Shannon Smith has an artistic family. His wife engages in numerous fields of art, including both drawing and photography. His younger son is a self–taught pianist. Shannon’s older son is an avid graphic artist, whose work includes the logo and digital artwork of this book. Shannon studied graphic design at Abilene Christian University, but has focused most of his creative energy in to developing projects with Blue Inferno. Currently, in addition to his work with Blue Inferno, Shannon owns and manages a gaming store in Sherman, Texas.

All of his life, David has been involved in creative projects of one kind or another, even at a very young age. In college, David released two short run comic books, while studying television and film. Since then, he has collaborated with Shannon on numerous projects, including Portal Hunters. In addition to his job and his creative pursuits, David also volunteers with a summer Bible camp in Miskolc, Hungary every year. His time in Miskolc has inspired him to study the culture and the language, something that he commonly references in his writings.

Profesone is an extremely talented artist hailing from Miami, Florida. Having worked for massive comic book companies such as Dark Horse, Heavy Metal, Wild Storm (DC), and Marvel Comics, Profesone has a quiet mark in the comic book world. Extending his art ability, he has done numerous t-shirt and skate boards design for companies such as Human, Shorties, Methods and Soul Clap Apparel. He now lends his keen sense of detail to the movement of freestyle creative storyboards and sketchbook sequential art. Catch more of PROFESONE at www.profesone.com

Matt is the son of Portal Hunters co-creator, Shannon Smith. He is currently attending Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and is both an avid and highly proficient graphic artist. Examples of Matt’s work can be found on his Deviant Art profile.