Tyler Jacobson Explained

Tyler Jacobson
Birth Place:Oakland, CA
Spouse:Kate Welch[1]
Nationality:American
Known For:Fantasy art, Illustration
Website:http://tylerjacobsonart.com/
http://tylerjacobson.blogspot.com/

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,[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.

Jacobson is best known as a fantasy artist, due to his significant contributions of art to 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". 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".

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: July 2, 2024 . 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award: Tyler Jacobson . August 29, 2024 . . en-US.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232140/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.aspx?x=dnd_4dreye_20130807
  3. http://books.simonandschuster.com/Hell-Island/Matthew-Reilly/9781439191330
  4. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/03/crown-of-swords-new-art-wheel-of-time
  5. http://shelf-life.ew.com/2013/02/01/stephen-king-the-shining-doctor-sleep-preview/
  6. http://www.theispot.com/whatsnew/2011/1/tyler-jacobson-t-i-for-rolling-stone.htm
  7. http://texasmonthly.tumblr.com/post/31731397338/when-we-tapped-illustrator-tyler-jacobson-to-pull
  8. http://www.theispot.com/whatsnew/2011/5/tyler-jacobson-military-portraits.htm
  9. http://www.theispot.com/whatsnew/2012/9/tyler-jacobson-race-day-disasters.htm
  10. http://www.theispot.com/whatsnew/2010/9/tyler-jacobson-weekly-standard-cover.htm
  11. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2011/12/16/interview-with-illustrator-tyler-jacobson/
  12. Web site: Caltrider . Donny . 2020-04-16 . Photoshop to Paintbrush: Tyler Jacobson’s Gyruda, Doom of Depths . 2024-08-29 . Hipsters of the Coast . en.
  13. Web site: Caltrider . Donny . 2022-05-06 . 10 Custom-Painted Tiamat Artist Proofs Sell for a Combined $20,350 . 2024-08-29 . Hipsters of the Coast . en.
  14. Web site: Caltrider . Donny . 2021-05-24 . Painting for Drizzt Do'Urden by Tyler Jacobson Sells for $155,000 . 2024-08-29 . Hipsters of the Coast . en.
  15. Web site: LaSala . Jeff . May 21, 2014 . What to Expect From the Forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition . August 28, 2024 . . en-US.
  16. Web site: Hall. Charlie. 2021-06-07. The next Dungeons & Dragons book will be a whimsical romp through the feywild. 2021-06-07. Polygon. en.
  17. Web site: Grebey. James. 2021-06-07. Dungeons & Dragons' next book is a wicked, whimsical exploration into the Feywild. 2021-06-07. SYFY WIRE. en.
  18. Web site: Jarvis . Matt . May 14, 2024 . Here’s what the cover of Dungeons & Dragons’ 2024 Player’s Handbook looks like . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240815145805/https://www.dicebreaker.com/series/dungeons-and-dragons/news/dnd-2024-players-handbook-artwork-revealed . August 15, 2024 . August 28, 2024 . . en.
  19. Web site: Abbott . Benjamin . 2024-06-05 . I think the new D&D Monster Manual cover is best, and the artist behind each rulebook agrees . 2024-08-29 . . en.
  20. Web site: Parlock . Joe . 2024-05-29 . Dungeons & Dragons Reveals Its New Dungeon Master's Guide Cover . 2024-08-29 . TheGamer . en.
  21. Web site: Bassil . Matt . May 15, 2024 . New DnD Player’s Handbook cover shows how the game has changed . August 28, 2024 . . en-US.
  22. Web site: Directo-Meston . Danielle . 2023-10-02 . Matthew Lillard on Launching Dungeons & Dragons-Inspired Whiskey, His Dream Table, More (Exclusive) . 2024-08-29 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  23. Web site: Carruthers . Nicola . 2023-08-29 . Matthew Lillard debuts fantasy-inspired spirits . 2024-08-29 . The Spirits Business . en-US.
  24. Web site: Troughton . James . 2023-09-27 . How Matthew Lillard Made Whiskey For Dungeons & Dragons Fans . 2024-08-29 . TheGamer . en.
  25. Web site: Sheehan . Gavin . 2024-03-12 . Find Familiar Spirits Announces Quest's End Rogue Whiskey . 2024-08-29 . . en.
  26. http://www.richardsolomon.com/artists/tyler-jacobson/
  27. http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jack_gaughan_award
  28. http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/05/announcing-the-spectrum-19-award-winners

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