Growing up I’d watch my father do art.  He did old style graphic design for companies like Bob Evans. Then when I was in middle school he even let me help with some of the art work for projects such as a folder we did for a florescent lighting company.  In college our final project was to come up with a company or business and create it from the ground up; the name the product, logo and all of the identity from employee apparel to packaging.  My mom with a passion for nature and the great outdoors created a whole nother realm of ideas and interests.    In the end instead of choosing one side or another I decided to combine them.