

All-Environment Protection Suit - by Fox3D

Radiation Suit - by

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

Vending Machine - by

Creature Decoy - by

Time Capsule - by

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

Disease Research Facility - by Pat Presley

Alien Thermal Plant concept - by

Primary Containment Facility concept art - by Pat Presley

Primary Containment Facility interior entrance hallway concept art - by

Primary Containment Facility Antechamber concept art - by

Sea Emperor Leviathan's aquarium concept art - by

Primary Containment Facility Moonpool concept art

Incubator Device concept art

Alien cable concepts - by

Alien Arch Concept Art - by

Alien Robot Concept Art - by Cory Strader

Ion Cube Concept Art - by

Alien Tablets terminal concept art - by

Alien Arch activation terminal concept art - by

Various Alien objects concept art - by

Disease Research Facility hanging Warper concept art - by

The first Alien Base concept art - by

Another early Alien Base concept art - by

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

Two Women - by Fox3D

Five different Men - by Fox3D

Several suits - by Fox3D