About the artist

Michael Jacobsen grew up in Milwaukee and now is based in St. Paul, Minnesota where he works as a freelance illustrator specializing in both editorial illustration as well as comp and storyboard illustration. 

Clients: The Ringer, Artful Living Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Star Tribune, Fresh Energy, 5280 Magazine, Men's Health Magazine, The Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, Mental Floss, Target, Surly Brewing, Summit Brewing, Buffalo Wild Wings, Minnesota Monthly, Artcrank, and numerous ad agencies.

"Illustration may become a great art, it cannot hope to compete with the camera in reporting the facts. To become a great art it must be creative."  - Frederic R. Gruger American Illustrator (1871-1953)

Recognitions: AmericanIllustration 39, 40, 41, 42 Society of Illustrators 64 3x3 Illustration Annual 17