Daedal Doodle Paintings: Hatchlings Getting Ready Keep Your Eye on the Ball Victor Stabin (born March 5, 1954) is an American artist, "eco-surrealist" painter, author and illustrator.

[1] He is noted for his work in education and has used his book Daedal Doodle as a teaching tool in several schools, an endeavor sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts.

[1] Some of his most well-known work as an illustrator includes painting nine stamps for the United States Postal Service, the cover for KISS' album Unmasked, and a mural for RCA/BMG's headquarters.

[4][5] He was again hired by the USPS in 2008 and created the artwork for stamps depicting four more American scientists—theoretical physicist John Bardeen, biochemist Gerty Cori, astronomer Edwin Hubble and chemist Linus Pauling.

Stabin has created a number of paintings entitled The Turtle Series which includes Keep Your Eye on the Ball, Fish Ferris Wheel, and his most recent work, Hatchlings.