Does anyone know anything about concept art? Not the sketches or 3d studio rendered art, but everything else. Same with a lot of fan art,..does everyone just use photoshop/paint shop pro/freehand and start from scratch? I was just looking around flagship studios concept art and I figured this would be the best place to ask. Like look at this fan art from Blizzard: http://www.blizzard.com/inblizz/fanart/ScreenShot.aspx?ImageIndex=56&Set=0 I'd ask the artist if I could, but do you think its a scanned image then edited? or is drawn with a graphics tablet?

My guess would be scanned and edited - tablet work tends to have a distinct 'round' look, while this has 'whisps' which are more characteristic of pencil work.

That image could be perfectly 100% PS or Painter.

Some people sketch on paper, then scan it in and color in PS/painter. Other sketch directly in those apps and colore there.