As I started my digital painting career I started with conceptual art. I worked for small indi games at the time and would develop the looks of characters, environments, and even the feel of the gameplay. Concept art is really idea art, or you could call it idea painting and idea drawing. I do concept art all the time but this section is dedicated to that art specifically.

As a freelance concept artist I see concept art focused more in the arena of fantasy art. Its true that you can bring concept art into other areas such as architectural painting but for the most part the art associated with the phrase "concept art" is largely fantasy based. Its reserved for movies, games, and other types of projects that require a lot of ideas. 

In my mind concept art is always 2d concept art but thats really an identification I have with it. Really its any medium that explores ideas. That applies to 3d modeling and also to 3d sculpting. For me though its always having to do with creative painting, drawing, and design. 

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