Issue
28 is a first for 4 Stat Stories -- The Guest
Artist is also one of the writers.That person is Mike
Morgan. His art appears here. He is also the author of Story
3.
Mike
Morgan was born in London, but not in any of the
interesting parts. He moved to Japan at the age of 30
and lived there for many years. Nowadays, he's based in
Iowa, and enjoys family life with his wife and two young
children. If you like his art or writing here, be sure
to check out his website: Perpetual State of Mild Panic.
While there, enjoy his Doctor Who cartoons.
Mike
Morgan has been drawing for about as long as he can
remember. He has contributed to fanzines for many years
and was able to paint the cover to his first novella in
2021, which was an interesting experience. He primarily
produces black-and-white line illustrations, but tries
his hand at full color from time to time.
Process
notes: I produced the two color pieces shown above in Microsoft
Paint and SketchBook. I haven't found a
tablet I like yet, so I used an old PC and a mouse,
mainly laying down colors with a crayon effect. Creating
art on a PC is more time-consuming than using
watercolors on actual paper, as I go into much more
detail and endlessly change things.
-- Mike Morgan
Notes
on Photo Gallery Images:
The
character from Dimensions in Time is Frank
Butcher, played by Mike Reid.
The
Lorq Charging illustration was printed in an anthology
called Shelf Life. It was one of two
illustrations for a story Mike wrote that appeared in
that book. It was drawn using simple art pens on
paper.
The picture of the Sea Devil, Sauvix, from Doctor
Who: Warriors of the Deep was drawn for a
British fanzine in the late 90s. It was drawn with a
dip pen and a bottle of old-fashioned ink.
Also
included is a
painting Mike did of Roger Delgado (The Master from Doctor
Who): It was printed in a Doctor Who
unofficial annual a few years ago and is more recent
than some of the other illustrations.
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