Most of the artwork that appears in the unlockable gallery of Metroid: Other M was done by Art Director Takayasu Morisawa from Nintendo SPD Group no.1 and given to Team Ninja (Tecmo-Koei) and D-Rockets (cinematics) for reference.
Morisawa previously worked on Metroid Zero Mission (2004) as Art Director and Metroid Fusion (2002) for Background Graphic Design. Morisawa is likely responsible for the concept art of Metroid Zero Mission that appeared on the official website.
http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/metroid-other-m/¼
Iwata: Morisawa-san, you’re the one who created the documents to specify the visuals of Metroid: Other M and distributed them to Team NINJA as well as to Kitaura-san, Nagasawa-san and others in charge of the cinematics, aren’t you?
Morisawa: That’s right. I produced a huge volume of documents, the stack was as thick as several phone books.
This was because I was asked an awful lot of questions. ‘What material is Samus’s clothing made from? Cotton?’; ‘Are the buttons on her clothing plated? 'How wide should this field be?’ and so on.
Iwata: I suppose this is because the material of the clothes would be rendered in the cinematics too. Was deciding on the answers to questions like that mostly your responsibility, Morisawa-san? Could you decide without consulting Sakamoto-san?
Morisawa: For the most part, it was left to my responsibility, but there were points on which Sakamoto-san would definitely not budge. An example that made quite an impression on me was Samus’s Power Suit, and the way it changes color as its various abilities are unlocked.
Translated gallery art from Metroid Database
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