 He enjoyed painting monsters more than most of his more conventional assignments because of the freedom he was given and because of the challenge of painting such unusual characters which he endeavored to portray as both frightening and sympathetic.In the late 1970s, Gogos gave up full-time commercial illustration to devote himself more to his original goal of doing fine art.He produced personal art pieces in watercolor and other media, while earning his livelihood as a photo retouch artist in the ad department of United Artists.