Creativity, Technology and Rendering
How new rendering tools change creative decisions—and what increasing compute, interactivity, and artistic control make possible.
Keynotes · Presentations · Workshops
Talks
Creativity, technology, and the tools that change what artists can make.
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Dylan Sisson · Speaker
“The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art”
I am Head of RenderMan Creative Engagement at Pixar Animation Studios, where I work at the intersection of rendering technology, artists, studios, education, and the wider computer-graphics community.
For more than two decades, I have helped artists and technical teams use, understand, and engage with new tools.
My talks are for artists, technical artists, creative leaders, students, and anyone interested in what changes when tools give people genuinely new agency. They are visual, practical, historically informed, and sometimes humorous.
Get in TouchSelected subjects
What I speak about
Stylized Worlds
Traditional art principles and practical rendering techniques for illustrative, painterly, graphic, and toon imagery.
Making Art in Virtual Reality
How VR changed the way I draw, sculpt, design, and move ideas between digital experiments, physical objects, and production.
An Accidental Career
A candid account of following useful interests through comics, visual effects, animation, design, education, and product making.
“I have seen scores of presentations from Dylan at various conferences and events around the world. In every single one, he has the unique ability to make rendering informative and educational. He brings the fun, and that’s so important. I love seeing the adaptation of his own artistic skills in his demos, and even more so, I love the way he communicates and connects with audiences.”
Appearances
Featured Shows
Annecy Animation Festival · FMX · Pixelatl · Rendr Festival · SIGGRAPH · SIGGRAPH Asia · SXSW · THU · Viborg Animation Festival · VIEW Conference
Listen and watch
Selected conversations
- How Pixar Is Reinventing Rendering with XPUReshaping Workflows · 2026
- Bunny, Teapot, and Legends UnveiledACM SIGGRAPH · 2023
- CG Garage Episode #401Chaos · 2022
- Evolving Technology in AnimationArtStation · 2020
- Road to Tokyo VR Sculpt BattleReality Show Competition · 2019
Dylan Sisson · Speaker
Get in touch.
For keynotes, presentations, panels, and interviews, please get in touch. I welcome speaking engagements that connect with my work at Pixar and RenderMan.