[1] While at CSULB, Agle changed his major to graphic design and achieved his first successes as an illustrator while in college, with work for the magazines Forbes, Time and Entertainment Weekly.

This picture quickly sold for $200 and caught the attention of the influential gallery owner Billy Shire.

Agle was given the opportunity to present a series of other works in a 1996 tiki-themed art show at Shire's La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Hollywood.

[3] In 2010, he opened a "SHAG Store" in Palm Springs, which sells merchandise depicting Agle's works.

Shag has designed projects for The Walt Disney Company and the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, as well as a 100-foot-long mural in the Georgia Aquarium.