A miniature vaudeville stage filled with curious sculpted characters: a grinning orange creature, a tiny crowned performer, a camera, a blue robot, and a little yellow companion. — Doodles in VRInside this little world

Dylan Sisson · Artist & Maker

I make stuff,
and render
things.

Fingers holding a polished chrome Dragon Pick horizontally against black, with the full dragon head and pointed tail visible.

Functional Art

Dragon Picks.

From a sketch to a real chrome dragon for your cocktail.

Explore the process

The silver RenderMan Walking Teapot beside its illustrated toy box.

Toy Design

The Walking
Teapot.

This little toy has become a cult item, a tradition, and a little piece of Pixar history.

From the studio

A framed painting of a round, wide-eyed creature with a toothy grin.

Traditional media

Original Paintings

Worley Basin, a soft blue basin surrounded by intricate mineral-like procedural textures.

Procedural art

15K Shader Swatch

A painterly Gaussian-splat interpretation of the Pixar plaza, with the lamp, colorful ball, and Steve Jobs Building.

Creative R&D

Stylizing Gaussian Splats

Portrait of Dylan Sisson.

The person behind the things

Don’t forget to have fun.

I'm Dylan Sisson, an artist, designer, and speaker working at Pixar Animation Studios.