benjamin tong
character design + visual development
bio
Benjamin Tong is a Character Designer of over 7 years of experience, along with 1 year of Character Design Lead experience in the industry. He can adapt to a variety of styles and has a great knack for character posing and expression along with a solid foundational knowledge on the more technical aspects of character design that are required on animated shows and movies. If you’re in doubt, check out his work on Bat-Fam and Merry Little Batman, which covers a wide breadth of what this seemingly pretentious bio is talking about! On his freetime he likes to breakdance (WOW cool!), collect vintage toys like Star Wars and Transformers (LOL nerd!), and develop his own personal projects (can be found in the Personal Work section of the portfolio tab). Anyways, Ben appreciates you taking the time to read this and checking out his portfolio. Maybe one day he’ll be lucky enough to work with YOU! :)
CONTACT:
benjamin-tong.squarespace.com
benkevtong@gmail.com
Instagram DM: @tongerben
experience
Warner bros animation - bat-fam 2023 - Feb 2025
Character Design Lead
Warner bros animation - Merry little batman jan 2022 - jan 2023
Character Designer
disney tva - development oct - dec 2021
Freelance Character Designer
ingenuity studios - kelly clarkson mv under the mistletoe oct - nov 2020
Freelance BG Designer
dreamworks tva - archibald’s next big thing jan - may 2020
Character Designer
dreamworks tva - where’s waldo? fall 2017 - march 2020
Character Designer
other
Indigitous - who are frontier people groups? summer 2021
Mentored art students in learning character design to produce a book for Missional purposes.