I have an interest in artwork and graphics from my teen years.  I enjoyed sketching and took 2 years of mechanical drawing in high school.  From there I took Mechanical Drafting for a year and a half at what was then Purdue Extension in Indianapolis.  The Korean War forced me to halt my college as I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force.  I was able to continue my artwork by being assigned as a draftsman.  I did much artwork, signs, banners, maps, etc., and while in Japan, I was assigned to Photo Intelligence and did map work resulting from aerial photographs.  After a number of jobs after my discharge, I finally settled for a career in the U.S. Postal Service as a Letter Carrier.  I retired in 1989.

That work had absolutely nothing to offer in drawing, though, and I ventured into computers in 1982.  My first and main interest was and still is graphics.  I feel I am still learning.