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Hi, I’m Aren Agocha, a Visual Development Artist and Background Designer with a strong foundation in concept design, color exploration, and layout creation for animation and interactive media. I’m currently pursuing my MFA in Sequential Arts at SCAD, building a vibrant portfolio through film and game projects, and I enjoy turning imaginative ideas into polished, production-ready visuals. I’ve collaborated on indie film projects, 2D visual novels, and university mentorship programs, helping teams develop concepts, draft environment sketches, and craft paint-overs and color iterations. I thrive in collaborative settings, value clear communication, and love mentoring students in design fundamentals and storytelling.…Hi, I’m Aren Agocha, a Visual Development Artist and Background Designer with a strong foundation in concept design, color exploration, and layout creation for animation and interactive media. I’m currently pursuing my MFA in Sequential Arts at SCAD, building a vibrant portfolio through film and game projects, and I enjoy turning imaginative ideas into polished, production-ready visuals. I’ve collaborated on indie film projects, 2D visual novels, and university mentorship programs, helping teams develop concepts, draft environment sketches, and craft paint-overs and color iterations. I thrive in collaborative settings, value clear communication, and love mentoring students in design fundamentals and storytelling.

Aren Agocha

Illustrator, Concept Artist, Background Designer, +2

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Hi, I’m Aren Agocha, a Visual Development Artist and Background Designer with a strong foundation in concept design, color exploration, and layout creation for animation and interactive media. I’m currently pursuing my MFA in Sequential Arts at SCAD, building a vibrant portfolio through film and game projects, and I enjoy turning imaginative ideas into polished, production-ready visuals. I’ve collaborated on indie film projects, 2D visual novels, and university mentorship programs, helping teams develop concepts, draft environment sketches, and craft paint-overs and color iterations. I thrive in collaborative settings, value clear communication, and love mentoring students in design fundamentals and storytelling.…Hi, I’m Aren Agocha, a Visual Development Artist and Background Designer with a strong foundation in concept design, color exploration, and layout creation for animation and interactive media. I’m currently pursuing my MFA in Sequential Arts at SCAD, building a vibrant portfolio through film and game projects, and I enjoy turning imaginative ideas into polished, production-ready visuals. I’ve collaborated on indie film projects, 2D visual novels, and university mentorship programs, helping teams develop concepts, draft environment sketches, and craft paint-overs and color iterations. I thrive in collaborative settings, value clear communication, and love mentoring students in design fundamentals and storytelling.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Aren Agocha, a Visual Development Artist and Background Designer with a strong foundation in concept design, color exploration, and layout creation for animation and interactive media. I’m currently pursuing my MFA in Sequential Arts at SCAD, building a vibrant portfolio through film and game projects, and I enjoy turning imaginative ideas into polished, production-ready visuals.

I’ve collaborated on indie film projects, 2D visual novels, and university mentorship programs, helping teams develop concepts, draft environment sketches, and craft paint-overs and color iterations. I thrive in collaborative settings, value clear communication, and love mentoring students in design fundamentals and storytelling.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Visual Development Artist at Indie film Neon Meat Grinder Blood Bath Exorcist

November 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025

Created character and final concept designs for preproduction; helped the team by taking previous visual development artwork and creating style passes for characters and variations of character outfits for the final film; helped create paint-overs, draw-overs, color variations, and character redesigns; rendered and colored Background Layouts for final pilot animation.

Freelance Visual Development Artist at Ansper Foundation

January 1, 2020 - August 1, 2023

Collaborated with visual design team to create 'ScreamCap', a 2D visual novel game for ages ten and older; developed final concept designs for props and layout designs as Lead background designer; helped create paint-overs, draw-overs, color variations, and character redesigns.

Graduate Mentor Advisor at Savannah College of Art and Design

August 1, 2025 - Present

Worked with first and second-year students to help them develop art ideas, concepts, and time management skills; guided mentees in developing initial concepts, sketches, characters, and environments for course assignments; provided knowledge of design fundamentals, draftsmanship, and storytelling; critiqued work and supported on assignments and time management; tutored students in the Figure and Anatomy course.

Visitor Representative at Tampa Museum of Art

November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2023

Provided customer service at the Front desk, welcomed visitors, monitored the exhibit and gallery artworks, and provided general exhibit information; assisted with orientation and check-in groups and daily exhibit tour visits; opened and closed the museum and managed exhibit spaces.