Chukwudi Godwin Arinze

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Hey there, I'm a 2D animator and illustrator passionate about turning ideas into lively motion.

About

Hey there, I’m a 2D animator and illustrator passionate about turning ideas into lively motion. From whiteboard explainer videos to character-based animations, I make visuals that tells stories clearly and with personailty.

  • Joined November 2025

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Other

Projects · 11

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A single project file where I handled the full character design process — from sketches to final models — used across different animations and client projects. It shows my workflow, style, and how I build characters from the ground up. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

A curated project file containing all my character designs and animation-ready models, showing my range of styles, expressions, and creative approaches across different projects including screenshots of work. #photo #illustrator #designer

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer
  • Illustrator

I created the female character used in the Papa Bean's advert , from the initial design down to the final animation, making sure she matched the brand’s friendly vibe.

  • 2D Animator
  • Character Designer

I worked on bringing their ideas to life through clean character designs and smooth animations. I helped shape the visual style for their content, created the characters, and handled the animation work that made their videos feel lively, simple, and engaging. If you’ve seen their clips, that blend of clean art and easy-to-understand motion was my handwork. #video #explainervideo #animator

  • 2D Animator
  • Motion Graphic Designer

Work experience· 7 roles

Key Animator · Diaspora LinguaAug 2025 – Oct 2025 · 3 mos

I created the character designs, backgrounds, and full animations for short videos teaching different African languages. The series covered Yoruba (Nigeria – English official), Arabic, Zulu (South Africa – isiZulu/English official), Swahili for the Kenyan segment (Kenya – English/Swahili official), and a Ghanaian local language.

Key Animator · Kelvin Hunziker via UpworkJul 2025 – Jul 2025 · 1 mo

I worked in creating a Stickman type animation, for a Star Wars based explainer video. I also added videos and pictures where needed for the video. The video voiceover was in German but everything was handled with precision.

Key Animator · ChannelVerseJun 2025 – Aug 2025 · 3 mos

I worked in creating a 10 minutes long video for a football based Youtube channel, "bbexpained" , i worked in creating both a whiteboard type animation and also a character type animation.

2D Animator · TRASVELLIMar 2025 – Apr 2025 · 2 mos
Key Animator · Papa Beans CoffeeFeb 2025 – Mar 2025 · 2 mos
Character Design Artist · UDS BankNov 2024 – Jan 2025 · 3 mos
Past Projects · Various Youtube Channels And Small Business FirmsMar 2024 – Nov 2024 · 9 mos

Education

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Agricutural Engineering · Federal University of Technology, Akure2021 – 2026

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