A sample page of Storm’s most recent comic

Storm Taylor lives in a world different than our own.  When she walks through the hallways, she doesn’t see the detailed form of each individual human or the texture of every brick in the background.  She sees a stunning simplistic reality where humans are replaced by minimalist figures with only the smallest of details added to remain “human” and where backgrounds are simply stark white forms.  This is her universe, her mind, the place where her thoughts crawl from brain to hand as she breathes life into her animations.

Animation is a rapid display of a series of images to create movement. It began around the turn of the 19th century when artists would create a series of slightly different images and photograph them all separately to play back at higher speed.  This was a long process that produced soundless and subpar animation.  As a fledgling animator, Storm understands this arduous process and uses what limited software is available.

Her animations have a Tim Burton-like quality, but animations of all kinds inspire her.  “Pro, amateur, 2-D, 3-D, paper, digital, claymation, stopmotion–I like them all,” said Storm.

Though just a hobby, she has been commissioned for her work.  “It’s nice to be paid for something that you like to do.”