Jason Cole is a traditionally trained fantasy illustrator.  He has a strong drawing style and can work with gouache, acrylics, and oils; as well as digitally with Painter and Photoshop.  He specializes in character development and illustrations that tell stories.  In the Fall of 1995 he began his study of illustration at the Academy of Art College, San Francisco.  Two years later and on a double scholarship, he transferred to the College for Creative Studies, Detroit where he received his BFA in December, 1999.  In 2005 Jason was one of sixteen students in the inaugural class of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s MA in Illustration.  These days Jason and his wife Emy live in the suburbs of Chicago with their baby boy.  Their family is completed by two Pekingese, Zion and Chai.