Time is not on my side.

Wow. So maintaining a blog isn't my strong point, is it? Things have been busy in my neck of the woods so I'll start with a brief update into the life of Michael and The Cut of the Jib:

• Taking sewing lessons from Jackie @ The Black Market. It's going well and she's an amazing teacher. Plus everyone else there is way rad so it's a fun time when I go.

• Working on pieces for Pink Slip's grand opening. I'm pretty happy with the way they're turning out. I'll post some pics when they're done. (I also have to model these at the show, so that'll be interesting)

• Been working with two fantastic designers/dudes on some design. We work under the name Static Quo (website to come). It's been a great creative outlet and Matt and Jeremy are both badass in design and all around being great guys.

• Looking into restoring a "classic" car. (something in my price range of course). Doing the footwork on that now.

• Designing a line of bowties/pocket squares to hopefully carry in some shops around town.

So yeah. Those are the big things going on in life right now. It's a fairly exciting time for me with the making of moves towards something big. My goal is to now set aside at least 30 minutes a day for this blog and keep it updated like I'd like. Goals. I need to make more of 'em and stick to them.

Things to come...

So I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately and pondering on what I want to do with my life what I want to be. I've always been "artistic" and "creative", and I always wanted to pursue a career as an artist when I was young. So I did. I went to art school, got my degree and found myself a job. I love design. I love designing. It's fun and a gives me a great feeling when I create something. But I've come to realize that I will never be a great designer. I will always be "good enough". I want to do more than good enough. Thus, the soul searching. After much pondering, I realized that my largest passion (besides my love of music), is fashion and style. I've always been drawn to it... even when I wasn't a 100% sure what to do. It's what led me to my Gadzooks job in high school and to start reading fashion magazines in college. I feel I'm at a point in my life where I have my own sense of style and what it is. So after realizing all this, I sat. I sat and I sketched to see if I could translate my sense of style. These sketches here are what came of that session. I am very proud of them. They give me hope. They give me sense of where I should go with my life, my passion, my art. So I am sharing them with you, my friends; my readers. I feel this is the start of something for me. I feel this is something I can be great at. So without further ado, the sketches of what will hopefully someday soon be the first line of The Cut of the Jib. Please feel free to post any critique you'd like. I am open to all forms of criticism; be it constructive or not. Oh, and the inspiration/theme behind this line is "disproportional elegance".