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The Black Harbor The Black Harbor is an online account of the work, ideas, and inspiration of a tight-nit collective of creatives. Over the years we have created things together, attended school together, fought together, and partied together. We have grown beyond the simplicity of friendship. We are now a family. Our purpose is to celebrates the work of the collective and explore creative work in the world that truly inspires us driving us to be better at what we do. Our hope is that as we document our work, process, lives, and inspiration that you will also be inspired and share your work with us.
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Bill Baird (of Sunset) put out a rad new album this year that is a slight departure from his old stuff. Dig on it
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A playlist created by photographer and artist Eric Carroll relating to his Rayko Photo Center show titled Plato’s Home Movies.
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Your stressed out. You need to chill the fuck out and take this in.
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This album has been doing the trick for me lately. I’m a sucker for anything western and psychedelic.
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Gretchen Natvig
// designer // illustrator
I love cleaning so much I used to be a maid.
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Ike’s Dirty Sauce reveals itself to really be Ike’s “dirty sauce.” (Eww!) Last month I illustrated The Bold Italic’s Halloween story called Freak City. The staff came up with a list of 15 things that could only ... Continue reading →
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I started a mini-zine recently called rotten gum. It’s a combination of my illustrations, type-written stories, and anything else I feel like jamming in there. These are all hand-made using a xerox, x-acto, ... Continue reading →
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Still working on the blind-sketch series. Started a new project hoping to see some real progress with my typography. I blind write “This Will Get Easier” and date each one. So far I only have a couple, but ... Continue reading →
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Just finished the new South By South West flier for local S.F band, Lovelikefire. Had a lot of fun with this one. Man, I wish I could go. Tempted to become a stowaway. If you’re in Austin check them out. They’ ... Continue reading →
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Every now and then I like to go for long walks or bike rides where I spend a couple hours taking pictures of random and interesting things. I think I’m drawn mostly to a composition with vibrant colors or textures ... Continue reading →
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I recently started a new series of watercolor and ink illustrations. I’ve been trying to come up with a good way of describing why I am doing this. The best thing I could come up with was the Loss of Control With The ... Continue reading →
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The other day I came across the work of French designer and illustrator, Jean-Charles Desevre. I’m really into ornate and highly decorated marks and emblems right now, and that’s what he specializes i ... Continue reading →
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Alright, some of you may already know how amazing McBess is (he’s huge! right?) but that’s ok, this is for the folks that may not be familiar with his work. I’ve been wanting to do a post on him for som ... Continue reading →
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I came across Gemma’s work the other day and thought it would be nice to share. It’s fun and light-hearted, and she draws my favorite subject matter: cats. It’s always nice to see illustration tha ... Continue reading →
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I came across Karl’s work through his goldlunchBox dribble and think it’s really nice. He’s a designer, illustrator, and overall creative dude currently residing in France, but stationed out ... Continue reading →
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Nikki McClure’s work is pretty special. She’s sort of like a surgeon with her precision and craft. Her medium is paper and she cuts out the shapes of her subject with an x-acto knife. There’s a lot o ... Continue reading →
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This week, with all the rain coming down in San Francisco, I am inspired by my other passion: motorcycles. I stumbled across these guys out of Portland, and oh man do I wish they had a shop down here. I love vintage bikes. ... Continue reading →
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