Tyler Jacobson 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.
Education
Jacobson graduated from Gonzaga University in 2005 with a Bachelor in Fine Art, and from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2009 with a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration and was awarded Best of Show Master of Fine Arts Traditional Illustration Amateur Athletic Union Spring Show 2009, and First Place Master of Fine Arts Traditional Illustration Amateur Athletic Union Spring Show 2009.
Career
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.
