Hi all, DC here. As mentioned a few weeks ago, here’s the four characters revealed so far as a set. A huge part of the animation is about how the characters react to each other and to Tim, so it’s nice to see them as a group. Each has their own style but they also fit together visually. Storm herself is coming soon, meanwhile…enjoy!
Hi all, DC here.
I’ve finished Sarah’s body and she’s now approved in her full glory by the Minchin family, so here’s the rest of her. Not too dressy, not too casual. I didn’t use a real dress for inspiration, so if you like it I guess I could go for a backup career in fashion design if my day job goes wrong.
Click to embiggen, and enjoy!
Hi all, DC here.
Here’s the model of Sarah, Tim’s wife. She was an interesting responsibility, not only because she’s based on a real person, but also because I had to strike a balance between how she actually looks and what’s needed for the animation. Certain characteristics are the domain of Storm (big eyes etc), so whilst both Sarah and the actress characters are attractive women, they can’t outshine Storm visually (although they do in all other respects of course). I’m happy with this model, but most importantly, so is the real Tim household!
In the next few days I’ll post all four of the characters you’ve seen so far on one sheet, Brady Bunch like, so you can see how they fit together.
Enjoy!
Everyone’s hard at work on Storm, so I thought I’d drop in a quick post about some of the things that inspire the team, not just art, but comedy, science and general ’stuff’.
First up is the animator Swatpaz. His stuff doesn’t get anything like the attention it deserves. He creates surreal and sublimely funny characters in situations which defy description. You just have to watch them. DC Turner’s favourites are Brillso Thrillso and King of the Castle, but mine is this one:
We’re also currently enjoying Dean Burnett (and he likes us, yay!), the UK’s only stand-up comedy neuroscientist. Check out his blog, Science Digestive. Dean has written a series of letters ‘from’ science which those of you who agree with the sentiments of Storm are likely to enjoy. Check out ‘Dear Alternative Medicine‘ and Dear The Pope for starters.
Someone else we love is Taylor Mali, teacher and poet, particularly ‘What Teachers Make‘.
In the ’serious science’ section, this TED talk by Anthony Atala on organ regeneration is fascinating and inspiring.
Finally, I thought I’d drop in a link to DC Turner’s recent entry to the Skepchick Darwin Day art quest. He made an interactive Darwin’s beard which makes me laugh every time I click it.
Hope you enjoy these. Feel free to share your own links for things you like or things you think we’d like!
Hi all, Tracy here.
We’ve made some of the screenshots from the trailer into desktop wallpapers in case you want to adorn your screen with Storm loveliness. We’ll be adding more wallpapers over the coming few weeks including some characters and typography, if you have any requests please let us know in the comments!
We have added the wallpapers to a Flickr account, please do report any issues you have. To download, follow these steps:
Voila! All yours. It may not all fit on your screen, depending what resolution you have, but feel free to crop and resize as long as it’s just for private, offline use. This was a quick upload, so if you’re having trouble with getting it to fit your screen, let me know and if I get a spare few minutes I’ll make and upload some other sizes.
We’re also working on iPhone backgrounds and avatars, and if you have any other requests please do let us know.
Check back soon for more wallpapers 
