After high school, Lee tested into the National Taiwan Academy of Arts, intending to be a painter. But he found that some of the technical design courses left him cold.
高中畢業後，他考上國立藝專美術印刷科，決定以畫畫做為未來的路。不久卻發現，美術印刷並不符合他浪漫的想像，一些硬體課程，讀來興趣索然。