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The Art of Tyler Jacobson

Howard Lyon

I suspect that if you're here, you already know of Tyler Jacobson's artwork. Tyler is a versatile and skilled artist and has done work for a huge range of clients, often with his work serving as the front piece for marketing and product development. But his work is also used as the foundational work for licenses like Magic: the Gathering when he wears the hat of a concept artist! If you aren't aware of his…

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“Presearch” — Part 1 of 3

Paolo Rivera

January 8, 2025 -   Amazing Spider-Man #638, Cover. 2010 Watercolor and gouache on Illustration Board, 11 x 17".   Part 1: Why do we need reference? — Refining searches through specificity — Today begins a 3-part post on "referential" advice. I will include a smattering of links that some of you may find useful, but my main purpose is to convey my thought process — in particular, the way in which I increase the depth of my knowledge pool (despite starting at the shallow end). One of the key elements in nearly every image I create is reference, photographic or otherwise. Even those images that require no direct quotations benefit from previous memories, whether consciously cited or not. Aside from my weekly exhibition of embarrassing photos, it is a subject I frequently talk about, often because I am…

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