Stephen Missal

{{short description|American painter}}

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Stephen Missal (born 1948) is an artist from Albuquerque, New Mexico, who specializes in figure drawing, painting, and fantasy themed art. Missal lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with his wife and their two children. He teaches at the Art Institute of Phoenix.[http://www.aipx.edu/docs/aipxhandbook03.pdf The Art Institute of Phoenix 2005/2006 Student Handbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060106153634/http://www.aipx.edu/docs/aipxhandbook03.pdf |date=2006-01-06 }}, includes a list of current instructors

Missal has co-authored books on illustration{{citation|author=Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephen Missal|title=Exploring Drawing for Animation: The Art and Techniques of Drawing for 2D Animation|publisher=Thomson/Delmar Learning|date=2004-01-01 | ISBN=978-1-4018-7870-2 }} and character design{{citation|author=Kevin Hedgpeth and Stephen Missal|title=Exploring character design|publisher=Thomson/Delmar Learning|date=2005-10-20 | ISBN=978-1-4018-6296-1 }}

with Kevin Hedgpeth, also from the Art Institute. His illustrations have appeared in Call of Cthulhu published by Wizards of the Coast and Scholastic Book's children's prehistoric creatures pop-up series.

In 2016, NRK commissioned the American artist Stephen Missal to create six alternative sketches of the "Isdal Woman",{{Cite news |date=2019-06-24 |title=Death in Ice Valley: New clues in Isdal Woman mystery |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48736937 |access-date=2022-10-23}} which were put before people who had seen her. Missal also works with the Maricopa County Forensic Lab and is a certified forensic artist.{{cite web |title=Stephen Missal, CFA – AzForArt.com |url=http://azforart.com/stephen-missal-cfa/ |website=azforart.com |accessdate=29 September 2018}}{{Cite web |last=Lum |first=Justin |date=2021-02-11 |title=DNA Doe Project: Phoenix PD investigators use forensic genealogy to solve cold cases |url=https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/dna-doe-project-phoenix-pd-investigators-use-forensic-genealogy-to-solve-cold-cases |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=FOX 10 Phoenix |language=en-US}}