Nicholas P. Carter

Illustrator & Designer

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The Winter Solstice is here and as the sun sets the Holly King has awakened once more. #winter #wintersolstice #holly #hollyking #yule #yuketide #christmas #wip #workingprogress #art #illusstration #graphite #pencil #dark #myth #legend #artwork #drawing #draw #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqBP66ltdf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ssri6pkw654y

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New listing on my Etsy shop! Easter greeting cards available of my egg-laying Easter Hare 🐰 https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/600501067/easter-greeting-cards #easter #etsy #greetingcards #card #easter2018 #drawing #illustration #art #print #hare #easterhare #wildlife #mythical #celtic #eostre #ostara #monotreme #egg

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Hope you’ve all been enjoying the Christmas holidays 🎄 Here’s a colour version of my original graphite drawing of Hulin-Kuning; my reconstructed name of the Holly King archetype derived from Germanic origins. #hollyking #holly #myth #ancient #god #deity #christmas #christmas2017 #yuletide #drawing #illustration #art #artwork #artist #draw #graphite #pencil #adobe #photoshop

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The 21st December marked the Winter Solstice, and the Holly King was at full vigour and will remain so for the rest of the long winter. Happy Christmas everyone! 🎄 #winter #christmas #christmaseve #wintersolstice #december #holly #festive #celtic #pencil #art #drawing #illustration #graphite #artwork #evergreen #christmas2017 #yuletide #king #god #deity #mythology #ivy #pencilart

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It's winter and snowing in London, and barnacle geese should be seen in the UK during this time, but where are they in the summer? Growing in goose barnacles of course.

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Christmastide is round the corner!🎄 Greeting cards are available on my Etsy shop! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/574644171/robin-christmas-greetings-cards?ref=shop_home_active_1 #etsy #greetingcards #christmas #yuletide #illustration #robin #christmasrobin #christmascard #artist #sell #cards #artwork #festive #instaart #seasonal #handdrawn #adobe #print #yule #bird #birdart #christmas2017

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Black-capped Chickadee commission #bird #birdart #drawing #illustration #artwork #mixedmedia #colouredpencil #pencil #inks #pen #pigmentliner #chickadee #blackcappedchickadee #poecileatricapillus #titbird #nature #naturalhistory #illustrator #avian #branch #lichen #feathers #scientificillustration #orinthology #americanwildlife #wildlife #chickadee #birds_bees_flowers_n_trees #pencildrawing #fabercastell #prismacolor

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The Necromancer Started this so long ago and I think I got round to finishing this piece?! Happy Halloween! 🎃 #halloween #death #october #ink #pen #colouredpencil #acrylic #pencil #mixedmedia #gold #goldleaf #mot #ancient #tree #necromancer #necromancy #art #artwork #illustration

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Drawing me drawing…

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A quick concept drawing of Megazostrodon, the 'first mammal'. I'm thinking of doing a larger version with a background. #scientificillustration #drawing #art #concept #ancient #old #ancestry #mammal #prehistoric #animal #wild #jurrassic #colouredpencil #pigmentliner #mixedmedia #sketch #illustration #artwork #pencil

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Haikouichthys ercaicunensis - fossil reconstruction of one of the earliest known fishes. #art #illustration #scientificillustration #drawing #artwork #fossil #fossilart #fish #fishart #paleo #paleoart #cambrian #vertebrate #lamprey #pen #pigmentliner #mixedmedia #pencil #colouredpencil

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Harry Potter themed commission 

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I love coming across historical objects, found these old coins in a tin at home. #coins #old #historical #history #found #british #britishcoins #found #collecting #collection #monarchy #farthing #penny

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Ostara in hare form. Hope you all had a happy Easter last weekend. Here's a fanciful egg-laying hare the spring. #Easter #hare #art #eostre #ostara #moon #symbolism #art #illustration #creative #animalart #egg #monotreme #egglaying #lagomorph #mammal

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Happy Easter to you all ! 🐰🐣 Here's a #wip of a monotreme hare for the spring season. #hare #spring #art #drawing #pen #animal #creative_animalart #animalart #illustration #fur #easter #lagomorph #artist #colouredpencil

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Aceros tetrapeda - an imagined four-legged arthropod. #invertebrate #illustration #art #drawing #pen #pigmentliner #instaart #ink #conceptart #conceptual #imagined #artwork #arthropod #ovipositor