Reserved. Definition: Concept art is a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in films, video games, animation, or comic books before it is put into the final product.
Concept art in reference to preproduction design is ambiguous at best, but it may have come about as part of automobile design for concept cars or as part of the animations industry. Certainly, both industries had need for people who did this job even if the term had not come into use. References to the term Concept Art can be found being used by Disney Animation as early as the 1930's. Snow White 1937