This is the first in a series presenting the personal art, crafts, projects and creative endeavors of people in the Zoic Studios community. If you’re a Zoic artist, freelancer or staffer, and want to share your creativity with the IDYE community, let me know!

Brooke Brigham, Zoic’s Scheduler, has built her first bicycle, from basic parts. She’s been tinkering with bikes for a while.

I built it from the ground up myself, so all the parts came from different places; the frame’s from Santa Cruz; the front rim is from Colorado; the seat and the handlebars are from New York via Japan. I built the whole thing myself so I’m just really proud of it. That’s what makes it cool – I used my hands.

It has no brakes, and Brooke uses the bike to commute to work. She says this isn’t a problem:

You usually skid — you use your feet and your legs to put pressure down on the pedals, and that‘ll usually lock up the back wheel a bit, because you’re locking up the crank and the cog. But I haven’t had any run-ins where I have to stop on a dime yet.

Brooke is particularly fond of “Bob’s” (that’s the bike’s name) color scheme (red, yellow and green), which is intentionally “Rasta,” although her friends call it the “Christmas Bike.”

Bicycles are extremely popular at Zoic. Many employees bike to work — Creative Director Jeff Suhy is an avid cyclist, and Executive Producer Erik Press participates in the Fireflies West charity ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

More info: Brooke at Halloween on Flickr.