Currently he lives and works in San Francisco, California. Lil Tuffy is best known for his minimal style which relies heavily on typography and incorporates negative space. He creates limited edition, hand-screened posters for such bands as the Black Lips and Pavement, as well as many others
He also created the CBGB"s 30th Anniversary poster.
Tuffy"s poster for the Noise People’s music festival appeared in the 2006 Lindsay Lohan film Just My Luck and, most recently, the Home Box Office series, "Looking."
In 2002, he started working with the Firehouse Kustom Rock Art Company. In 2005, he established his own studio.
Lil Tuffy has curated the Noise People’s Festival poster show since 2004 and has exhibited his work all over the world, in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Serbia, and the United Kingdom. He appears at most Flatstock poster shows at music festivals such as Bumbershoot, Pitchfork, and South by Southwest.