Dan Meneely descends from an American family of creative individuals—artists, craftsmen and inventors, dating as far back as the early 19th century. Growing up next to an Air Force Base near the beaches of Cape Canaveral, Florida, his early ambitions were more for painting and drawing rather than rocketry and astronautics. He eventually set forth on an education in graphic design, attending the Art Institute of Atlanta and later the University of Georgia, earning his BFA in Graphic Design. During and between time at both schools he experimented with combinations of traditional fine art and digital design media, which can be seen in many of his compositions. He currently resides in Orlando, Florida.