Benoit FERRIERE

CEO/Art director TOKKUN STUDIO / Nintendo (Lead visual artist Mario) - Capcom (senior artist Monster Hunter) - Squareenix - etc

Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

About

I am Benoit FERRIERE, CEO & Art director of Tokkun Studio - www.tokkunstudio.com We are based in France & Japan (Kyoto). Our client? Disney, Pixar, Squareenix, Warner Bros, Ubisoft, King, Gameloft, CD Projekt RED, Kabam, Sony, etc.

Experience

  • Art director unannouced project at Secret
    Nov 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Tokkun Studio (20 yrs 5 mos)
    • CEO (France + Japan) & Art director
      Feb 2006 - Present · 20 yrs 5 mos

    • CEO / Art director - Tokkun Studio (France / Japan)
      Feb 2006 - Present · 20 yrs 5 mos

      ABOUT TOKKUN STUDIO www.tokkunstudio.com Tokkun Studio is a visual development studio dedicated to creating high-end Art for most celebrated entertainment companies in the world. Since 2006, our experienced staff (come with up to 20 years of industry experience) have contributed design for some of the most succesful franchises in games and film and became one of the most prolific and experienced studio on the market. Tokkun Studio is located in France, Corsica and soon in Japan, Kyoto (2015). Founded in 2006 by Benoit FERRIERE, veteran art director in videogame industry, Tokkun Studio became a school in 2012: Tokkun Academy – www.tokkunacademy.com

  • Art director - GunGrave: GORE at IGGYMOB + red entertainment + YASUHIRO NIGHTOW.
    Oct 2019 - Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Gungrave G.O.R.E art team adds Isamu Kamikokuryo & Ferrière Benoit Isamu Kamikokuryo joins the team as concept art leader. He was previously art director for Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIII, and Final Fantasy XV, as well as background art director for Final Fantasy X. Benoit Ferriere joins the team as the new art director. He previously worked on AAA projects with companies such as Nintendo, Pixar, Disney, CD Projekt RED, Ubisoft, Square Enix, and more. “We are expecting good synergy in visuals with the new, experienced artists and our current partner Digic Pictures,” Iggymob business director Kay Kim said in a press release. “I believe that they are going to bring something amazing to the table, and we are going to try our best not to disappoint all the users who are looking forward to this game.” Gungrave G.O.R.E is in development for PlayStation 4. A release date has yet to be announced. If you missed it at Tokyo Game Show 2019 in September, watch the latest trailer here. https://youtu.be/p3nAGW051Jw

  • Senior artist at Capcom
    Dec 2019 - Dec 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Monster Hunter Rise (Monsters motion art work)

  • Nintendo (Kyoto, Kyoto, Japon)
    • Lead visual artist
      2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Lead visual artist on Paper Mario: The Origami King

    • Lead visual artist
      2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Lead visual artist on Paper Mario: The Origami King

    • Lead visual artist
      2017 - Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      Lead visual artist on Paper Mario: The Origami King