Tyler Jacobson

Tyler Jacobson (born 1982) is an American Science Fiction & Fantasy Artist and illustrator whose 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. 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 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.

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

• [1]. Jack Gaughan Awards Retrieved December 24, 2013.
• [2]. Spectrum 19 Awards Retrieved December 24, 2013.