Tyler Jacobson

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, Simon & Schuster, TOR, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, Men’s Journal, Runner's World, The Weekly Standard, and Scientific American.

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. Jacobson designed the standard edition cover for the 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons 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 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 in 2005 with a BA in Fine Art, and from the Academy of Art University 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.

Awards

 * 2010 Jack Gaughan Award for Best Emerging Artist
 * 2012 Spectrum 19 Gold Winner: Advertising for Talon of Umberlee.