29 Facts About William Stout

William Stout was born on September 18,1949 and is an American fantasy artist and illustrator with a specialization in paleontological art.

William Stout's paintings have been shown in over seventy exhibitions, including twelve one-man shows.

William Stout has worked on over thirty feature films, doing everything from storyboard art to production design.

William Stout has designed theme parks and has worked in radio with the Firesign Theatre.

In 1973 Stout began drawing album covers for the Trademark of Quality bootleg record label.

William Stout created 42 sleeves for the label and its subsidiaries, including the Rolling Stones' All-Meat Music, the Yardbirds' Golden Eggs and More Golden Eggs, and the Who's Who's Zoo and Tales from the Who.

William Stout became associated with the Firesign Theatre, and designed his first official album cover, In the Next World, You're on Your Own, in 1974.

William Stout continued to work occasionally designing posters and album sleeves.

In 1977 William Stout painted his first movie poster, for Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards.

In 1978, with Buck Rogers, William Stout began his film production design career.

William Stout has worked on over thirty feature films, including both 1980s Conan films, First Blood, The Hitcher, and Invaders from Mars.

William Stout was the production designer of the Masters of the Universe film.

William Stout illustrated the poster art and wrote the story of the film The Warrior and the Sorceress for Roger Corman, as well as writing a never-produced dinosaur feature for Jim Henson.

William Stout was the key character designer for the animated feature Dinosaur.

William Stout worked as the conceptual designer for The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, and key designer for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.

William Stout is slated to work on del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness as well as a proposed John Carter of Mars film.

In 1983, William Stout was among those who illustrated Ray Bradbury's Dinosaur Tales.

In 1986, as a result of his paleontological reconstruction work, eleven William Stout paintings were selected for inclusion in the traveling exhibition "Dinosaurs Past and Present," an important group show depicting the history of paleoart.

Also in 1993 Comic Images released William Stout's Lost Worlds, the first of three trading card sets.

William Stout made several dives beneath the ice, climbed the active volcano Mount Erebus, camped in the dry valleys, and produced over one hundred painted studies as he carefully observed Antarctica's wildlife.

Shortly thereafter, William Stout drove over one thousand miles through central southern Chile, documenting the rare prehistoric forests there for inclusion in his Lost Worlds book.

In 2007, William Stout completed twelve large murals depicting the prehistoric life of San Diego for the San Diego Natural History Museum.

In 1991 William Stout conceived and designed ZZ Top's Recycler tour.

William Stout was a designer for Michael Jackson's private Neverland Ranch theme park.

In 2001, William Stout illustrated Richard Matheson's first children's book, Abu and the 7 Marvels, which won many awards.

The William Stout-illustrated book The Emerald Wand of Oz was released in 2005, followed by Trouble Under Oz in 2006.

William Stout's own publishing company, Terra Nova Press, has published thirty-four books on art and the history of art.

In 1993 William Stout was invited to join the California Art Club.

William Stout served for years as a member of their executive board, and is currently on their advisory board.