Tyler Jacobson is an American
science fiction and fantasy artist and illustrator.
Career
His work has been featured in publications by
Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and List of science fiction themes, science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for ga ...
,
Tyler Jacobson And D&D Retrieved December 24, 2013. Simon & Schuster
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,
Hell Island Retrieved December 24, 2013. Tor Books, TOR,
Wheel of Time Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'',
Entertainment Weekly Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''
Rolling Stone
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'',
Rolling Stone
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Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''
Texas Monthly
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'',
Texas Monthly Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''
Men’s Journal
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'',
Men’s Journal Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''
Runner's World
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'',
Runner's World Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''
The Weekly Standard
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'',
Weekly Standard Retrieved December 24, 2013. and ''
Scientific American
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''.
Scientific American Retrieved December 24, 2013.
Jacobson is best known as a fantasy artist, due to his significant contributions of art to ''
Magic: The Gathering
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'' trading card game cards, package art, and promotional materials, as well as character design and game art for ''
Dungeons & Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules ...
''. Jacobson designed the standard edition cover for the 5th edition ''Dungeons & Dragons'' adventure module ''
The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
''The Wild Beyond the Witchlight'' is an Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons), adventure module set in the Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)#Parallel Planes, Feywild for the Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%205th%20edition, 5th edition o ...
'' (2021).
''
SyFy Wire
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'' highlighted that "the cover for ''The Wild Beyond the Witchlight'' promises an ominous carnival atmosphere with a creepy clown and a looming, imposing-looking enforcer-type character".
He is also known as a mainstream artist for contributions to several popular publications, including the oil painting Last Days of The Comanches featured in Texas Monthly.
Education
Jacobson graduated from
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University (GU) () is a private Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Founded in 1887 by Joseph Cataldo, an Italian-born priest and Jesuit missionary, the univ ...
in 2005 with a BA in Fine Art, and from the
Academy of Art University
The Academy of Art University (AAU or ART U), formerly Academy of Art College and Richard Stephens Academy of Art, is a private for-profit art school in San Francisco, California. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. S ...
in San Francisco in 2009 with a MFA in Illustration and was awarded Best of Show MFA Traditional Illustration AAU Spring Show 2009, and First Place MFA Traditional Illustration AAU Spring Show 2009.
About on Richard Solomon Retrieved December 24, 2013.
Awards
* 2010
Jack Gaughan Award The Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist is an American award honoring the memory of illustrator Jack Gaughan. Because the latter felt it was important to encourage and recognize new blood in the field, the New England Science Fiction Associa ...
for Best Emerging Artist
Jack Gaughan Awards Retrieved December 24, 2013.
* 2012
Spectrum Award, Spectrum 19 Gold Winner: Advertising for Talon of Umberlee.
Spectrum 19 Awards Retrieved December 24, 2013.
Notes
External links
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Magic Cards by Tyler Jacobson*
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Artists from Washington (state)
Living people
People from Alameda, California
People from Olympia, Washington
Role-playing game artists
Year of birth missing (living people)