Welcome to mY Portfolio
Hi, I’m Ben Collins
a Digital Designer.
I’m a Digital Arts student at UNC Wilmington with a passion for combining creativity and technology to produce meaningful digital work. I bring experience in graphic design, digital and tactile art, and coding projects. I blend artistic expression with problem-solving.
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What I Do
UX Design
End-to-end user centered design and front-end development. I’ve built custom portfolio sites, interactive computer games, and design systems for live projects.
Graphic Design
Digital design work focused on graphic engagement and communication. My work ranges from logos and logotypes to posters and user interfaces.
3D Digital Products
Three-dimensional animation, modeling, printing, and laser cutting. I’ve built skills texturing, rendering, compositing, and assembling 3D digital products of many kinds.
Computer Programming
Front-end web development, object-oriented programming and data structures. By learning multiple coding languages and design methods I built a firm grasp of behind-the-scenes digital design.
Art Direction
Visual system design for a live, student-run competition series under a three-week production timeline. I designed the season identity, branding, graphics, apparel, and physical gameplay props while balancing creative direction, budget constraints, and production feasibility.
Physical Artwork
Physical fabrications with everyday materials, large drawings and paintings, video projects based in tangible media, installed art projects. Throughout my early design work I developed skillsets in classical media like drawing, painting, 2D and 3D composition.
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TOOLS I USE
Programs & Languages
ILLUSTRATOR
FIGMA
HTML
MAYA
JAVA
CSS
WEBFLOW
PYTHON
PHOTOSHOP
SHOTCUT
AI LLMs
PREMIERE PRO
WORDPRESS
SUBSTANCE PAINTER
SONAR
6+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
My Resume
2023-2026
Education Quality
Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts, Computer Science Minor
University of North Carolina in Wilmington
(2025 – 2026)
GPA: 3.96
UNCW Survivor: Art Director (Season 5); Winner (Season 3)
Dean’s List Every Semester
I chose UNCW because its Digital Arts bachelor with a Computer Science minor offers everything that I am looking for. I want to pair programming and user-interface skills with polished design work that will be both functional and enjoyable to work with.
Associate of Arts
Wake Technical Community College
(2023 – 2024)
GPA: 3.9444
William Gaston Allen Scholarship
Dean’s List Every Semester
I received my Associate’s Degree in Arts after 3 semesters with additional credits earned from dual-enrollment in high-school. I built a solid foundation in Art & Art History, while working through project iteration, group critiques, and team collaboration.
2022-2026
Work Experience
AI Trainer
DataAnnotation – Freelance (March 2025 – Present)
Wilmington, NC, USA
Remote
Completed 150+ hours of independent contract work comparable to internship research & evaluation tasks
Granted access to many auditing projects after excelling in detailed prompt & rubric engineering
Received individual administrative praise for significant dedication & intensive research practices
Facilities Technician
Richland Creek Community Church – Part Time
(July 2022 – December 2024)
Wake Forest, NC, USA
On Site
Retrofitted 100+ electrical fixtures, painted 40ft walls, repaired machines, fixed plumbing, patched drywall
Built 10+ trade skillsets on the job, hands-on, with minimal instruction time
Demonstrated problem-solving, met professional standards, built time management & organizational skills