Daisuke “Dice†Tsutsumi (å ¤ 大介, Tsutsumi Daisuke) (born
November 6, 1974) is an animation artist and illustrator living in San
Francisco, California. He is a former art director of Pixar.Born and
raised in Tokyo, Japan, Dice moved to New York in 1993 where he
enrolled at the School of Visual Arts. After graduating in 1998, he
began a two-year stint as a staff illustrator at Lucas Learning Ltd.
In 2000, Dice was employed as a visual development/color key artist
for Blue Sky Studios where he stayed until 2010 when he joined Pixar
before leaving in 2014 to start Tonko House. He is married to Mei
Okuyama(奥山 芽以, Okuyama Mei), a jewelry artist and the niece of
acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. He co-directed The Dam Keeper
which was nominated for the Oscar for short animated film.Dice has
appeared in both volumes of Blue Sky Studios Out of Picture anthology,
contributing the stories "Noche Y Dia" in Volume 1 and "The Dream of
Kyosuke" in Volume 2.The Dam Keeper has been developed volume graphic
novel published by First Second Books:
November 6, 1974) is an animation artist and illustrator living in San
Francisco, California. He is a former art director of Pixar.Born and
raised in Tokyo, Japan, Dice moved to New York in 1993 where he
enrolled at the School of Visual Arts. After graduating in 1998, he
began a two-year stint as a staff illustrator at Lucas Learning Ltd.
In 2000, Dice was employed as a visual development/color key artist
for Blue Sky Studios where he stayed until 2010 when he joined Pixar
before leaving in 2014 to start Tonko House. He is married to Mei
Okuyama(奥山 芽以, Okuyama Mei), a jewelry artist and the niece of
acclaimed anime director Hayao Miyazaki. He co-directed The Dam Keeper
which was nominated for the Oscar for short animated film.Dice has
appeared in both volumes of Blue Sky Studios Out of Picture anthology,
contributing the stories "Noche Y Dia" in Volume 1 and "The Dream of
Kyosuke" in Volume 2.The Dam Keeper has been developed volume graphic
novel published by First Second Books:
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