Valentine Barker

@valentinebarker.com

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From oil painter to comic artist and a little of everything in between. Artist on The Airless Year. Demi. He/Him/His. https://www.valentinebarker.com

An oil painting of a giant woman emerging from a portal. She's wearing some kind of hood that's billowing in an unseen wind as reality seems to shatter around her. The palette is blue, purple, and pink.
A young Black boy is drawing with an intense expression on his face.
A photograph of a Black man looking at the camera over the edge of his glasses while his gorgeous wife smiles directly at the camera.
A watercolor painting of a woman styled after the movie monster Predator.
A cartoon drawing of a Black woman dressed in jeans and a denim shirt. Her hair is wrapped in a red and white polkadot bandana and she's wrapping her hand in red boxing wraps. The copy above and below her reads, "Always Punch Nazis." She stands in front of a field of yellow.
A photo of a book laying on a green blanket. The title reads "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team" along the top and "Nemesis Operatives" along the bottom.
A redraw of official Warhammer 40,000 art featuring a squad of figures in pink armor advancing on an unseen enemy.
A photograph of a work-in-progess painting of a woman in a trench coat. She has no face.
A recreation of Warhammer art with warriors in pink armor progressing on an unseen enemy.
A photograph of a miniature from the Warhammer line of minis. The model in question holds an upraised sword and is clad in pink armor.
A picture of a round, black bird model. The bird is from the phone game Angry Birds.
A photograph of a Black man standing in front of a large canvas on an easel.
A photograph of a painting featuring a woman in a white, black, and red outfit engaged in a dance with her arms outspread.
A drawing featuring an army of cartoon women wearing pink armor progressing on an unseen enemy.
A drawing (done in vivid colors) of a buff femme flexing her bicep.
A Warhammer character in an over-the-top helmet with the caption reading "Khorne Flakes."
A photograph of mochi ice cream that has melted and refrozen at the bottom of the container.
A colorful drawing featuring the bust of a woman with her hair in an updo.
An oil portrait of a Black man with ridiculously messy hair.
A portrait drawing of a man with wild hair. It's drawn in brown tones on a white surface.
A rough drawing of a female figure standing amidst a purple mass of writhing bodies.
A hyper-colorful portrait of a woman making a funny face. She's sticking out her tongue while pulling on her cheek.
A colorful drawing of a Black man making an exaggerated face that conveys "I don't fucking know, man."
An oil painting of a magazine cover for the Saturday Evening Post. A well-dressed man kneels in deference to a woman that is seemingly levitating before him. There's an image of butterfly wings behind them both.
A photograph of a white woman holding a large leek in her right hand.
A photograph of an oil-painting set up. On either said of the painting are two palette knives. The central painting is a portrait crop from the nose up.
A photograph of a very chaotic painter's palette. The bottom portion of a painting is visible.
A multi-color portrait drawing of a Black man in a pullover hoodie.
A male figure, dressed as a Knight Templar is draped in white cloth with butterfly wings unfurling behind him. On both sides sit Egyptian statues in dark colors. Along the bottom the caption reads "Easter" with a scarab beetle in the center.
A monochrome portrait drawing of a Black man.
A photograph of a near-setting sun peeking out from behind rain clouds. The scene is set over a body of water and buildings set into a hill.
A black and white drawing of a woman climbing a ladder to speak to the pilot of a starfighter. She's pointing off in the distance as the pilot dons her helmet.
A black and white drawing of a Black man making a rather skeptical face.
A photograph of a Black man holding a remote control in his left hand. He's pointing with his right at the bottom of the remote that reads, "BLUESKY."
A cropped drawing of a Black man in a pullover hoodie. His hair is both receding and wild.
A stylized monochromatic drawing of a Black man in a fedora and waistcoat.
A multicolor sketch of a woman basking in unseen sunlight.
A photograph of a Black man looking quizzically into the distance as a light shines above his head.
A black & white drawing of a Black man in a bowler hat from the shoulders up.
An amalgamation of Lady Justice and Lady Liberty personified by a strong Black femme character. She's blindfolded and drawing a sword. The caption reads "Fuck I.C.E."
A photograph of two boxes. One has an illustration depicting a green Chinese dragon and the other has a photograph of a small music player.
A black and white portrait sketch of a Black man wearing horn-rimmed sunglasses and a pork pie hat.
A graphic in pink, blue, and green that illustrates how recent many Black History events are to the current day -- ranging from 1619 to 2024.
A graphic in pink, blue, and green that illustrates how much of the United States' history is entrenched in slavery and how recent some of the changes we take for granted actually were.
A graphic in pink, blue, and green that illustrates how recent many Black History events are to the current day -- ranging from 1619 to 2024.
A photo of a Black man kneeling on the floor clutching armloads of paint brushes. He has one in his mouth between his teeth.
A screenshot of a computer program for editing tags on music files that indicates "Nothin' but a G Thang" by Dr. Dre is of the genre "General New Age."
A photograph of an acrylic painting featuring a woman with very, very long legs in a red bikini.
A photograph of Tyra Banks -- a Black woman wearing a long-sleeve denim shirt tied in the front and a backwards baseball cap.