Todd O'Brien grew up in and around the City of Chicago. He was born on the Autumnal Equinox of September 1978. He now lives in an abandoned gold mining town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in view of the Continental Divide. He is usually out of cellphone range and he usually has a beard. His constant canine companion, Kiva, is the cutest and most well-behaved dog in the history of all dogs ever.

Todd started out his adventure as a sign designer and maker. His knowledge of the sign and printing industries and their technologies allow him to design all of his work with the final presentation in mind, supplying high-impact graphics and photographs for some of the best-known and least-known companies and organizations in the world.

He is trained as a photographer, graphic designer, big game guide and tracker, whitewater raft-guide, mule packer, fly fishing guide, horseman, marksman, camp cook, off-road tour guide, wilderness survival instructor... and blah, blah, blah... you get the idea.