After graduating from the Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School, Cheng enrolled in the Department of Art at the Taipei Municipal Junior Teachers 'College, where he specialized in water color and oil painting.
鄭明進自建國中學畢業後，依自己的興趣，進入台北師範藝術科就讀。那一段日子，他熱中於水彩、油畫的創作，也曾在畫展和美術比賽中出過鋒頭。