Running on
Cargo
About Zea Barker
Moving Image
4D Drawings
Following
(2)
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