Randy has a rich history with Disney. He began his career with Disney Parks in the fall of 1998, when he joined Disney Design Group as a Senior Character Artist. Randy has a true passion for Disney and in shows in all of the imaginative and beautiful art that he creates.
Dara: Our Guests have gotten to know you through your Disney art and collectible merchandise as well as your original artwork. How would you describe your art style to someone who has never seen any of your work?
Randy: I guess as far as my paintings go the paintings guest react the most to are my watercolors. They are loose with big washes of color and are more free flowing in style not worrying about where the color may go. I like to work in a variety of mediums like oil, acrylic, casein, and gouache but watercolor is still my favorite.
Dara: In addition to limited edition art work, what additional projects have you worked on that our Guests may not be familiar with? Are there any past projects that you have worked on that you’re most passionate about?
Randy: I have been very lucky to have worked on many great projects during my time at Disney Design Group such as Star Wars Weekends, Food and Wine Festivals, Pin events, Disneyana, and the creative for our Disney Store on 5th Avenue in New York. I guess I was most passionate about Vinylmation. This was a project that my partner in Arts & Collectibles (Aaron Babcock) and I started from scratch and have watched it grow much larger than we first envisioned.
Dara: When selecting the characters that will appear in your art, is there a process you go through to help determine what character you’re going to focus on? Where do you draw your inspiration for each piece?
Randy: Each time I sit down and think of a new painting I try and keep in mind our guest and what characters they love. I do have favorites like Goofy and Pluto but I really enjoy painting all the characters. My inspiration comes from Disney Parks, I’m reminded every day as I drive onto Disney property what a great job I have, and how lucky I’ve been in my career.
Randy Noble attended college at the California Institute of the Arts, a private arts school subsidized by the Walt Disney Company. During his second year of college, Randy was hired out of school to produce character art and new show development for D>I>C> Animation. Randy worked on such television shows as Inspector Gadget, The Littles, Wolf Rock and many others in the D.I.C. library of children's shows. Randy also worked for MGM Studios as a comedy writer on the new Pink Panther animated show.
During his more than fourteen years in Los Angeles, Randy produced a variety of illustrations and design work for such companies as Mattel Toys, Applause Toys and Gifts, Playmates Toys, Disney home Video International, Hanna-Barbara Animation and Warner Bros. Animation to name a few. After leaving California in 1995, Randy continued his freelance work in Orlando, Florida working for Disney, SeaWorld, Hard Rock Cafe and Busch Gardens along with past clients in Los Angeles.
In the fall of 1998, Randy began his new career as a Senior Artist with Disney Design Group, and works on the special even and pin teams producing art for everything from Star Wars Weekends to managing the creative development on the World Of Disney store in New York. ''I'm reminded every day as I drive onto Disney property what a great job I have, and how lucky I've been in my career.''
I have over 30 years of experience working in consumer products for companies such as The Walt Disney Co., Mattel Toys, SeaWorld, D.I.C. Animation, and Warner Brothers to name a few. During my 22 plus years on staff at Disney Consumer Products I led teams for our New York store rebranding, for five consecutive years I designed and illustrated the Star Wars Weekends poster and all forms of merchandise, and created a brand new collectible for Disney called “Vinylmation” that was based on the urban designer toy craze at the time. I was tasked with managing the creative for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit after its return to Disney and helped create the new style guide shared with business partners around the world. I was the signature artist for the Epcot Food & Wine event, and Flower & Garden event on multiple occasions. I was part of a team that created exclusive merchandise for our Disneyana collector convention and other collector events for the Haunted Mansion, Animal Kingdom, and several pin collector events. For several years I managed the creative for the Art of Disney Gallery locations at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and the gallery location onboard the Disney Cruise Lines ships. I have designed and illustrated sports cards for the Upper Deck Company and managed the creative for the popular Inspector Gadget line of merchandise while on staff at D.I.C. Animation. I have designed and illustrated toy packaging for the very successful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles line of toys, and created toy packaging art for several other toy companies such as Tomy Toys, Applause Toys and Gifts, and Disney Home Video.