Tyler Jacobson

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Tyler Jacobson
Born
Oakland, CA
Nationality American
Known for Fantasy art, Illustration
SpouseKate Welch [1]
Website http://tylerjacobsonart.com/
http://tylerjacobson.blogspot.com/

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

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Career

His work has been featured in publications by Wizards of the Coast, [2] Simon & Schuster, [3] TOR, [4] Entertainment Weekly , [5] Rolling Stone , [6] Texas Monthly , [7] Men’s Journal , [8] Runner's World , [9] The Weekly Standard , [10] and Scientific American . [11] 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. [11]

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 . By April 2020, he had "illustrated nearly 100 cards" for Magic: The Gathering. [12] Jacobson occsionally auctions off his Magic: The Gathering original work; [13] his painting of Drizzt Do'Urden 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". [14]

He was the cover artist for two of the core rulebooks – Player's Handbook (2014) and Dungeon Master's Guide (2014) – for the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. [15] Jacobson designed the standard edition cover for the 5th Edition adventure module The Wild Beyond the Witchlight (2021). [16] [17] 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". [17] He also designed the covers for that edition's revised Player's Handbook (2024), Dungeon Master's Guide (2024), and Monster Manual (2024). [18] [19] [20] In comparing the cover of the 2024 Player's Handbook to the 2014 Player's Handbook, Matt Bassil of Wargamer 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". [21] Benjamin Abbott of GamesRadar+ called the Monster Manual (2024) "hands down my favorite cover out of the new core rulebooks". [19]

Jacobson is the art director for Matthew Lillard's "Quest's End" whiskey 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. [22] [23] [24] [25]

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. [26]

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑ "2024 Distinguished Alumni Award: Tyler Jacobson". Art U News . July 2, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  2. ↑ . Tyler Jacobson And D&D Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ . Hell Island Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  4. ↑ . Wheel of Time Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ . Entertainment Weekly Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ . Rolling Stone Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ . Texas Monthly Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ . Men’s Journal Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  9. ↑ . Runner's World Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ . Weekly Standard Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  11. 1 2 . Scientific American Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  12. ↑ Caltrider, Donny (2020-04-16). "Photoshop to Paintbrush: Tyler Jacobson's Gyruda, Doom of Depths". Hipsters of the Coast. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  13. ↑ Caltrider, Donny (2022-05-06). "10 Custom-Painted Tiamat Artist Proofs Sell for a Combined $20,350". Hipsters of the Coast. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  14. ↑ Caltrider, Donny (2021-05-24). "Painting for Drizzt Do'Urden by Tyler Jacobson Sells for $155,000". Hipsters of the Coast. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  15. ↑ LaSala, Jeff (May 21, 2014). "What to Expect From the Forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition". Tor.com . Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  16. ↑ Hall, Charlie (2021-06-07). "The next Dungeons & Dragons book will be a whimsical romp through the feywild". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  17. 1 2 Grebey, James (2021-06-07). "Dungeons & Dragons' next book is a wicked, whimsical exploration into the Feywild". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  18. ↑ Jarvis, Matt (May 14, 2024). "Here's what the cover of Dungeons & Dragons' 2024 Player's Handbook looks like". Dicebreaker . Archived from the original on August 15, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  19. 1 2 Abbott, Benjamin (2024-06-05). "I think the new D&D Monster Manual cover is best, and the artist behind each rulebook agrees". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  20. ↑ Parlock, Joe (2024-05-29). "Dungeons & Dragons Reveals Its New Dungeon Master's Guide Cover". TheGamer. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  21. ↑ Bassil, Matt (May 15, 2024). "New DnD Player's Handbook cover shows how the game has changed". Wargamer . Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  22. ↑ Directo-Meston, Danielle (2023-10-02). "Matthew Lillard on Launching Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired Whiskey, His Dream Table, More (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  23. ↑ Carruthers, Nicola (2023-08-29). "Matthew Lillard debuts fantasy-inspired spirits". The Spirits Business. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  24. ↑ Troughton, James (2023-09-27). "How Matthew Lillard Made Whiskey For Dungeons & Dragons Fans". TheGamer. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  25. ↑ Sheehan, Gavin (2024-03-12). "Find Familiar Spirits Announces Quest's End Rogue Whiskey". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  26. ↑ . About on Richard Solomon Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  27. ↑ . Jack Gaughan Awards Retrieved December 24, 2013.
  28. ↑ . Spectrum 19 Awards Retrieved December 24, 2013.

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