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odd Francis is one of those humans that can draw anything asked of him. Give him an ultra random topic and he’ll knock it out of the park. Since his start in 1993 he’s been working as a staff and freelance artist for too many skateboard companies to name. Los Angeles is Todd’s place of birth and where he currently resides with his family. He did his college education at the University of California, Santa Barbara and graduated with a BA in Studio Art. After college, Todd spent eight years in San Francisco working with Deluxe Distribution’s wide range of brands. Subsequently, he moved back to LA where he worked both independently and in-house with brands like Element, New Deal, 411, Nike, Oakley, Vans, Stance and many more. Currently he’s back to freelancing after a few years as the hardgoods Art Director at Element, where he learned how to inject lectures and presentations with absurdities such as bear costumes and preacher’s robes. Living in a bastion of consumerism and fame has given Todd a cynical and bleak sense of humour. “First thing I do every morning is read the newspaper,” he mentions. “It’s pretty easy to stay motivated and angry by reading about what’s going on in the world.” Todd recently worked on an Anti Hero series, “Eat Shit And Die”, that’s one of his all-time favourites. And his book, Look Away: The Art of Todd Francis, will be available soon. That is, if a flock of pigeons doesn’t seek revenge by crapping all over it. —Randy Laybourne toddfrancis.com
“I think of Todd as the Gandalf of skateboard artists. Not in age, but in wisdom and strength. During the months that go by while I’m waiting on him to return my calls, I like to pretend that he’s on some epic journey that involves his harmonica, sword fights, magic and dragons, which are really giant pigeons that breathe fire.”—Don Pendleton
clockwise from top left: Anti Hero “Two Chicks One Dick” deck Anti Hero “Eat Shit And Die” Trujillo deck Anti Hero “Eat Shit And Die” Pfanner deck Anti Hero “Eat Shit And Die” Miorana deck Anti Hero “Eat Shit And Die” Cardiel deck Element “Muska Animalism II” deck Element “Mackrodt Elemental” deck Anti Hero “Pigeon” Gerwer deck Element “Mountain Man” Margera wheel Element “Endangered Tiger Fire” tee Element “Endangered Bear Water” tee ‘“Tis The Season For Suicide” ornaments
“Beanie Pigeon” by Todd Francis. Created exclusively for Concrete Skateboarding. 18
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