He studied physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Ljubljana and in order to support himself financially during his studies he found a job as a cartoonit for the satirical journal Pavliha and the newspaper Večer.
He illustrated over forty children"s books and his illustrations appeared in numerous magazines for children and adults. After completing his studies he became a free-lance artist. In 1968 it was bestowed for two books, Veliki in mali kapitan and Kavboj Pipec in Rdeča pesa (Captain Big and Captain Little and Pipec the Cowboy and Red Beat), the latter being one of his best known works with highly recognizable characters that even appeared on stamps issued by the Slovenian Post Office in 2001.