Tyler Jacobson is an American science fiction and fantasy artist and illustrator.

Career

His work has been featured in publications by

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

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

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Entertainment Weekly Retrieved December 24, 2013. ''

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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. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, ''Texas Monthly'' chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natura ...

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

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

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Weekly Standard Retrieved December 24, 2013. and ''

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Scientific American Retrieved December 24, 2013. 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. Jacobson is best known as a fantasy artist, due to his significant contributions of art to '' Magic: The Gathering'' 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 (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

''. By April 2020, he had "illustrated nearly 100 cards" for ''Magic: The Gathering''. Jacobson occsionally auctions off his ''Magic: The Gathering'' original work; his painting of

Drizzt Do'Urden Drizzt Do'Urden () is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. Drizzt was created by author R. A. Salvatore as a supporting character in the '' Icewind D ...

for the ''Adventures in the Forgotten Realms'' set "sold for a record-breaking $155,000" and "falls in the Top 5 highest public prices realized for an original work of ''Magic'' art". He was the cover artist for two of the core rulebooks – ''

Player's Handbook The ''Player's Handbook'' (spelled ''Players Handbook'' in first edition ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D'')) is the name given to one of the core rulebooks in every edition of the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D'') ...

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Dungeon Master's Guide The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (''DMG'' or ''DM's Guide''; in some printings, the ''Dungeon Masters Guide'' or ''Dungeon Master Guide'') is a book of rules for the fantasy role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' co ...

'' (2014) – for the 5th Edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. Jacobson designed the standard edition cover for the 5th Edition adventure module '' The Wild Beyond the Witchlight'' (2021). '' SyFy Wire'' 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 also designed the covers for that edition's revised ''

'' (2024), ''Dungeon Master's Guide'' (2024), and ''Monster Manual'' (2024). In comparing the cover of the 2024 ''Player's Handbook'' to the 2014 ''Player's Handbook'', Matt Bassil of ''

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'' commented that "the old cover is an obvious power fantasy: look how powerful you can become and the cool things you can fight" while the new cover has a different focus: "look at the variety of DnD races and classes you can play, and the cool people you'll be hanging out with". Benjamin Abbott of ''

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'' called the ''Monster Manual'' (2024) "hands down my favorite cover out of the new core rulebooks". Jacobson is the art director for

Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes Chip Sutphin in '' Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in '' Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in '' Scream'' (1996), Stevo in '' SLC Punk!'' ...

's "Quest's End"

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line where he does bottle art and design including the map on the back of each bottle; he also illustrates the corresponding chapter of the original fantasy story, ''Dawn of the Unbound Gods'' by Kate Welch, which comes with the bottle.

Education

Jacobson graduated from

Gonzaga University Gonzaga University (GU) ( ) is a Private university, private Society of Jesus, Jesuit university in Spokane, Washington, United States. It is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges ...

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. ...

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 artists in the field, the New England Science Fiction Ass ...

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 American role-playing game artists Artists from Washington (state) Living people People from Alameda, California People from Olympia, Washington Year of birth missing (living people)