Ian Chan 力衡

After two and a half amazing years at @runwiththegoldenwolf , they alongside Doodles had to unfortunately make the hard decision to wind down the 2D department, which has resulted in my redundancy as a 2D animator. I’ve had the incredible opportunity to work alongside some of the most talented people in the industry while at Golden Wolf. The community the studio has cultivated is so special to me—the energy, the tunes, and the banter were all part of the fun. They dedicated so much to help foster my growth as an animator ever since I started as an intern, and I’ve learned so much from each and every talented individual there, and, of course, from the studio dogs too! I’ve created some of my proudest work while at GW, so it’s with great pride that I announce I am officially freelancing with this shiny new showreel. If you're looking for a 2D animator who does character and FX work, feel free to shoot me a message! I’m determined and super excited to take this as an opportunity for fresh challenges and growth. In the short time since then, I’ve even managed to start my own indie animation studio, @studioziplock , and release a trailer with some incredibly talented people! I’m very excited to move forward, explore new places, and work with new (and old) friends. See you all soon! #animation #animator #2danimation #2danimator #anime #sakuga #genga #wip #framebyframe #characteranimation #fxanimation #effectsanimation #fx2d #2deffects #2dfx

A never before seen fight of the mentor and student between timelines, coming Summer 2025! #GohanvsTrunks 🗡️ What started as a small animation collab between Ian, Kiyoshi and Santi at Annecy's Animation Festival, quickly became a passion project that grew so big, we had to make a trailer for it instead! We wanted to see two of our favourite characters, Gohan and Trunks, who share so much history and potential together interact more. So we thought, what better way to make this a reality than to animate them ourselves? Over the next few months we found ourselves working with more and more people as the project grew, all brought together by our collective love for Dragon Ball. There was no funding at all, so this trailer and eventual full fight is only possible thanks to the amazing team, their dedication, and support. So please check them all out below! It’s been a blast making this trailer, and we’re extremely proud of how this passion project has turned out so far. It’s been a true labour of love, so we hope you look forward to the full fight! @eee_in - Co-Director, Animator, BG, Comp @to_kiyoshi - Co-Director, Animator @santico_art - Co-Director, Animator @kqnai - BG Artist Lulo Artworks - Designer @johnnyfcardoso - Illustrator @not_shiba - Clean Up & Tie-Down Assist @stefibenti - Clean Up & Tie Down Assist @heather_dream_sketches - Coloring Assist @ruichivuichi - Clean Up Assist @martin.r.hultman - Clean Up Assist @__snoowflakee__ - Clean Up Assist Kiyoshi’s Mum - Translator And special thanks to @pbessat for the support since the beginning! #dbz #dragonballz #futuretrunks #gohan #anime #fananimation #indiefilm #trailer

happy 1st anniversary to #totk !! 💚 one of my favourite games ever - the hype, the exploration, the ending, it all holds a very special place in my heart enjoy this WIP of Link for now! #tearsofthekingdom #ゼルダの伝説 #wip

Recently had the pleasure to help board and animate @brawlstars ‘ first villain and 100th Brawler’s backstory 🌟 I was brought onto this amazing project as the sole storyboarder and character animator, so thank you so much for the trust @suncreaturestudio 🙏 here’s some WIP’s I enjoyed working on! This was quite different from my usual projects, but the shadow puppet style and aesthetic was honestly super fun to play with, and the team absolutely blew it out the park 🔥🎪 check out the full release on YouTube! (it’s hit 10M views now holy moly) #2danimation #animation #brawlstars - - - CREDITS ✏️ Director: Maremi Watanabe Art Director: Birk Brockdorff @birkvbrock Executive Producer: Luke Youngman Producer: Line Leth @lineleth Line Producer: Claudia Cazzato @contessa_penelope Production Manager: Dionne McLaughin @dionnemclaughs99 Storyboard & Character Animation: lan Chan @eee_in Assist Animation: Ugo Offner @u.hoffn.anim Editing: Susie Oosting @susieoosting Layout & Background: Roberto Gatto @gatto.roberto FX Animation: Mouloud [email protected] Lead Compositing: Andreas Severin Compositing: Rasmus Mobius @rasmusmoebius Composer & Sound Designer: Kalle Walhberg @ kalle.wah

Early last year, I helped out with some character animation for the Diablo IV × Berserk trailer with @suncreaturestudio ! Huge thanks to Thibaud, Beverly and Ian O for making my first Sun Creature experience so fun! 🔥 and a Happy New Year all! #2danimation #DiablolV #Berserk - - - CREDITS!! ✏️ Creative Director: Simon Lee Art Director: Martin Sand Vallespir @lokalposition Executive Producer: Luke Youngman Associate Producer: Claudia Cazzato Producer: lan Otto @ian.x.otto Production Manager: Beverly Yeang Technical Director: Kim Strandli @kimstrandli Storyboard Artist: Kenneth Ladekjar @kennethladekjer David Pagaille @davidpagaille Concept Artist: Paul Trochu, Amei Zhao @amei.zhao.photos Fanny Marguerie @fanny_marguerie Character Design: Armand Luro @armandluro Fanny Marguerie BG painting: Cécile Despretz, Paul Trochu Layout Background: Gabi Locre, Paul Trochu, Amei Zhao Layout Posing: Kenneth Ladekjaer, David Pagaille, Malo Doucet @malodoucet Charles Badiller, Bishoy Gendi @bishoygendi Animation: David Pagaille, Kenneth Ladekjar, Malo Doucet, Charles Badiller, Bishoy Gendi, Giovanni Braggio @giovannibraggio Antoine Tran @toine_tran Ian Chan @eee_in Assist Animation: Maria Sandvig @sandvigsandvig August Poul Niclasen, Anika Weston @anikawestoon Cypria Donato @hellocypria FX Animation: Mouloud Oussid, Thibaud Petitpas @thibaudpetitpas Compositing Lead: Gabi Locre @gabidule Director Of Photography: Andreas Severin Compositing: Gabi Lore, Andreas Severin, Victoria Jardine @vik_jardine Nicolas Trotignon @nicotroti Sound Design & Mix: Nicolas Vetterli

Thrilled to share that I recently had the opportunity to work on the celebratory film for the 5th Anniversary of League of Legends @playwildrift with @suncreaturestudio ! I helped out with these shots, which were really interesting to work on since it was a style I’m not the most familiar with - so I can’t thank the team enough, especially to @miss_malyss and @alessandro_vergonnier for their amazing patience and guidance in leading me through this project! I genuinely learnt so much from working with them 🙏✨ and a huge thanks to @ohfifteen too for having to take over so many of my shots dkfkfjw 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ Thanks again for having me on this and the opportunity @thibaudpetitpas @ian.x.otto ! Was a super fun one and it turned out stunning 🙌 ✨ #wildrift #leagueoflegends #2danimation - - - MAIN CREDITS !! ✏️ Client: Riot Games @riotgames Creative Director: Simon Lee @suncreature_silee Director: Morgane Dupré @miss_malyss Art Director: Oliver Ryan @oliverryanart Executive Producer: Luke Youngman, Christine Burmeister @christine_bur Producer: lan Otto @ian.x.otto Production Manager: Martin Axelsson @maax30 Technical Director: Kim Strandli @kimstrandli BG Supervisor: Amei Zhao @amei.zhao.photos Layout Posing Supervisor: Gabriel Gerard @kwotzal Animation Supervisor: Alessandro Vergonnier @alessandro vergonnier FX Animation: Sixtine James @sixtine_james Assist Animation Supervisor: Kay Sales Compositing Supervisor: Rasmus Mobius @rasmusmoebius

Got some extra BTS layouts and corrections too for @suncreaturestudio ‘s Garena Halloween special 🎃💥 #garena #wip #LO

Recently had the pleasure supervising the action animation and character art over at @suncreaturestudio for their Garena Halloween special! 🎃 I’m really proud of what we created for the sakuga bits💥 It was super fun working alongside the familiar Ziplock crew @to_kiyoshi and @santico_art on this + the amazingly talented @lon_ion_jon @de4th_punch , and @sixtine_james who pulled everything together with their FX work 🔥 And a huge shoutout to the team for achieving all of it in such a short amount of time! @christianboevingandersen @sublune @jessnicholls_ad @metteilene @kimstrandli and so many others were absolute powerhouses, and have been an absolute pleasure to work with! ✨ Please check out the full project and credits on the SC page! And thank you @thibaudpetitpas for the opportunity :D ! #2danimation #sakuga #garena

My cut from @envarstudio ‘s new game @witchspire ! Thanks for having me on it! It was super challenging tackling this, and I can’t thank the team enough for their amazing guidance and patience with me 🙏 especially to @danielcuervoanimation @tonyneto2 @florencia.atria for their amazing supervision 🙌 Check out the full trailer on their steam page! #2danimation #wip

I recently participated in WINDBREAKER #20 as an LO animator, marking my first TV anime debut! Thank you for the opportunity Yamamoto san 🙏 #cloverworks #LO #anime

My cuts from the @mlb Heroes of the Game short! Had a lot of fun working on this back in February, especially as a fan of @ado_staff_official ‘s music too Animated at @echelle_animation . Massive thank you to Eddie, Mehdi and Shimizu san for the opportunity, and being so accommodating and patient with me! 🙏 (Insta cut the audio out, but you can check out the full project by searching up MLB Heroes of the Game!) #2danimation #genga #lo

Hey everyone! Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts for all the support since our #GohanvsTrunks trailer release! ❤️‍🔥 In the past 2 weeks, we’ve gotten over 340k views and 15k likes across all our posts on social media, that’s a lot of people! (OVER 9000!!) It means so much to know that Dragon Ball fans are enjoying the passion project we’re putting out there. To have the opportunity to share our love for Akira Toriyama and his legacy is truly such an honour, so we’ll continue to do our best for the Summer release! We thought it’d be nice to round off our trailer release with an animation showcase of Gohan slowly transitioning into SSJ2. This shot was a joint effort between our three co-directors - with @eee_in on the key animation + body clean up, @to_kiyoshi on smoke FX + hair clean up, and @santico_art on the clothes clean up. It took all three of us to complete this crazy shot, and it’s honestly one of our favourites 🔥 Thanks again for the support everyone, it means the world! We’ll catch you all soon #dbz #dragonball #dragonballz #wip #animationshowcase #genga #anime #indieanime #indieanimation #indiefilm #2danimation #fananimation #toonboom #framebyframe #gohan #ssj2gohan #supersaiyan