A native northwesterner, Christopher Sumption was born in Portland,Oregon in 1971. He moved with his family to Seattle, Washington in 1975 where he spent a lot of time looking at airplanes and blowing stuff up. In 1993 he obtained his degree in Industrial Design at the Seattle Art Institute.
He currently resides in Seattle where he drinks Mountain Dew Slurpees, and works as a freelance illustrator.