Running on Cargo
About Zea Barker
Moving Image
4D Drawings

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Blue Man Group 
Drive Safe, Nevada - PSA
illustration 
50th Anniversary of Manned Spaceflight 
Sparking the Cosmic Imagination The Atlantic Monthly written by Rita J King
illustration, editorial 
My New Graffiti Tag 
- rough rectangles of a slightly different color - on tumblr
illustration, gif, series 
Want it Back: Amanda Palmer 
A piece commissioned for Amanda Palmer + the Grand Theft Orchestra's album for the song Want it Back Making a six city global tour with the band and part of a...
illustration 
Drawings in the 4th Dimension 
cud Early this year I started making a series of 4D drawings for a friend's daily drawing agreement (a group of people agreeing to make a drawing a day and...
series, animation, gif 
4D | Naive Melody 
In my weekly 4D Drawings, I made a series of handcrafted GIFs inspired by lyrics from the most beautiful love song ever written: The Talking Heads - Naive Melody...
gif, animation, illustration 
Sketchbook Entries 
My weapon of choice for the past ten years has been almost exclusively a rapidograph pen accented by colored pencils. Markers joined the ranks recently. I...
personal 
Yes, Virginia - Dresden Dolls 
booklet cover: ink + colored pencil the piece as used in the album
illustration 
Stop the Gene Wilder Remakes 
T-Shirt design and Guerilla Campaign previously available at wireandtwine.com This project started with a maniacal stroke of insight and a sharpie. Already...
illustration 
Infinite Scroll | Monster 
The Sketchbook Project organized an exquisite corpse - like project with 750 folks to create a Infinite Scroll Monster entries can be seen here and here this...
illustration,  
setting 
'setting' ink, marker + colored pencil on paper Sketchbook
illustration, personal 
Sketchbook - Japan Tsunami 
illustration, editorial,  
Fabric Prints 
fabric patterns available for purchase on spoonflower.com in 6 varieties of fabric, wallpaper and wrapping paper. here is a "chemo-no" I made for a friend...
illustration 
Pin-Up + Pigeons 
9" x 9" - ink and colored pencil on paper commissioned for a group show on pin-up models by Jeremy Okai Davis @ Sugar Gallery in Portland OR
illustration 
Portrait - Jeremy Okai Davis 
A portrait of Jeremy Okai Davis (and Nolte) as part of an artist exchange. 12" x 12" colored pencil on paper a gif of the making of:
illustration 
Portrait - Amanda Palmer 
This portrait was commissioned in conjunction with a touring gallery show and art book accompanying Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra's new...
illustration 
Sink 
a series of drawings created using a technique which submerges the figures partially in the page. pieces in this series had showings in Boston and Chicago as...
fine art 
Tribute - Sink Series 
'tribute' ink on paper 'Sink' Series
fine art, series,  
Ladies - Sink Series 
Ink on paper 'Sink' series
fine art, series,  
Wild Horses 
'Wild Horses' Ink + colored pencil Sketchbook
illustration, personal,  
City Feed and Supply Blockprints 
a series of blockprints commissioned by City Feed and Supply
illustration, series 
Snake - Blockprint 
'Snake' Blockprint City Feed and Supply
illustration, series,  
Coffee - Blockprint 
'Coffee' Blockprint Series City Feed and Supply
illustration, series 
Holiday Blockprint 
'ALL THE PEACES' Holiday Blockprint
illustration 
Popsicle - animated short 
Popsicle was my first animated short in a brand new self-taught method that combined traditional handdrawn animation and stop-motion. It follows the sordid story...
animation 
Bony Lil's Creation + Distraction: Short FIlm Duet 
Bony Lil's Creation + Distraction is a duet of short films on the more harrowing aspects of the creative process featuring 10 minutes of unique hand crafted...
film, animation, comedy 
PSA for Emerson University 
A multi-versioned Public Service Announcement commissioned by Emerson University
illustration, animation 
Album Engraving 
A design for an engraving on one side of a clear vinyl album for art-noise band Neptune
illustration 
Crappy Stuff Kids Say to Each Other 
A series of illustrations of children demonstrating some sing-songy phrases that kids have historically used to make each other cry.
illustration, series 
Comics 
I've made a foray into comics. I've always believed the potential of sequential art far surpasses video in that it leaves ample room for the viewers imagination...
illustration 
Production Design 
Zea has been production designer for a number of music videos; Most notably those for The Dresden Dolls, Ben Folds and Amanda Palmer. Girl Anachronism - The...
films, design 
A tiny chair 
I made a tiny chair balsa, woodglue, copper leaf {shown larger than life-size}
personal 
Sketchbook Project 2011 
It Will Be Fun, I Swear I took part in The Sketchbook Project 2011, a collection of thousands of sketchbook along various themes that are making an eight city...
fine art 
Dresden Dolls - Dresden Dolls Booklet Cover 
Cover for The Dresden Dolls booklet fro their first album. Roadrunner Records 2004 and below a secret first/rejected draft of the painting for the same...
illustration 
Muse to: Barnaby Whitfield 
The amazing paintings of Barnaby Whitfield featuring Zea Barker:
 
Scenic Painting + Foam Carving 
Scenic painting was part of my bachelor of fine arts. After school, I worked in scene shops and regional theaters painting large scale drops, translucent drops,...
large scale 
Moustache May T-Shirt 
My friend and internet community-builder Michael Eades asked me to design the first official t-shirt of Moustache May; the annual month-long online phenomenon where...
illustration,  
Gate Guardians 
A photo series featuring anthropomorphized gate fixtures Complete, ever-expanding collection on flickr
personal