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 ...

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Tyler Jacobson And D&D Retrieved December 24, 2013.

Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster () is an American publishing company and a subsidiary of Paramount Global. It was founded in New York City on January 2, 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster was the third largest publ ...

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Hell Island Retrieved December 24, 2013. Tor Books, TOR,
Wheel of Time Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

Entertainment Weekly ''Entertainment Weekly'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''EW'') is an American digital-only entertainment magazine based in New York City, published by Dotdash Meredith, that covers film, television, music, Broadway theatre, books, and popular cul ...

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Entertainment Weekly Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...

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Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

Texas Monthly ''Texas Monthly'' (stylized as ''TexasMonthly'') is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. ''Texas Monthly'' was founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy and has been published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. since 1998 and is ...

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Texas Monthly Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

Men’s Journal ''Men's Journal'' is an American monthly men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation and comprising editorials on the outdoors, environmental issues, health and fitness, style and fashion, and gear. It was founded in 1992 by Jann Wenner ...

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Men’s Journal Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

Runner's World ''Runner's World'' is a globally circulated monthly magazine for runners of all skills sets, published by Hearst in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Before its acquisition by Hearst, it was founded and published by Rodale, Inc. in E ...

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Runner's World Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

The Weekly Standard ''The Weekly Standard'' was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the ''Standard'' had been described as a "red ...

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Weekly Standard Retrieved December 24, 2013. and ''

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it i ...

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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 ''Magic: The Gathering'' (colloquially known as ''Magic'' or ''MTG'') is a Tabletop game, tabletop and Digital collectible card game, digital Collectible card game, collectable card game created by Richard Garfield. Released in 1993 by Wizards ...

'' 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 Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Launc ...

'' 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
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacobson, Tyler Artists from Washington (state) Living people People from Alameda, California People from Olympia, Washington Role-playing game artists Year of birth missing (living people)