NATCHEZ — Justin Biglane came back to Natchez for his children, but managed to find a chance to live out his passion.

When The Dart landed on his family home on Oak Hill Drive Friday, Biglane had just sent off several of his new designs the week before to be turned into clothes with the brand Kloud IX.

Biglane has always seen himself as someone who has a different style and different interests than the people around him.

Graffiti, electronic dance music and break dancing have kept Biglane’s interest ever since he was a teenager and got his first set of turntables.

He jumped between New Orleans and Baton Rouge until he came back to Natchez to stay last year to be able to spend time with his kids, and focus on his work.

“Down (in Baton Rouge) I’m so busy.” Biglane said. “I don’t have time to sit and think. Being back here, I can focus a little bit better.”

Biglane is a graphic designer, among other things. He learned to draw, make music and dance without any instruction.

“I taught myself how to break dance and everything else,” Biglane said. “I did that on my own, there was no one going one, two, three, four or anything, you know?”

Biglane said that, when he was growing up, art school was not an option. The Internet and creative software were not nearly as sophisticated as they are today.

He had to learn by spending time practicing and a lot of trial and error.

“I stayed in my room a lot growing up, I guess” Biglane said.

Now the creative process is a lot easier, Biglane said. Adobe Photoshop can straighten out lines and add effects that once took a lot of time. Instead of putting graffiti over concrete, he can now just open a menu on a computer screen to create his art.

Even music is easier when sounds can be moved in and out of a song with a mouse click.

Biglane said he still prefers the analog. He will scan in his designs he drew on paper whenever he gets the chance. Even when it comes to his music, Biglane prefers vinyl records over digital bytes.

“(Computers) kind of take away from the feeling of it,” Biglane said. “But I guess I’m old school.”