MEDIA Arts Portfolio of

Abike Barker

About Me

My name is Abike Barker.

I am Guyanese, 20 years old, and my dream is to become a world-class animator and visual communicator. I've always been very passionate about visual communications and started practicing photography as a teenager. I think it's cliche for me as a storyteller to say I see the world differently because, naturally, we all have unique perspectives. I try to bring my sociological perspective to every piece.

Guyana is a third world nation; like any other nation, ours will not look the same in years to come, but we can remember through the stories in our archives, the ones implanted in our minds, and through our images. Living in a world with endless visual possibilities, I look forward to having my work shared with the next generation.

Portraits

/ Headshots

Carolann Correia

Creative pieces

Ann-Marie Drakes

Official portrait for book launch

Ms Richmond

Birthday photos

Charles Bovell

Staff Portraits

Malika Gibbons

Creative portrait

Travon Barker

Owner and curator of the event

Events

© Abike Barker 2022

Black and White Spread

Rising From The Bagasse

Closed in 2017 the Rose Hall estate was home to 2500 sugar cane workers. Subsequently, the estate developed major technical factory issues necessary for manufacturing Sugar. With the vision of sugar production rising from the ashes the newly elected Government of Guyana intends to return the jobs of workers in this field and begin production of other value-added products like ethanol, molasses, rum, etc. Rehabilitation works have started at the Rose Hall Estate, the first of three estates scheduled to be reopened in mid-2021.

Scenes from the Rose Hall and Skeldon Estate Guyana © Abike Barker 2021

Amazon Fishing

BTS Images of coming fishing documentary "First Catch", featuring Director of Horizon Events and Seven Media and Marketing Yonnick David as well as the British High Commissioner to Guyana and Suriname Jane Miller OBE.

© Abike Barker 2022

Teaser video for "First Catch" sport fishing documentary video editing and graphics by me

Family

My Past Design Projects

Some designs i've made using Indesign and Canva for personal, professional, recreational and academic use.

Cinematic Shade Studios

Illustration of announcement posters

Quikstop Bakery

Design and illustration of staff vacancy

University Project

Design for class project

Green by Heart

Client Logo

Client Logo

The Shady Poet

Personal Logo

Cinematic Shade Studios

Business Logo

University Event Flyer

University Event Evite

News Spread Layout

University of Guyana Centre for Communications Studies - Advanced Print-Newspaper Photo Journalism, Layout and Design

Spread Design & Layout- Abike Barker

For this undergrad course I was tasked with designing creating a news spread. A few of the written pieces and photos were written and taken by me and other were outside sources.

Integrated Marketing Communications

IMC Project

The Integrated Marketing Communications course introduces students to the concept and application of integrating the elements of advertising, sales promotion, public relations, direct marketing and other essentials of the marketing mix to support the overall marketing strategy.

IMC allows marketers to effectively and efficiently reach prospects and retain customers with consistent brand messages in the context of fragmented media and increasing customer empowerment through the Internet. Emphasis will be placed on linking the fundamentals of segmentation, targeting, positioning, buyer behaviour, and branding with planning, budgeting, and executing a comprehensive, integrated marketing communication program from message development through media selection.

Please see elements created by me marketing the product 'Ma Ladee's Yoni Oil"

IMC Product Label

Each student was tasked with designing a website with advertising product elements and also a video exhibition please see above screen recording of desktop website displaying the Home and Mission pages

also link to website https://gemsmaladee.wixsite.com/my-site

See Brochure designed for IMC Product

Video Productions

University of Guyana Centre for Communications Studies - Online Multimedia Journalism

Director/ Editor/ Graphics/ Camera - Abike Barker

This video was created for content for the undergrad course Online Multimedia Journalism,

I performed the technical duties person to be placed on our news webpage.

University of Guyana CCS DPC 2204 - Broadcast Reporting and Writing 2: Television

Director/ Editor/ Graphics - Abike Barker

My second year as an undergrad, my colleagues and I were charged with scripting and creating a video piece. I was the production director and visual communicator for this project