#subnautica al-an

[mcnotok]

Favorite alien blorbos

#my art #megamind #invader zim #invader zim zim #iz zim #subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica al-an #sbz #sbz al-an #subnautica alan #sbz alan

[tehcann]

[cutely plunges an entire planet to the brink of extinction with their gigachad bacterium :3c]

#subnautica below zero #subnautica below zero spoilers #(because of the caption 😭😭😭) #al-an #al-an aubnautica #subnautica al-an #bro probably hears most of the unhinged sentences from Robin and has absolutely none of the context to find out what it means #“Robin. I sense your enthusiam but what does 'whip and nae nae' mean in the context of the Kharaa bacterium???” #oh my god drawing their robo-arms was the worst thing thats ever happened to me since 2005 #tehcart

[mimmixerenard]

I know I'm not the first one to have come up with that concept; I simply wanted to do my own version of human!AL-AN (also because I'd break my head on his og design- I should def try to draw him, but later haha)

It was pretty fun, actually

#subnautica #subnautica fanart #subnautica below zero #below zero #subnautica alan #subnautica al-an #AL-AN #al an subnautica #human version #human!al-an

[sleepy-crypt1d]

am i?? losing my mind here??

okay, so, like, subnautica, right?

recent news is that subnautica 3 is in production/in the works, hooray!! literally cannot be more excited about this, it’s my favorite game ever and i am so thrilled to see where the next one is headed but, i feel like, what the next one is going to be about is. . obvious?

who knows!! maybe im losing my mind here and i am just a tad too into these games so other people didn’t think about this but, sub3 is gonna be about the architect home planet. it has to be, doesn’t it?? 

the exact quote from the people working on the game is “I dream of visiting new worlds, exploring intricate alien ecosystems and lost civilizations. I don't think I'll ever get tired of the fantasy of making contact with intelligent life. I also dream about going on these adventures with friends. Getting lost, together.” and people are theorizing that the game takes place either in the past, showing 4546B a thousand years ago, takes place in the crater’s edge, or another unseen part of 4546B but. . .4546B’s story is done? the only loose end there is Ryley, who i would love to see again, but the planet’s mysterious have all been answered? i don’t know how they are coming to those conclusions when BZ perfectly sets up what the next game will be about?

“I dream of visiting new worlds, exploring intricate alien ecosystems and lost civilizations” this??? seems so much like they’re talking about exploring the architect homeworld??? new worlds implies we’re going to a different place, doesn’t it? and lost civilizations, yeah, going through the arc homeworld and piecing together what happened??

“I also dream about going on these adventures with friends. Getting lost, together.” some people are interpreting this as sub3 going multiplayer, which would be okay i guess, but wouldn’t this make more sense if it were referencing Al-An and robin???? especially with the line BZ ends with?? ‘with you, I am ready to face whatever awaits us’ like???

also the second game ended with a cliff hanger!!! it ended with showing us the architect homeworld!!! WHY WOULDN’T SUB3 BE ABOUT THAT???? WHY WOULD THEY SUDDENLY SHIFT THE STORY ENTIRELY??

i dont know, maybe im losing my mind here, maybe theorists on youtube know something i don’t but the plot of sub3 seems obvious to me, because BZ literally ended with showing us where the story was headed.

am i crazy? or have other people also realized that exploring the architect homeworld seems like the only logical next step in the story? to find out what happened? we found out what happened to sam and the game ends with robin promising they’ll find out what happened to the architects. why are people thinking ANYTHING ELSE would happen????

who knows, if sub3 comes out and im completely wrong, i will take that L and dig myself a grave but until then, i will hold this thought pretty confidently 

#subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica below zero spoilers #subnautica spoilers #subnautica al-an #is it because they hate BZ :(( it's because they hate BZ isn't it :(( god dammit #sleepy rants #these games are legit my favorite games in existence and BZ meant so fucking much to me - i adored that game!! it was so good!! #not every game needs to be a masterpiece - i had a wonderful time playing it and fell in love with the story/characters #that's all a good game needs #the story of the architects is so interesting and i would love to know more about them/their home and so many people just pretend- #-that they dont exist and it takes away such a big chunk of what makes subnautica the amazing game it is #sorry if i come off as bitchy here- i just care about subnautica a lot and seeing people completely ignore a major part of it sucks #al-an's story is so interesting!!! i love the arcs SO FUCKING MUCH!!! when i saw him for the first time i lost my SHIT #I WANT THE NEXT GAME TO BE ABOUT THE ARCS SO BADLY #TELL ME MORE ABOUT THEM #PLEASE #like i cannot tell if these people are willfully being ignorant to basic story telling mechanics or if they just. . . dont get it #it ended on a cliff hanger- the next game will be explaining that cliff hanger? #like sure we didn't get an answer to what happened to ryley word for word but we KNOW that alterra is pretending he doesn't exist!! #we know- in part- what happened to him- that's why it isn't answered #we find logs talking about how the aurora 'disappeared' #with no survivors #alterra is hiding his existence #also WE NOW HE'S IN SPACE- MYSTERY THERE SOLVED #SPACE #BUT WITH THE ARCS WE DON'T KNOW!! #WHY WOULD THEY SET UP AN ENTIRE GAME WITH THE MYSTERY OF TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARCS AND THEN JUST DROP IT??????? #WHY DO THEY THINK THAT UW WOULD DO THAT??? #angry

[kikuriki]

I love the Architects so much u guys. Assuming Al-An is standard body type theyre SO silly. I'm sorry Al-An my beloved but ur body is not optimized for SHIT lmao you have tiny crab claws for hands and hollow holey legs baby. Where are the multiple fingered hands with exquisite dexterity and the soft grippy fleshed underhooves (i.e. goat style) for making sure you cant lose your grip on awful terrain. Why do you have an aesthetic GAP in your forelegs. Ur so silly I love u u little bicycle pole meme nerd

#im right and u know it #architect bodies are SO silly #subnautica below zero #subnautica al-an #al-an subnautica

[circusmantis]

Subnautica fanart in the year 2023… wow

#subnautica #subnautica fanart #subnautica below zero #al an #al an subnautica #robin ayou #circusmantis

[just-a-drawing-bean]

AL-AN <3

Finished my Below Zero playthrough yesterday and had to draw AL-AN or I was going to explode <3 he's so neat ough. I loved the ending of the game, very nice. I highly recommend playing Subnautica and Below Zero, the OST is really pretty.

#subnautica #subnatica below zero #below zero #al-an #al an #al an subnautica #bean art #ghhhh the lighting and color effect on him are so cool #the in game model is sick af

[entreri]

Subnautica: Below Zero » Al-An

If I am the last of my kind, I will experience the sorrow of ten thousand souls dimming. And if they survived? With you, I am ready to face whatever awaits.

#subnautica: below zero #al-an #subnauticaedit #gamingedit #vgedit #dailygaming #sbz* #my gif #i missed him

[faery-the-diamond]

Suddenly remembered my favourite alien centaur scientist and decided to draw him.

✨In style✨

#my art #art #au #digital #digital art #subnautica #subnatica below zero #al an #al an subnautica #al-an #architects #al an x robin

[domineeriv]

SUBNAUTICA BELOW ZERO SPOILERS!

Finished Subnautica: Below Zero, had to draw some fanart because I think this lad is cool.

Tidbits:

I draw with keyboard and mouse.

Estimated time spent on the art is around 36 hours.

I don't know how to draw backgrounds at all.

The original size of this artwork was 7200 x 10800, but as it was too big I downsized it 50%.

This was the first artwork I've done in this style, as I usually experiment with styles. Also the largest artwork I've done in my life.

Shading is off because I don't know how to shade.

AL-AN my beloved

#al-an #alan #al-an my beloved #al an subnautica #subnautica #subnautica below zero #below zero #digital art #fanart #al-an fanart #alien #the architecht #architecht #precursor #precursor race #precursor subnautica #precursor race subnautica #architecht subnautica #the architecht subnautica #my beloved

[fukutomichi]

Subnautica: Below Zero ∴ Al-An "With you, I am ready to face whatever awaits."

#subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica: below zero #sbz #s:bz #al-an #robin ayou #subnautica alan #alan #my gifs #a subterranean gif #gaming #i had this in my drafts for sooo looong :')

[skyrayroost]

This one's from when I was trying to figure out how to draw architects still.

Don't mind him, he's just being very supportive.

#subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica fanart #robin ayou #al an subnautica

[sleepy-crypt1d]

WHY is there so little al-an content guys come on i thought we were all on the same page of how much we adored him

#subnautica #subnautica below zero #subnautica al-an #is it because architects are hard to draw #it's because architects are hard to draw isnt it #:( #thERE ARE FOUR X READER FICS WITH HIM #ONE OF WHICH ISN'T AN X READER #THE OTHER THREE ARE PLATONIC #AND IM PRETTY SURE I'VE SEEN EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF FANART OF HIM #IM BEGGING FOR MORE CONTENT #i cannot wait years for the third game just to see my boy again :( #al-an <3 #need that f/o tag lol

[civetfish]

Nerd-to-nerd communication

Something super pointless and self-indulgent I've had on the backburner for a while. I love trying to make the pieces they gave us fit together!

Al-AN and Robin would absolutely bond over learning about each other's biology. I could talk about this forever but I'll get into all of the headcanons I have for these two in another post eventually

Below the cut is another version with some extra bits and pieces and the transcription

Transcript :

Architect Anatomy A. Architect "Brain" - Doesn't "store" information so much as allow for easy communication with the network B. Brainstem - connects the information received to the central nervous/circulatory system C. "Heart" - Circulatory system pumps the bioluminescent fluid to other organ systems and surface veins. Each node connects to a vast vasculature network D. "Kidneys" - Organs that filter the bioluminescent "blood" and other bodily fluids, absorbing and distributing collected material E. Nerve Center - Receives raw sensory data and filters it. Filtering can be unconscious or intentional

F. "Respiratory" Tract - Intakes gases or liquids and filters out material for use. Disposes of waste on exhale. Provides cooling to internal systems

The respiratory tract functions less like a set of lungs and more akin to a computer's cooling system, with the ability to absorb material from the environment to use in other parts of the body. It also would likely help the architect's body analyze the environment it is currently exposed to on a molecular level. It is also truly unidirectional, with the intake vents near the "collarbone" and the exhaust vents on both sides of the abdomen

The architect organ cache in-game felt like it was definitely not a complete model of the internal organs, so I wanted to come up with something to fill some more space. I also just really liked the idea of Al-An being capable of something similar to breathing, without having a respiratory system in the traditional sense. Feel free to use any of this in your own headcanons if you would like :)

BONUS - a gif of all the layers!

#EDIT - UPDATE IN THE REBLOGS #The skeletal structure of the architects cause me so much anguish #Ily al-an but your HIPS don't have JOINTS #This was so fun #I mention this in the keep reading but feel free to use this anatomy speculation stuff in your own work! #I want to get into more of my headcanons for how his body works but I might do that through writing. Ill link my ao3 if I do lol #subnautica below zero #subnautica #sbz #al an subnautica #al an #robin ayou #subnautica below 0 #al-an #spec bio #<< technically I guess #Do you think he sounds like an overheating pc when he's embarrassed #SMALL EDIT : HELLO?? I didnt realise Aci had made a video analyzing al-an's body and AUGH I WISH I HAD SEEN IT!! #He brings up some really good points and ideas abt his physiologyyyyy

[cynautica]

a silly workaholic shrimp and his even sillier primate companion

half.alive - creature

#these two are my mental illness #subnautica #sbz #subnautica below zero #al an x robin #robin ayou #al an #it’s always morally appropriate to appropriate Christian songs #I’m jk I’m genuinely a fan of half.alive’s stuff

[p---l---c]

the pariah

#bee draws #al an subnautica #subnautica #subnautica below zero #al an #sea dragon leviathan #sbz #this took four whole days but i think it was worth it #artists on tumblr #commissions open