Once he graduated from School of the Art Institute of Chicago he served on the Art Institute faculty for ten years. During the time he became faculty he taught and started putting his art in competitions and winning prizes. This was also around the time his artwork had begun to get better and better. He started gaining confidence and everyone started showing love to his artwork and telling him that he should try and go further with his talents in art. Shortly after that he began to work for playboy magazines for a man by the name of Hugh Hefner.
