According to Noto, he attended the
Ringling School of Art & Design for three years before gaining an internship at
Disney. This internship turned into a ten-year career there as a
clean-up artist for animated work, including
The Lion King,
Pocahontas,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Mulan,
Tarzan,
Lilo & Stitch, and
Brother Bear. He began to get jobs as an artist for
Marvel and
DC, as well as
Image and
Dark Horse Comics after selling some of his
fan art. One painting in particular was purchased by fellow comic book artist Tim Townsend, which sparked a friendship between the two. Noto describes his art as "retro paperback cover" style and cites
Adam Hughes,
Robert McGinnis,
Mike Mignola and
Alex Toth as influences. ==Bibliography==