About
Ayo!
I am Ben Tan, a Y3 Singaporean animation student enrolled in Nanyang Technological University school of Art Design and media. I love drawing and painting quirky things with traditional mediums, and telling stories rooted in my personal experiences.
Sidebar: I also love playing music!
Education
08.20 – Current: BFA Character Animation in Nanyang Technological University School of Art Design and Media.
07.21 – 11.21: Attended one semester of exchange studies overseas at Queensland College of the Arts, Griffith University
Experience
08.18: Helped illustrate the poster for Cartoons Underground, the biggest independent animation festival in Singapore.
01.20 – 05.20: Interned at Finding Pictures in multiple roles.
Worked as a layout artist to design backgrounds for a pilot episode based on their Cannes nominated film “Piece of Meat”.
Provided simple animations and backgrounds for an AXA commercial, as well as thumbnail sketches for the opening sequence of SCOOP, a MediaCorp children’s new series.
08.21 – 07.22: Co-head of Publicity Committee in NTU’s Jazz and Blues Club
Responsible for the art direction and production of various promotional collaterals for the club’s Instagram page (ntujazzandblues), as well as the designing of the club’s T-shirt and album covers.
I also managed and lead a small team of 4 people to promote our annual concert in 2022. Responsible for distributing and managing the workload amongst the various members.
I was also actively involved in the art direction and making process, helping to take and edit photographs, produce illustrations, supervise my team and organize our concert booklet in the form of a website.
Skills
Adobe photoshop/ AfterEffects/ Adobe Illustrator/ Adobe Premiere Pro/ Adobe Lightroom
ToonBoom Harmony/ Tv Paint (learning this semester)
Music production, Garageband
Awards
2018 : Ong Teong Pin Platinum Award for Art and Design.
An award given to the outstanding art student in VJC, Victoria Junior College, that has gone on to develop his dual passions of art and design.
2017: Selected 20 finalists Sovereign Art Charity Prize
2017: Short Fiction Selected, All in! Snack Fiction Anthology