Christopher Stoll

Christopher Stoll, born 1991[1] is an American author and illustrator who has been featured in magazines such as Popular Mechanics and Metro International as well as the websites Huffington Post, Comedy Central, Kotaku, and Buzzfeed. He is the creator of multiple self-published fantasy and science-fiction artbooks, and produces content relating to popular culture and the current state of art in America on his website and various social media outlets.

Christopher Stoll
Born9 January 1991
Fort Worth, Texas
Occupationfreelance illustrator, web producer, author
EmployerFreelance
Known forIllustration
WebsiteStollArt.com

Career

Stoll began his career as a freelance illustrator, producing work for local businesses in and around Dallas, Texas. In 2013, he produced a series of fanart images of Disney Princesses as Avengers[2] which were picked up and circulated by Buzzfeed,[3] Huffington Post,[4] and the now-defunct Disney-acquired website Babble.[5] These images achieved momentary internet pop notoriety, and led one journalist to label Stoll an advocate of cultural inclusiveness and female empowerment.[5] This series led to Stoll's work reinventing pop culture characters through changes in theme and setting,[6] such as his Pokémon-inspired "PokéNatomy,"[7] also widely circulated on Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, and other online forums.

In 2015 he ran multiple Kickstarter campaigns for his self-published artbook bestiaries, including "A Natural History of the Fantastic," [8] and "The Feminomicon," [9] an artistic guidebook chronicling mythical women from around the world based on the stylings of H.P. Lovecraft.

In late 2016 his "PokéNatomy" series of anatomical illustrations was featured widely, appearing in Metro magazine across Europe, Asia, and South America, as well as the Russian October 2017 edition of Popular Mechanics. In November 2016, Stoll raised $34,526 from PokéNatomy Kickstarter backers who were promised books that many report still not having received as of September 2019, echoing experiences from his July 2015 Kickstarter project for his similarly self-published "A Natural History of the Fantastic."[10] [11]

Reception

Stoll's work was described as "a powerful way to flip princess culture inside out," by contributor Emma Mustich at The Huffington Post[12] and similarly lauded on Comedy Central UK's website [13]

References
  1. "StollArt.com".
  2. "Stoll Deviant Art Page".
  3. "Buzzfeed Princess Avengers".
  4. "Huffington Post Princess Avengers". Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  5. "Babble Butt Kicking Superheroes". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  6. "Primals Art".
  7. "PokeNatomy".
  8. "A Natural History of the Fantastic Kickstarter".
  9. "The Feminomicon Project".
  10. "A Natural History of the Fantastic Kickstarter backers' comments".
  11. "PokéNatomy Kickstarter backers' comments".
  12. "Huffington Post Princess Avengers".
  13. "Comedy Central Article on Stoll's Pokénatomy work".
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