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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 12h

‘Cardinal Sin’ - One of my very first attempts at digital painting from 2010.

#MemoryMonday #CardinalSin #Cardinal #Skull #Death #Halloween #DigitalPainting #Learning #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 1d

Sad to hear of Diane Keaton’s passing. Rest in Peace.

#DianeKeaton #RIP
#KayAdams #TheGodfather

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you 🙏🏼

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 3d

‘World Mental Health Day’

#WorldMentalHeathDay #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #Anxiety #MentalIllness #Depression #PTSD #Stress
#Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 3d

‘Netanyahu’ - for Die Zeit newspaper

"Contradictions don't bother Netanyahu. Dominance is everything.

Peace in Gaza could end Netanyahu's time as prime minister. He is still fighting for power and what his chances are."

#Netanyahu #DieZeit #Gaza #Israel #Hamas #Palestine #Illustration #Portrait

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 4d

‘Hunger’ (2016)

#TBT #Halloween #Hunger #Intestines #Torment #Agony #Pain #Innards #Vampire #Painting #Illustration #Crackedhat

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 5d

American Horror Story’ (axe version)

#Horror #Trump #Halloween #Portrait #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 5d

‘The Devil You Know?’

#TheDevilYouKnow #Devil #Mask #TheDevilWearsASuitAndTie #Halloween #Painting #Illustration #Crachhkedhat

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 13d

‘End Game (v6)’

#MarkCarney #Trump #Chess #Canada #WeWillNeverBeThe51stState #Portrait #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 13d

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

(Illustrations for Edify magazine about a Residential School in Edmonton Alberta 2021)

#TruthAndReconciliationDay #OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #NDTR #ResidentialSchools #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #NativeChildren #Canada #EditorialIllustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 18d

‘Stigmata’ (2022)

#TBT #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 21d

‘Rohen & Aniyah’ - Portrait of my incredible nephew and niece. Done in 2016, they don’t much look the same anymore, but I love em just the same ;)

#Nephew #Niece #Family #Adorable #Kids #MemoryMonday #ThrowBackMonday #Portrait #Painting #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 24d

‘They Call It War’ - revised version of my ‘Riot Mind’ illustration for German paper Die Zeit.

“After the murder of Trump confidant Charlie Kirk, America's right is becoming more radical. And is pushing further into the centre of society.”

#DeiZeit #USPolitics #EditorialIllustration #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · 25d

'Jolts of Pain' - for The Washington Post’s Medical Mysteries column (2016) about a man with inexplicable pain in his face so bad the slightest touch triggered waves of a shock-like pain he imagined felt like electrocution.

#TBT #Pain #Electrocution #WashingtonPost #MedicalMysteries #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Wow!! I’m extremely flattered! I had a great experience working on it with Scholastic. I tend to do my best work when it’s something I’m truly excited about. (Not surprisingly :) ) Thank you so very much. I hope I get the chance to work on future Matas novels!

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thank you so much Carol that makes my day! I loved the book, such a gripping and poignant story.

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Sep 10

‘A Storm Unleashed’ - Carol Matas’ novel from Scholastic Canada Ltd is now on bookshelves! I was honoured to have illustrated the cover art work.

#AStormUnleashed #CarolMatas #ScholasticCanada #Racism #AntiSemitism #WWII #HistoricalFiction #MiddleGradesFiction #BookIllustration #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Sep 3

‘A Way Out of the Immigration Crisis’ - For the Wall Street Journal (2018)

“The only answer to today’s polarized debate is amnesty for those already here, new standards for those seeking entry and a return to the ideal of the melting pot”

#Immigration #WSJ #MeltingPot #Illustration

Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 26

‘Russian Doll v2’

#Trump #Putin #RussianDoll #RussianAsset #Portrait #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 21

‘Shooting Pain’ - Illustration for The Washington Post, Medical Mysteries column about a woman with a strange case of severe chronic back pain (2014)

#TBT #MedicalMysteries #WashingtonPost #WaPo #Backpain #Physiotherapy #Sciatica #ChronicPain #PainManagement #EditorialIllustration #Illustration

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 16

You’ve drank the Kool-Aid. Good luck.

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 16

Obviously you didn’t even look at them. Ignorance is bliss I suppose.

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 16

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Donald Trump Makes Lewd Joke to Group of Young Girls in 1992 'Entertainment Tonight' Footage

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 16

There’s video of him literally saying all these things. Look it up. Get your head out of the sand.

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Robert Carter | Cracked Hat Illustration @crackedhat.bsky.social · Aug 16

If you think the guy who was besties with Epstein, was found guilty of rape, walked in on miss teen dressing rooms while they were changing, once saw a child on an escalator and said, “I’m going to be dating her in 10 years” and on and on and on, is your guy. Then there’s no convincing you otherwise

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