I was born and raised in Panama City, Florida, a city planted on the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida panhandle. My disenchantment with this area has led me to live in other parts of Florida, ultimately leaving Florida for the west coast, Portland, Oregon to be exact.

After graduating from high school, I attended several (i.e. four) colleges & universities, only reaching the achievement of an associate of arts. Four and a half years later, I concluded that degrees are overrated, there is much more to learn through experience. Despite that, I will not rule out that one day I could return to school for the right program.

My professional career started in 2003 when I designed and developed my first website for money, making me a professional by minimal prerequisites. In 2004, I was hired as an design intern, where I learned more about design philosphies and Photoshop in a 6 month span than I have throughout my whole career to this day.

Since 1999, I have lived in the shadow of a fictional character with whom I share my name with. But, as far as Google is concerned, I am the second most popular Chris Griffin on the internet — that’s good enough for me.

Chrisgriffin.org (formerly known as chriszgriffin.com) was born in 2006 and in its fourth version. The design roughly came into existense through a sketch in my dot grid book, it went digital with my graphics editor of choice, Adobe Photoshop, and then coded with meticulous care using the best practices deemed Web Standards.

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