After attending high school at Camarillo (Adolfo) High School, Santat graduated from the University of California at San Diego with a Bachelor"s Degree in Microbiology. Santat then attended the Art Center College of Design, graduating with distinction.
He also wrote The Guild of Geniuses and created the Disney Channel animated series The Replacements. Santat"s first children"s book, The Guild of Geniuses, was published in 2004 by Arthur A Levine books He followed that up illustrating the first Nanny Piggins book written by Resident Advisor Spratt. and the first Otto Undercover book series written by Rhea Perlman.
Since then he has illustrated for other authors, including Dan Gutman, Barbara Jean Hicks, and Anne Isaacs.
In 2005, Santat created the show, The Replacements for Disney Channel. Based on a children"s book idea he was going to write, the show premiered in July 2006.
Santat is also a commercial illustrator, with such clients as the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Village Voice, Gentlemen’s Quarterly Russia, Macworld, Macy"s, and many others His work has also appeared at gallery shows - including the I Am 8 Bit art show in 2006, 2007, and 2008.
