Ben O’Brien started working under the moniker ‘Ben the Illustrator’ in 2005, having previously worked predominantly in animation from Japanese music videos to CBeebies TV shows.  Ben has since applied his colourful graphic illustrations to ad campaigns for Smart Cars and Berri Fruit Juice, editorial work for The New York Times and The Boston Globe and an endless variety of other projects from designing street signs for Earth Day in NYC, illustrating coffee packaging for Girls Who Grind Coffee and creating clothing and street art graphics for XBox and Playstation games.