Robert Carter is a multiple award-winning full time professional freelance illustrator. Born in St. Albans, England, he moved to Ontario, Canada, at an early age. Robert began his journey into the world of art from the get-go, constantly doodling and sketching anything and everything. Robert went on to study Art and Illustration, graduating from the prestigious Sheridan College School of Art and Animation.
Robert has been working constantly as a professional illustrator for more than a decade now. Combining a strong foundation in portraiture with a unique sense of visual and conceptual problem-solving Robert creates striking, vibrant, and textured illustrations and portraits with subjects ranging from the realistic to the surreal. With a background in traditional oil painting Robert applied those skills to the digital realm and taught himself the digital painting medium, which is now his preferred method of working for it’s speed and flexibility.
Taking a short hiatus from illustration in 2013 Robert went back to Sheridan College, this time to study Computer Animation, graduating with honours.
Robert would like to continue to explore and expand his work, continually striving to improve himself and his art. Robert now lives and works as a professional freelance illustrator in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
CLIENTS
Arena Theatre
Alberta Venture
American Airlines
Atlanta magazine
BC Business
BBC Focus magazine
Benjamin Moore
Boston Business Journal
Boy’s Life magazine
Canadian Business
Chicago magazine
Claims Journal
Deliver magazine
Dogs In Canada
Grip magazine
Gyro Advertising
Harvard Business Review
Harvard University Press
Investment Advisor
Impact magazine
LA Times
Ode magazine
On The Bay
Outdoor Canada
Pacifico Beer
Penguin Publishing
Philadelphia magazine
Quirk Books
Ramp Creative Design
Scholastic Inc
Simon & Schuster
Star Tribune
Time Out Chicago
Volks Wagon
Washington Post
West Jet Airlines
White Wolf Publishing
Worth Publishers
Wunderman Advertisings
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Communication Arts Illustration Awards Annual (2014, 2010, 2009, 2008 & 2006)
Creative Quarterly 30 (2013)
Creative Match: Flair, Best Illustration Award ( 2012)
American Illustration Awards Annual Archive (2012, 2011 & 2009)
Altpick 6th Awards Annual – 1st place single (2011) 2nd place series (2009, 2008)
Society of Illustrators Los Angeles 48 – 2nd place (2011) (2010)
Luerzer’s 200 Best Illustrators World Wide (2011, 2010 & 2009)
Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art (2011, 2010, 2007 & 2005)
3×3 Illustration Awards Annual Proshow (2010 & 2008)
Society of News Design: Best Sports page Design (2010)
MaoMao Publications Source Illustration Book (2010)
DWAA Excellence in Illustration (2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007)
Creative Quarterly 17 – 3rd place Best in Illustration awards show (2009)
Applied Arts Illustration Awards Annual (2009, 2004 & 2002)
Society of Illustrators LA Awards Annual 47 (2009)
Society of Illustrators 50th Annual Awards (2007)
Black Book AR100 Awards Show (2007)
The Artist’s Magazine 24th Annual Art Competition (2007)
Applied Arts: Young Blood: New Talent Commanding Our Attention (2006)
Artists & Graphic Designers Market Handbook (2006)
Conflux 3: International Art Show (2006)
Kenneth R Wilson Memorial Award for Outstanding Illustration (2004)
Graphic Exchange Art Award (2003)
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