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How did a Utah chemistry major accidentally start a concert poster empire in Salt Lake City?

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Travis Bone began sketching show posters for his friends’ bands to test the design skills he’d learned while working at an office supply store during college.

“I’ve always really liked to draw and, for as long as I can remember, have really been into music,” Bone said, standing in his combined garage and studio in Midvale among stacks of paint cans and filing cabinets full of colorful posters.

As a kid, he’d scribble Disney characters, Batman and Ninja Turtles. Later, he took art classes while at Lehi High School, but doubted he’d have a chance to turn it into a way to make a living.