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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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billbaird
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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sunburn32
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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boats
Your stressed out. You need to chill the fuck out and take this in.
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javelin-canyon-candy
This album has been doing the trick for me lately. I’m a sucker for anything western and psychedelic.
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Film & Motion
The Collective's Work
Our Inspiration
Motion Picture Portraiture
I’ve always been in love with portraiture. Every face is different, but almost more interestingly, every face moves differently. Every face has its own language, tendencies, ticks, nuance, shine, and blas ... Continue reading →
thehelp
We are happy to share with you the latest animation from I Shot Him. We collaborated with Participant Media and Take Part to create a website and animation for a social action campaign about the power of storytelling f ... Continue reading →
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My pal Kalvin Lazarte, from Play Nice, got a gig doing the video for the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2011 line. I assume he was really scared and felt like he was in over his head.  I assume this is why he called up the person ... Continue reading →
Kendl Winter + Angelo Spencer.
Olympia, Washington is an odd, beautiful town. With a population just under 50,000, its the home of The Evergreen State College, an “experimental” liberal arts  college that functions without the us ... Continue reading →
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“Old Plank Road” The Portland band Hillstomp swung by our office to play a few songs. After a quick dumpster dive for instruments they set up and let loose.  Yee Haw! “Banjo Song # 1″ “ ... Continue reading →
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We are working on the SFpark project over at I Shot Him and have just finished the video explaining the whole pilot project. Normally I’d expect you to run for your lives to keep yourself from being bored because ... Continue reading →
Cyriak
When it comes to motion graphics / animation I usually focus on the illustrated side of things but I am damn glad I stumbled across Cyriak. Chances are you have probably seen his stuff before but just incase you haven&# ... Continue reading →
Alexander Pettersson
Alexander Pettersson aka Eggs ‘n’ Bacon is phenomenal.  He has such a killer illustration style and unreal control of animation and movement. And with great power comes great responsibility, so natu ... Continue reading →
Beautiful animated alphabetic experiment by Ariel Costa (blinkmybrain) using the free font CHUNK FIVE. Sound by Marcelo Baldin (combustion)
Yeah Just There
A sexy little one minute piece to celebrate, London moving image and digital arts organization, onedotzero’s 15th birthday and the release of their specially commissioned Granimator Packs with ustwo. En ... Continue reading →
A-1 Winning
The kid Woostaar made a rad video for Mission rapper A-1. H/T to The FADER for pointing out the awesome in our own back yard. Art directors – hire this dude now.
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Childhood of a Circle
French graphic designer Kadavre Exquis takes us back to our childhood with his gorgeous short film Childhood of a Circle. Kadavre Exquis worked with the multi award winning sound designer John Kassab to conjure ... Continue reading →