... they have i think, wocpads *i forget the term* but if i remember right, its a pad you write on with a pen, thats like a mouse, the best one i think had 75 layers of pressure, that ps has integrated to make pictures like this very easily (or i should say make it easier, this is very hard)
it's a tablet i own one right now, a intuos2 6x8 tablet
it's wacom tablet
mine is 2048 levels of pressure detection, the lower brand graphire2 have 1024 levels of pressure detection
Haha, awesome, I ordered a 6x8 Intuos 2 a few days ago.
"Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and is widely regarded as the most important innovator in scientific and technical computing today." - Stephen Wolfram
The painting looks like something Arcipello on devart/conceptart would do. And by brushes he/she probably means using the brush tool, not custom texture brushes. I swear that was made by Arcipello -- identical style. It's not terribly stunning, though. If that was made by him, he's done better. His work often leaves me in awe.
Also, you must have been in a hurry to post it seeing how you spelled the title wrong.